New member is sought from a low- or middle-income country, and/ or from a geographical region that is different from that of the current Trustees.
Cochrane is looking for an experienced person with a strong interest in the work of Cochrane, a belief in its power to improve healthcare decision making worldwide, and the ability to provide strategic…
At its recent meeting in London, at the end of January 2019, the Governing Board (Cochrane’s ‘Trustees’) voted unanimously to re-appoint Rae Lamb and Catherine Marshall as Trustees.
Elected and Appointed Board Members:
Members of the Board are a mix of elected members (who must be Cochrane Members) and appointed members who aim to bring an…
Cochrane’s Governing Board (its ‘Trustees’), including our four new members elected in December, met in London on 19 to 20 January 2019.
The day before the meeting the new Board members met with the Co-Chairs for a comprehensive induction and briefing session. This provided an atmosphere for a frank face-to-face discussion and sharing of…
Register before 25 July 2019 to receive discounted rate.
This year the 26th Cochrane Colloquium will take place at CasaPiedra in the vibrant city of Santiago, Chile, 22-25 October 2019.
The theme of the Colloquium is 'Embracing diversity', recognizing Cochrane as a truly global independent community, addressing relevant health questions…
World-wide, over 10 million people per day access health-related information on Wikipedia. By participating in the Cochrane-Wikipedia Initiative we work together as a community to ensure that the health content being read on Wikipedia is reliable and unbiased.
How to get involved?
Cochrane has a new project page that includes an…
The labels Comparison and Outcome under Analyses in RevMan Web will be changing to Analysis Group and Analysis.
The new labels are more generic to cover the broad usage of the existing labels Outcome and Comparison. Renaming Outcome to Analysis also aligns with the Cochrane Handbook and the Cochrane Library. In most reviews, Analysis Groups will…
‘Cochrane exists so that healthcare decisions get better.’ That is the first sentence of our Strategy to 2020. We want individuals around the world to enjoy ‘Better Health’ because high-quality, relevant, accessible Cochrane evidence is changing decision making and improving health outcomes. Every Cochrane collaborator volunteering their time and…
After leading Cochrane Germany for over 20 years, Professor Gerd Antes has stepped down as Director.
Gerd has focused his career on contributing to evidence-based medicine in Germany. While working on developing Cochrane Germany, he was also one of the founders of the German Network for Evidence Based Medicine. A recurrent theme…
Cochrane’s simplified Chinese multi-lingual team share the secret of their social media success with WeChat in this Cochrane Community blog post.
WeChat is a Chinese multi-purpose messaging, social media and mobile payment app. It was first released in 2011, and by 2018 it was one of the world's largest standalone mobile apps, with over 1…
The Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions is the official guide that describes in detail the process of preparing and maintaining Cochrane systematic reviews on the effects of healthcare interventions.
On 29 January, Cochrane Training will be hosting a free webinar to introduce the upcoming version of the Handbook to the…
David Tovey, Editor in Chief of the Cochrane Library, responds to a recent article in The BMJ, 'Has Cochrane lost its way?' David Tovey states that; "Cochrane is at its most effective when it adheres to its 10 key principles, which promote a culture that is open, diverse, inclusive and outwards facing, a community that is vibrant and…
Following consultations in September and October 2018, Cochrane has decided to establish a Cochrane US Network. This US wide Network aims to engage institutions and organizations involved in evidence-informed health care in the US.
The call for ‘Expressions of Interest’ to join the Cochrane US Network is now open. This call invites US-based…
The minutes from the Governing Board’s meeting in Edinburgh,UK, September 2018, are now available. Governing Board members are Cochrane’s directors and trustees, and are elected to direct the strategy and policies of the organization. Questions about the minutes can be sent to admin@cochrane.org.
Additional resources:
Agenda and open access…
We recognize the work of Cochrane Nigeria who are supporting national guideline development groups in using Cochrane evidence to develop evidence-based guidelines and to be able to adapt existing guidelines to the Nigerian context. Cochrane Nigeria has been developing skills in how to appraise and adapt existing guidelines using the AGREE II…
Following consultations with all Cochrane Reviews Groups (CRGs) within the network, the ‘Long-Term Conditions and Ageing 2’ Network are pleased to announce that they have changed their name to the ‘Musculoskeletal, Oral Skin and Sensory’ (MOSS) Network.
