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Tamara Navarro-Ruan

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Research CoordinatorMcMaster University

Research

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32 publications.

01

Boosting efficiency in a clinical literature surveillance system with LightGBM

Lokker C, Abdelkader W, Bagheri E, Parrish R, Cotoi C, Navarro T, Germini F, Linkins L-A, Haynes RB, Chu L

PLOS Digital Health202437 citations
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pdig.0000299
02

The McMaster Health Information Research Unit: Over a Quarter-Century of Health Informatics Supporting Evidence-Based Medicine

Lokker C, McKibbon KA, Afzal M, Navarro T, Linkins L-A, Haynes RB, Iorio A

Journal of Medical Internet Research20246 citations
DOI: 10.2196/58764
03

Deep learning to refine the identification of high-quality clinical research articles from the biomedical literature: Performance evaluation

Lokker C, Bagheri E, Abdelkader W, Parrish R, Afzal M, Navarro T, Cotoi C, Germini F, Linkins L, Haynes RB

Journal of Biomedical Informatics202325 citationsOpen Access
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbi.2023.104384PMID: W4376130995
04

Protocol for a living evidence synthesis on variants of concern and COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness

Shaver N, Katz M, Darko Asamoah G, Linkins L-A, Abdelkader W, Beck A, Bennett A, Hughes SE, Smith M, Begin M

Vaccine20233 citations
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.09.012
05

Accuracy and Acceptability of Wrist-Wearable Activity-Tracking Devices: Systematic Review of the Literature

Germini F, Noronha N, Debono VB, Philip BA, Pete D, Navarro T, Keepanasseril A, Parpia S, de Wit K, Iorio A

Journal of Medical Internet Research2022231 citationsOpen Access
DOI: 10.2196/30791PMID: W4205192005
06

Risk factors for bleeding in people living with hemophilia A and B treated with regular prophylaxis: A systematic review of the literature

Germini F, Noronha N, Abraham Philip B, Olasupo O, Pete D, Navarro T, Keepanasseril A, Matino D, de Wit K, Parpia S

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis202210 citations
DOI: 10.1111/jth.15723
07

Preliminary comparison of the performance of the National Library of Medicine’s systematic review publication type and the sensitive clinical queries filter for systematic reviews in PubMed

Navarro-Ruan T, Haynes RB

Journal of the Medical Library Association20225 citationsFirst author
DOI: 10.5195/jmla.2022.1286
08

Machine Learning Approaches to Retrieve High-Quality, Clinically Relevant Evidence From the Biomedical Literature: Systematic Review

Abdelkader W, Navarro T, Parrish R, Cotoi C, Germini F, Iorio A, Haynes RB, Lokker C

JMIR Medical Informatics202134 citationsOpen Access
DOI: 10.2196/30401PMID: W3183495504
09

A Deep Learning Approach to Refine the Identification of High-Quality Clinical Research Articles From the Biomedical Literature: Protocol for Algorithm Development and Validation

Abdelkader W, Navarro T, Parrish R, Cotoi C, Germini F, Linkins L-A, Iorio A, Haynes RB, Ananiadou S, Chu L

JMIR Research Protocols202115 citationsOpen Access
DOI: 10.2196/29398PMID: W3199267631
10

Optimizing a literature surveillance strategy to retrieve sound overall prognosis and risk assessment model papers

Kavanagh PL, Frater F, Navarro T, LaVita P, Parrish R, Iorio A

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA20216 citations
DOI: 10.1093/jamia/ocaa232

Frequent collaborators

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Tamara Navarro-RuanRobert Brian HaynesAlfonso IorioRobby NieuwlaatCynthia LokkerFederico GerminiLingyang ChuHertzel GersteinHolger SchunemannKerstin de WitLehana ThabaneRolf Sebaldt
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Robert Brian Haynes

Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact

25 shared papers, latest 2024

Alfonso Iorio

Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact

12 shared papers, latest 2024

Robby Nieuwlaat

Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact

7 shared papers, latest 2018

Federico Germini

Medicine

6 shared papers, latest 2024

Cynthia Lokker

Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact

6 shared papers, latest 2024

Lingyang Chu

Computing and Software

3 shared papers, latest 2024

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