Areti Angeliki (Argie) Veroniki

PhD, MSc

Scientist

Research Programs

Biography

Dr. Areti-Angeliki (Argie) Veroniki is a mathematician, holds an MSc in statistics and a PhD in biostatistics/epidemiology. She is a Scientist at the Knowledge Translation Program of the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto. She is an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto in the Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation. Her interests are to optimize the processes of evidence-based medicine and statistical modelling for the knowledge synthesis of individual study findings, in order to inform healthcare decision making by clinicians, patients and policy makers. She is the director of an Advanced Evidence Synthesis  course, which is offered through the University of Toronto. She is a Convenor of the Cochrane Statistical Methods Group and co-Chair of the Cochrane Methods Executive. Dr. Veroniki has published >110 peer-reviewed articles. She serves as a Statistical Editor for the Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, and an Associate Editor for the Research Synthesis Methods journal.

Recent Publications

  1. Otalike, EG, Clarke, M, Akhter, F, Veroniki, AA, Kandala, NB, Gagnier, JJ et al.. Methodological Guidance for Individual Participant Data Meta-Analyses: A Systematic Review. J Clin Epidemiol. 2025; :112089. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2025.112089. PubMed PMID:41309007 .
  2. Wolfe, DM, Hamel, C, Berard, J, Veroniki, AA, Skidmore, B, Kanji, S et al.. Comparative Effectiveness of Interventions to Treat Cancer Treatment-Related Cognitive Impairment in Adult Cancer Survivors Following Systemic Therapy: A Systematic Review with Network Meta-Analyses. Cancers (Basel). 2025;17 (21):. doi: 10.3390/cancers17213430. PubMed PMID:41228226 PubMed Central PMC12609492.
  3. Bérard, A, Cottin, J, Leal, LF, Picot, C, Pleau, J, Friedman, JM et al.. Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis: Acetaminophen Use During Pregnancy and the Risk of Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Childhood. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2025; :. doi: 10.1016/j.jaac.2025.09.031. PubMed PMID:41062061 .
  4. Veroniki, AA, Tricco, AC, Rangira, D, McKenzie, JE, Li, T, Straus, SE et al.. Updating the PRISMA reporting guideline for network meta-analysis: a scoping review. J Clin Epidemiol. 2025;188 :111985. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2025.111985. PubMed PMID:40976519 .
  5. Deris, D, Mastroianni, S, Kan, J, Veroniki, AA, Sharma, M, Joundi, RA et al.. Performance of Stratification Scores on the Risk of Stroke After a Transient Ischemic Attack: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis. J Clin Med. 2025;14 (17):. doi: 10.3390/jcm14176268. PubMed PMID:40944027 PubMed Central PMC12429237.
  6. Otalike, EG, Clarke, M, Veroniki, AA, Tricco, AC, Moher, D, Shea, B et al.. Development and validation of critical appraisal tool for individual participant data meta-analysis: protocol for a modified e-Delphi study. BMJ Open. 2025;15 (6):e097297. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-097297. PubMed PMID:40562555 PubMed Central PMC12198787.
  7. Lunny, C, Higgins, JPT, White, IR, Dias, S, Hutton, B, Wright, JM et al.. Risk of Bias in Network Meta-Analysis (RoB NMA) tool. BMJ. 2025;388 :e079839. doi: 10.1136/bmj-2024-079839. PubMed PMID:40101916 PubMed Central PMC11915405.
  8. Aguiar de Sousa, D, Zietz, A, Zedde, M, Katsanos, AH, Li, L, Marti-Fabregas, J et al.. European Stroke Organisation (ESO) standard operating procedure for white papers (expert consensus based clinical guidance). Eur Stroke J. 2025;10 (3):637-645. doi: 10.1177/23969873251316430. PubMed PMID:39904756 PubMed Central PMC11795566.
  9. Konstantinidis, M, Stratton, C, Tsokani, S, Elliott, J, Simmonds, M, McGowan, J et al.. Conducting pairwise and network meta-analyses in updated and living systematic reviews: a scoping review protocol. JBI Evid Synth. 2025;23 (3):527-535. doi: 10.11124/JBIES-24-00279. PubMed PMID:39844517 PubMed Central PMC11892990.
  10. McIsaac, DI, Kidd, G, Gillis, C, Branje, K, Al-Bayati, M, Baxi, A et al.. Relative efficacy of prehabilitation interventions and their components: systematic review with network and component network meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials. BMJ. 2025;388 :e081164. doi: 10.1136/bmj-2024-081164. PubMed PMID:39843215 PubMed Central PMC11752451.
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Affiliations & Other Activities

  • Scientist, Knowledge Translation Program, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • Assistant Professor, Institute for Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
  • Co-Chair, Cochrane Methods Executive