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*England,
Scotland,
Wales,
Spain,
Sweden,
Switzerland,
China,
Singapore,
North
America,
Africa,
Egypt,
Iran,
Lebanon,
Libyan
Arab
Jamahiriya,
Morocco,Pakistan,
Sudan,
Tunisia,
Republic
of Yemen. |
EUROPE Peter
Davidson
is a consultant in public health in the NHS in
Southampton and at the Wessex Institute for Health Research
and Development. He had a previous career in general medical
practice. His interests include systematic reviewing, health
technology assessment, particularly clinical trials, and
training for public health. He is a series editor for Health
Technology Assessment. Mark
Pickin is a clinical senior lecturer in health
service research/public health at the University of
Sheffield, and also works freelance as a trainer and
facilitator. He qualified in medicine in 1986, and trained
in general practice and public health medicine before being
awarded a Medical Research Council fellowship in health
services research. Mark is available to deliver courses in
writing for publication for groups of academics, health care
professionals and public health specialists, at all levels
of training, in the North of England and Midlands. Amy
Scammell currently works as the research manager
for Wandsworth Teaching PCT in South West London. She has a
background in sociology and health services research which
centres on primary, community and social care. In the past
she has conducted research into health visiting, social and
voluntary sector health and social improvement initiatives,
diabetes, mental health and amputee rehabilitation. Amy also
has experience of evaluating applied health initiatives and
supporting both individuals and groups to develop studies
and disseminate findings. Amy will be facilitating courses
in the London area. Cate
Scott
is the business communications manager at Fourth Hurdle
Consulting in London, a specialist consultancy in
international healthcare economics, outcomes research,
pricing and reimbursement. Fourth Hurdle takes a pro-active
approach to maintaining high quality written output, and has
experience of most of Tim Albert's courses. Before joining
Fourth Hurdle, Cate worked in higher education for 15 years,
most recently at Imperial College, in the Centre for
Educational Development. She has written for publication in
a number of peer-reviewed journals. Paula
Midgley
is a senior lecturer and
honorary consultant at the Department of Child Life and
Health, University of Edinburgh. She is an associate dean of
the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh. Fiona Muir
has a background in nursing, including a varied
experience in general, sick children and as a specialist
practitioner in general practice nursing. In 2001 she moved
into nurse education at the University of Abertay Dundee as
a clinical teaching fellow then subsequently as a nurse
lecturer. She is a graduate of University of Abertay Dundee
(1999) and University of Strathclyde (2001). Since joining
Tayside Centre for General Practice, University of Dundee in
2005 as a teaching fellow in medical education, she has
started doctoral studies which are in the application of
qualitative research methods in educational research. At
present the focus of her research is reflective practice in
medical education.
Wales Denis D'Auria
is a senior lecturer in toxicology at Cardiff
University and consultant physician. He discovered his
passion for writing whilst studying at Trinity College,
Dublin where he edited two student journals. As a junior
doctor, his consultant asked him for an article for a
medical broadsheet. So surprised was he to be paid, he
continued to provide both a weekly column under various pen
names and occasional articles. He edited Occupational
Medicine for 18 years and still found time to co-launch
Occupational Health Review now in its 12th year of
publication. He has published two books and numerous
articles. He is an established lecturer and broadcaster.
Denis is available for courses in Wales and the South
West.
Spain Jesús
Esteban Hernández is an associate
professor in the Epidemiology and Public Health Unit, Health
Sciences Department, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos,
Madrid.
Sweden Michael Fored
is a full-time researcher at the Karolinska
Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. He was a consultant
nephrologist at the county hospital in Sundsvall when he
turned into epidemiological research in 1996. Today he is
mainly doing pharmacoepidemiological investigations. Dr
Fored is director of studies at the Karolinska Institutet
research school for clinicians in epidemiology. Matthias Egger
is director of the Department of Social and
Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Switzerland. He
received his clinical training in Switzerland, studied
epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical
Medicine and worked in the UK for several years. He is
fluent in German and English. His research interests are in
the areas of the epidemiology of HIV/AIDS in resource-rich
and -poor countries, diabetes, and in the methodology of
systematic reviews and meta-analysis. Matthias has published
more than 100 peer-reviewed articles. He is a member of the
CONSORT and STROBE groups to improve the reporting of
randomised trials and observational studies and is an
associate editor of the International Journal of
Epidemiology. Nicola Low
is clinically qualified, with an MSc in
epidemiology. She is a native English speaker, working at
the University of Bern, Switzerland as a reader in
epidemiology and public health. Her research interests are
in the areas of sexually transmitted infections,
reproductive health, infectious disease epidemiology and
systematic reviews. Nicola has attended most, if not all, of
Tim Albert's courses for writers and editors, and has
published more than 50 peer-reviewed articles. She is
currently asistant editor of sexually transmitted Infections
and on the editorial board of Biomed Central.
