Metadata specialist joins IKMD

Metadata specialist joins IKMD

The Informatics and Knowledge Management Department (IKMD) is delighted to welcome Deirdre Beecher to the Cochrane Central Executive team (CET) and to IKMD as our Metadata specialist.

Deirdre will start in a full-time role on 18 July. She will be based in London and will report to me.

Deirdre will work alongside her IKMD colleagues to annotate systematic reviews and studies using the PICO framework. She will also support the annotation and ontology group in the maintenance of the Cochrane ontology.

Many of you may already know Deirdre, as she joins the CET from the Cochrane Injuries Group where she’s currently the Information Specialist. Prior to working with the Cochrane Injuries Group, Deirdre worked with the Cochrane Multiple Sclerosis and Rare Diseases of the CNS Group in Italy; she has been a part of Cochrane since 2007. She also has a professional membership with the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) in London.

I am sure you will join me in welcoming Deirdre to the CET. You can contact her on email at dbeecher@cochrane.org.
 

Chris Mavergames
Head of IKMD

4 July 2016