Membership of Cochrane Group Executives

Executives report to the Governing Board via the Chief Executive Officer or the Editor in Chief.

View the organizational diagram for more information.

Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer:

Geographic Groups' Executive

  • Malgorzata Bala (Poland)
  • Matteo Bruschettini (Sweden)
  • Netzahualpilli Delgado (Mexico)
  • Solange Durao (South Africa)
  • Luis Garegnani (Argentina)
  • Irena Zakarija-Grković (Croatia)

Geographic Groups' Executive: Terms of reference

Consumers Executive

  • Maureen Smith (Canada) - Chair
  • Ndi Euphrasia Ebai-Atuh (Cameroon)
  • Jack Nunn (Australia)
  • Rachel Plachcinski (UK)
  • Richard Morley (UK)
  • Helen Bulbeck (UK)
  • Vacancy

Fields Executive

Co-Convenors:

  • Kathryn Mahan, Cochrane Neurological Sciences Review Group, Italy
  • Patricia Jabre, Cochrane Pre-hospital and Emergency Care, France
  • Celeste Naude, Cochrane Nutrition, South Africa
  • Regina Kunz, Cochrane Insurance Medicine, Switzerland
  • Susan Wieland, Cochrane Complementary Medicine, USA
  • Adrian Verbel, Cochrane Insurance Medicine, Germany
  • Stefano Negrini, Cochrane Rehabilitation, Italy
  • Dina Muscat Meng, Cochrane Sustainable Healthcare, Denmark
  • Minna Johansson, Cochrane Sustainable Healthcare, Sweden
  • Monserrat Conde, Cochrane Global Ageing, Portugal
  • Jorien Laermans, Cochrane First Aid, Belgium
  • Vanessa Jordan, Cochrane Primary Care. New Zealand
  • Vere Borra, Cochrane First Aid, Belgium
  • Emmy De Buck, Cochrane First Aid, Belguim
  • Sarah Elliott, Cochrane Child Health,  Canada
  • Jorien Laermans, Cochrane First Aid, Belgium
  • Tracey Howe, Cochrane Global Ageing, UK

Reporting to the Editor in Chief:

Managing Editors' Executive

  • Clare Jess (UK): Co-Convenor
  • Frances Kellie (UK): Co-Convener
  • Jordi Pardo (Canada)
  • Elizabeth Paulsen (Norway)
  • Lindsey Elstub (UK)
  • Rachael Kelly (UK)
  • Anna Erskine (UK)
  • Teo Quay (Canada)

Methods Executive

  • Cinzia Del Giovane (Council Methods Representative)
  • Chantelle Garritty (Rapid Reviews)
  • Su Golder (Adverse Effects)
  • Tianjing Li (Comparing Multiple Interventions, Handbook Editor)
  • Jo McKenzie (Statistics)
  • Silvia Minozzi (Council Methods Representative)
  • Carl Moons (Prognosis)
  • Jane Noyes (Editorial Board, Scientific Committee)
  • Holger Schünemann (GRADEing)
  • Areti Angeliki Veroniki (Statistics)

More details about the Methods Executive and their Terms of Reference are available via Cochrane Methods.

Information Specialists' Executive

  • Irma Klerings (Co-Convenor, Austria)
  • Valerie Wells (Co-Convenor, Council Representative, Cochrane Public Health, UK)
  • Camila Escobar Liquitay (Argentina)
  • Justin Clark (Australia)
  • Rene Spijker (Council Representative, The Netherlands)
  • Robin Paynter (USA)
  • Douglas Salzwedel (Canada)
  • Michelle Fiander (Canada)
  • Marian Showell (New Zealand)

Last updated 15 March 2023