Andy Churchill,  phd, mba

Hone Communications

I work with individuals and organizations to help researchers present better. I start with helping them find their story and then coach them to deliver it in the most effective way.  Since Covid, my work has focused around helping people navigate the shifts to presenting online: 
👉 your voice (tone, pace, volume, pausing) remains your most important tool, and embracing the attitudes and feeling you want to convey is your most critical skill.
👉 stories still rule: tech interaction tricks are useful, but don't get sucked too far down that rabbit hole because stories are still the most effective driver of deep engagement, learning and memory.
👉 understand the impact of body language: while it has become less impactful on the audience, it still influences your own confidence and energy.
👉 the movement of visuals in person competes with your ability to engage your audience, but online, that same movement helps capture and retain attention: adjust accordingly.

A short selection of past companies & organizations with whom I've worked:
MY01
Engineva
McGill DeSautels School of Business
Research Institute of McGill University Health Care
Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec
Pharmaceutical Sciences World Congress
MUHC Foundation
Bio-Sync
Integrated Program in Neuroscience

Co-Founder

Sounds of Science live

Co-Host

McGill University - Teaching and Learning Services

PROGRAMS INCLUDE:
3MT Training Developer & Director (100+ student competition)
Pitch Coach: McGill Hakim Family Prize (2x$50,000 winning grants)
Training Director, Lister Family Engaged Science Initiative (500 students/year)
Pitch Coach: Surgical Innovation Program (2-3 successful start-ups emerge each year)
Presentation Coach: TISED Changemakers (annual conference keynote speakers)
Pitch Coach: MI4 / McGill Advancement Collaboration (prepare professors for donor meetings)
Video Training (prepare professors for the recording studio)

Presentation Skills Training Manager

The McGill Writing Centre

COURSES INCLUDE: Fundamentals of Academic Presentations, Communication in Engineering, Cornerstones of Academic Writing, Communication in Management
👉These undergraduate, graduate and professional level courses all share communicating more effectively as their common thread.  Spanning from traditional academic writing (e.g., research papers and dissertations) to professional writing (e.g., cover letters & project proposals) to start-up needs (pitches & business plans) this work bridges the academic and professional spheres in ways that have come to define my career.

For this work, I have received the prestigious McGill Distinguished Teaching Award.

Sessional Instructor

Engineva

I work with clients to write the technical documentation needed for Science Research and Experimental Design (SR&ED) funding from federal and provincial governments. This work involves transforming technical texts to accessible, engaging narrative.

Technical Advisor

turn your audience into your champions: ignite curiosity 🔥 scaffold understanding ✔ maximize impact 🚀. The PresentBetter Program for lab research groups & academic institutes -now over 7,000 researchers served.

Every piece of research, when effectively communicated, can spark change. 

In academia. In careers. In society.

But too often, important findings remain hidden, their potential unrealized. 
The importance/impact of research gets:
●	Buried under layers of complexity
●	Communicated without connecting
●	Overwhelmed by scientific terms and processes

This is why I created PresentBetter: 
To transform how your researchers share their ideas with the world. 
Together we distill years of complex study into clear, compelling narratives that resonate with and inspire audiences.
By amplifying researcher’s voices, we elevate the ability to communicate research in ways that:
●	Moves people
●	Propels careers forward
●	Bridges the gap between academia and society

Through PresentBetter.org, I offer tailored solutions to meet diverse needs:
1.	Individual Coaching: One-on-one sessions crafted for your specific presentation challenges.
2.	Lab and Department Workshops: Small group training to elevate your entire team's communication skills.
3.	Institutional Programs: Comprehensive, scalable solutions for universities and research institutions.
4.	Conference and Event Preparation: Targeted coaching for high-stakes presentations that can define careers.
5.	Online Courses: Self-paced learning for researchers seeking flexibility.

We aim to create a future where every researcher's voice resonates with clarity and impact.



PS Wondering if too good to be true? Here's a link to the talk I coached that was voted the best 3 minute research presentation in North America last year. Scroll through the flipbook for the talk, key lessons, minute by minute breakdown, and a description of the program that I used to train the speaker: https://www.presentbetter.org/post/international-award-winning-talk

Andy Churchill, phd, mba

"You know you weren't sharing any slides?"
"No, I thought you could see them"
 An hour later the judges returned with their verdict.
The professor had won the McGill Clinical Innovation Pitch Competition.

