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Samantha Cox

Needed 26 Aug '20

Acknowledgement

Ear, Nose and Throat

Ear, nose & throat

Screening questions for a paper in Farsi/Persian for a review of Gingko for tinnitus

Skills: Translation - Linguistic: from Persian to English, Screening

We would like to identify a volunteer who can help establish whether a paper we have identified in Farsi/Persian is eligible for our new review on Gingko for tinnitus

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Jessica Hendon

Needed 27 Aug '20

Acknowledgement

Common Mental Disorders

Mental health

Content peer review - Interventions for preventing type 2 diabetes in adults with mental disorders in low and middle income countries

Skills: Clinical Input, Peer Review - Clinical Content

We are looking for a content expert peer review for a review.

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Anna Noel-Storr

Cochrane Crowd

Join our collaborative volunteer effort to help categorise and summarise healthcare evidence

Skills: RCT identification

This is a great way to get involved and help Cochrane identify trials for Cochrane’s Central Register of Controlled Trials, a vital resource that helps systematic reviews around the world.
- No experience necessary
- A task you can dip into whenever you have a few spare minutes
- Work on records in areas of interest to you
- A great way to help and to learn!

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Jessica Hendon

Needed 28 Aug '20

Acknowledgement

Common Mental Disorders

Mental health

Consumer peer review - Interventions for preventing type 2 diabetes in adults with mental disorders in low and middle income countries

Skills: Consumer Input, Peer Review - Consumer

We are looking for a consumer peer review for a review, it would be great if this was from a person with relevant lived experience.

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Jessica Hendon

Needed 18 Aug '20

Acknowledgement

Common Mental Disorders

Mental health

Content peer review - PROTOCOL - Brief psychological interventions to prevent or mitigate loneliness or social isolation

Skills: Clinical Input, Peer Review - Clinical Content

We are looking for a content expert peer review for a review.

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Jessica Hendon

Needed 18 Aug '20

Acknowledgement

Common Mental Disorders

Mental health

Consumer peer review - PROTOCOL - Brief psychological interventions to prevent or mitigate loneliness or social isolation

Skills: Consumer Input, Peer Review - Consumer

We are looking for a consumer peer review for a review, it would be great if this was from a person with relevant lived experience.

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Cochrane Consumer Network

Needed 03 Sep '20

Acknowledgement

Other

Help us choose the content for our new online learning module about consumer involvement in Cochrane

Skills: Consumer Input

We have a new Cochrane online learning module in development, and we’d like to invite you to help us think about what it might look like. Background to the project Last year Cochrane launched its Evidence Essentials learning resource coveri... show more

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Emma Persad

Needed 05 Aug '20

Acknowledgement

Gynaecology and Fertility

Urology

Help searching Chinese databases

Skills: Searching

I am leading a review and need access to some Chinese studies that were included in a research Chinese meta-analysis, but unfortunately have not been picked up by our searches. The studies only appear to be searchable in Chinese as I have not had ... show more

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Muriah Umoquit

Needed 01 Jan '21

Acknowledgement

Other

Creator of video for social media

Skills: Review Dissemination/Knowledge Translation: from to

Cochrane is across many social media platforms - Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, Instagram...and now TikTok! The audience is mostly university students and early career professionals. You can look us up at @cochraneorg We are looking for vi... show more

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Marta Santos

Needed 30 Aug '20

Payment

Consumer & communication strategies

Apply to be a Cochrane UK Consumer Champion

Skills: Consumer Input

The Cochrane UK team are inviting applications from people who would like to be ‘Cochrane UK Consumer Champions’. What is the aim of the Cochrane UK Consumer Champions role? The aim of this role is to develop links with wider groups and ... show more

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Joanne Abbott

Needed 27 Aug '20

Acknowledgement

Pain, Palliative and Supportive Care

Pain & anaesthesia

Translation of article from Madarin to English

Skills: Translation - Linguistic: from to

Extraction of relevant information from an academic article

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Joyaa Antares

Needed 31 Aug '20

Acknowledgement

Developmental, Psychosocial and Learning Problems

Child health

Help us with our risk of bias analysis and data extraction by contacting study authors in mainland China

