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At Cochrane Sweden, we also have visiting researchers from universities who come and work with us for a short period of time, Cochrane International Mobility (CIM) See also publications in 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017.

Here are a few examples of researchers who have trained with us at our Centre:

	Name and a short presentation	CIM
	Alice Sjögren Alice is a medical student at Lund University. She has worked on a Cochrane review on caffeine versus other methylxanthines for the prevention and treatment of apnea in preterm infants, in the spring 2023.	No
	Chiara Russo Chiara visited Cochrane Sweden for three months when finishing medicine, Genova, Italy. She did an Erasmus project at Lund University. She first did a non-Cochrane review, then two Cochrane reviews within neonatal medicine (all published). Read more about Chiara here	From Cochrane Italy
	Martina Albertella Martina is a fifth-year medical student from Genova, Italy. She has done an Erasmus project at Lund University in autumn 2022, working on two Cochrane reviews: Superoxide dismutase for preventing bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) in preterm infants (submitted for publication in October 2022); Ibuprofen for acute postoperative pain in children. Read more about Martina here	From Cochrane Italy
	ΘΕΜΙΣΤΟΚΛΗΣ ΠΑΡΑΣΚΕΥΑΣ Themis is a medical doctor from Patras, Greece. He has done an Erasmus project at Lund University in autumn 2022, working on three Cochrane reviews: Superoxide dismutase for preventing bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) in preterm infants (submitted for publication in October 2022); Pharmacological pain and sedation interventions for the prevention of intraventricular hemorrhage in preterm infants on assisted ventilation - an overview of systematic reviews ;(published); Clinical rating scales for assessing pain in newborn infants. Read more about Themis here	From Cochrane Greece
	Fredh Netterström-Wedin Fredh is completing his MSc Public Health at Mid Sweden University. Fredh started a CIM at Cochrane Netherlands to learn more on diagnostic test accuracy reviews.	To Cochrane Netherlands
	Christoper A. Alarcon-Ruiz Christoper is a Peruvian physician and epidemiologist. He is a mentee in Cohort 2 - South America from the Cochrane US Network Mentoring Program. In 2022, he joined Cochrane Sweden to participate in two systematic reviews.	From Cochrane US, (virtual)
	Luca Tancredi Luca is a medical doctor based in Augsburg (Germany), specialist in general medicine and geriatrics, PhD candidate at the University of Split, where he did training at Cochrane Croatia and joined Cochrane Sweden via Cochrane International Mobility. Luca is cooperating on a systematic review about hCG levels and preeclampsia, in addition to a Cochrane review.	From Cochrane Croatia, (virtual)
	Johannes Skogler Johannes is a medical student at Lund University. He has working on a systematic review on human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) levels and pregnancy complications, in autumn 2022.	No
	Agata Stróżyk Agata is a dietitian and PhD student at the Medical University of Warsaw (Poland). She joined Cochrane Sweden in 2022, as co-author of Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors for the treatment of psoriatic arthritis. Agata is co-supervised by Giovanni Cagnotto, rheumatologist at Skåne University Hospital, and our director, Matteo Bruschettini. She also published a Cochrane Overview, as first author, in collaboration with our centre. Read more about Agata here.	From Cochrane Poland (virtual)
	Filip Wikström Filip is a last year medical student at Lund University. In January 2022 he joined Cochrane Sweden to conduct a Cochrane review on TNF-alpha inhibitors for juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Filip is co-supervised by Michele Compagno and our director, Matteo Bruschettini. He also enjoyed during a 4-week CIM at Cochrane Iberoamerica (Barcelona), in March 2022. Read more about Filip here.	To Cochrane Iberoamerica (Barcelona)
	Jana Edriss Jana is a third-year medical student at Lund University. In November 2021 she joined Cochrane Sweden to conduct a systematic review on diclofenac on acute postoperative pain in children.	No
	Tilda Moberg Tilda is a last year medical student at Lund University. In October 2021 she joined Cochrane Sweden to conduct a systematic review on pregnancy-induced nausea and placenta-associated outcomes (published). Tilda is co-supervised by professor Stefan Hansson and our director, Matteo Bruschettini.	No
