Dear Colleagues, The Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Evidence-Based Medicine invites Master's students, PhD students, and faculty members to participate in a weekly Journal Club with Professor Faina Y. Linkov, PhD, MPH (Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, USA).

Dear Colleagues,

The Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Evidence-Based Medicine invites Master's students, PhD students, and faculty members to participate in a weekly Journal Club with Professor Faina Y. Linkov, PhD, MPH (Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, USA).

Professor Faina Linkov has come to Kazakhstan as part of the international Fulbright Program. She is an expert in epidemiology and public health, an author of more than 100 scientific publications, with a Scopus h-index of 25, and has extensive experience in research supervision, academic writing, and publishing research in international journals.

First meeting:

Date: September 25 (Friday)
Time: 2:00 PM
Venue: Room 6
Language: English/Russian

The Journal Club will be held weekly, with each session lasting 2 hours.

During the sessions, Professor Faina Linkov will guide participants through the key stages of research and scientific publishing, including research methodology; qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods; formulation of research questions; study design and data collection; the IMRaD structure; academic writing; literature reviews; preparation of research proposals; the peer-review process; responding to reviewers' comments; and research and publication ethics.

A key feature of the Journal Club is hands-on work with your own scientific manuscripts.

We especially encourage participants to bring manuscripts already in progress, articles at different stages of preparation, or specific challenges that are preventing you from moving forward. If you are unsure how to formulate your research aim or research question, structure the Methods or Discussion sections, present your results, respond to reviewers' comments, determine the next steps in your research, or if you simply feel “stuck” at a particular stage of your manuscript, these issues can be discussed directly with the professor during the sessions.

Thus, the Journal Club will be not only a theoretical course but also a practical working platform where participants can improve their own manuscripts step by step and gain a better understanding of the entire process of preparing a scientific article—from the initial idea to publication.

We especially invite PhD students who are in the final stages of their studies, for whom preparing and publishing scientific articles is a key priority. This is an opportunity to discuss current challenges, receive professional feedback, and make progress on work that is already underway.

Master's students and faculty members who are currently working on scientific articles, planning publications, or seeking to improve their academic writing and research skills are also warmly invited to participate.

Organizer:
Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Evidence-Based Medicine
Aizhan Muratovna Raushanova – 87077060018

We look forward to seeing you on September 25 at 2:00 PM in Room 6!