This consultation process started with a face-to-face network meeting in September 2019…
If you’ve been following Cochrane Crowd’s activities, hold onto your hats! Our latest challenge held in partnership with the Cochrane Associated Centre at Sinaloa’s Pediatric Hospital (Mexico) and the Autonomous University of Sinaloa (Mexico) was a roaring success, breaking all previously held challenge records.
Over three days from Dec 5-8, 738…
Knowledge Translation in Cochrane is delighted to share this request for proposal for the project to agree a set of ‘principles for dissemination’ and to develop practical tools in order to improve the quality of Cochrane’s dissemination products.
This new and exciting opportunity is a commissioned piece of work open to the Cochrane community and…
After leading Cochrane Netherlands for 17 years, Professor Rob Scholten has stepped down as its Director.
Since taking on leadership of the Dutch Cochrane Centre in 2001 (first being based at the Academic Medical Centre in Amsterdam, and from 2014 at the Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care in Utrecht), Rob has authored many…
The Cochrane Council, the representative body for Cochrane Group staff and authors, recently submitted a report to the Governing Board on issues arising from the termination of Professor Peter Gøtzsche’s membership of Cochrane.
You can read this report, here, and the Board’s response, here.
Following on from this correspondence, the Board Co-…
Dear Cochrane Members,
Thank you for voting in the recent election for new members of the Cochrane Governing Board. Over 1200 people voted and over 4000 votes were cast.
We’re delighted to announce that the following four candidates have been elected:
Xavier BONFILL
Sally GREEN
Karsten Juhl JØRGENSEN
Jordi PARDO PARDO
Thank you to all…
Specifications: Secondment/Fixed term contract/consultancy contract for a minimum of 12 weeks starting February 2019 up to three working days a week
Salary: Competitive
Location: Flexible
Application Closing Date: 17th December 2018
Cochrane’s work is recognized as the international gold-standard for high quality, trusted information. We…
The agenda and open access papers for the Cochrane Governing Board teleconference on 10 December 2018 are now available to view online, for information only.
Cochrane's governing body is the Governing Board. The Board is responsible for overseeing the development and implementation of Cochrane’s strategic direction. If you would like to comment…
Dear Cochrane Members,
Almost 1,100 votes have been cast so far, but if you haven’t voted yet, you’re still able to do so until next Monday, 10 December 2018, at 12:00 GMT.
With 18 candidates standing for election this year, there’s a lot of information available for you to review before casting your votes. To support your choices, we’ve…
The Cochrane Style Manual Working Group have released an updated and revised version of the Cochrane Style Basics. Cochrane Style Basics is in PDF format, so can be sent as an attachment, and includes links out to the Cochrane Style Manual.Cochrane Style Basics is a collection of 'style essentials' designed to provide Cochrane authors with a…
Cochrane Colloquium, Santiago, Chile 22-25 October 2019
Cochrane Chile is delighted to be hosting the Colloquium next year. It will be a great opportunity to meet and network with the Cochrane community from Chile and Latin America, and to be surprised by the wide usage of Cochrane evidence in decision-making at all levels.
The theme of the next…
Cochrane reviews should help inform health decision making. As the producers of reviews, we cannot do this on our own. Strategic partnerships, at the organizational, regional, national, network and group levels, are essential. These partnerships can be very diverse, from working with local media or a local community organization, to global and…
An enhanced Cochrane Library platform launch, huge increase in visits to Cochrane.org, and almost 1,300 contributors attend Cochrane’s Colloquium in Edinburgh, UK.
We are proud to present key highlights of Cochrane’s performance during July – September 2018 as part of our latest organizational Dashboard.
This important information consists of…
Dear Cochrane Members,
If you haven’t voted yet in the current Governing Board elections, you’re still able to do so until 10 December 2018 at 12:00 GMT.
With 18 candidates standing for election this year, there’s a lot of information available for you to review before casting your votes. To support your choices, we’ve interviewed the…
The Colloquium is Cochrane's annual flagship event, bringing people together from around the world to discuss research into important global health questions and to promote evidence-informed health care. This year, the Colloquium took place in Edinburgh, UK, in September and was hosted by Cochrane UK. Almost 1300 people from 57 countries attended…
Dear Cochrane Members,
Voting is now open for the current Governing Board election.
