Congratulations to Dr Yang Song who was awarded the 12th Najoua Mlika-Cabanne award in 2024.
Dr Yang Song is a postdoctoral researcher at the Iberoamerican Cochrane Center and is now an Assistant Professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen). She has been focusing on improving guideline adaptation methodology and implementation for six years, including leading the work of the RIGHT-Ad@pt checklist, participating in the adaptation of living guidelines, and serving as the vice Chair of the GIN adaptation working group. Dr Song actively proposes new projects to standardize the methodology of the guideline adaptation process and practice the adaptation of international guidelines to achieve a local impact. She has also been involved in different guideline development projects, conducting systematic reviews to support clinical decision-making and presenting evidence synthesis at panel meetings, utilizing the GRADE methodology.
Dr Song was nominated for the award by her PhD thesis supervisor, Dr Pablo Alonso Coello, senior researcher at the Iberoamerican Cochrane Center – Institut de Recerca Sant Pau (IR Sant Pau), for her contribution to moving forward the methodology for guideline adaptation, including living guidelines. Her role as vice chair of the GIN adaptation working group also demonstrates potential leadership in the methodology community.
“I am truly honored to be selected as the 2024 recipient of the prestigious GIN Award, named after the esteemed Dr. Najoua Mlika-Cabanne. I am grateful for this recognition from the GIN community and pledge to continue advancing innovation and collaboration in her legacy”.
Previous Award Winners
2023 – Dr Wojtek Wiercioch
Dr Wiercioch was nominated for the award by Tamara Lotfi, Senior Research Associate at McMaster University for his contribution to the guideline development world and his commitment to enhancing the processes for it.
“I am incredibly honored to receive the 2023 Najoua Mlika-Cabanne award and wish to share my gratitude to the entire Guidelines International Network. The Najoua Mlika-Cabanne award represents the spirit of collaboration and innovation in guideline development that has truly made me appreciate my involvement with GIN and working with its network of international collaborators throughout the years.”
2022 – Dr Romina Brignardello-Petersen
Dr Brignardello-Petersen is an Assistant Professor at McMaster University and has collaborated asa Guideline Methodologist for the Pan-American Health Organization and the
American Society of Hematology, among others. She has led several projects and working groups on developing GRADE methodology for network meta-analyses, including addressing imprecision, incoherence, and determining thresholds for ranking treatments. Dr Brignardello-Petersen has applied this GRADE methodology in the design and completion of network metanalyses on different topics which in turn have informed the development of clinical guidelines. She has taken on leadership roles in the development of these projects and in the dissemination of the GRADE methodology for network meta-analyses via in person and online courses. She has published over 60 articles in peer-reviewed journals during the past 5 years alone, resulting in over 6000 citations.
She was nominated for the award by Dr Hector Pardo-Hernandez, Guideline Methodologist, World Health Organization Researcher and Iberoamerican Cochrane Centre for her compelling contribution to the methodology and development of clinical guidelines, she has also fostered international collaboration and demonstrated leadership fitting of the legacy of Dr Najoua Mlika-Cabanne.