Alumni

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 Dr. Damian Francis, MSc., RNutr., PhD

 Role: Former Co-director & Alumni

 Former Co-director of the Caribbean Branch of the  US Cochrane  Centre.

 Damian is a Registered Nutritionist with Council for Profession Supplementary to Medicine (CPSM) Jamaica and has served as the professional representative on this Council since 2012. A graduate of the University of the West Indies, he completed a Master’s of Science degree in Nutrition in 2007 and a Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Epidemiology in 2018.

Damian received training in knowledge synthesis and equity-oriented systematic reviews as an Emerging Leader of the Americas Programme Research Fellow at the University of Ottawa in 2010. This training also included an introduction to scientific innovation and entrepreneurship in biomedical sciences, Canadian Governance and Civil Society through the Canadian Bureau of International Education.

Damian has focused on developing the Caribbean branch of the US Cochrane Centre since 2010 by facilitating the training of other junior researchers and raising awareness through scientific presentations and workshops. His current research interest includes social determinants of obesity in youth, evidence-based practice in healthcare and global health equity.

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 Ms. Chisa Cumberbatch, MSc

Role: Founding member & Alumni

After completing a MSc in Epidemiology at the University of the West Indies Mona, Chisa  Cumberbatch did a short research fellowship with the Musculoskeletal Group of the  Cochrane  Collaboration at the University of Ottawa,  Canada. This started an interest in conducting systematic reviews and sensitizing researchers and policy makers in the Caribbean to the  Cochrane  Collaboration. Chisa is currently involved in conducting systematic reviews with the Musculoskeletal, Wounds and the Effective  Practice and Organization of Care (EPOC) Groups and the Campbell Collaboration. In 2012, she presented a poster at the 20th Cochrane Colloquium, Auckland, New Zealand which was based on the Caribbean Health Systems Workshop hosted in Kingston, Jamaica.