Visit elections.cochrane.org to view the candidates standing, read their Candidate Statements, and cast your votes.
We’ll be sending a series of reminders before voting closes on 10 December 2018 at 12:00 GMT. Next week on the Cochrane Community…
The Cochrane Review Network communities announce their strategic plans that will guide the work of our Cochrane Review Groups (CRGS) until 2020
The Cochrane Review Group (CRG) Networks within Cochrane, each have a Network team comprising of a Senior Editor, Associate Editor and a Network Support Fellow – see here for more information on their…
Making Cochrane evidence accessible to non-English speakers is a priority for us. More than 5,000 translations of Cochrane Review plain language summaries/abstracts were published in 2017. Translation activities are led by local Cochrane groups and their translator communities, the majority of which are volunteer based.
This is why translation…
Following a period of nominations, we’re very pleased that 18 candidates are standing for election to the Governing Board in this election. They are listed on elections.cochrane.org and here you can read more about the them, why they’re standing for election, and what they plan to do for Cochrane if elected.
There are four (4) positions…
A group of Cochrane members recently submitted a letter to the Board detailing "four major policy issues for Cochrane".
You’re invited to read their letter and the Board’s response.
To learn more about the Cochrane Council, the organization’s representative body for Cochrane members, please visit their section.
Registration for the 2019 Governance Meetings in Krakow, Poland is now open. Find out more about:
Full programme for the 31 March - 5 April
Venue and location
Hotel options nearby
Registration details
Full details are available on our events pages, here.
It’s been a busy time for the Working Group looking at ‘Improving and Upscaling’ Knowledge Translation (KT) Products since the Community Survey over the summer. In this blog we look at the results of the survey and our plans for the future.
Infographics, blogshots, policy briefings, press releases and videos… these are just some examples of KT…
Cochrane Classmate could change how evidence production is taught in classrooms around the world.
Brought to you by the Cochrane Crowd team, Classmate is a trainers’ toolkit that allows you to create exciting, interactive tasks that help your students learn about evidence production. It is easy to use, and its first release is now…
The Cochrane Governing Board is looking for four new members. Cochrane is an international organization but is constituted as a UK charity. Board members are “trustees” of this charity. Charities in the United Kingdom are overseen by the Charity Commission and this Commission emphasizes that being a trustee of a charity is a position with specific…
This is part of a series of Cochrane case studies about prioritization work by Cochrane Review Groups. You can read more by visiting the priority setting case study page.
In October 2016 we reported on a priority setting exercise undertaken by the Cochrane Tobacco Addiction Group (CTAG). The group drew on the opinions and experiences of members…
Looking for support for your Priority Setting process? The Knowledge Translation ‘Embedding Prioritisation’ Working Group might be able to help!
Setting research priorities is essential to ensure Cochrane produces the right reviews. It can also be the foundation for knowledge translation, allowing consumers, healthcare professionals, policy…
After considerable reflection over many months, and as hinted at during my presentation at this year’s Annual General Meeting, I have decided that the time is right for me to step down from the role of Cochrane’s Editor in Chief. I plan to leave at the end of May next year.
With the successful launch of the new Cochrane Library, new…
Cochrane’s Governing Board is seeking to elect 4 new members
We are looking for candidates with a passion for Cochrane, a belief in its power to improve healthcare decision making worldwide, and the ability to support the management of the organization.
