We are coming to the end of the third year of the Mentoring Program and are pleased to share the achievements of our mentees.
The Cochrane US Global Health Equity Mentoring program was developed in 2021. The program’s main goal is to serve minority, under-resourced, and/or historically discriminated against participants to contribute to Cochrane's goal of improving health equity through access and availability to trusted health evidence for all.
Hear from the mentees and watch a short video here!
Our mentees and mentors
Mentees | Country | Mentees | Country |
Abdirahman Moallim Ibrahim | Somalia | Julia Costa | Brazil |
Abraham Isaak | USA | Kaoutar Ouabicha | Morocco |
Amin Sharifan | Iran | Kehinde Ogundipe | Belgium |
Annisa Nurul Pratiwi Sudarmadi | Indonesia | liseth susana mena galviz | Colombia |
Anthony Chinonso Uwandu-uzoma | UK | Maria Carolina Isaza | Colombia |
Aram Halimi | Iran | Martial Sonkoue Pianta | Cameroon |
Ayush Halder | India | Mauricio Medina Rodríguez | Colombia |
Brigitta Beata Pradhaningtyas | Indonesia | Maya Abdelwahab | Egypt |
Claudia De Santis | Italy | Nelson Galvis | Colombia |
Dhruvi Bagaria | India | Noor Elfaki | Saudi Arabia |
Esra Mustafa Hamed Abdalla | Saudi Arabia | Samiha Riaz | Pakistan |
Esteban Villegas Arbeláez | Colombia | Shankhaneel Ghosh | India |
Gertrude Mphwanthe | Malawi | Yohanes Aditya Adhi Satria | Indonesia |
Hebatullah Abdulazeem | Germany | Yehuda Tri Nugroho Supranoto | Indonesia |
Jessica D'Urbano | Italy |
Mentor | Background |
L Susan Wieland (USA) | Director of Cochrane Compl. Med. & Professor at U Maryland |
Juan Franco (Germany) | Family Doctor, Cochrane Board Member, and Editor in Chief of BMJ_EMB |
Ana Beatriz Pizarro (Colombia) | Cochrane Editorial Board Member, Registered Nurse, Systematic Reviewer Cochrane US Network |
Patricia Heyn (USA) | Expert in Global Ageing, Cochrane Colorado, professor at Univ. Marymount |
Karen Gibbs (USA) | PhD, MSN/MPH, RN Instructor Evidence-Based Practice and Dissemination |
Pediatrics - Hematology & Oncology International | |
María Alejandra Barrios-Mercado (Colombia) | MD - Clinical epidemiologist at Sapyens SAS BIC |
Denise Thomson (Canada) | Director of Cochrane Climate Health, University of Alberta |
Julian Balanta (Colombia) | DDS - PhD. Assistant Professor in the School of Dentistry Universidad del Valle |
Mario Delgado (Colombia) | MD, PhD - Ex Professor Pediatrics Epidemiology |
Cochrane-Colombia Affiliate Center Coordinator/ Cochrane Affiliate Unit | |
Omolola Alade(Nigeria) | Omolola Alade BDS (Ibadan), MIPH (Sydney), FWACS |
Doctoral Student and TA - Global Health Program, McMaster University | |
Luis Ortiz (Chile) | Director of the Cochrane Center at Pontificia Universidad - Chile. |
Member of the Cochrane Effective Practice and Organization of Care | |
Jacqueline Alikhaani (USA) | Cochrane Consumer |
Nancy Owens (USA) | Cochrane Complementary Medicine, Cochrane US Network |
Ala Elhalali (USA) | PhD, MSc - Johns Hopkins Professor of Medicine. |
Shayesteh Jahanfar (USA) | Professor of Public Health - Tufts University, Cochrane US |
Paola Andrenacci (Argentina) | Nutrition and Liver Expert Consultant, Cochrane US, Cochrane Nutrition |
Our team
Program Founder & Director: Tiffany Duque, Cochrane Senior Officer, Central Executive Team
Mentor & Co-founder: Ana Beatriz Pizarro, Cochrane Support Officer,Central Executive Team
Program Coordinators: Paola Andrenacci, Cochrane Hepato-Biliary & ExME
Karla Duque Jacome. MD. MPH. Cochrane Program Manager of GeoGroups, Central Executive Team
Our successes
We love our program but we would not be as passionate if we would not hear the positive experiences of our mentees. Hear from them!
