Rangkaian Profesional Kerjaya Awal

Soumya ialah pembantu penyelidikan dalam kumpulan privasi data kesihatan di Institut Kesihatan Berlin di Charité, Jerman. Beliau berusaha dalam mengenal pasti keperluan pihak berkepentingan utama dalam rekod kesihatan elektronik (EHR) dan komited untuk memacu inovasi dan efisiensi dalam penyampaian penjagaan kesihatan. Beliau berasal dari India dan mendapat ijazah perubatan daripada Kolej Perubatan dan Pusat Penyelidikan Dr. DY Patil, Pune, India, dan melanjutkan pengajian Sarjana dalam Epidemiologi di Universiti Utrecht, Belanda. Beliau sebelum ini pernah bekerja dalam pelbagai industri berasaskan kesihatan dan pemakanan. Di sebalik kegiatan kerjayanya, beliau gembira dalam mengekspresi diri melalui nyanyian.

Ahmad ialah seorang doktor gigi, berkelulusan dari Sekolah Pergigian Shahid Beheshti di Tehran, Iran. Beliau bekerja sebagai ahli kumpulan pemandu Cochrane Iran dan pengurus penterjemah sukarela. Selain itu, beliau ialah ahli pemandu Pusat Penyelidikan Penyakit Tidak Berjangkit Jabatan Kesihatan Pergigian (NCDRC) Iran, pengasas dan pengurus projek Dahaan (menyampaikan cadangan bukti pergigian bermaklumat kepada komuniti Iran), dan ahli projek Pilihan Kesihatan Termaklum (IHC). Bidang yang diminatinya ialah bukti penjagaan kesihatan termaklum, dasar dan pengurusan kesihatan dan ketidaksamaan kesihatan oral.

Ana Beatriz Pizarro ialah Jururawat terlatih dari Colombia, dengan kepakaran dalam sintesis bukti, kaedah ulasan sistematik dan inisiatif terjemahan pengetahuan dengan komitmen terhadap ekuiti kesihatan dan kepelbagaian. Beliau diperakui dalam Penyelidikan Klinikal melalui Harvard TH Sekolah kesihatan awam Chan. Beliau kini bekerja sebagai Pegawai Pelaksana Sintesis Masa Depan Bukti di Pasukan Eksekutif Pusat Cochrane dan bergabung dengan Jabatan Sistem Kesihatan Pertubuhan Kesihatan Pan Amerika (PAHO), beliau berminat meningkatkan dan melindungi kualiti hidup keluarga dan komuniti di selatan global. Beliau merupakan ahli Lembaga Editorial Perpustakaan Cochrane yang lalu.

Dr Alexis 'Ceecee' Britten-Jones ialah felo penyelidikan pasca kedoktoran bidang oftalmologi dan penyelidikan penglihatan di Universiti Melbourne, Australia. Fokus penyelidikan utamanya ialah penyakit mata genetik dan terapi gen. Minat penyelidikannya yang lebih luas termasuklah reka bentuk dan hasil kajian klinikal, pelaksanaan penyelidikan, dan metodologi sintesis bukti. Sebagai pakar klinisian-optometris, Ceecee bersemangat untuk membangun kaedah praktikal untuk merapatkan jurang antara bukti dan pelaksanaan penjagaan klinikal . Ceecee juga merupakan penyokong kuat untuk komunikasi sains berkesan dan terbuka kepada penglibatan dan kolaborasi dengan orang lain dalam rangkaian Cochrane.

Alvina is a medical doctor specializing in Radiation Oncology and Clinical Epidemiology. She currently serves as a medical fellow and PhD candidate focusing on oncology trial optimization.

Amin ialah calon PhD di Universiti untuk pendidikan Berterusan Krems. Dengan latar belakang sebagai ahli farmasi hospital PharmD, beliau berpengalaman klinikal dalam penjagaan pesakit merentasi pelbagai tetapan, termasuk wad pembedahan vaskular, urologi dan pembedahan saraf, serta unit penjagaan intensif dan jabatan kecemasan. Dalam Cochrane, Amin berkhidmat sebagai ketua jurucakap bagi Kumpulan Tematik Kesihatan Planetari Cochrane. Beliau telah berkolaborasi dengan beberapa kumpulan, termasuk Kumpulan Cochrane Hepato-Biliary, menyumbang kepada penemuan terbaharu daripada Projek VAKSIN HIDUP, dan bekerjasama dengan Cochrane Sweden dalam pelbagai inisiatif. Sumbangan beliau juga merangkumi penulisan Jawapan Klinikal Cochrane dan mencipta blog bermaklumat untuk Pertolongan Cemas Cochrane. Amin komited untuk melibatkan diri dengan pesakit dalam projeknya, memastikan perspektif mereka disepadukan ke dalam kerjanya. Beliau percaya perubatan berasaskan bukti boleh merapatkan jurang antara komuniti perubatan dan orang awam, dan berdedikasi untuk mempromosi prinsip-prinsip melalui usaha profesionalnya.