Cochrane is an international organization and a registered charity in the UK, and members of…
For many years, Cochrane authors have imported their RevMan 5 files in GRADEpro to build their summary of findings tables. The new integration brings a completely new experience for the use of RevMan 5 or RevMan Web together with GRADEpro - linked via Archie and your Cochrane Account. This blog post by Evidence Prime explains how it works and how…
Cochrane Interactive Learning is a series of high quality, online learning modules for conducting intervention reviews following Cochrane review methodology. Useful for both introductory-level and more experienced learners, the modules are designed for both individual distance learners and for trainers looking to create blended online and face-to-…
Help Cochrane curate and deliver health evidence
Cochrane Crowd is an online citizen science platform that enables anyone with an interest in health to contribute to health evidence. Our volunteers make it easier for health researchers to find the latest, high-quality evidence on what treatments work and don’t work. This means health…
On 4th - 5th October 2018, Cochrane’s Governing Board held a series of three webinars at different times across the two days so that Cochrane’s global community could easily attend at least one of them. The webinars were hosted by the Governing Board Co-Chairs, Marguerite Koster and Martin Burton, and were open to all Cochrane members. A total of…
Cochrane Taiwan aims to promote evidence informed health care in Taiwan, and develops partnerships with institutions in the country to achieve this aim. One of these institutions is the Chang Gung University of Science and Technology (CGUST). CGUST has now been given Cochrane Affiliate status.
CGUST is committed to training healthcare personnel,…
The EBM Netzwerk in Germany recently submitted a letter to Cochrane’s CEO and Editor in Chief, which was published on its website. You can read this letter and the Governing Board response to it, here.
Members of the Cochrane Iberoamérican Network recently made a statement to the Governing Board and Cochrane Members. Read the statement and the Board’s reponse, here (also available in Spanish).
In order to support the implementation of the Guidance note for Cochrane Groups to define systematic review priorities the members of the Knowledge Translation Prioritization Working Group would like to invite you to join our interactive webinar on the process for defining systematic review priorities. The date for the webinar is:
Monday 3rd…
Each year at our annual Colloquium, Cochrane presents a number of awards and prizes to contributors to recognize contributions to our work and organization made in various ways. This year the awards were presented at the Welcoming Reception of Colloquium Edinburgh.
Thomas C Chalmers Award is awarded to the principal author of…
The recording of this year’s Cochrane Annual General Meeting, held on Monday 17 September at the Cochrane Colloquium in Edinburgh, is now available.
Introduction (00:00:00)
In Memorium (00:04:40)
Council Report (00:31:48)
Co-Chairs’ Report / Statement from the Board (00:36:10)
CEO’s Report (00:46:30)
Editor-in-Chief’s…
Cochrane defines Knowledge Translation (KT) as the process of ensuring that health evidence from our high quality, trusted Cochrane systematic reviews is used by those who need it to make health decisions. Producing high-quality systematic reviews is essential but not enough! To inform decisions and lead to the better health, Cochrane needs to…
The Cochrane Colloquium is an annual event, bringing people together from around the world to discuss putting research into important global health questions and promoting evidence-informed health care. This year the theme was ‘Cochrane for all - better evidence for better health decisions’. It was a Patients Included event, co-designed, co-…
This year’s winners of Cochrane-REWARD prizes for reducing waste in research were the UK Equator Centre (for its Good Reports Tool), the EBM DataLab (for its Trials Tracker initiative), and the James Lind Alliance (for its Priority Setting Partnerships). The prize of GBP 2500 recognizes local or pilot initiatives that could lead to reductions in…
Roberto D’Amico from Cochrane Italy shares an interview with Doug Altman. Everyone within the Cochrane community was sad to learn of the death of Professor Doug Altman this year. Doug Altman was a Cochrane leader and pioneer since the Collaboration’s beginning in 1993. He is best known for his work on improving the reliability and reporting of…
The foundations of both Cochrane and the wider evidence synthesis community rest on the involvement of methodologists in the production of high‐quality systematic reviews. Epidemiologists, statisticians, and information specialists have had an enormous impact on the evolution of Cochrane and the advancement of systematic review methodology.…
This week at its meeting in Edinburgh, Cochrane’s Governing Board considered, as planned, the findings of an independent review and additional complaints related to the conduct of a Member. The Board’s conclusion was communicated to the individual concerned and is part of an ongoing process. The Co-Chairs of the Board will provide further details…
This is part of a series of Cochrane Blog posts about prioritization work by Cochrane Review Groups. You can read more about the project and the full series of blog post on the project page.
