Rising Scholars Facilitator Team
The Rising Scholars facilitator team is a diverse, global network of experts with critical skills in research writing and communication, and with experience of delivering training via online courses, webinars and training events. Please contact the Rising Scholars team at risingscholars@inasp.info if you would like to engage the team in an event or course.
To become a Rising Scholars facilitator, you must:
- Have a recognised skill in an area related to Rising Scholars key topics in research, research writing or communication
- Have completed an Rising Scholars online course in research writing or proposal writing
- Have earned a Facilitator badge by facilitating at least one Rising Scholars course, webinar or live event
- Have earned a Training badge by completing the INASP course 'Facilitating Events and Courses in an Online World'
Have you qualified for these steps but aren't listed? Email us at risingscholars@inasp.info to let us know if you would like to be listed.
Sadiat Adetoro
Federal University of technology, Minna, Nigeria
Thematic focus: Digital Library Technologies
Specialties: Research writing, Literature review
Idowu Aneyo
University of Lagos, Nigeria
Thematic focus: Environmental sciences, Toxicology
Specialties: Research writing
Felix Emeka Anyiam
Centre for Health and Development, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Thematic focus: Global health
Specialties: Data and Statistics
Bernard Appiah
Syracuse University, USA/Centre for Science and Health Communication, Ghana
Thematic focus: Public Health, Research Communication
Specialties: Research writing, Proposal writing
Alejandra Arreola-Triana
Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico
Thematic focus: Biology, Science communication
Specialties: Research communication, Research Ethics
Buna Bhandari
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Tribhuvan University Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu , Nepal | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, United States
Thematic focus: Medicine/Public Health
Specialties: Research writing
Petra Boynton
Independent consultant, United Kingdom
Thematic focus: Psychology, Healthcare
Specialties: Research writing, Research ethics
Barbara Burmen
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Independent Consultant, Kenya
Thematic focus: Public Health Research
Specialties: Operational/Implementation Research
Morolake Dairo
Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester Fashion Institute
Thematic focus: African fashion studies and Communications
Specialties: Research communication, Research writing
Richard de Grijs
Professor of Astrophysics, Macquarie University, Sydney , Australia
Thematic focus: Astrophysics
Specialties: Research writing, Research communication
Funmilayo Doherty
Head of Department, Biological Science at Yaba College of Technology | Lagos , Nigeria
Thematic focus: Environmental sciences, Toxicology
Specialties: Research writing, Proposal writing
Abiodun Egbetokun
National Centre for Technology Management, Nigeria; Leicester Castle Business School, De Montfort University, UK
Thematic focus: Economics; Innovation; Business Management.
Specialties: Research writing, Statistics
Dr. Michael Head
University of Southampton, UK
Thematic focus: Infectious diseases
Specialties: Research writing, proposal writing
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Haseeb Irfanullah
Independent Consultant | Dhaka , Bangladesh
Thematic focus: Biology, Climate change
Specialties: Research writing, Scholarly publishing
Gashaw Kebede
Independent Consultant, Ethiopia
Thematic focus: Knowledge management (KM), Information systems
Specialties: Research writing, Technical/scholarly communications
Praisegrace Joy Kicaobanga
Child Restoration Outreach, Uganda
Thematic focus: Nursing
Specialties: Research writing
Yasith Mathangasinghe
Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka; Monash University, Australia
Thematic focus: Medicine
Specialties: Research writing
Ravi Murugesan
INASP Associate
Specialties: Research writing
Eucharia Oluchi Nwaichi
University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Thematic focus: Environmental Biochemistry
Specialties: Research writing, Research communication
Olumide A. Odeyemi
University of Tasmania, Australia
Thematic focus: Higher Education
Specialties: Research Grant, Researcher Development
Mary Aderonke Oguntuase
Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti
Thematic focus: Earth sciences, Geology
Specialties: Research writing
Ayobami Ojebode
Department of Communication and Language Arts at University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Thematic focus: Journalism and Communication, Politics and Political Science
Specialties: Research writing, Research communication
Philippa Ojimelukwe
Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Nigeria
Thematic focus: Food Chemistry and Toxicology
Specialties: Research writing
Logeswari Ponnusamy
Veterinary Medicine R&D at Zoetis United States of America
Thematic focus: Medicine, Veterinary sciences
Specialties: Research writing, Proposal writing
Farooq Azam Rathore
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at Armed Forces Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine (AFIRM) | Rawalpindi , Pakistan
Thematic focus: Medicine/Surgery
Specialties: Research writing, Research ethics
Carole Sargent
Georgetown University, United States
Thematic focus: Scholarly Publishing
Specialties: Research writing
Amare Molla Setegn
CARE International, Ethiopia Country Office
Thematic focus: Scholarly Communication, Scientific Information, and Knowledge Management
Specialties: Research Writing, Research Paper (copy) editing, Communication, and Policy Advocacy/Influencing
Dr Suryendra Singh
Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
Thematic focus: Agriculture, Agronomy
Specialties: Research writing
Vincent Itai Tanyanyiwa
Zimbabwe Open University
Thematic focus: Ecosystem services, Climate change
Specialties: Research writing
Zainab Yunusa-Kaltungo
Federal Teaching Hospital Gombe | Gombe, Nigeria
Thematic focus: Surgery
Specialties: Research writing