	Raphaela Mayrhofer Raphaela is a neuroscientist based at Södertörn University in Sweden. She joined Cochrane Austria in October 2021, contributing to a systematic review on biologics in rheumatoid arthritis and projects focusing on method evaluation. She is currently working as a lecturer, teaching scientific methods, including systematic reviews. Read more about Raphaela here.	To Cochrane Austria
	Lea Styrmisdóttir Lea is a last year medical student at Lund University. She worked virtually with Cochrane Argentina on a Cochrane review about Palivizumab for preventing respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection in children, published in 2021. In 2023 she joined a Cochrane review on opioids for postoperative pain in newborns (published). Moreover Lea contributed to a Clinical Trial Transparency Report.	To Cochrane Argentina (virtual)
	Marlide Jukema Marlide is a medical student from The Netherlands. She just finished her bachelor of medicine in Amsterdam and started her master's with an internship at Cochrane Sweden in late 2020. Marlide has contributed to a systematic review on antileukotrienes (such as montelukast) in newborns, including randomised trials, observational studies and animal studies (link to the published review). In 2021 she joined our review on opioids in pups. In April 2021 Marlide translated and recorded a Cochrane podcast on opioids (in Dutch). Read more about Marlide here.	From Cochrane Netherlands
	Marina Macchi Marina is a last year medical student from Milan, Italy, interested in paediatrics and neonatology. Since 2020 she is doing her virtual CIM training at Cochrane Sweden. Marina co-authored the Cochrane rewiew update on salbutamol for transient tachypnea of the newborn (published in 2021). Read more abour Marina here.	From Cochrane Italy (virtual)
	Kasia Stempel Kasia is a medical student at Lund University. In March 2020 she joined Cochrane Sweden, virtually, due to the corona pandemic. She co-authored a Cochrane review on opioids for postoperative pain in newborns (link). The protocol of an additional review on opioids and alpha-2-agonists for analgesia and sedation in newborn infants has been published.	No
	Mari Kinoshita Mari is MD, PhD in Perinatal Medicine. She is also a medical doctor trained in neonatology (Japan) with a master’s degree in Public Health (USA). She did her CIM training at Cochrane Sweden in January 2020 as part of a collaboration with Cochrane Japan, alongside her own PhD studies in Lund. Continuously passionate about changing current clinical practice in the NICU for the better, she has published three Cochrane reviews on opioids in newborns, for different indications (link). The protocol of an additional review on opioids and alpha-2-agonists for analgesia and sedation in newborn infants has been published. Moreover she is leading a review of animal studies on opioids in pups. Read more about Mari here.	From Cochrane Japan
	Simon Karlelid Simon is a last year medical student from Lund University. He started his CIM training with Cochrane South Africa before the corona pandemic. He completed a systematic review on interventions to minimize blood loss in very preterm infants back at Cochrane Sweden (published in February 2021).	To Cochrane South Africa
	Israel Borges Israel is a junior medical doctor from Belo Horizonte, Brazil. He has been at our Center in January 2020 and is continuing his virtual CIM training at Cochrane Sweden. Israel contributed to a systematic review interventions to mimimise blood loss in very preterm infants (published in February 2021). Moreover he is coauthor of two Cochrane reviews on opioids for postoperative pain in newborns (link). Read more about Israel here.	From Cochrane Brazil
	Emma Persad Emma has been trained at Cochrane Austria and currently based in Stockholm. She has done her virtual CIM training at Cochrane Sweden. Emma contributed to a systematic review on interventions to mimimise blood loss in very preterm infants (published in February 2021). She is now contributing to a Cochrane Methods review on neonatal pain scales. She completed two more Cochrane reviews with Cochrane Sweden. Read more about Emma here.	From Cochrane Austria (virtual)
	Ana Pizarro Ana is a nurse student based at Cochrane Colombia. She is doing her virtual CIM training at Cochrane Sweden. Ana is preparing a systematic review on caffeine in newborn pups (The protocol is available here). Moreover she completed two more Cochrane reviews with Cochrane Sweden. Read more about Ana here and here.	From Cochrane Colombia (virtual)
	Greta Sibrecht Greta is a junior medical doctor from Poznan, Poland. She is doing her virtual CIM training at Cochrane Sweden. Greta contributed to a systematic review on interventions to mimimise blood loss in very preterm infants (published in February 2021). Moreover, she contributed to a systematic review on antileukotrienes (such as montelukast) in newborns, including randomised trials, observational studies and animal studies (link); a review of animal studies on opioids in pups; a Cochrane review on pain and sedation management during therapeutic hypotermia in infants. She completed two more Cochrane reviews with Cochrane Sweden. Read more about Greta here.	From Cochrane Poland (virtual)
