GIN are delighted to announce that Dr Danielle Pollock has won the GIN 2025 Najoua Mlika-Cabanne Innovation Award.
This GIN award acknowledges an individual’s contribution to innovation in the methodology, development, and /or implementation of clinical practice guidelines. The award is determined by a Committee who review the nominations received.
Danielle was nominated for her innovative work in developing guidance for scoping reviews in guidelines which has been published in the Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, her role in championing the inclusion of people with lived experience in guidelines and her work around the development of innovative approaches to ensure this is achieved.
Danielle is a nationally and internationally recognised evidence synthesis methodologist and lived experience research stillbirth stigma. She is a Senior Research Fellow and senior member of the Health Evidence Synthesis, Recommendations, and Impact (HESRI) research group, with extensive experience in evidence synthesis methodology, guideline development, and interest holder engagement.
She has played a leading role in developing the ANZ Guideline community and advancing how patients and members of the public should be included within the guideline development process.
Danielle has also led work on the role of scoping reviews in guidelines, establishing and coordinating the JBI Scoping Review Network, ANZ Guideline Network, and supporting research teams worldwide in the design and conduct of high-quality reviews. Her work focuses on advancing evidence-based healthcare through rigorous methodology, respectful collaboration, and meaningful engagement with diverse communities.