Mr Steve McDonald - Researcher Profile

Biography

Steve McDonald is Co-Director of the Centre and a member of the Cochrane Collaboration Steering Group. He has been involved in the Cochrane Collaboration since 1995 and joined the Australasian Cochrane Centre in 1999 having previously worked at the UK Cochrane Centre in Oxford.

He has a co-ordination role at the Centre, and has been closely involved in the Centre's regional activities, initially in China and more recently in South Asia and South East Asia. From 2004-2009, Steve was the Project Co-ordinator for the SEA-ORCHID Project, a capacity building project in South East Asia focused around promoting the generation and use of evidence to inform practice during pregnancy and childbirth.

Steve’s Collaboration responsibilities include convening the Training Working Group, which the Centre contributes substantially to, and the Collaboration's Colloquium Policy Advisory Committee. He is also a review author with the Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group and Cochrane Methodology Group, a member of the Joanna Briggs Institute Committee of Management, and author of the ACC Guide to The Cochrane Library.

The focus of Steve's early work was identifying reports of randomised trials for inclusion in the Cochrane CENTRAL register of trials. He was part of the team involved in re-tagging MEDLINE and helped co-ordinate a three-year project to handsearch the European general healthcare literature.

Steve has an honours degree in Social and Political Science, a Masters in Library and Information Studies and a Graduate Diploma in International Health.

Qualifications

GRADUATE DIPLOMA INTERNATIONAL HEALTH

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 2007

MASTER OF ARTS

Institution: University of Cambridge - UK

Year awarded: 1995

INFORMATION AND LIBRARY STUDIES (WITH DISTINCTION)

Institution: University of Loughborough

Year awarded: 1994

SOCIAL AND POLITICAL SCIENCE

Institution: University of Cambridge

Year awarded: 1991

Publications

Journal Articles

Kim, K., Kong, J.C., Choi, J.Y., Choi, T.Y., Shin, B.C., McDonald, S., Lee, M., 2012, Impact of including Korean randomized controlled trials in Cochrane Reviews of Acupuncture, PLoS ONE [P], vol 7, issue 10, Public Library of Science, San Francisco, United States, pp. 1-10.

Lumbiganon, P., Festin, M., Ho, J., Mohammad, H., Henderson-Smart, D., Green, S., Crowther, C., McDonald, S., Laopaiboon, M., Murano, M., Narash, N., Poombankor, R., Pattanittum, P., Short, J., Turner, T., Martis, R., Buppasiri, P., Komvilaisak, P., Thinkhamrop, J., Deesrikaew, S., Ussahgij, B., Khianman, B., Suwannachat, B., Siriwachirachai, T., Swadpanich, U., Chang, A., Koh, C., Peter, J., Sidi, Z., Subramaniam, S., Anuar, C., Geok, T., Hassan, N., Van Rostenberghe, H., Bautista, R., Torralba, G., Guinto, V., Crisologo, C., Andal, M., Anzures, C., Canceran, G., Nurdiati, D., Emilia, O., Hadiati, D., Wibowo, T., Wandita, S., Basuki, F., Purwanti, N., 2011, Impact of increasing capacity for generating and using research on maternal and perinatal health practices in South East Asia (SEA-ORCHID Project), PLoS ONE [P], vol 6, issue 9 (Art. No: e23994), Public Library of Science, United States, pp. 1-11.

McDonald, S., Turner, T., Chamberlain, C.R., Lumbiganon, P., Thinkhamrop, J., Festin, M.R., Ho, J., Mohammad, H., Henderson-Smart, D., Short, J., Crowther, C., Martis, R., Green, S.E., 2010, Building capacity for evidence generation, synthesis and implementation to improve the care of mothers and babies in South East Asia: Methods and design of the SEA-ORCHID Project using a logical framework approach, BMC Medical Research Methodology [P], vol 10, issue Art. No. 61, BioMed Central Ltd, United Kingdom, pp. 1-10.

Short, J., McDonald, S., Turner, T., Martis, R., 2010, Improving capacity for evidence-based practice in South East Asia: Evaluating the role of research fellowships in the SEA-ORCHID Project, BMC Medical Education [P], vol 10, issue Art. No. 37, BioMed Central Ltd, United Kingdom, pp. 1-8.

Lefebvre, C., Eisinga, A., McDonald, S., Paul, N., 2008, Enhancing access to reports of randomized trials published world-wide - the contribution of EMBASE records to the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) in the Cochrane Library, Emerging Themes in Epidemiology, vol 5, issue 13, BioMed Central Ltd, UK, pp. 1-13.

Pattanittum, P., Ewens, M.R., Laopaiboon, M., Lumbiganon, P., McDonald, S., Crowther, C., 2008, Use of antenatal corticosteroids prior to preterm birth in four South East Asian countries within the SEA-ORCHID project, BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, vol 8, issue 47, BioMed Central, UK, pp. 1-8.

Laopaiboon, M., Lumbiganon, P., McDonald, S., Henderson-Smart, D., Green, S.E., Crowther, C., 2008, Use of evidence-based practices in pregnancy and childbirth: South East Asia Optimising Reproductive and Child Health in Developing Countries project., PLoS One, vol 3, issue 7, Public Library of Science, US, pp. 1-7.