Dr Aoife O’Mahony is a postdoctoral researcher at University College Cork, where her current research focuses on barriers and enablers to vaccine implementation in Ireland. Her interests span implementation science, evidence synthesis, and meta-research, particularly in relation to research transparency, open science, and public trust in health research. She also teaches psychology as an Associate Lecturer at The Open University. Aoife completed her PhD in Psychology at Cardiff University, where she studied whether the Registered Reports publication format is associated with greater rigour and transparency of published scientific articles. She also holds a BSc in Health Studies from University College Cork, and MSc in Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience (Psychopathology) from Maastricht University. She is actively involved in the Cochrane community, including co-leading the update of a Cochrane review on tailored interventions for addressing determinants of professional practice, and she has recently been appointed as Associate Convener of the Cochrane Qualitative and Implementation Methods Group. She is interested in supporting collaboration and capacity building among early-career researchers in evidence synthesis.

Ariel ialah felo kedoktoran NIHR di Institut Oftalmologi, Kolej Universiti London, dan pendaftar kanan oftalmologi di Hospital Mata Oxford. Beliau telah terlibat dalam komuniti Cochrane sejak 2016, dan telah mengetuai dua ulasan dengan kumpulan Cochrane Mata and Visi. Penyelidikan kedoktorannya memfokus kepada validasi klinikal, keselamatan dan bias diagnostik kecerdasan buatan, menggunakan oftalmologi sebagai contoh. Minat penyelidikannya yang lebih luas termasuklah penyakit retina, pengimejan retina, dan sintesis bukti.

Augusta Chiugo Okpara is an Italian citizen of Nigerian origin, based in Italy, with a B.Sc. in Medical Rehabilitation (University of Nigeria) and an M.Sc. in Peace Building Management (Seraphicum, Rome). Combining a background in international administration and communication, she has worked with the United Nations (UNICRI, Turin; IFAD, Rome). Augusta is currently collaborating with the Cochrane Rehabilitation, Disability & Functioning, and the Global Consortium for Stroke Rehabilitation, where she supports social media and knowledge translation. Augusta is skilled in multilingual content creation, medical transcription, and digital outreach. A member of the Nigerian Society of Physiotherapists and the International Association of Professional Writers & Editors, she is passionate about evidence communication in global health. 

Bahaaeldin Baraka kini bekerja sebagai Pakar Onkologi di Hospital Universiti Nottingham. Sepanjang beberapa tahun, Dr Baraka telah mengumpul banyak pengalaman dalam penjagaan komprehensif pesakit kanser dan aktif menyumbang kepada penyelidikan kanser. Dr Baraka terlibat secara mendalam dalam banyak kajian klinikal Fasa III yang berkaitan dengan kanser sebagai sub-penyiasat, dan sumbangan tambahannya meliputi penyelidikan yang diterbitkan dalam domain onkologi. Bidang tumpuan utama berkisar tentang menjalankan ulasan sistematik dan menilai kualiti bukti dalam konteks garis panduan kanser, serta meningkatkan penjagaan pesakit.

Dr Elpida Vounzoulaki ialah Pakar Epidemiologi Pasca Kedoktoran di Unit Bukti Dunia Nyata Leicester, Pusat Penyelidikan Diabetes, Universiti Leicester. Beliau mempunyai latar belakang yang kukuh dalam amalan klinikal dan penyelidikan, setelah lulus dengan BSc(Kepujian) dalam Kejururawatan, MSc dalam Penyelidikan Perubatan, dan PhD dalam Epidemiologi Diabetes. Elpida telah dianugerahi Anugerah Pembangunan dan Peningkatan Kemahiran (DSE) NIHR yang berprestij untuk meningkatkan kemahirannya dalam sains data kesihatan, khususnya di sekitar Kecerdasan Buatan. Minat utamanya termasuk komplikasi kardiometabolik, keadaan kesihatan wanita dan epidemiologi dunia nyata.