ASIA LIN
Dongtao is
currently a teacher of English at the College of Foreign
Languages and Cultures, Sichuan University, and also works
as a copyeditor for the Chinese Journal of Evidence-based
Medicine. She attended the intensive training for the
biomedical writing and editing program run by the China
Medical Board of New York in 2004. She also attended Tim
Albert's course for writers in 2006 in Singapore. She is now
offering the editing course to the English majors in Sichuan
University and the writing course to the doctors and
researchers working at the West China Hospital and the Women
and Children's Hospital, Sichuan University.
Singapore CHONG Yap-Seng
is a Senior Consultant Obstetrician &
Gynaecologist at the National University Hospital (NUH),
Singapore. He is consultant -in-charge of the NUH Delivery
Suite and has special interest in promoting breastfeeding
and natural childbirth. As Head of the Medical Education
Unit, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University
of Singapore (NUS), he is also involved in educational
leadership and scholarship and has won several teaching
excellence awards. His research interests include
breastfeeding and early childhood programming, and the use
of misoprostol in the third stage of labour. Having a
special interest in medical writing, he founded the NUH-NUS
Medical Publications Support Unit in 2003 and is an
associate editor of the Singapore Medical Journal.
Yap-Seng reviews for various international journals
including The Lancet, the BMJ, and the
Cochrane Collaboration. LEE Su Yin
works in the Medical Publications Support Unit of
the National University Hospital (NUH)-National University
of Singapore (NUS). She is involved in conducting the
training and editing of the clinician-scientists' biomedical
manuscripts as well as the business development of this unit
which serves NUH-NUS in particular and the
biomedical-healthcare industry in Singapore in general.
Majoring in English and history at university, she also
holds post-graduate qualifications in history, education,
financial management and chartered secretaryship. She has
considerable experience in writing, adult-training and
research, having taught, among other places, at the National
Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University,
Singapore, and she has published several books and
articles.
North America Jocalyn
Clark is a public health scientist and
professional medical editor based in Toronto, Canada. She
will run courses in North America. Following an MSc and PhD
in Public Health, Jocalyn became editorial registrar at the
British Medical Journal (BMJ) in London UK,
and was appointed assistant editor in 2003. Since 2005 she
has been an associate editor of the BMJ. Jocalyn has
written extensively in the areas of women's health, global
health, academic medicine, and scientific publishing. She is
a director of knowledge translation at St Michael's
Hospital, University of Toronto, and is on the editorial
policy committee of the World Association of Medical
Editors.
Africa With thanks to WHO/TDR for their support in training the following people: Burkina Faso
Dr Seni Kouanda
Médecin Epidémiologiste
Institut de Recherche en Sciences de
la Santé
Email: sekouanda@yahoo.fr or skouanda@uerd.bf
Ethiopia
Prof Yemane Berhane Tsehay
Ethiopian Journal of Health
Development
Email: rhr.aau@ethionet.et
Ghana
Dr Margaret Gyapong
Dodowa Health Research Centre
Ghana Health Service
Dodowa, Greater Accra Region
Email: Margaret.Gyapong@hru-ghs.org
Dr Josephine Ocran
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research
University of Ghana
Email: jocran@noguchi.mimcom.net
Kenya
Ms Phoebe Wambui Mukiria
Trypanosomiasis Research Center
Kenya Agricultural Research Institute
Kikuyu
Email: phoebe.mukiria@gmail.com
Malawi
Ms Mzamose Gondwe
Biochemistry Department
College of Medicine
Blantyre
Email: mzamoseg@yahoo.com
Nigeria
Dr Ademola J Ajuwon
University of Ibadan
Department of Health Promotion & Education
Faculty of Public Health, College of Medicine
African Reg Health Education Center
Ibadan, Oyo State
Email: ajajuwon@yahoo.com
Mr David Olubukola Oyejide
African Journal of Medicine and medical Sciences
Institute for Advanced Medical Research & Training
College of Medicine, University of Ibadan,
Ibadan, Oyo State
Email: bukoyejide@yahoo.com or afrijmed@yahoo.com
South Africa
Dr Ntambwe Malangu
Senior Lecturer
South African Family Practice Journal
Pretoria RSA
(English/French)
Email: gustavmalangu@gmail.com
Tanzania
Ms Beverly Msambichaka
Researcher & Technical Editor
Ifakara Health Research & Development Centre
Dar es Salaam
Email: msambichakabeverly@gmail.com
Uganda
Associate Professor George Nasinyama
Deputy Director Research & Publications
School of Graduate Studies
Makerere University
Kampala
Email: nasinyama@vetmed.mak.ac.ug or gnasinyama@yahoo.com
Zimbabwe
Dr Takafira Mduluza
Biochemistry Department
University of Zimbabwe
Email: mduluza@medic.uz.ac.zw
With thanks to WHO/Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office for their support in training the following people: Egypt Mrs Fiona
Curlet Professor Maisa
Nasr Farid Ms Jane
Nicholson
Dr Mohamed Abdur
Rab
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