	Astrid Modiano Hedenmalm Astrid was a last year medical student from Lund University. She did her CIM training at Cochrane Netherlands in 2019 for 4 weeks, followed by 16 weeks at our Centre. During this period, she completed a review on continuous glucose monitoring in preterm infants, assessing the diagnostic test accuracy (DTA). The review has been published in BMJ Open. Read more about Astrid here.	To Cochrane Netherlands
	Hanna Peterson Hanna had recently finished her third year of medical studies at the Karolinska Institute when she joined Cochrane Sweden for a three-week internship in 2019. During her internship, she worked on a systematic review of overdiagnosis and screening (link to the final publication). In the future, she wants to combine research with clinical work.	No
	Giulia Bilamour Giulia is a last year medical student from Italy. She is interested in neonatology and gynaecology. She spent two months at Cochrane Sweden during the summer of 2019. She has been contributing to a scoping review on reporting of harms in Cochrane reviews on screening (link to the final publication). Moreover, she did a clinical placement in the neonatal unit in Lund.	From Cochrane Italy
	Franciszek Borys Franciszek is a medical student from Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poland. His interests are neonatology and evidence-based medicine. Franciszek worked at the Centre in 2019 for six weeks. He completed a systematic review on harms in Cochrane reviews on screening (link to the final publication). Though now back to Poland, he has co-authored more systematic reviews with our Centre, including a review of diagnostic studies on glucose monitoring in preterm infants: The review has been published in BMJ Open. Moreover, he contributed to a systematic review on antileukotrienes (such as montelukast) in newborns, including randomised trials, observational studies and animal studies (link); and a Cochrane review (link). Read more about Franciszek here.	From Cochrane Poland
	Chiara Nava Chiara is a medical doctor from Italy. She is interested in paediatrics, neonatology and evidence-based medicine. Chiara visited the Centre in 2019 for three months where she had the opportunity to work on two reviews, including the Cochrane review Opioids for neonates receiving mechanical ventilation. During her stay, she also wrote a Students for Evidence blog on her Cochrane International Mobility experience.	From Cochrane Italy
	Sandra Nylander Vujovic Sandra is a last year medical student from Lund University. She is interested in evidence-based medicine and intensive care medicine. Sandra did her CIM programme in 2019 and spent four weeks in Denmark with the Cochrane Anaesthesia, Critical and Emergency Care Review Group, followed by 16 weeks at our Centre. She completed a (non-Cochrane) review on early versus late caffeine in preterm infants.	To Cochrane Anaesthesia (Denmark)
	Karl-Omar Hassan Karl is a last year medical student from Lund University. In 2019 joined our Centre for 20 weeks. He completed an overview on postnatal interventions on transient tachypnea of the newborn. Karl is also a co-author of an ongoing Cochrane review on the same topic (transient tachypnea in newborn children).	No
	Kevin Bengtsson Kevin is a junior medical doctor from Lund University. He did his CIM training at Cochrane Netherlands in 2018 for 3 weeks, followed by 17 weeks at our Centre. During this period, he completed a review on neonatal pain scales. The protocol is available here and the full review here. He is a co-author of an abstract to the 3rd joint European Neonatal Societies conference (September 2019, Maastricht, Netherlands).	To Cochrane Netherlands
	Petter Brattström Petter was a last year medical student from Lund University when he visited our Centre in 2019. Petter wanted to gain some 'hands on experience' with systematic review work. He began his Cochrane experience with a four-week training period as an intern in Krems an der Donau at Cochrane Austria, where he was introduced to the methodology of systematic reviews and meta-analysis. This was part of a 20-week research project at our Centre. This resulted in Petter co-authoring two systematic reviews, one as part of his Master’s thesis. Petter was also selected to be interviewed by Cochrane on his work as part of their 30 under 30 series. Read the full interview here. In 2023 Petter started a PhD at our centre.	To Cochrane Austria

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