About the Authors

Marty Chaplin

m.chaplin@liverpool.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Jamie J. Kirkham

Affiliations Department of Biostatistics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Centre for Biostatistics, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Kerry Dwan

Affiliation Cochrane Editorial Unit, London, United Kingdom

Derek J. Sloan

Affiliation School of Medicine, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, United Kingdom

Geraint Davies

Affiliation Department of Clinical Infection, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Andrea L. Jorgensen

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.