CDERN Alumni

Past students who have benefited from CDERN Connect have gained hands-on research experience, mentorship, and skill development through their involvement in the Chronic Disease Epidemiology Research Network (CDERN). Below is a list of alumni who have been part of the CDERN team, contributing to various research projects focused on public health and chronic disease epidemiology, particularly in small states and islands.

• Low Back Pain: The Forgotten Public Health Epidemic – Catriona Caruana https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fhj.2025.100233
• The effects of climate change on respiratory diseases: A literature review – Kristina Marie Scerri DOI: 10.1504/IJGW.2024.142600
• The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Mediterranean Diet Adherence: A narrative Systematic Review - Francesca Farrugia, Daniel Refalo, David Bonello DOI: 10.1177/02601060231187511
• Walking the Walk: A Review of Medical Students’ Perspective of a Surgical Theatre as the New Classroom – Tamara Attard Mallia DOI: 10.5195/ijms.2023.1942
• Amid the Covid-19 pandemic childhood obesity is still an epidemic - Spotlight on obesity’s multifactorial determinants – Katya Saliba https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hsr.2021.100006
• Grech S, Cuschieri A, Mintoff F, Pisani D, Cuschieri S. The impact and burden of spinal fractures in a small island state: Pre-, acute, and post-COVID-19 trends from Malta. Injury. 2026; 57(2): 112950. DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2025.112950
• Zhang N, Cardona S, Galea K, Cuschieri S. Unlocking food labels: exploring front-of-pack labelling to promote healthier choices in Malta. International Journal of Food Science and Nutrition. 2025: 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1080/09637486.2025.2565341