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BMC Series Highlights Blog – February 2022

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Can responding to unfair treatment ameliorate depression and stress in the African American community? Does the size of an animal slow its evolution? How can exercise reduce our sensitivity to pain? Can we reliably map the scale of malnutrition without the data? How can floral scent vary within the same species? Are veneers the new crown jewel for the perfect smile?

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Introducing the BMC Series SDG Editorial Board Members: Ashraf Nabhan

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Ashraf Nabhan is a Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Ain Shams University, Egypt. He is a consultant of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University Hospitals. His university hospital is one of the largest maternity hospitals in the Middle East and Africa with more than 16,500 births per annum. Nabhan’s areas of interest, where he published extensively, include high risk pregnancy and operative obstetrics. He is a world expert in synthesized evidence and in developing evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. Among many credentials, he is the founder and director of Egyptian Center of Evidence Based Medicine (ECEBM), renowned as a national and regional center of excellence in Evidence Based Healthcare. His center is a member of Global Evidence Synthesis Initiative (GESI) network and The Partnership for Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child & Adolescent Health (PMNCH). His center produces and disseminates systematic reviews of research evidence in health care, supports policy making and guideline development and provides training to strengthen research capacity and provides peer mentoring in evidence synthesis and guideline development.

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Introducing the BMC Series SDG Editorial Board Members: Edwin van Teijlingen

Edwin van Teijlingen is Professor of Reproductive Health Research and joint director of the Centre for Midwifery, Maternal & Perinatal Health (CMMPH), Bournemouth University, UK.
Edwin has been an Editorial Board Member of BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth since 2008. He is Visiting Faculty at the University of Nottingham, UK, Manmohan Memorial Institute of Health Sciences and Nobel College (both in Nepal) and the Centre for Disability Studies, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, India. He is trained as a medical sociologist and has published over 300 papers. He has conducted research in South Asia, especially Nepal, Bangladesh, and India, for nearly two decades.

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