Our lab is growing! In our Three Questions series, we’re profiling each of our members and the amazing work they’re doing.

In today’s post, we spoke with Sanam Ebrahimzadeh, a postdoctoral fellow at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and a research associate at the ScholCommLab. In this post, she tells us more about her research—a fascinating blend of work on data sharing, scholarly metrics, accuracy reviews, and more. 

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Q#1 What are you working on at the lab?

I am working on the Metrics Literacies project with Dr. Stefanie Haustein, Alyssa Jeffrey, Isabelle Dorsch, and Dr. Lauren Maggio. We are trying to reduce the misuse of metrics (and the adverse effects that come with that misuse). We hope to improve the understanding and use of scholarly metrics in academia through the development, testing, and dissemination of multimedia resources. It is an exciting project since it brings together an interdisciplinary team of bibliometricians, education scholars, media producers, and science communicators. It seeks to support researchers and research administrators in developing metrics literacies.

Q#2 Tell us about a recent paper, presentation, or project you’re proud of.

I am working as a postdoctoral fellow at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute on Transparency and Openness Practices for academic institutions, data sharing, and Cochrane rapid diagnostic test accuracy reviews projects with Dr. David Moher and Dr. Matthew McInnes. I am really proud of this since it allows me to work with a wonderful team from the Journalology and the Epidemiology communities.

Q#3 What’s the best (or worst) piece of advice you’ve ever received?

The best advice came from Louis Pasteur. He said: “Whether our efforts are, or not, favoured by life, let us be able to say, when we come near the great goal, ‘I have done what I could.’”

“Whether our efforts are, or not, favoured by life, let us be able to say, when we come near the great goal, ‘I have done what I could.’”

Louis Pasteur

You can find Sanam on Twitter at @Sanemebp.