Colleen Ovelman - Evidence Synthesis Services

Evidence Synthesis Services

Experience

I have extensive experience working on evidence syntheses, including systematic reviews, and in particular Cochrane reviews, as an Information Specialist, an editor, an author, and a project manager. I have recently overseen one of the most prestigious systematic review editorial teams in the world, as the Head of Editorial at Cochrane.

I have also contributed to evidence synthesis methods and prioritization projects. I have worked with guideline developers, as well as those with lived experience in patient and public engagement projects.

Services

I am available to join ongoing evidence synthesis projects in the following capacities: as a project manager, as a research assistant to work on particular tasks (such as title/abstract screening, data abstraction, GRADE assessments, etc), as a co-author, or as a pre-submission/post-submission editor.

I am acutely familiar with the quality assurance screenings applied to systematic reviews, having developed and coordinated some of the most rigorous of such screenings for Cochrane reviews. I can assist authors to ensure their work is high quality ahead of submission.

I can also assist authors in addressing peer review and editorial feedback on manuscripts within the editorial process.

Inquiries

To discuss projects, rates, and scheduling, please reach out.

Highlighted publications

Sathe NA, Ovelman C, Ospina NS, Dewidar O, Terhune EA, Francis DK, Welch V, Heyn PC, Duque T, Viswanathan M. Paper 6: engaging racially and ethnically diverse interest holders in evidence syntheses. J Clin Epidemiol. 2024 Dec;176:111575. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2024.111575.

Ovelman C, Kugley S, Gartlehner G, Viswanathan M. The use of a large language model to create plain language summaries of evidence reviews in healthcare: a feasibility study. Cochrane Ev Synth. 2024; 2:e12041. doi:10.1002/cesm.12041.

Hay S, Ovelman C, Zupancic JA, Doyle LW, Onland W, Konstantinidis M, Shah PS, Soll R. Systemic corticosteroids for the prevention of bronchopulmonary dysplasia, a network meta-analysis. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2023 Aug 31;8(8):CD013730. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013730.pub2.

Ovelman C, Sathe N, McPheeters M. How Does Non Pharmacological Care Affect Newborn Infants With Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome? A Cochrane Review Summary With Commentary. 2023 Jul. In: RTI Press Research Brief [Internet]. Research Triangle Park (NC): RTI Press; 2014–.

Lai NM, Yap AQY, Ong HC, Wai SX, Yeo JHH, Koo CYE, Lah WC, Lim YS, Ovelman C, Soll RF. Use of Composite Outcomes in Neonatal Trials: An Analysis of the Cochrane Reviews. Neonatology. 2021;118(3):259-263. doi: 10.1159/000514402. Epub 2021 Mar 29.

Seidler AL, Gyte GML, Rabe H, Díaz-Rossello JL, Duley L, Aziz K, Testoni Costa- Nobre D, Davis PG, Schmölzer GM, Ovelman C, Askie LM, Soll R; International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation Neonatal Life Support Task Force. Umbilical cord management for newborns <34 weeks' gestation: a meta-analysis. Pediatrics. 2021 Mar;147(3):e20200576. doi: 10.1542/peds.2020-0576.

Gomersall J, Berber S, Middleton P, McDonald SJ, Niermeyer S, El-Naggar W, Davis PG, Schmölzer GM, Ovelman C, Soll RF; International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation Neonatal Life Support Task Force. Umbilical cord management at term and late preterm birth: a meta-analysis. Pediatrics. 2021 Mar;147(3): e2020015404. doi: 10.1542/peds.2020-015404.

Lai NM, Leom YXD, Chow WL, Kee-Hsin C, Pu-Hong L, Chaiyakunapruk N, Ovelman C, Soll R. How often are patient-important outcomes represented in neonatal randomized controlled trials? An analysis of Cochrane Neonatal reviews. Neonatology. 2020;117(4):428-435. doi: 10.1159/000506703.

Lai NM, Ong JM, Chen KH, Chaiyakunapruk N, Ovelman C, Soll R. Decreasing number of conclusive neonatal reviews: increasing role for shared decision- making? Neonatology. 2020;117(1):125-126. doi: 10.1159/000502492.

Lai NM, Lee SWH, Wai SX, Teh ZW, Chan MY, Lim YS, Ovelman C, Soll R. The choice of population and outcomes in neonatal trials on hyperbilirubinemia: are they relevant? An analysis of Cochrane Neonatal reviews. Neonatology. 2020; 117(6):687-693. doi: 10.1159/000511656.

Lai NM, Ong JMJ, Chen KH, Chaiyakunapruk N, Ovelman C, Soll R. Are neonatal trials better conducted and reported over the last 6 Decades? An analysis on their risk-of-bias status in Cochrane Reviews. Neonatology. 2019;116(2):123-131. doi: 10.1159/000497423.

Sinha A, Ovelman C, Pradhan A, Gupta N, Thumburu K, Gupta P. Profile of published Cochrane Systematic Reviews in child health from low- and middle-income countries. Indian Pediatrics. 2019;56(1):45-48.

Ardell S, Offringa M, Ovelman C, Soll R. Prophylactic vitamin K for the prevention of vitamin K deficiency bleeding in preterm neonates. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2018;2(2):CD008342. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008342.pub2.

Ioannidis JP, Horbar JD, Ovelman CM, Brosseau Y, Thorlund K, Buus-Frank ME, Mills EJ, Soll RF. Completeness of main outcomes across randomized trials in an entire discipline: survey of chronic lung disease outcomes in preterm infants. BMJ. 2015;350:h72. doi: 10.1136/bmj.h72.

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