Clare Davenport is a specialist public health practitioner coming to the end of a doctoral research programme concerned with the development of methods of conducting and presenting the results of systematic reviews of test accuracy that meet the needs of decision makers. Clare’s main area of expertise is systematic review methodology. In addition to systematic reviews and meta-analysis of diagnostic tests she has experience of undertaking reviews and health technology assessments in diverse topic areas including health impact assessment, pharmacological interventions, complex behavioural interventions, population level interventions and qualitative research, on the basis of successful grant applications to the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, the Centre for Public Health Excellence and NETSCC HTA .