A network for students interested in evidence-based health care

Muriah Umoquit

I am a 'Cochrane fan girl' with a background in research and knowledge translation. As Cochrane's Communications and Analytics Officer, I am responsible for managing and monitoring all of Cochrane and Cochrane Library's social media accounts and work to get the right information to the right people, in the right format.

Articles by Muriah:

News

Let’s get visual S4BE!

Would you like to try something a bit different? Cochrane are inviting the S4BE community to make short videos for their TikTok and Instagram platforms. Read on to find out more!

Popular Articles

Tutorials and Fundamentals

A beginner’s guide to confounding

This blog introduces you to the concept of confounding. There is a clear explanation and then examples and methods to minimise the effect of confounding during study design and statistical analysis.

Tutorials and Fundamentals

Painting of woman holding scales of justice

Bias: how much difference does it really make in randomized trials?

Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) can be subject to different kinds of bias. Read about different sources of bias in this blog and how much the magnitude of effect can be changed by the presence of bias.

Learning Resources

Free information and resources for pupils and students interested in evidence-based health care

This new webpage from Cochrane UK is aimed at students of all ages. What is evidence-based practice? What is ‘best available research evidence’? Which resources will help you understand evidence and evidence-based practice, and search for evidence?