“I have participated and learned how to use Cochrane Engage; Cochrane translation from English to Italian and lead the Breastfeeding webinar. Thanks to Cochrane's mentoring I could be a coauthor of a systematic review about cancer in space”
“I had the chance to organize webinars in collaboration with other mentees like; International Women’s Day and Breastfeeding Week”
“I participated with my mentor in a systematic review of instruments for the assessment of the comprehensive development of children (0 to 9 years old) in a healthcare context in Chile. I also support the summary of Oropharyngeal impregnation with maternal colostrum to reduce adverse perinatal outcomes (submitted and accepted for poster presentation in the Global Evidence Summit 2024)”
“ I collaborate with other people in the Cochrane network in the making of -Protocol of a Cochrane systematic review of Methylxanthines for the prevention or treatment of intermittent hypoxemia or respiratory insufficiency in late preterm infants- and update of a Cochrane systematic review of Cerebral near-infrared spectroscopy monitoring for prevention of death or neurodevelopmental disability in very preterm infants”
“Groups work with other mentees allowed me to do things like participate in the Visual Data Graphic Project of a Cochrane systematic review of Methylxanthine for the prevention and treatment of apnea in preterm infants and help develop the protocol for a scoping review of barriers and enablers for the implementation of clinical practice guidelines in Latin America”
“I was inspired and given support to train in the use of software for Systematic Reviews: Covidence for screening and data extraction, web Rev man for Cochrane protocols, using Cochrane learning website, started using Cochrane engaged and having plenty active learning and participation in mentoring speaking series”
“I have completed several training offered by Cochrane, including the Intervention Review Training and KT Training. I have attended numerous webinars through Cochrane, I liked the most the PPI series organized by the Cochrane Consumer Network. Additionally, within the program, I co-organized and moderated a webinar on health equity for International Women’s Day 2024. In collaboration with other mentees, I am co-supervising the creation of a Cochrane Mentoring Program Journal Club.”
“Thanks to my mentor, I have participated in data extraction for a living umbrella review in geriatric medicine and am the second author of a redundancy analysis of RCTs within this review. I also presented this redundancy analysis as the main speaker in a webinar organized by the Cochrane US Affiliated Centre.”
“Recently, I assisted Lucy Johnson-Brown, Cochrane’s Head of Governance, in creating a
visual representation of Cochrane Governance.”
“I have been awarded a 3-year Research Fellowship in a research institution where I develop and promote
Knowledge Translation activities within the Cochrane MS and Rare Diseases of the CNS Review Group
and Cochrane Italy Geographic Group.”
“I've participated in the 2024 IWD webinar and I am involved in two systematic reviews, both in the screening phase”
Our experiences
Spotlight Wednesdays
Speaker Series
Webinars
Some words of advice from them!
Are you looking forward to joining the next cohort and wondering how to accomplish all?
The Y3 mentees have the best advice!
“Enjoy your colleagues' success and don't be afraid of asking for help!”
“Inspire yourself, work with commitment, decision and define your goals”
“Enjoy it and learn so much! It is the best way to get in contact with experts!”
“Be focused. Participate actively in each activity. Utilize the Cochrane Engage platform to gain some experience”
“Don’t postpone your kickoff even with minimal learning speed or a message expressing your research interest or passion.
The opportunities will never end just learn where to find them.”
“ You can use this opportunity explore to and learn and experience new things, and build networks along the way”
“Connect with people, give the program your best and be patient with yourself, especially if you're learning”
On behalf of all program mentees and mentors, we say thank you and look forward to continued success!