Setting systematic review priorities is essential to ensure that Cochrane produces the right reviews. Allowing Cochrane stakeholders (consumers,…
This is part of a series of Cochrane Blog posts about knowledge translation work carried out by knowledge translation working groups. You can read more about Knowledge Translation in Cochrane and discover more resources for partnerships development. Here Sylvia de Haan, Senior Advisor on Centres, Partnerships & Fundraising, tells us more…
New member is sought from a low- or middle-income country, and/ or from a geographical region that is different from that of the current Trustees. Cochrane is looking for an experienced person with a strong interest in the work of Cochrane, a belief in its power to improve healthcare decision making worldwide, and the ability to provide strategic…
At its recent meeting in London, at the end of January 2019, the Governing Board (Cochrane’s ‘Trustees’) voted unanimously to re-appoint Rae Lamb and Catherine Marshall as Trustees. Elected and Appointed Board Members: Members of the Board are a mix of elected members (who must be Cochrane Members) and appointed members who aim to bring an…
Cochrane’s Governing Board (its ‘Trustees’), including our four new members elected in December, met in London on 19 to 20 January 2019. The day before the meeting the new Board members met with the Co-Chairs for a comprehensive induction and briefing session. This provided an atmosphere for a frank face-to-face discussion and sharing of…
Register before 25 July 2019 to receive discounted rate. This year the 26th Cochrane Colloquium will take place at CasaPiedra in the vibrant city of Santiago, Chile, 22-25 October 2019. The theme of the Colloquium is 'Embracing diversity', recognizing Cochrane as a truly global independent community, addressing relevant health questions…
World-wide, over 10 million people per day access health-related information on Wikipedia. By participating in the Cochrane-Wikipedia Initiative we work together as a community to ensure that the health content being read on Wikipedia is reliable and unbiased. How to get involved? Cochrane has a new project page that includes an…
The labels Comparison and Outcome under Analyses in RevMan Web will be changing to Analysis Group and Analysis. The new labels are more generic to cover the broad usage of the existing labels Outcome and Comparison. Renaming Outcome to Analysis also aligns with the Cochrane Handbook and the Cochrane Library. In most reviews, Analysis Groups will…
‘Cochrane exists so that healthcare decisions get better.’ That is the first sentence of our Strategy to 2020. We want individuals around the world to enjoy ‘Better Health’ because high-quality, relevant, accessible Cochrane evidence is changing decision making and improving health outcomes. Every Cochrane collaborator volunteering their time and…
After leading Cochrane Germany for over 20 years, Professor Gerd Antes has stepped down as Director. Gerd has focused his career on contributing to evidence-based medicine in Germany. While working on developing Cochrane Germany, he was also one of the founders of the German Network for Evidence Based Medicine. A recurrent theme…
Cochrane’s simplified Chinese multi-lingual team share the secret of their social media success with WeChat in this Cochrane Community blog post. WeChat is a Chinese multi-purpose messaging, social media and mobile payment app. It was first released in 2011, and by 2018 it was one of the world's largest standalone mobile apps, with over 1…
The Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions is the official guide that describes in detail the process of preparing and maintaining Cochrane systematic reviews on the effects of healthcare interventions. On 29 January, Cochrane Training will be hosting a free webinar to introduce the upcoming version of the Handbook to the…
David Tovey, Editor in Chief of the Cochrane Library, responds to a recent article in The BMJ, 'Has Cochrane lost its way?' David Tovey states that; "Cochrane is at its most effective when it adheres to its 10 key principles, which promote a culture that is open, diverse, inclusive and outwards facing, a community that is vibrant and…
Following consultations in September and October 2018, Cochrane has decided to establish a Cochrane US Network. This US wide Network aims to engage institutions and organizations involved in evidence-informed health care in the US. The call for ‘Expressions of Interest’ to join the Cochrane US Network is now open. This call invites US-based…
The minutes from the Governing Board’s meeting in Edinburgh,UK, September 2018, are now available. Governing Board members are Cochrane’s directors and trustees, and are elected to direct the strategy and policies of the organization. Questions about the minutes can be sent to admin@cochrane.org. Additional resources: Agenda and open access…
We recognize the work of Cochrane Nigeria who are supporting national guideline development groups in using Cochrane evidence to develop evidence-based guidelines and to be able to adapt existing guidelines to the Nigerian context. Cochrane Nigeria has been developing skills in how to appraise and adapt existing guidelines using the AGREE II…
Following consultations with all Cochrane Reviews Groups (CRGs) within the network, the ‘Long-Term Conditions and Ageing 2’ Network are pleased to announce that they have changed their name to the ‘Musculoskeletal, Oral Skin and Sensory’ (MOSS) Network. This consultation process started with a face-to-face network meeting in September 2019…
