James Thomas
Professor Of Social Research & Policy at UCL
England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolJames Thomas is Professor of Social Research & Policy at the EPPI-Centre, UCL, with a career focused on improving policy and decision-making by creatively mobilising existing evidence across health promotion, public health and education. He has pioneered methods in research synthesis—meta-analysis, mixed-method reviews, and automation for systematic reviews—and is the designer of EPPI-Reviewer, a widely used tool that manages review data end-to-end. Combining deep disciplinary knowledge with practical tool development, he translates complex methodological advances into usable resources for researchers and policymakers. Based in England, he brings nearly three decades at UCL to bear on making evidence more accessible and actionable in both academic and applied settings.
9 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Social Policy, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Social Policy at IOE - UCL's Faculty of Education and Society
Github Skills (7)
azure9
microsoft-azure8
microsoft7
jekyll4
clinical-trials3
trial3
synthesis1
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
EPPI-Centre/CochraneCOVID19Classifier
Jun 2021 - Sep 2022
Contributions:4 commits, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 3 months
EPPI-Centre/AI-equity
May 2024 - May 2024
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch, 1 comment in 11 days
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