We are coming to the end of the second year of the Mentoring Program
and are pleased to share the achievements of our mentees.
We invite you to read their stories below
See the full Y2 participant list here
Read about Y1 here
Omolola Titilayo Alade - PhD Global Health Student McMaster University, Canada - Nigeria
Mentor: L. Susan Wieland
Activities and engagement
I helped organize International Women's Day activities in March 2023 to celebrate women in healthcare.
I am affiliated with the Cochrane Complementary Medicine Group through my mentor
I joined the Cochrane Climate Health Working Group
I collaborated on a review manuscript describing Climate Health Education curricula for healthcare professionals as a member of the Cochrane Climate Health Working Group.
I initiated a scoping review project on equity considerations in mentoring programs for healthcare professionals and students. I'm working with seven other Year 2 Cochrane US mentees on this scoping review with the guidance of 3 mentors.
I co-authored 2 abstracts accepted as poster presentations in the London 2023 Cochrane Colloquium
I received the TDR LMIC Stipend to attend the London 2023 Cochrane Colloquium
I have signed up to participate in the Cochrane Library of People - a fun event idea at London 2023 Cochrane Colloquium. My tentative topic is, "My journey into evidence synthesis - a story of small steps".
My co-mentee and I with the supervision of our mentor are nearing completion on a review of equity considerations in Cochrane Systematic Reviews of lifestyle interventions for cardiovascular health
What advice or tips would you give to future participants joining the program?
Say, "Yes"! The one year goes by very quickly, sieze every opportunity that comes your way and initiate some too!
María Florencia Armani - Registered dietitian. Hospital Penna, centro de salud, university professor - Argentina
Mentor: Deepa Handu
Activities and engagement
I participated in carrying out a systematic review on low-carbohydrate diets.
I carried out activities such as data extraction and meta-analysis.
I had training from Deepa and her team to carry out the tasks.
I participated in the follow-up meetings with Tiffany and Paola.
I am currently finishing the cochrane course.
I could not take advantage of all the opportunities offered by the program since I had a daughter and it got complicated.
What advice or tips would you give to future participants joining the program?
I would tell them to try to make the most of it and to be proactive. take the opportunity to make contacts and participate in international conferences
Jyothsna Kuriakose - Assistant Professor, Department of Palliative Medicine, Christian Medical College, Vellore - India
Mentor: Meenu Singh
Activities and engagement
International Women's Day 2023 Speaker
Co-Author on a Cochrane Corner Publication in AJOG MFM
Participation with Cochrane US Pregnancy and Childbirth Group
Suci Ardini Widyaningsih - Graduate Student at Master of Medical Sciences in Clinical Investigation, Harvard Medical School - Indonesia
Mentor: Ana Beatriz Pizarro
Activities and engagement
My mentoring group is still working on review activities. We usually share our activities through online meeting and Whatsapp group for communication.
What advice or tips would you give to future participants joining the program?
Participants should be active not only with the mentees inside the group & share activities on social media.
Karina Tapinova - Kazakhstan
Mentor: Liliya Ziganshina
Activities and engagement
Translation of PLS, podcasts recording, translation editing
GRADE scholarship for webinar on SRs
Wellness webinar series (NIH OITE)
Patient peer-review of Cochrane review protocol
Peer-review of Cochrane review protocol
Cochrane MyStory
Work on scoping review protocol
Work on Conference abstracts
IWD-2023 co-moderation
Acceptance to PhD program in Medical University of Vienna, Austria
What advice or tips would you give to future participants joining the program?
Use any opportunities on the way
Ana María Rojas Gómez - Methodologist at Epistemonikos/ Researcher at Research Unit in Stomatological, Preventive, and Social Medicine - Colombia
Mentor: Julián Balanta-Melo
Activities and engagement
Teaching
Creating a course on evidence-based dentistry
Presenting to scientific societies
Presenting at scientific congresses, including at the Cochrane Iberoamerica Conference in Quito, Ecuador where I won an award for my oral presentation
Collaboration on scoping review with Mentee team
Submission of abstracts to Cochrane Colloquium
Helping to create a global Dentistry Network / forum for EBM
What advice or tips would you give to future participants joining the program?
Proactivity during this time, commitment, dedication, willingness to participate, and eagerness to learn all. ____________________________________________________________________________________________