Category
Dr
Farhad
Shokraneh
Evidence Synthesis Manager
Research Theme
Malaria
Visceral leishmaniasis
COVID19
Schistosomiasis & STHs
Chagas
WWARN
Dr Farhad Shokraneh has 20 years of experience and a PhD in Evidence Synthesis. He joined IDDO in October 2023 as Evidence Synthesis Manager.
Previously, he has worked at the University of Nottingham, King's College London, University College London, UCLH, and Cambridge University in similar roles. He has led teams to deliver projects to clients such as WHO, UN, UNICEF, FDA, UK NIHR, Cochrane, AWMF, and NICE.
As a passionate methodologist and change maker, Farhad is a co-author of the Cochrane Handbook, an editor of Systematic Reviews journal and has designed the first and most sensitive search strategy for COVID-19 literature and the first living search strategy and coined concepts such as 'Search-Resistant Concepts', 'Search Pyramid', 'Living Search Strategy', and 'Iterative Systematic Reviews'.
All Publications
Diagnostic performance of forced expiratory volume in six seconds for the detection of obstructive and restrictive pulmonary diseases in a population of young adults in south of Iran
Dadashi, A., Eshaghi Sani, H., Abedinzadeh, K., Shokraneh, F., Amanollahi, A., & Zoghi, G. (2022). Hormozgan Medical Journal, 26(4), 196-201.
Purchasing high-cost medical devices and equipment in hospitals: a systematic review
Hinrichs-Krapels, S., Ditewig, B., Boulding, H., Chalkidou, A., Erskine, J., & Shokraneh, F. (2022). BMJ Open, 12(9).
Goal setting with young people for anxiety and depression: what works for whom in therapeutic relationships? A literature review and insight analysis
Jacob, J., Stankovic, M., Spuerck, I., & Shokraneh, F. (2022). BMC Psychology, 10.
Search strategy formulation for systematic reviews: issues, challenges and opportunities
MacFarlane, A., Russell-Rose, T., & Shokraneh, F. (2022). Intelligent Systems With Applications, 15.
Complete versus incomplete surgical resection in intramedullary astrocytoma: systematic review with individual patient data meta-analysis
Golpayegani, M., Edalatfar, M., Ahmadi, A., Sadeghi-Naini, M., Salari, F., Hanaei, S., Shokraneh, F., Ghodsi, Z., Vaccaro, A., & Rahimi-Movaghar, V. (2022). Global Spine Journal, 13(1), 227-241.
The burden of mental disorders, substance use disorders and self-harm among young people in Europe, 1990-2019: Findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019.
Castelpietra, G., Knudsen, A., Agardh, E., Armocida, B., Beghi, M., Iburg, K., Logroscino, G., Ma, R., Starace, F., Steel, N., Addolorato, G., Andrei, C., Andrei, T., Ayuso-Mateos, J., Banach, M., Bärnighausen, T., Barone-Adesi, F., Bhagavathula, A., Carvalho, F., … Dargan, P. (2022). The Lancet Regional Health. Europe, 16, 100341.
Protocol: Child and adolescent mental health and psychosocial support interventions: an evidence and gap map of low- and middle-income countries
Sharma, M., Perera, C., Ipince, A., Bakrania, S., Shokraneh, F., Idele, P., Anthony, D., & Banati, P. (2022). Campbell Systematic Reviews, 18(1).
Search Strategy Formulation for Systematic Reviews: issues, challenges and opportunities
MacFarlane, A., Russell-Rose, T., & Shokraneh, F. (2021). In arXiv.
Efficacy of hydrogels for repair of traumatic spinal cord injuries: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Ayar, Z., Hassannejad, Z., Shokraneh, F., Saderi, N., & Rahimi-Movaghar, V. (2021). Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B: Applied Biomaterials, 110(6), 1460-1478.
Developing an international standard set of patient-reported outcome measures for psychotic disorders
McKenzie, E., Matkin, L., Sousa Fialho, L., Emelurumonye, I., Gintner, T., Ilesanmi, C., Jagger, B., Quinney, S., Anderson, E., Baandrup, L., Bakhshy, A., Brabban, A., Coombs, T., Correll, C., Cupitt, C., Keetharuth, A., Lima, D., McCrone, P., Moller, M., … Addington, D. (2021). Psychiatric Services, 73(3), 249-258.