If you’ve been following Cochrane Crowd’s activities, hold onto your hats! Our latest challenge held in partnership with the Cochrane Associated Centre at Sinaloa’s Pediatric Hospital (Mexico) and the Autonomous University of Sinaloa (Mexico) was a roaring success, breaking all previously held challenge records. Over three days from Dec 5-8, 738…
Knowledge Translation in Cochrane is delighted to share this request for proposal for the project to agree a set of ‘principles for dissemination’ and to develop practical tools in order to improve the quality of Cochrane’s dissemination products. This new and exciting opportunity is a commissioned piece of work open to the Cochrane community and…
After leading Cochrane Netherlands for 17 years, Professor Rob Scholten has stepped down as its Director. Since taking on leadership of the Dutch Cochrane Centre in 2001 (first being based at the Academic Medical Centre in Amsterdam, and from 2014 at the Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care in Utrecht), Rob has authored many…
The Cochrane Council, the representative body for Cochrane Group staff and authors, recently submitted a report to the Governing Board on issues arising from the termination of Professor Peter Gøtzsche’s membership of Cochrane. You can read this report, here, and the Board’s response, here. Following on from this correspondence, the Board Co-…
Dear Cochrane Members, Thank you for voting in the recent election for new members of the Cochrane Governing Board. Over 1200 people voted and over 4000 votes were cast. We’re delighted to announce that the following four candidates have been elected: Xavier BONFILL Sally GREEN Karsten Juhl JØRGENSEN Jordi PARDO PARDO Thank you to all…
Specifications: Secondment/Fixed term contract/consultancy contract for a minimum of 12 weeks starting February 2019 up to three working days a week Salary: Competitive Location: Flexible Application Closing Date: 17th December 2018 Cochrane’s work is recognized as the international gold-standard for high quality, trusted information. We…
The agenda and open access papers for the Cochrane Governing Board teleconference on 10 December 2018 are now available to view online, for information only. Cochrane's governing body is the Governing Board. The Board is responsible for overseeing the development and implementation of Cochrane’s strategic direction. If you would like to comment…
Dear Cochrane Members, Almost 1,100 votes have been cast so far, but if you haven’t voted yet, you’re still able to do so until next Monday, 10 December 2018, at 12:00 GMT. With 18 candidates standing for election this year, there’s a lot of information available for you to review before casting your votes. To support your choices, we’ve…
The Cochrane Style Manual Working Group have released an updated and revised version of the Cochrane Style Basics. Cochrane Style Basics is in PDF format, so can be sent as an attachment, and includes links out to the Cochrane Style Manual.Cochrane Style Basics is a collection of 'style essentials' designed to provide Cochrane authors with a…
Cochrane Colloquium, Santiago, Chile 22-25 October 2019 Cochrane Chile is delighted to be hosting the Colloquium next year. It will be a great opportunity to meet and network with the Cochrane community from Chile and Latin America, and to be surprised by the wide usage of Cochrane evidence in decision-making at all levels. The theme of the next…
Cochrane reviews should help inform health decision making. As the producers of reviews, we cannot do this on our own. Strategic partnerships, at the organizational, regional, national, network and group levels, are essential. These partnerships can be very diverse, from working with local media or a local community organization, to global and…
An enhanced Cochrane Library platform launch, huge increase in visits to Cochrane.org, and almost 1,300 contributors attend Cochrane’s Colloquium in Edinburgh, UK. We are proud to present key highlights of Cochrane’s performance during July – September 2018 as part of our latest organizational Dashboard. This important information consists of…
Dear Cochrane Members, If you haven’t voted yet in the current Governing Board elections, you’re still able to do so until 10 December 2018 at 12:00 GMT. With 18 candidates standing for election this year, there’s a lot of information available for you to review before casting your votes. To support your choices, we’ve interviewed the…
The Colloquium is Cochrane's annual flagship event, bringing people together from around the world to discuss research into important global health questions and to promote evidence-informed health care. This year, the Colloquium took place in Edinburgh, UK, in September and was hosted by Cochrane UK. Almost 1300 people from 57 countries attended…
Dear Cochrane Members, Voting is now open for the current Governing Board election. Visit elections.cochrane.org to view the candidates standing, read their Candidate Statements, and cast your votes. We’ll be sending a series of reminders before voting closes on 10 December 2018 at 12:00 GMT. Next week on the Cochrane Community…
The Cochrane Review Network communities announce their strategic plans that will guide the work of our Cochrane Review Groups (CRGS) until 2020 The Cochrane Review Group (CRG) Networks within Cochrane, each have a Network team comprising of a Senior Editor, Associate Editor and a Network Support Fellow – see here for more information on their…
