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WHO/Cochrane/Cornell Joan Klein Jacobs Center for Precision Nutrition and Health Summer Institute
for Systematic Reviews in Nutrition for Global Policy Making
2025, WHO/Cochrane/Cornell Joan Klein Jacobs Center for Precision Nutrition and Health Summer Institute for Systematic Reviews in Nutrition for Global Policy Making
Overview
This unique Institute offers a combination of online and in-person learning. In 2025, the Institute format includes one week of online instruction, which is primarily self-directed and tailored by each person to fit their schedule. This is followed by a second week of residential, in-person training. The online preparation brings all participants to a common starting point, which prepares us to maximize training during the in-person week on the Cornell University Ithaca campus. The Institute brings together experts from the World Health Organization (WHO), Cochrane, and Cornell University to train participants in the development of systematic reviews of nutrition interventions in populations. We have excellent outcomes, and Institute participants have contributed to producing reviews that inform global guidelines.
In early May 2025, the Institute will begin by providing access to all materials for participants to get started with online materials as early as their schedule allows. Week 1 is asynchronous online training, work at your own pace and on your schedule. During this online week, we expect you to reserve about four hours per day to work through modules on basic concepts in systematic reviews. Week 1 also will include three online interactive sessions (1 hour each time), which will be recorded to accommodate time zone differences. During week 2, we will convene in-person for a residential week on campus at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY. During this in-person week, we will be fully immersed in training, discussions, networking, and learning from our expert faculty and each other!
Prior to the first week, we will make introductions among participants and faculty, including forming the participants into teams and working on logistics to facilitate the goals of the Institute.
The 2025 WHO/Cochrane/Cornell University Joan Klein Jacobs Center for Precision Nutrition and Health Summer Institute for Systematic Reviews in Nutrition for Global Policy Making dates are as follows:
Prior to the Institute: Introduction to faculty, form the review teams, and identify reviews to work on during the Summer Institute.
Week 1: Week of May 19, 2025-- Cochrane Methods for Systematic Reviews of Interventions. Asynchronous online training.
Week 2: Week of June 15, 2025-- Immersive training in Systematic Reviews and Global Policy Making. In-person training, Cornell University, Ithaca NY.
Systematic reviews following the Cochrane methodology are used by the WHO and ensure that WHO recommendations are based on sound evidence. Participants will learn Cochrane methods, including applying the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) tool to assess the overall certainty of evidence.
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WHO Cochrane Cornell Summer Institute, Contact InformationPatricia A. Cassano, PhD, Director, Summer Institute |
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