Henderson-Smart, D., Lumbiganon, P., Festin, M.R., Ho, J., Mohammad, H., McDonald, S., Green, S.E., Crowther, C., 2007, Optimising reproductive and child health outcomes by building evidence-based research and practice in South East Asia (SEA-ORCHID): study protocol, BMC Medical Research Methodology, vol 7, BioMed Central Ltd, UK, pp. 1-9.

Leeflang, M., McDonald, S., Scholten, R.J., Reitsma, H., Rutjes, A., 2007, Search strategies to identify diagnostic accuracy studies in MEDLINE and EMBASE, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, issue 2, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, UK, pp. 1-6.

Smith, E., Jennings, P., McDonald, S., Macpherson, C.J., O'Brien, T., Archer, F.L., 2007, The Cochrane Library as a Resource for Evidence on Out-of-Hospital Health Care Interventions, Annals of Emergency Medicine, vol 49, issue 3, Mosby Inc, USA, pp. 344-350.

French, S.D., McDonald, S., McKenzie, J.E., Green, S.E., 2005, Investing in updating: how do conclusions change when Cochrane systematic reviews are updated?, BMC Medical Research Methodology, vol 5, issue 33, BioMed Central Ltd, UK, pp. 1-6.

Green, S.E., McDonald, S., 2005, The Cochrane Collaboration: More than systematic reviews?, Internal Medicine Journal, vol 35, issue 1, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia, Australia, pp. 4-5.

McDonald, S., Hetrick, S.E., Green, S., 2004, Pre-operative educaiton for hip or knee replacement (Cochrane review), The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, vol 4, issue 1, Update Software Ltd, UK, pp. 1-18.

McDonald, S., Crumley, E., Eisinga, A., Villanueva, E., 2004, Search strategies to identify reports of randomized trials in Medline, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, vol 1, issue 2, Update Software Ltd, UK, pp. 1-6.

Francis, J., McDonald, S., 2004, The cochrane Library: An important resource for evidence based medicine, Calicut Medical Journal, vol 2, issue 2, CMC Alumni Association, India, pp. 1-3.

Smith, E., McDonald, S., Wasiak, J., Jennings, P.A., Macpherson, C.J., Archer, F.L., 2004, The development of a prehospital search filter for the Cochrane Library, Journal of Emergency Primary Health Care, issue 2, Monash University, Centre for Ambulance and Paramedic Studies, Australia, pp. 1-2.

Piehl, J.H., Green, S., McDonald, S., 2003, Converting systematic reviews to Cochrane format: a cross -sectional survey of Australian authors of systematic reviews, BMC Health Services Research, vol 3, issue 2, BioMed Central Ltd, UK, pp. 1-9.

Hopewell, S.F., McDonald, S., 2003, Full publication of trials initially reported as abstracts in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine 1980 - 2000, Internal Medicine Journal, vol 33, Blackwell Publishing Asia, Australia, pp. 192-194.

Hopewell, S.F., McDonald, S., Clarke, M., Egger, M.M., 2003, Grey literature in meta-analyses of randomized trials of health care interventions, The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, vol Issue 1, Update Software Ltd (electronic publication), Oxford UK, pp. 1-12.

Dickersin, K., Manheimer, E., Wieland, S., Robinson, K.A., Lefebvre, C., McDonald, S., 2002, Development of the Cochrane Collaboration's central register of controlled clinical trials, Evaluation & the Health Professions, vol 25, issue 1, Sage Publications, Inc., USA, pp. 38-64.

Bessell, T.L., McDonald, S., Anderson, J., Hiller, J., Sansom, L., 2002, Do Internet interventions for consumers cause more harm than good? A systematic review, Health Expectations, vol 5, Blackwell Science Ltd, UK, pp. 28-37.

McDonald, S., 2002, Improving access to the international coverage of reports of controlled trials in electronic databases: a search of the Australasian Medical Index, Health Information and Libraries Journal, vol 19, issue 1, Blackwell Science Ltd, UK, pp. 14-20.

McDonald, S., Westby, M., Clarke, M., Lefebvre, C., 2002, Number and size of randomised trials reported in general health care journals from 1948-1997, International Journal of Epidemiology, vol 31, Oxford University Press, Journals, Oxford UK, pp. 125-127.

McDonald, S., Lefebvre, C., Antes, G., Galandi, D., Gotzsche, P., Hammarquist, C., Haugh, M., Lone Jensen, K., Kleijnen, J., Loep, M., Pistotti, V., Ruther, A., 2002, The contribution of handsearching European general health care journals to the Cochrane Controlled Trials Register, Evaluation and the Health Professions, vol 25, issue 1, Sage Publications, USA, pp. 65-75.

Conference Proceedings

Pattanittum, P., Short, J., Turner, T.J., Martis, R., McDonald, S., 2008, Supporting Evidence-based practice and Cochrane reviews: the SEA-ORCHID fellowships programme, Evidence in the Era of Globalisation, 3 October to 7 October 2008, Urban and Fischer, Germany, p. 66.

Other

Misso, M., Parkhill, A., Cumpston, M., McDonald, S., Green, S., 2009, An evidence map of the effects of water familiarity on development, drowning and water-based injuries, Australasian Cochrane Centre, Australia, pp. 1-28.

McDonald, S., 2005, National Institute of Clinical Studies (NICS) Guide to the Cochrane Library, Online Resource, John Wiley & Sons, Australia.