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
Oral Medication for Agitation of Psychiatric Origin: A Scoping Review of Randomized Controlled Trials.
Mullinax, S., Shokraneh, F., Wilson, M., & Adams, C. (2017). The Journal of Emergency Medicine, 53(4), 524-529.
Increasing value and reducing waste in data extraction for systematic reviews: tracking data in data extraction forms.
Shokraneh, F., & Adams, C. (2017). Systematic Reviews, 6(1), 153.
Alcohol consumption for simulated driving performance: A systematic review.
Rezaee-Zavareh, M., Salamati, P., Ramezani-Binabaj, M., Saeidnejad, M., Rousta, M., Shokraneh, F., & Rahimi-Movaghar, V. (2017). Chinese Journal of Traumatology = Zhonghua Chuang Shang Za Zhi, 20(3), 166-172.
Effectiveness of current policing-related mental health interventions in England and Wales and Crisis Intervention Teams as a future potential model: a systematic review.
Kane, E., Evans, E., & Shokraneh, F. (2017). Systematic Reviews, 6(1), 85.
Study-based registers of randomized controlled trials: Starting a systematic review with data extraction or meta-analysis.
Shokraneh, F., & Adams, C. (2017). BioImpacts : BI, 7(4), 209-217.
A survey of eMedia-delivered interventions for schizophrenia used in randomized controlled trials.
Naeem, F., Munshi, T., Xiang, S., Yang, M., Shokraneh, F., Syed, Y., Ayub, M., Adams, C., & Farooq, S. (2017). Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, 13, 233-243.
Comparative efficacy and tolerability of pharmacological interventions for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in children, adolescents and adults: protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis.
Cortese, S., Adamo, N., Mohr-Jensen, C., Hayes, A., Bhatti, S., Carucci, S., Del Giovane, C., Atkinson, L., Banaschewski, T., Simonoff, E., Zuddas, A., Barbui, C., Purgato, M., Steinhausen, H.-C., Shokraneh, F., Xia, J., Cipriani, A., & Coghill, D. (2017). BMJ Open, 7(1), e013967.
Effectiveness of alternative listening devices to conventional hearing aids for adults with hearing loss: a systematic review protocol.
Maidment, D., Barker, A., Xia, J., & Ferguson, M. (2016). BMJ Open, 6(10), e011683.
Potential variables affecting the quality of animal studies regarding pathophysiology of traumatic spinal cord injuries.
Hassannejad, Z., Sharif-Alhoseini, M., Shakouri-Motlagh, A., Vahedi, F., Zadegan, S., Mokhatab, M., Rezvan, M., Saadat, S., Shokraneh, F., & Rahimi-Movaghar, V. (2016). Spinal Cord, 54(8), 579-583.
Reporting and understanding the safety and adverse effect profile of mobile apps for psychosocial interventions: An update.
Naeem, F., Gire, N., Xiang, S., Yang, M., Syed, Y., Shokraneh, F., Adams, C., & Farooq, S. (2016). World Journal of Psychiatry, 6(2), 187-191.
Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty for Metastatic Spinal Lesions: A Systematic Review
Sadeghi, M., Janani, L., Aarabi, S., Shokraneh, F., & Rahimi-Movaghar, V. (2016). Global Spine Journal, 6(1_suppl), s-0036.
A Systematic Review of the Measurement Properties of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures in Spinal Cord Injury
Abedi, A., Seyedpour, S., Mokkink, L., Shokraneh, F., & Rahimi-Movaghar, V. (2016). Global Spine Journal, 6(1_suppl), s-0036.
Acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin) for schizophrenia
Roberts, T., Shokraneh, F., & Nur, S. (2016). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 3.
Acellular pertussis vaccine efficacy: An updated systematic review and meta -analysis.
Mansour-Ghanaei, R., Moradi-Lakeh, M., Shakerian, S., Karimi, A., Esmaeeli, S., Shokraneh, F., Mahmoudi, S., & Yaghoubi, M. (2016). Medical Journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 30, 451.
Avatar therapy for schizophrenia or related disorders
Moazzen, M., & Shokraneh, F. (2015). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 9.
The Comparison of Sequestrectomy and Conventional Discectomy for the Treatment of a Lumbar Disc Herniation: A Systematic Review
Azarhomayun, A., Shirdel, S., Vaccaro, A., Shokraneh, F., Saadat, S., Chou, R., & Rahimi-Movaghar, V. (2015). Global Spine Journal, 5(1_suppl), s-0035.
Incidence of traumatic spinal cord injury worldwide: a systematic review.
Jazayeri, S., Beygi, S., Shokraneh, F., Hagen, E., & Rahimi-Movaghar, V. (2015). European Spine Journal : Official Publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society, 24(5), 905-918.
Confocal scan laser ophthalmoscope for diagnosing glaucoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Yaghoubi, M., Moradi-Lakeh, M., Mokhtari-Payam, M., Fakhraie, G., & Shokraneh, F. (2015). Asia-Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology (Philadelphia, Pa.), 4(1), 32-39.
Rotavirus Infection in Children with Acute Gastroenteritis in Iran: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
Moradi-Lakeh, M., Shakerian, S., Yaghoubi, M., Esteghamati, A., Shokraneh, F., Baradaran, H.-R., & Ghanaee, R. (2014). International Journal of Preventive Medicine, 5(10), 1213-1223.
Minimally invasive discectomy versus microdiscectomy/open discectomy for symptomatic lumbar disc herniation.
Rasouli, M., Rahimi-Movaghar, V., Shokraneh, F., Moradi-Lakeh, M., & Chou, R. (2014). The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 9, CD010328.
Social network analysis of Iranian researchers on emergency medicine: a sociogram analysis.
Ghafouri, H., Mohammadhassanzadeh, H., Shokraneh, F., Vakilian, M., & Farahmand, S. (2014). Emergency Medicine Journal : EMJ, 31(8), 619-624.
The efficacy and safety of rotavirus vaccine in children under the five years of age; systematic review and meta-analysis
Shakerian-Rostami, S., Moradi-Lakeh, M., Esteghamati, A., Mobinizadeh, M., Shokraneh, F., Babashahi, S., & Yaghoubi, M. (2014). Journal of Isfahan Medical School, 32(303), 1605-1622.
National and sub-national trend and burden of injuries in Iran, 1990 - 2013: a study protocol.
Jamshidbeygi, E., Rastad, H., Qorbani, M., Saadat, S., Sepidarkish, M., Asayesh, H., Sepanlou, S., Shokraneh, F., Najafi, F., Khoramdad, M., Maghsodi, A., Farzadfar, F., Jamshidi, H., Moradi-Lakeh, M., & Farzadfar, F. (2014). Archives of Iranian Medicine, 17(3), 138-145.
Clinical outcome of autologous mononuclear cells transplantation for spinal cord injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Aghayan, H., Arjmand, B., Yaghoubi, M., Moradi-Lakeh, M., Kashani, H., & Shokraneh, F. (2014). Medical Journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 28, 112.
Social networking in health system for knowledge translation.
Mohammadhassanzadeh, H., & Shokraneh, F. (2014). Journal of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Research, 6(1), 71-73.