Centre for Evidence-informed Decision-making, Prasanna School of Public Health (PSPH), Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Manipal 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, Manipal), Mr Elstin Anbu Raj (Research Fellow, Centre for Evidence-informed Decision-making, PSPH, MAHE, Manipal), Dr Edlin Glane Mathias (Faculty, Department of Health Technology and Informatics, PSPH, MAHE, Manipal), Dr Prachi Pundir (Research Fellow, The George Institute for Global Health), Dr Cherian Varghese (Director, PSPH, MAHE, Manipal), Dr Shradha Parsekar (Co-Founder Colloboration for Evidence Synthesis), Ms Carrie Price (Information Specialist/Research Librarian at ToxStrategies, a BlueRidge Life Sciences Company), Dr Judith Angellita Noronha (Professor & Dean, Manipal College of Nursing, MAHE, Manipal), 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.