NJSC Astana Medical University invites faculty members, master’s students, and doctoral students to participate in an intensive workshop held within the framework of the Visiting Professor Program and led by Prof. Dr. Amin Tamadon, Professor of Biological Sciences.

The workshop aims to develop scientific writing skills and prepare participants for publishing in highly ranked international journals. During the workshop, participants will learn the key principles of academic writing, scientific literature search and analysis, as well as the fundamentals of preparing a narrative review.

Topic: Advanced Meta-Analysis and Umbrella Review

Format: Intensive workshop

Dates: September 21–25, 2026

Time: 1:30 p.m.–6:30 p.m.

Language of instruction: English

Target audience: Faculty members, master’s students, and doctoral students of NJSC Astana Medical University who are interested in developing their scientific writing skills and increasing their publication activity.

Venue: Room 401, 49a Beibitshilik Street, Astana

Participants can join the WhatsApp group using the following link:
https://chat.whatsapp.com/JTJJONXUoAMFgHIysv4qYZ?s=cl&p=i&mlu=4

Day 1 — September 21
Session 1: Advanced Meta-Analysis

• Subgroup analysis
• Sensitivity analysis
• Meta-regression

Day 2 — September 22
Session 2: Publication Bias

• Funnel plot
• Egger’s test
• Trim-and-fill method

Day 3 — September 23
Session 3: Writing a Meta-Analysis Article

• PRISMA flow diagram
• Writing the Results section at a Q1 journal level

Day 4 — September 24
Session 4: Umbrella Review Methodology

• Differences between an umbrella review and a systematic review
• Overlap analysis using the Corrected Covered Area (CCA)
• AMSTAR 2 assessment

Day 5 — September 25
Session 5: Writing an Umbrella Review

• Assessment of the certainty of evidence
• Summary tables
• Assignment

To participate, please register by September 13, 2026, using the following link:
https://forms.gle/UVnyUK388FxEWTQy7