Skills: Data Extraction, Qualitative Analysis

Our review is: Non‐surgical and non‐pharmacological interventions for congenital muscular torticollis in the 0‐5 year age group. The protocol is here: Here's our review - https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD012987/full ... show more

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Sarah Carrier

Needed 25 Aug '20

Acknowledgement

Orthopaedics & trauma

Romanian to English translation of 1 article for brain injury systematic review

Skills: Translation - Linguistic: from Romanian to English

Our team is seeking assistance in translating 1 article from Romanian to English, in preparation for full-text screening for our systematic review. The article is relatively brief - 11 pages. If you are able to assist with this translation task... show more

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Sarah Carrier

Needed 25 Aug '20

Acknowledgement

Orthopaedics & trauma

German to English translation of 3 articles for brain injury systematic review

Skills: Translation - Linguistic: from German to English

Our team is seeking assistance in translating 3 articles from German to English, in preparation for full-text screening for our systematic review. The articles are relatively brief - no longer than 12 pages. If you are able to assist with this ... show more

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Farasat Kazmi

Needed 01 Feb '21

Authorship

Cancer

Looking for co-author with cochrane experience prior to submitting proposal

Skills: Data Extraction, Clinical Input, Qualitative Analysis, Statistical Analysis

Dear all, I am a clinical research fellow at the Early Phase trials unit Oxford. We are in the process of submitting a cochrane proposal "Next generation sequencing for guiding matched targeted therapies in Phase I/II trials" the GNOC editor... show more

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Jessica Hendon

Needed 18 Aug '20

Acknowledgement

Common Mental Disorders

Mental health

Consumer peer review - Pharmacological interventions for the treatment of pathological and problem gambling

Skills: Consumer Input, Peer Review - Consumer

We are looking for a consumer peer review for a review, it would be great if this was from a person with relevant lived experience.

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Emma Jackson

Needed 29 Jul '20

Acknowledgement

Airways

Lungs & airways

Patient views needed for a Cochrane review on new drugs (mepolizumab or benralizumab) for treating exacerbations of COPD

Skills: Consumer Input, Peer Review - Consumer

In this review the findings of clinical trials are examined to see whether taking the new drugs mepolizumab or benralizumab are better than a placebo for people with COPD, and reduce the number of episodes when patients' conditions seriously worsen.

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Lyubov Lytvyn

Needed 31 Jul '20

Authorship, Payment

Consumer Network

Public health

Seeking patients/consumers with experience of COVID-19 to join rapid clinical practice guideline panel series (MAGIC, BMJ, WHO)

Skills: Consumer Input, Protocol Development, Report Writing, Peer Review - Consumer, Review Dissemination/Knowledge Translation: from to , Summary of Findings Tables, Guideline development, GRADE

We're looking for patient partners who have experience of COVID-19 to join our international guideline panel team on a series on pharmacological (drug) therapies for COVID-19. *Why are we doing this?* There are benefits and harms to differen... show more

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Begum Irmak On Seker

Needed 31 Aug '20

Acknowledgement

Neurology

Translation of one article from Russian for a review of prognostic models in multiple sclerosis

Skills: Translation - Linguistic: from Russian to English, Inclusion/Exclusion

We are conducting a Cochrane Review titled "Prognostic models for predicting clinical disease progression, worsening and activity in people with multiple sclerosis". During screening we came across a promising abstract from a study reported in Rus... show more

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Aleksandra Kudlicka

Needed 31 Jul '20

Acknowledgement

Ageing

Translating part of the Korean article into English

Skills: Translation - Linguistic: from Korean to English, Inclusion/Exclusion

We have identified a paper in Korean that seems to meet the inclusion criteria for our Cochrane review and so we need to get the article translated into English, at least the method and results sections, particularity the description of the (psych... show more

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Jessica Hendon

Needed 18 Aug '20

Acknowledgement

Common Mental Disorders

Mental health

Content peer review - Pharmacological interventions for the treatment of pathological and problem gambling

Skills: Clinical Input, Peer Review - Clinical Content

We are looking for a content expert peer review for a review.