Simple lesson: The presentation is better when it's not about your slides.

Don't get me wrong, I like slides, I work hard helping people improve their slides. I even have a slick "7 rules for better slides."

But before I do that I teach people to change their relationship with their slides. That's the root of most visuals problems, and fixing the root of problems is the way to help people actually improve.

And when you're no longer slide dependent, you make better slides and you give better presentations.


My newsletter this week shares 3 tips to fix the relationship problem most researchers have with your slides. If you're not signed up, join over 1,000 of your research colleagues here: https://lnkd.in/eb9kYBmx 

PS: you might have noticed: there's no visual here. Sometimes we're just better off without it.

Andrew Churchill, PhD

Amplifying the voice of researchers | Founder of PresentBetter | 10+ years & 10,000+ researchers trained | Currently booking with universities for winter/spring ’26

In my work with PhDs and postdocs, here's 1 thing I've noticed you often miss about your next presentation. 

It's not really like what you've mostly seen and often done before: in-class oral tests and classroom lectures. 

Neither of those are good models for the ones you now have to do:
 1. conference presentation
 2. dissertation defense
 3. job talk
 4. presentation beyond academia
And each of these is uniquely different from each other.  

That's the reason my digital course will start with the choice of 4 videos from the list above, each a deep dive into that particular genre.

Curious: if you could ask a question about just one, what would it be?  



video here is a cell phone recording of the intro to the 4 videos mentioned above.  Thought would be fun to share this behind the scenes look at the McGill University Telestudio when I've been recording the program.

Last time I was here it was a for a McGill project 
This time it's for you, well those of you who are PhDs or postdocs wanting to learn to present better.  

Tomorrow is the first day of filming.  
I can't wait.  

PS If you want updates, check in the comments. I'm starting a sign-up for people who want to be in the know for early releases.

Season 3 of my newsletter brings you stories of putting the research behind presenting better into practice.

Tomorrow's talks about my work with Dr. Jen Ronholm and her graduate students in the One Health Against Pathogens (OHAP) program supported by Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). I explain how Jen and I integrated presentation training into lessons and assignments the students were already doing rather than as external workshops.

How'd we do it?
What was the result?
I’ll let you read for yourself tomorrow. 

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Covidence.org

- Leading strategic consultations with high-profile review teams (e.g., Cochrane) to assess research goals, define methodologies, and optimize screening, data extraction and quality assessment processes.
- Facilitating the integration of AI into the product alongside the product and engineering teams, with a focus on enhancing review efficiency and maintaining top-notch quality.
- Delivering advanced technical guidance, resolving complex issues to streamline systematic review workflows and ensure high-quality outcomes.

Consultant Systematic Reviewer

Clippe.me

Clippe.me is your all-in-one tool for saving and organizing web content and social media posts across multiple platforms with ONE click!

Confidential

- Leading systematic review and meta-analysis projects (including big pharma clients).
- 𝐀𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐨𝐩 𝟑% 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 (in Scientific Writing) and 𝟏𝟎𝟎% 𝐉𝐨𝐛 𝐒𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐞 at UpWork (link attached)
- 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 on integrating AI in Research for North American & European institutes.
- 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐒𝐲𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐬 based in Europe and North America.

Consultant Epidemiologist

Youthfolio

Youthfolio is an initiative to upskill young enthusiastic health researchers in Low- and middle- income countries, and connect them with organizations and individuals offering project-based learning or earning research collaboration opportunities. 

PS. This initiative was started as a generic skills development platform, but due to increased interest from students and professionals in health research, the focus has now been shifted to empowering them with strong research skills.

Founder

Akhter Hameed Khan Foundation

𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐏𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧'𝐬 𝐂𝐎𝐕𝐈𝐃-𝟏𝟗 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝟓 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞.
- Worked as an out-house consultant to the Ministry of Health, Pakistan
- Ensured robustness of analysis, completeness and quality of COVID-19 surveillance and vaccination data.
- Communicated findings to appropriate stakeholders within government entities.
- Designed scientifically rigorous research plans, reports and policy briefs.
- Designed and conducted epidemiological studies as Principal Investigator (2) and Co-Investigator (1).

