Editorial Board
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Editor-in-Chief
Juan VA Franco
Heinrich-Heine University
Düsseldorf, Germany
@juan_francomd
orcid.org/0000-0003-0411-899X
Declaration of Interests, see here
A family physician and researcher with expertise in evidence-informed healthcare with a focus on evidence synthesis and shared-decision making. He heads the Evidence Synthesis Unit at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, affiliated with Cochrane, overseeing evidence synthesis projects on diverse clinical topics. Additionally, he serves as a Clinical Editor for the BMJ and is a member of Cochrane's Governing Board.
Associate Editors
Fares Alahdab
University of Missouri
Columbia, United States
@fares_alahdab
orcid.org/0000-0001-5481-696X
A research methodologist and epidemiologist with a special interest in evidence synthesis, guideline development, cardiovascular imaging, and biomedical informatics. He also works on research methods and meta-epidemiologic studies with a focus on reducing research waste. His experience also includes medical education and the practice of medicine in crisis and conflict zones.
Yusentha Balakrishna
South African Medical Research Council
Durban, South Africa
orcid.org/0000-0001-6449-3260
A Senior Statistician with experience in clinical studies, meta-analysis and systematic reviews, as well as interests in high-dimensional and multivariate data analysis. Her research focuses on using statistical methods for the analysis of food composition data to inform nutritional guidelines and policies and she regularly collaborates with Cochrane South Africa on systematic reviews and training events.
Kerry Dwan
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Liverpool, United Kingdom
@dwan_kerry
orcid.org/0000-0001-6918-1215
A statistician with experience in clinical trials and systematic reviews, including complex methods for systematic reviews. Her research has focussed on outcome reporting bias and the impact it has on systematic reviews as well as improving methods and reporting of systematic reviews. She is currently a Senior Lecturer in Evidence Synthesis at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. Previously she set up and led Cochrane’s Methods Support Unit and was a Statistical Editor for Cochrane’s Editorial and Methods Department. Kerry is a Senior Editor for the Systematic Reviews journal and Statistical Editor for Cochrane Evidence Synthesis and Methods journal.
Yuting Duan
The Affiliated TCM Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University
Guangzhou, China
@Duanyuting_Dawn
orcid.org/0000-0002-9453-0592
An associate research fellow as well as a clinician in The Affiliated TCM Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University. Her major interests are i) Systematic reviews and meta-analysis; ii) Clinical practice guidelines; iii) Reporting guideline development; iv) Complementary Medicine and Therapies (Acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine, etc); v) Clinical Trial Methodology. Prior to her current position she was a postdoctoral research fellow at the Chinese EQUATOR Centre.
Luis Garegnani
Instituto Universitario Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina
orcid.org/0000-0003-4605-9473
A Senior Research Fellow on Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis and Associate Professor in Research Methods at Instituto Universitario Hospital Italiano Cochrane Associate Centre. He supports PT residents within the Intesive Care Unit, teaching mechanical ventilation, respiratory care basics and evidence-based medicine. Research interests include Health Technology Assessments and Meta-epidemiology.
Maria-Inti Metzendorf
Heinrich-Heine University
Düsseldorf, Germany
@mintimetz
orcid.org/0000-0002-4154-5782
A graduate information scientist at the Cochrane Metabolic and Endocrine Disorders Group based at the University of Düsseldorf. Her interests include information retrieval methods for evidence synthesis production as well as teaching search methods to medical students, physicians, researchers and information specialists.
Marleen Kunneman
Leiden University Medical Center
Leiden, Netherlands
@MarleenKunneman
orcid.org/0000-0001-5334-1085
A Senior Researcher at LUMC and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Mayo Clinic. She is trained as a Clinical Linguist and obtained her PhD in Medicine, focusing on patient-clinician communication and shared decision making (SDM). She has a special interest in technical versus humanistic approaches of SDM, measurement with a wink, burden of patient involvement and making care fit in patients’ lives.
Eva Madrid
Universidad de Valparaíso
Valparaíso, Chile
@eva_madrid_aris
orcid.org/0000-0002-8095-5549
A full professor at the Medical School and director of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Health Studies and the leader of the Cochrane Associate Centre at University of Valparaíso. She is a member of the Institutional Review Board at Universidad de Valparaiso. Her interests include environmental epidemiology, responsible conduct of research and overdiagnosis/overtreatment.