Making Cochrane evidence accessible to non-English speakers is a priority for us. More than 5,000 translations of Cochrane Review plain language summaries/abstracts were published in 2017. Translation activities are led by local Cochrane groups and their translator communities, the majority of which are volunteer based. This is why translation…
Following a period of nominations, we’re very pleased that 18 candidates are standing for election to the Governing Board in this election. They are listed on elections.cochrane.org and here you can read more about the them, why they’re standing for election, and what they plan to do for Cochrane if elected. There are four (4) positions…
A group of Cochrane members recently submitted a letter to the Board detailing "four major policy issues for Cochrane". You’re invited to read their letter and the Board’s response. To learn more about the Cochrane Council, the organization’s representative body for Cochrane members, please visit their section.
Registration for the 2019 Governance Meetings in Krakow, Poland is now open. Find out more about: Full programme for the 31 March - 5 April Venue and location Hotel options nearby Registration details Full details are available on our events pages, here.
It’s been a busy time for the Working Group looking at ‘Improving and Upscaling’ Knowledge Translation (KT) Products since the Community Survey over the summer. In this blog we look at the results of the survey and our plans for the future. Infographics, blogshots, policy briefings, press releases and videos… these are just some examples of KT…
Cochrane Classmate could change how evidence production is taught in classrooms around the world. Brought to you by the Cochrane Crowd team, Classmate is a trainers’ toolkit that allows you to create exciting, interactive tasks that help your students learn about evidence production. It is easy to use, and its first release is now…
The Cochrane Governing Board is looking for four new members. Cochrane is an international organization but is constituted as a UK charity. Board members are “trustees” of this charity. Charities in the United Kingdom are overseen by the Charity Commission and this Commission emphasizes that being a trustee of a charity is a position with specific…
This is part of a series of Cochrane case studies about prioritization work by Cochrane Review Groups. You can read more by visiting the priority setting case study page. In October 2016 we reported on a priority setting exercise undertaken by the Cochrane Tobacco Addiction Group (CTAG). The group drew on the opinions and experiences of members…
Looking for support for your Priority Setting process? The Knowledge Translation ‘Embedding Prioritisation’ Working Group might be able to help! Setting research priorities is essential to ensure Cochrane produces the right reviews. It can also be the foundation for knowledge translation, allowing consumers, healthcare professionals, policy…
After considerable reflection over many months, and as hinted at during my presentation at this year’s Annual General Meeting, I have decided that the time is right for me to step down from the role of Cochrane’s Editor in Chief. I plan to leave at the end of May next year. With the successful launch of the new Cochrane Library, new…
Cochrane’s Governing Board is seeking to elect 4 new members We are looking for candidates with a passion for Cochrane, a belief in its power to improve healthcare decision making worldwide, and the ability to support the management of the organization. Cochrane is an international organization and a registered charity in the UK, and members of…
For many years, Cochrane authors have imported their RevMan 5 files in GRADEpro to build their summary of findings tables. The new integration brings a completely new experience for the use of RevMan 5 or RevMan Web together with GRADEpro - linked via Archie and your Cochrane Account. This blog post by Evidence Prime explains how it works and how…
Cochrane Interactive Learning is a series of high quality, online learning modules for conducting intervention reviews following Cochrane review methodology. Useful for both introductory-level and more experienced learners, the modules are designed for both individual distance learners and for trainers looking to create blended online and face-to-…
Help Cochrane curate and deliver health evidence Cochrane Crowd is an online citizen science platform that enables anyone with an interest in health to contribute to health evidence. Our volunteers make it easier for health researchers to find the latest, high-quality evidence on what treatments work and don’t work. This means health…
On 4th - 5th October 2018, Cochrane’s Governing Board held a series of three webinars at different times across the two days so that Cochrane’s global community could easily attend at least one of them. The webinars were hosted by the Governing Board Co-Chairs, Marguerite Koster and Martin Burton, and were open to all Cochrane members. A total of…
Cochrane Taiwan aims to promote evidence informed health care in Taiwan, and develops partnerships with institutions in the country to achieve this aim. One of these institutions is the Chang Gung University of Science and Technology (CGUST). CGUST has now been given Cochrane Affiliate status. CGUST is committed to training healthcare personnel,…
The EBM Netzwerk in Germany recently submitted a letter to Cochrane’s CEO and Editor in Chief, which was published on its website. You can read this letter and the Governing Board response to it, here.
