Yang Song, postdoctoral researcher at the Iberoamerican Cochrane Centre, has been awarded the 2024 Najoua Mlika-Cabanne Prize by the Guidelines International Network (GIN) during the recent Global Evidence Summit (GES) held in Prague from September 10 to 13. Yang is the third researcher to receive this award for projects conducted at the Iberoamerican Cochrane Centre, following Robin Vernooji and Héctor Pardo, in the 12 editions of these awards.
Song, who also works as an assistant professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen), has been focused for the past six years on improving methodology and implementing guideline adaptation. Notably, she has led the RIGHT-Ad@pt checklist, participated in guideline adaptation, and contributed as vice-chair of GIN’s Adaptation Working Group.
“I am deeply honored to have been selected to receive the prestigious GIN Award in 2024, named after the esteemed Dr. Najoua Mlika-Cabanne. I am grateful for this recognition from the GIN community and am committed to continuing to promote innovation and collaboration in her legacy,” Yang Song stated.
She was nominated for this award by her doctoral thesis supervisor, Pablo Alonso Coello, a researcher at the Sant Pau Research Institute and collaborator at the Iberoamerican Cochrane Centre, for her contribution to advancing methodology for guideline adaptation, including living guidelines. Her role as vice-chair of GIN’s Adaptation Working Group also demonstrates her potential leadership in the methodological community.
