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The Editors would like to acknowledge the support of their colleagues in their host institutions and departments: the School of Medicine, Keele University; the Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, University of York; and the MRC Clinical Trials Unit at University College London. Particular thanks to Lucinda Archer, John Allotey, Sarah Burdett, Thomas Debray, Miriam Hattle, Mel Holden, Carl Moons, Max Parmar, Bob Phillips, Larysa Rydewska, Mark Simmonds, Kym Snell, Shakila Thangaratinam, and Claire Vale, who have worked with us on many of our applied IPD meta‐analysis projects, and to Danielle Burke and Joie Ensor for organising the Statistical Methods for IPD Meta‐Analysis course at Keele. We are particularly grateful to Mike Clarke who has shared the IPD journey from the start and has contributed so much to the field. We also recognise the contributions by the convenors and other members of the Cochrane IPD Meta‐Analysis Methods Group over many years, and acknowledge stimulating discussions with participants at our various workshops and training courses. We thank our colleagues and research collaborators on the various applied and methodological IPD meta‐analysis projects we have been involved in, many of which formed motivating examples and case studies in the book chapters. In particular, we are indebted to the participants in the various trials and studies, and the associated investigators, without whom IPD meta‐analysis projects would not be possible.