Hebatullah is a family physician and a health scientist, with expertise in systematic review methodology. She currently participates in research projects as an associate researcher at the School of Medicine and Health at the Technical University of Munich, Germany. Her research interests include primary health care, women's health, communicable and non-communicable diseases, as well as the implementation and sustainability of digital health technologies. Within Cochrane, she participated in the Cochrane US Mentoring program as both mentee and mentor, as well as a Cochrane review project in the Cochrane Hepato-Biliary Group. Hebatullah believes that collective support and the dissemination of rigorous evidence synthesis knowledge can transform the professional careers of junior peers and enhance the health outcomes of communities.

Dr. Jehath Majid Syed is a clinical pharmacist currently serving as an Assistant Professor and researcher in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Dr. Vishwanath Karad MIT World Peace University, Pune. She holds a PharmD and a PhD in Geriatric Clinical Pharmacy from JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Mysuru. Her doctoral research focused on the implementation and evaluation of a comprehensive clinical pharmacist-led geriatric care model in a tertiary care hospital. She is also certified as an Age-Friendly Pharmacist by the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists.

João Vitor Ziroldo Lopes is an Internal Medicine Resident at the Hospital das Clínicas, University of São Paulo (USP). His academic interests focus on Medical Education and the application of Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) to laboratory diagnostics and clinical reasoning. A dedicated proponent of the Cochrane framework, João aims to democratize access to evidence-based tools for medical students globally. He is currently leading the Cochrane ECP Lecture Series, bridging the gap between clinical practice and high-quality evidence.

Lucy adalah penyelidik diabetes dari Tanzania. Lucy ialah pelajar Ph.D. dan penyelidik di Institut Penyelidikan Perubatan Kebangsaan – Mbeya. Bersemangat tentang penyelidikan diabetes di sub Sahara Afrika, kerja-kerja Lucy tertumpu kepada pemahaman faktor sosiodemografi unik, persekitaran dan faktor biologi serta impaknya terhadap penjagaan diabetes di rantau ini.

Luisa Fernanda Murcia-Soriano is a pharmacist, epidemiologist, and researcher at the Research Center and the Evidence Synthesis Unit of Hospital Universitario Mayor – Méderi in Bogotá, Colombia. She has participated in the design, coordination, and methodological evaluation of observational and interventional studies, as well as in the development of evidence synthesis products to support clinical and institutional decision-making and the development of training initiatives in evidence synthesis for healthcare professionals. Her interests include knowledge translation and strengthening the use and accessibility of evidence synthesis tools for healthcare professionals in the Global South.
 

Madaline Witort is a PhD student in Clinical and Translational Science at Case Western Reserve University with bachelor’s degrees in Communication Science and Disorders and Cognitive Science from Case Western. She conducts her research at the Cleveland Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center, where her work focuses on acquired brain injury, virtual reality therapy, and functional outcomes. Her research interests include clinical trial design, research implementation, and evidence synthesis methodology. Madaline is committed to ensuring that evidence-based findings are translated to measurable patient outcomes. Madaline also welcomes engagement and collaboration with others in Cochrane networks.
 

Madeleen van der Merwe is a Senior Research Assistant at the Institute for Evidence-Based Healthcare, Bond University, Australia and a higher degree researcher focusing on statistical errors in health research. She holds a Master of Biostatistics from the University of Queensland and is developing a structured framework to identify and classify statistical errors in published studies. Her work spans systematic reviews, health system evaluations, and large-scale data analysis, with a focus on improving research quality and strengthening the reliability of evidence used in clinical decision-making.

Paweł Jemioło is a researcher working at the intersection of artificial intelligence and evidence-based medicine. He is the co-convenor of the Cochrane AI initiative and is actively involved in GRADE AI and the International Collaboration for the Automation of Systematic Reviews, where he contributes to advancing the responsible use of AI in evidence synthesis and guideline development. Paweł has an interdisciplinary background spanning engineering, computer science, and psychology. He graduated from AGH University of Krakow with degrees in Automatic Control and Robotics as well as Computer Science, and from Jagiellonian University with a degree in Psychology. He is currently pursuing a PhD in medical meta-research focused on the use of artificial intelligence in evidence synthesis and clinical guideline development, as well as exploring AI literacy in researchers. His primary interests include methodological innovation in systematic reviews, and the integration of AI tools to enhance the efficiency, transparency, and quality of evidence synthesis.

Reem Fakak is a final-year medical student at the University of Nicosia Medical School, originally from Norway with Eritrean heritage. With clinical experience in neurology and surgical wards, she is actively engaged in research and has a strong interest in neuroscience and neurosurgery. She is passionate about evidence-based medicine, collaboration, and supporting meaningful research that can strengthen healthcare and improve patient outcomes.