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Jessica Hendon

Needed 14 Jul '20

Acknowledgement

Common Mental Disorders

Mental health

Consumer peer review - Pharmacological interventions for the treatment of pathological and problem gambling

Skills: Consumer Input

We are looking for a consumer peer review for a review, it would be great if this was from a person with relevant lived experience.

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Ellen Dougan

Needed 23 Jul '20

Acknowledgement

Epilepsy

Neurology

Translation needed; Farsi

Skills: Translation - Linguistic: from Persian to English

Our group is looking for some help in translating some papers that one of our author teams need in order to complete their review. We need help with 2 papers that are in Farsi and translated to English. If you are able to help please send me a ... show more

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Jessica Hendon

Needed 31 Jul '20

Common Mental Disorders

Mental health

Priority setting survey - Future reviews in child and youth mental health

Skills: Consumer Input, Clinical Input, Review Prioritisation

** As this is an anonymous survey request please do not respond to/volunteer for the task unless you would like additional information about sharing the survey link. Please simply complete the survey at https://bit.ly/2qYDtLI ** BACKGROUND: Ou... show more

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Patrizia Natale

Needed 15 Aug '20

Acknowledgement

Renal

translation from german to english for a COVID Cochrane systematic review

Skills: Translation - Linguistic: from German to English

Hi all, my team and I are working on a COVID Cochrane systematic review and we need a rapid translation of a german paper in english. regards, patrizia

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Muhammad Zarar Mughal

Needed 28 Aug '20

Acknowledgement

Infectious Diseases

Effective practice & health systems

Making COVID-19 Inactive by Heat Treatment Procedures.

Skills: Protocol Development

The sensitivity of COVID-19 to temperature is described as under:- 4 D Celsius: Remain active for indefinite time. 22 D Celsius: Survive for 14 days. 37 D Celsius: Survive for 2 days. 56 D Celsius: Survive for 30 minutes. 70 D Celsius: Surviv... show more

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xiujuan liu

Needed 01 Aug '20

Authorship, Acknowledgement

Urology

Kidney disease

The Furosemide Stress Test and Predicting AKI Outcomes?

Skills: Data Extraction, Inclusion/Exclusion, Protocol Development, Qualitative Analysis, Statistical Analysis

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a clinical syndrome that is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. The incidence of AKI has more than doubled in the past decade and is projected to continue to increase .Patients with AKI are cared for ... show more

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carlos martinez castro

Needed 29 Jan '21

Authorship

Gastroenterology & hepatology

gallstone-associated acute pancreatitis

Skills: Clinical Input, Peer Review - Clinical Content

I want to evaluated the evolution of the treatment with the endoscopy and medical therapy. to evalue if the systemic complications and mortality are reduced with endoscopic retrograde cholangio-pancreatography with sphincterotomy and early antibio... show more

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Mohamed Awale

Needed 01 Feb '21

Authorship, Acknowledgement

Colorectal

Gastroenterology & hepatology

Anal Fissure, Anal fistula and Hemorrhoids in Somalia. A Retrospective hospital study

Skills: Clinical Input

Awale Mohamed Abdullahi MD12,MMed , Mohamed Abdikarim MD1 1. International Hospital Mogadishu, 2. Somali National university and Simad University Corresponding author: Mohamed Abdullahi Awale (drawaale@gmail.com) (+252617625656) ... show more

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Mohamed Awale

Needed 26 Jan '21

Authorship, Acknowledgement

Breast Cancer

Cancer

The Obstacles of Breast Cancer Management in Somalia: A case report Awale Mohamed Abdullahi MD12,MMed , Mohamed Qooje MD2 Samia Abdullahi MD2 Aden Yusuf2

Skills: Report Writing

Abstract Introduction Breast cancer is the most common cancer in the world and second leading cause of death in the world. There is cultural barrier and discipline conflict of the disease where patients cannot go to breast clinic while there is... show more

