Congratulations to the ‘Communicating with the Public Scheme 2024’ Mentees!
Dr Mapa Prabhath Piyasena is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Global Eye Health from Queen’s University Belfast. Prabhath graduated with an MBBS (2nd Class Honours) and Diploma in Science from the University of Peradeniya Sri Lanka, and a Master’s (MSc) and Doctorate (PhD) in Public Health Ophthalmology from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical […]
Goodbye 2023, it’s been emotional… hello 2024, we’ve been busy getting the place ready for you
As we come to the end of another year, the ESI team have been busy planning an exciting schedule for 2024. What better way to start on the 11th of January than with a webinar by ESI fan favourite, Prof. Andrew Booth… his webinar names are always eye-catching – Get Real! Ten reasons to undertake […]
Key Steps in a Systematic Review – Bite Size Learning
Want to learn about systematic reviews and the steps involved in creating a systematic review? ESI and Cochrane Crowd have worked together to develop new educational resources. These are designed for patients, the public, healthcare professionals, students and more, who want to learn about systematic reviews and the main steps involved in producing a review. […]
Evidently Cochrane Blog
Loneliness in young adulthood: the research so far Check out the latest insights on loneliness in young adulthood in this blog by Emma Kirwan, PhD Researcher in the Department of Psychology at the University of Limerick. Emma Kirwan is a mentee on 2023 Communicating with the Public scheme facilitated by ESI. In this blog for youth organisations or anyone […]
The Peoples Review
Congratulations to Éle Quinn, ESI PhD scholar, for securing the Best Poster award at the 8th Trials Methodology Symposium in Galway, hosted by HRB-TMRN. This noteworthy achievement follows an oral presentation at the recent Cochrane Colloquium. Éle’s work, supervised by Dr. Sinéad Hynes, a Lecturer of Occupational Therapy at the University of Galway, highlights the calibre […]
Congratulations to the latest cohort of mentees
Dr Emma Kirwan is an Irish Research Council-funded PhD candidate at the University of Limerick and a graduate of MSc Health Psychology at the University of Galway. Her research interests focus on social connection and health in young, or emerging, adulthood, and she is particularly interested in the experience of loneliness. Dr Manjula Manikandan […]
Communicating with the Public Mentorship – call now open
Cochrane Colloquium 2023
Cochrane UK is hosting the Cochrane Colloquium at the Queen Elizabeth II (QEII) Centre in London from 4th to 6th September 2023, and Satellite events on 3rd September. The theme is ‘Forward together for trusted evidence’ to explore the challenges for the future around trustworthiness of healthcare data and information whilst also celebrating 30 years […]
ESI Study Within A Review (SWAR) Award 2023
We are pleased to launch the 2023 ESI Study Within A Review (SWAR) Award Call open: January 4th 2023. Call closes: March 31st 2023. What is a SWAR? A SWAR is a research study that can help provide evidence to inform decisions about how we plan, do and share the findings of future reviews. It addresses methodological […]
ESI & Cochrane Ireland blog: The last workshops of the academic year… and what’s around the corner!
by Tom Conway Evidence Synthesis Ireland finished off the 2021/2022 academic year with a bang as we hosted two online workshops in the last weeks of June. Carol Lefebvre, an independent information consultant and founding member of Cochrane, led an online workshop on Search Techniques, HTAs and Guidelines on the 23rd and 24th of June. […]