Yemisi Takwoingi

Yemisi Takwoingi is Professor of Test Evaluation and Evidence Synthesis and an NIHR Senior Investigator. She is Head of Department of Applied Health Sciences at the University of Birmingham, UK. She collaborates as a biostatistician/methodologist on diagnostic research spanning early phase evaluation, clinical studies, and evidence synthesis to inform national and international guideline development and policy. Yemisi leads capacity development for the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) West Midlands Evidence Synthesis Group (ESG) and the Warwick-Birmingham Screening ESG (WeBS-ESG). She co-convenes the Cochrane Screening and Diagnostic Tests Methods Group, serves on the Cochrane Editorial Board, and is an editor of the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Diagnostic Test Accuracy. Yemisi is deeply committed to research and researcher inclusion. She is the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Lead for the NIHR funded Partnership for Workforce Sustainability in Underserved Areas (Workforce Voices) and WeBS-ESG. She leads the NIHR-supported Race Equity and Diversity in Careers Incubator, which supports racially minoritised health and care researchers.