AuthorAID webinar: critically reading a scientific paper

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Get advice on how to read a scientific paper critically from our AuthorAID speaker panel.
Event chair:
Alejandra Arreola - Alejandra is a biologist with a master's degree in Science and Technology Journalism from Texas A&M University. She works at the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, in Monterrey, where she teaches science writing to graduate and undergraduate students. She facilitates our research writing courses in Latin America and co-facilitates on some of our global online courses.
Keynote speakers:
Dr Farooq Rathore - Consultant and Associate professor in Rehabilitation Medicine at the Armed Forces Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Dr Farooq Azam Rathore is a consultant and Associate professor in Rehabilitation Medicine at the Armed Forces Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, Rawalpindi. He is an AuthorAID mentor and steward.
Dr Farooq is an active researcher with 170 national and international publications. He has been an invited and plenary speaker in national and international conferences. He has won multiple awards and scholarships
He is a peer reviewer for 50 national and international medical journals. He is also editorial board member of 10 Journals. He is the national representative of Pakistan for the International Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (ISPRM) and Asia-Oceanian Society of PMR (AOSPRM). He is advisory board member of Cochrane Rehabilitation.
He is passionate about teaching research writing and has conducted more than100 workshops on topics like medical writing, scientific misconduct, research ethics, communication and presentation skills, spasticity management and stroke rehabilitation in 5 countries of the world.
His areas of interest and research are spinal cord injuries, stroke rehabilitation, amputee management, disaster rehabilitation, medical education and Bioethics.
Dr. Yasaswi N. Walpita is a Specialist in Public Health and a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Community Medicine of University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. She has a Master’s and a Doctoral degree in Community Medicine and a keen researcher with a number of publications under her name. She is also a trainer in research methods at undergraduate and postgraduate medical disciplines in Sri Lanka and also a trainer in Global Health at University of Cardiff, Wales, UK. Yasaswi is the Coordinator of Research Support Programme, Research Promotion and Facilitation Center, Faculty of Medicine, Colombo and heavily engaged in promoting journal clubs to facilitate training of critiquing scientific literature.
About AuthorAID
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