The Advisory Board provides advice and support about the Institute’s strategic direction and day-to-day matters, usually via email.
Members:
Alvaro Atallah, Director, the Brazilian Cochrane Centre
Margrete Auken, Ex-member of the European Parliament (the Greens)
Dick Bijl, President, International Society of Drug Bulletins
David Hammerstein, Director, Commons Network
Carl Heneghan, Director, Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, Oxford, UK
John Ioannidis, Professor, Stanford University
Martin Kulldorff, Epidemiologist and Biostatistician, USA
Juan Ramon Laporte, Founder and Director, Butlletí Groc
Abel Novoa, President of No Gracias, Spain
Peter Wilmshurst, Cardiologist, Shrewsbury, UK
Kim Witczak, Consumer Advocate, Los Angeles, California
Last updated: 2 October 2025