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Mohamed Awale

Needed 26 Jan '21

Authorship

Colorectal

Emergency

Hernia Surgery in Somalia : An Experience of Doctors at International Hospital: Retrospective hospital study

Skills: Clinical Input

Abstract: Introduction : A hernia is the abnormal exit of tissue or an organ, such as the bowel, through the wall of the cavity in which it normally resides. Hernia is one of the most commonly performed surgical procedures in surgical wards. Obj... show more

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Norio Watanabe

Needed 31 Dec '20

Authorship

Other

Cochrane Japan International Mobility Programme

Skills: Data Extraction, Inclusion/Exclusion, Protocol Development, Risk of Bias Assessment, Screening, Searching, Statistical Analysis

Focus of placement: Methodology of systematic reviews, Risk of Bias, GRADE, statistics Required skills for applicants: Background in medical or health sciences Skills: Question Formulation, Searching, Inclusion/Exclusion, Data Extraction... show more

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PRINCE KAZADI KITUMBA

Needed 25 Dec '20

Epilepsy

Neurology

research partnership to improve the management of epilepsy worldwide

Skills: Searching

ABSTRACT Epilepsy is a chronic, universal condition, but probably with unequal etiology and prognosis. This affection is still charged with myth in most of the population. Accessibility to antiepileptic drugs is not easy and a high proportion of e... show more

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souheila karbia

Needed 18 Aug '20

Consumer & communication strategies

Post-édition de résumés de revues Cochrane de l'anglais vers le français

Skills: Translation - Linguistic: from English to French

L’équipe Traduction de Cochrane France traduit chaque mois plus d’une soixantaine de résumés des revues Cochrane nouvellement publiées ou mises à jour. Cochrane produit deux résumés pour chaque revue publiée : un résumé en « langage simplifié » (... show more

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Jennifer Dawson

Needed 30 Dec '20

Acknowledgement

Other

Cochrane-Wikipedia Project

Skills: Review Dissemination/Knowledge Translation: from to

Help improve the quality of health-related evidence online by participating in the Cochrane-Wikipedia Project! Cochrane and Wikipedia are working together to share high-quality health-related evidence with a broad audience. -There are over 32... show more

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Giok Ong

Needed 31 Jul '20

Acknowledgement

Heart

Heart & circulation

Help needed to translate scientific papers from Japanese into English (as part of in this large global systematic review and network meta-analysis)

Skills: Translation - Linguistic: from Japanese to English, Inclusion/Exclusion

Dr Anair Beverly (systematic reviewer and anaesthetist in Oxford) and I (Dr Giok Ong, systematic reviewer) work at the NHS Blood and Transplant Systematic Review Initiative at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, and also have associations with ... show more

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Giok Ong

Needed 31 Jul '20

Acknowledgement

Heart

Heart & circulation

Help needed to translate scientific papers from Korean into English (as part of in this large global systematic review and network meta-analysis)

Skills: Translation - Linguistic: from Korean to English, Inclusion/Exclusion

Dr Anair Beverly (systematic reviewer and anaesthetist in Oxford) and I (Dr Giok Ong, systematic reviewer) work at the NHS Blood and Transplant Systematic Review Initiative at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, and also have associations with ... show more

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Ian Light

Needed 11 Dec '20

Acknowledgement

Acute Respiratory Infections

Infectious disease

Reducing antibiotic Use for Upper and Lower Respiratory Tract Infections

Skills: Clinical Input

A continuing learning and prescribing project for prescribers and patients to recognise what is a viral infection that does not require antibiotics eg Runny nose mild sore throat and some coughing in a healthy twenty year old person versus bacter... show more

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Elena Kostova

Needed 01 Aug '20

Gynaecology and Fertility

Gynaecology

Consumer reviewers wanted! Cochrane Gynaecology and Fertility

Skills: Peer Review - Consumer

Are you interested in health evidence, gynaecology, women's health, and embryology? Have you, a family member, or a friend experienced subfertility? Your opinion matters! Help us evaluate and review our protocols and reviews! We believe that co... show more

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