Donna Ciliska is currently the Scientific Co-Director of the National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools, for knowledge translation in public health. She is a Professor in the School of Nursing at McMaster University. Dr. Ciliska has participated in and lead several systematic reviews, and is involved in research related to knowledge translation. Donna has authored several papers and books, and is the lead editor of the journal Evidence-Based Nursing.

Competing interests

Have you in the past five years accepted the following from an organisation that may gain or lose financially from the publication of papers in the BMJ?

a) Reimbursement for attending a symposium?

No

b) A fee for speaking?

Yes - honoraria from several academic institutions

c) A fee for organising education?

No

d) Funds for research?

Yes - Public Health Agency of Canada; Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Canadian Health Services Foundation, Ontario Ministry of Health.

e) Funds for a member of staff?

Yes - Public Health Agency of Canada; Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Canadian Health Services Foundation, Ontario Ministry of Health.

f) Fees for consulting?

Yes - faculty development at academic institutions.

2) Have you in the past five years been employed by any organisation that may in any way gain or lose financially from the publication of papers in the BMJ?  

3) Do you hold any stocks and shares in an organisation that may in any way gain or lose financially from the publication of papers in the BMJ?

No

4) Do you have any other competing financial interests?

No

I have no other competing interests.