A scoping review of psychoeducational interventions for people after transient ischemic attack and minor stroke.
Kontou, E., Kettlewell, J., Condon, L., Thomas, S., Lee, A., Sprigg, N., Watkins, D., Walker, M., & Shokraneh, F. (2021). Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation, 28(5), 390-400.
Complete Versus Incomplete Surgical Resection in Intramedullary Ependymomas: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
Salari, F., Golpayegani, M., Sadeghi-Naini, M., Hanaei, S., Shokraneh, F., Ahmadi, A., Khayat-Kashani, H., Vacarro, A., & Rahimi-Movaghar, V. (2021). Global Spine Journal, 11(5), 761-773.
Classification of psychotherapy interventions for people with schizophrenia: development of the Nottingham Classification of Psychotherapies.
Roberts, M., Shokraneh, F., Sun, Y., Groom, M., & Adams, C. (2021). Evidence-Based Mental Health, 24(2), 62-69.
Classification of all pharmacological interventions tested in trials relevant to people with schizophrenia: a study-based analysis
Shokraneh, F., & Adams, C. (2021). Health Information and Libraries Journal, 40(2), 201-216.
No limitations to language, date, publication type, and publication status in search step of systematic reviews
Aali, G., & Shokraneh, F. (2021). Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 133, 165-167.
Indicators of quality of care in individuals with traumatic spinal cord injury: a scoping review
Khosravi, S., Khayyamfar, A., Shemshadi, M., Koltapeh, M., Sadeghi-Naini, M., Ghodsi, Z., Shokraneh, F., Bardsiri, M., Derakhshan, P., Komlakh, K., Vaccaro, A., Fehlings, M., Guest, J., Noonan, V., & Rahimi-Movaghar, V. (2021). Global Spine Journal, 12(1), 166-181.
Purchasing high-cost medical equipment in hospitals: A systematic review
Hinrichs-Krapels, S., Ditewig, B., Boulding, H., Chalkidou, A., Erskine, J., & Shokraneh, F. (2021). In medRxiv.
Time-dependent microglia and macrophages response after traumatic spinal cord injury in rat: a systematic review.
Rezvan, M., Meknatkhah, S., Hassannejad, Z., Sharif-Alhoseini, M., Zadegan, S., Shokraneh, F., Vaccaro, A., Lu, Y., & Rahimi-Movaghar, V. (2020). Injury, 51(11), 2390-2401.
Assessing the quality of meta-analyses in systematic reviews in pharmaceutical research in Iran by 2016: A systematic review
Amanollahi, A., Moradi-Lakeh, M., Shokraneh, F., Bashiri, Y., & Mahmudi, L. (2020). Medical Journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 34(1), 209-216.
Defining a standard set of outcomes for patients with psychosis
McKenzie, E., Shokraneh, F., Matkin, L., Fialho, L., Gintner, T., Ilesanmi, C., Emelurumonye, I., & Addington, D. (2020). European Journal of Public Health, 30(Supplement_5), ckaa166.345.
Lessons from COVID-19 to future evidence synthesis efforts: first living search strategy and out of date scientific publishing and indexing industry (submitted).
Shokraneh, F., & Russell-Rose, T. (2020). Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 123, 171-173.
T129. PHARMACOLOGICAL INTERVENTIONS IN TRIALS OF PEOPLE WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA: A REGISTER-BASED CLASSIFICATION OF SEVENTY YEARS OF RESEARCH
Shokraneh, F. (2020). Schizophrenia Bulletin, 46(Supplement_1), s279 - s279.
Avatar Therapy for people with schizophrenia or related disorders.
Aali, G., Kariotis, T., & Shokraneh, F. (2020). The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 5, CD011898.
Post-stroke fatigue: a scoping review
Aali, G., Drummond, A., das Nair, R., & Shokraneh, F. (2020). F1000Research, 9, 242-242.
Keeping up with studies on covid-19: systematic search strategies and resources.
Shokraneh, F. (2020). BMJ (Clinical Research Ed.), 369, m1601.