The work of Cochrane Public Health (CPH) is carried out by a dedicated group of volunteer editors and paid support staff. As well as providing feedback on reviews, the editorial team develop policies and guidelines for the Group to ensure reviews are of high quality and reflect the needs of end-users.
| Coordinating Editor Coordinating Editors take a leadership role, guiding editorial policy and strategic direction. They also act as the Sign-off Editor on all protocols and reviews for publication. Professor Luke Wolfenden
Professor, NHMRC Fellow (CDF II), Brawn Career Development Fellow School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle Manager, NSW Regional Health Partners Program Manager, HNE Clinical Research Fellow, HNE Population Health Newcastle, NSW, Australia Luke.Wolfenden@health.nsw.gov.au Luke is line manager to the CPH Managing Editor and provides general support to all CPH staff and editors. This includes methodological support, communication and the maintenance of national and international partnerships for systematic review development and utilisation. As CPH Coordinating editor, Luke acts as a final sign off editor for CPH protocols and reviews, working closely with Cochrane's Central Editorial Unit to ensure our publications are of the highest standard. |
Managing Editor The Managing Editor is usually the first point of contact for author teams, and is responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of CPH, overseeing the editorial process to ensure that CPH protocols and reviews are successfully prepared for publication. This includes managing timelines and channels of dialogue throughout production, problem-solving, and prioritising the group's workflow. The Managing Editorswork closely with the Coordinating Editor, Editors, authors, peer-reviewers, and support staff to ensure that the objectives of CPH are met. CPH also works closely with other Managing Editors across Cochrane to ensure CPH processes are aligned, to share best practice and utilise peer support. Managing Editor: Jodie Doyle
School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia Assistant Managing Editor: Dr Sam McCrabb School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia Sam.McCrabb@newcastle.edu.au |
Senior Methods Editor
The Senior Methods Editor's role is responsible for developing, implementing, refining and maintaining editorial processes to ensure that systematic reviews meet the methodological standards of Cochrane. The Senior Methods editor is responsible for providing methods leadership within CPH and will supervise and build the capacity of the Methods editor team.
Senior Methods Editor: Miranda Cumpston
Newcastle, NSW, Australia Miranda.Cumpston@monash.edu
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Knowledge Translation (KT) Manager
The KT Manager's role is to assist author teams to increase CPH review relevance, accessibility and use in decision-making.
KT Manager: Dr Meghan Finch
Newcastle, NSW, Australia |
Research Associates and Interns
Research Associates and Interns work collaboratively with other members within the CPH structure to provide leadership and research capacity.
Research Associates: Dr Serene Yoong, Dr Melanie Kingsland, and Dr Rebecca Hodder (University of Newcastle, Australia)
Research Interns: Courtney Barnes, Cassandra ('Cat') Lane, and Emma Doherty (University of Newcastle, Australia)
The editors all have the opportunity to review title proposals (via submitted Review Proposal Forms - RPFs) from prospective author teams. Each registered review is allocated a contact editor, whose role it is to compile and add to comments from the alloted Statistical editor, Methods editor and Information specialist and, at stage two of the editorial process, the external referees, for presentation to the athor team.The Editors
Contact Editors
Miranda Cumpston
Dr Jonathan Shepherd
Mr Daniel Francis
Dr Philip Baker
Simon Ellis
Dr Ruth Turley
Dr Vittal Katikireddi
Dr GJ Melendez-Torres
Dr Rebecca Armstrong
Solange Durao
Methods Editors
Miranda Cumpston (Senior Method Editor)
Dr Kate O'Brien
Dr Alix Hall
Dr Sam McCrabb
Dr Anke Rohwer
Asst Prof Lorainne Tudor Car
Dr Eva Rehfuess
Dr Erik von Elm
Dr Gerald Gartlehner
Dr Ursula Griebler
Dr Michele Hilton-Boon
Dr Rebecca Hodder
Statistical Editors
Professor Sreekumaran Nair
Dr Reza Yousefi-Nooraie
Ruth Dundas
Information Specialists
Irma Klerings
Valerie Wells
Editorial Advisors
Editorial advisors undertake a variety of roles, according to expertise and interest, including providing advice to the editorial group on policies, and/or contributing to review proposal assessments.
Dr Mark Petticrew
Dr Rob Anderson
Professor Maureen Dobbins
Dr Ruhi Saith