Consultant Epidemiologist | Team Lead

EpiSmart

𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐬/𝐬𝐲𝐧𝐨𝐩𝐬𝐢𝐬, 𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐚-𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐬, 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝/𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

Aga Khan University

Department: Center of Excellence in Women and Child Health 
𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞: 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐯𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧  
- Performed a Systematic Review and meta-analysis of all trials aimed at improving access and coverage of vaccines among school-aged children and adolescents.
- 57,957 titles and abstracts, and 981 full texts were screened. Data and quality were extracted from 122 papers,  and 97 studies were meta-analyzed.
- Supervised and monitored research associates and assistants in all research activities. 
- Collaborated and assisted the team in other ongoing projects of the department.

Research Coordinator

Cochrane

𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞: 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 
- Reviewed evaluation studies of automated tools that support systematic reviews.
- Informed the development of guidelines for evaluating systematic review automated tools.
- Appraised the methodologies of the reviewed evaluation studies.
- Synthesized the information on the performance of automated tools supporting systematic reviews.
- Facilitated researchers in healthcare in making an informed decision when choosing which automated tool(s) to use for their review.

Systematic Reviewer

Madinah Maternity and Children Hospital - Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

-Provided holistic care to neonates suffering from any critical condition or prematurity. 
-Provided education and reassurance to families. 
-Consulted with an interdisciplinary healthcare team to coordinate all aspects of a patient’s care.
-Administered medications, perform complex procedures and to work with incubators, ventilators and other technologies to manage neonates.

Nurse Specialist

The Aga Khan University Hospital (Pakistan)

Critical Care Nurse - Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Areas of Work: Medical, Surgical, Pediatric, Cardiology, Psychiatric, Oncology, Gynecology, Urology, ENT, High dependency , Emergency, Trauma and Intensive Care Units. 
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Provided holistic care to the patients which include complete assessment of the patient, formulating achievable and measurable goals, administrating appropriate interventions and evaluating the outcomes.
- Performed manual and technical functions which include administering all prescribed treatments and therapies, maintaining hygiene practices, monitoring  vital signs, ECG and invasive lines, and dealing with the requirements of Hospital Information Management System.
- Manual and online documentation/record maintenance/paperwork

Nursing Intern - NES

I Test AI Tools (& LLMs) for Research, so you don't have to | Top 3% Global Talent on Upwork | Epidemiologist | Systematic Reviewer | Consultant | Biostatistician | Technical Team Lead

Overwhelmed by the gazillions AI tools being launched everyday? I felt the same!
So, I took a deep dive, testing research tools in my spare time.
Now, I share those insights to save you the hassle. 
𝐅𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞!

I have conducted trainings on using AI for research and reviews in several institutes. 
If you're looking for a trainer, reach out!


𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐞:

I'm a Public Health professional with particular interest in 𝑨𝑰 𝒊𝒏 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉 and 𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒔𝒚𝒏𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒔; experience working with 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒔, 𝒂𝒄𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒂, 𝒈𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒏-𝒈𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒛𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 of various regions of the world including 𝑨𝒔𝒊𝒂, 𝑴𝒊𝒅𝒅𝒍𝒆 𝑬𝒂𝒔𝒕, 𝑬𝒖𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑨𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒂. 

Evidence-based and results-driven researcher who managed Pakistan´s COVID-19 surveillance and vaccination data analysis consultation team and 𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝑪𝑶𝑽𝑰𝑫-𝟭𝟵 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒆.

Effective collaborator exposed to 𝒎𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒍 and complex work settings requiring frequent 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒙𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔. 

Proficient in 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒎 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕, 𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒂 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕, 𝒆𝒑𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒊𝒄 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉 𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒅𝒔, 𝒔𝒚𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘𝒔 & 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒚𝒔𝒆𝒔. 

Awarded 𝑬𝒓𝒂𝒔𝒎𝒖𝒔 𝑴𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒖𝒔 𝑬𝒙𝒄𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝑺𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑 to pursue double master’s degree. 𝑫𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝑯𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒓 student and 𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒆 during Bachelors. Also secured 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 in all my degrees with 𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒕 𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 in Research, Child Health, and Mental Health Nursing during BSc.

Double-Master degree in Public health, specialized in Advanced Epidemiology and Biostatistics.

I call myself: 𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭
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𝗪𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝐧 𝐀𝐈 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡? 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁 𝗺𝗲, 𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼𝗻𝘀!

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