Members of the Cochrane Iberoamérican Network recently made a statement to the Governing Board and Cochrane Members. Read the statement and the Board’s reponse, here (also available in Spanish).
In order to support the implementation of the Guidance note for Cochrane Groups to define systematic review priorities the members of the Knowledge Translation Prioritization Working Group would like to invite you to join our interactive webinar on the process for defining systematic review priorities. The date for the webinar is: Monday 3rd…
Each year at our annual Colloquium, Cochrane presents a number of awards and prizes to contributors to recognize contributions to our work and organization made in various ways. This year the awards were presented at the Welcoming Reception of Colloquium Edinburgh. Thomas C Chalmers Award is awarded to the principal author of…
The recording of this year’s Cochrane Annual General Meeting, held on Monday 17 September at the Cochrane Colloquium in Edinburgh, is now available. Introduction (00:00:00) In Memorium (00:04:40) Council Report (00:31:48) Co-Chairs’ Report / Statement from the Board (00:36:10) CEO’s Report (00:46:30) Editor-in-Chief’s…
Cochrane defines Knowledge Translation (KT) as the process of ensuring that health evidence from our high quality, trusted Cochrane systematic reviews is used by those who need it to make health decisions. Producing high-quality systematic reviews is essential but not enough! To inform decisions and lead to the better health, Cochrane needs to…
The Cochrane Colloquium is an annual event, bringing people together from around the world to discuss putting research into important global health questions and promoting evidence-informed health care. This year the theme was ‘Cochrane for all - better evidence for better health decisions’. It was a Patients Included event, co-designed, co-…
This year’s winners of Cochrane-REWARD prizes for reducing waste in research were the UK Equator Centre (for its Good Reports Tool), the EBM DataLab (for its Trials Tracker initiative), and the James Lind Alliance (for its Priority Setting Partnerships). The prize of GBP 2500 recognizes local or pilot initiatives that could lead to reductions in…
Roberto D’Amico from Cochrane Italy shares an interview with Doug Altman. Everyone within the Cochrane community was sad to learn of the death of Professor Doug Altman this year. Doug Altman was a Cochrane leader and pioneer since the Collaboration’s beginning in 1993. He is best known for his work on improving the reliability and reporting of…
The foundations of both Cochrane and the wider evidence synthesis community rest on the involvement of methodologists in the production of high‐quality systematic reviews. Epidemiologists, statisticians, and information specialists have had an enormous impact on the evolution of Cochrane and the advancement of systematic review methodology.…
This week at its meeting in Edinburgh, Cochrane’s Governing Board considered, as planned, the findings of an independent review and additional complaints related to the conduct of a Member. The Board’s conclusion was communicated to the individual concerned and is part of an ongoing process. The Co-Chairs of the Board will provide further details…
This is part of a series of Cochrane Blog posts about prioritization work by Cochrane Review Groups. You can read more about the project and the full series of blog post on the project page. Setting systematic review priorities is essential to ensure that Cochrane produces the right reviews. Allowing Cochrane stakeholders (consumers,…
This is part of a series of Cochrane Blog posts about knowledge translation work carried out by knowledge translation working groups. You can read more about Knowledge Translation in Cochrane and discover more resources for partnerships development. Here Sylvia de Haan, Senior Advisor on Centres, Partnerships & Fundraising, tells us more…