Nicolás Meza
Universidad de Valparaíso
Valparaíso, Chile
@nicolasmezac
orcid.org/0000-0001-9505-0358
A physician and part of the Cochrane Associate Centre of the University of Valparaíso Chile. During his career, his interest in research and evidence-based medicine led him to participate in consultancies for PAHO, publish articles, and attend international conferences.
Paula Riganti
UBC Faculty of Medicine
Vancouver, Canada
@paula_riganti
orcid.org/0000-0003-4200-9698
A family physician and MSc(c) in Medical Education at Cardiff University. She is also an adjunct professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia. Her research interests include shared decision making and decision aids, medical education, curriculum development, and patient involvement in education and healthcare.
Editorial Board
BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine relies on its Editorial Board to help deliver relevant, trustworthy, evidence-based content with maximum impact to as wide a range of frontline health professionals as possible.Leyla Abdullahi
Senior Research and Policy Analyst
African Institute for Development Policy (AFIDEP)
Nairobi, Kenya
Douglas Badenoch
Director Minervation Ltd
Oxford, UK
Amitava Banerjee
Senior Clinical Lecturer in Clinical Data Science and Honorary Consultant Cardiologist
University College London
London, UK
Jasminder Birdi
Senior Partner (in General Practice) + Senior Appraiser (NHS England SE KSS)
The Elms Medical Practice
Kent, UK
Niklas Bobrovitz
Medical student
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Karen Born
Assistant Professor & Program Director
Institute of Health Policy, Management & Evaluation, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
Toronto Canada
Emelie Braschi
Clinician Scholar Fellow
University of Ottawa
Ottawa, Canada
Yuan Chi
Founder CEO; Health Information Scientist
Centre of Evidence-based Medicine, Beijing Yealth Technology Co.,Ltd
Shanghai, China
Netzahualpilli Delgado-Figueroa
Secretaria de Salud del Estado de Jalisco
Guadalajara, Mexico
Claudia Dobler
Consultant Respiratory Physician
Liverpool Hospital
Sydney, Australia
Juan Erviti
Head, Unit of Innovation and Organization
Navarre Health Service
Pamplona, Spain
Thomas Fanshawe
Senior Statistician
University of Oxford
Oxford, UK
Paul Fontelo
Staff Scientist and Director of Biomedical Informatics Training Program
National Library of Medicine
Maryland, USA
Charissa Fotinos
Deputy Chief Medical Officer Washington State Health Care Authority
University of Washington
Washington DC, USA
Peter Gill
Assistant Professor, Department of Paediatrics
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Lars Hemkens
Senior Scientist, Department of Clinical Research
Deputy Director, Institute for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics
University Hospital Basel
Basel, Switzerland
Tammy Hoffmann
Professor of Clinical Epidemiology
Bond University
Queensland, Australia
Tiziano Innocenti
Director of Research Methodology Unit
GIMBE Foundation
Bologna, Italy
Amy Keir
Researcher and Consultant Neonatologist
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, South Australia
Min Seo Kim
Researcher
Samsung Advanced Institute for Health Sciences & Technology (SAIHST), Samsung Medical Center
Seoul, Republic of Korea
Karin Kopitowski
Head of Family and Community Medicine Service
Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires/Instituto Universitario Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Janet Martin
Associate Professor, Departments of Anesthesia & Perioperative Medicine and Epidemiology & Biostatistics
University of Western Ontario
Ontario, Canada
Jason Oke
Senior Statistician
University of Oxford
Oxford, UK
Rafael Leite Pacheco
Medical researcher
Hospital Sírio-Libanês
São Paulo, Brazil
Thanya Pathirana
Senior lecturer and Associate Lead of Doctor and Health in the Community
School of Medicine and Dentistry, Griffith University
Sunshine Coast, Australia
Ryan Rodriguez
Assistant Professor and Clinical Pharmacist
University of Illinois
Chicago, USA
Sarah Tanveer
PhD Candidate/Graduate Research Assistant
University of Maryland, USA
Neeti Rustagi
Associate Professor
AIIMS Jodhpur
Rajasthan, India
Rene Spijker
Information Specialist
UMC Utrecht
Utrecht, Netherlands
Lorainne Tudor Car
Assistant Professor of Evidence Based Medicine
Nanyang Technological University
Singapore
António Vaz Carneiro
Professor, Faculty of Medicine
University of Lisbon
Lisbon, Portugal
Areti Angeliki Veroniki
Assistant Professor
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
David Warriner
Cardiology Registrar
Leeds General Infirmary
Leeds, UK
Publishing Team
Publisher: Kelly Turner
Director of Publishing Strategy & Transformation: Claire Rawlinson