Centre for Evidence-informed Decision-making, Prasanna School of Public Health (PSPH), 188体育平台 Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), 188体育平台 organised ‘Certificate Course in Evidence Synthesis: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis’ from June to September 2025 in hybrid mode.

Led by a team of experts in the field, this comprehensive programme delved into the Introduction to SR, formulation of a research question, systematic literature search, screening & data extraction, data management, risk of bias assessment, introduction to Meta-analysis, GRADE, qualitative SR, writing a SR protocol and reporting the review.

Dr Divya Sussanna Patil (Coordinator, Centre for Evidence-informed Decision-making, PSPH, MAHE, 188体育平台), Mr Elstin Anbu Raj (188体育平台 Fellow, Centre for Evidence-informed Decision-making, PSPH, MAHE, 188体育平台), Dr Edlin Glane Mathias (Faculty, Department of Health Technology and Informatics, PSPH, MAHE, 188体育平台), Dr Prachi Pundir (188体育平台 Fellow, The George Institute for Global Health), Dr Cherian Varghese (Director, PSPH, MAHE, 188体育平台), Dr Shradha Parsekar (Co-Founder Colloboration for Evidence Synthesis), Ms Carrie Price (Information Specialist/188体育平台 Librarian at ToxStrategies, a BlueRidge Life Sciences Company), Dr Judith Angellita Noronha (Professor & Dean, 188体育平台 College of Nursing, MAHE, 188体育平台), Dr Ravishankar N (Assistant Professor, Department of Biostatistics, Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute, University of Delhi), Dr Mahalaqua Nazli Khatib (Faculty, Center for Global Evidence Synthesis Initiative (GESI), and Division of Evidence Synthesis and Faculty, School of Epidemiology and Public Health (SEPH), DMIMS(DU)),? Dr Vishnu Renjith (Lecturer and Program Director School of Nursing and Midwifery, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland) were the resource persons for the certificate course.