January 16th and 17th - Twenty-eight people from across Cochrane (and the world) gathered together in London, UK to attend a 2-day intensive training on how to apply Cochrane’s new dissemination checklist in practice. Led by Claire Glenton and Sarah Rosenbaum from Cochrane Norway, participants learned how to improve their dissemination…
Cochrane’s Governing Board is delighted to announce that sponsored registration for one person from each Cochrane Group to attend the 27th Annual Cochrane Colloquium in Toronto, Canada (October 4-7, 2020) is now open.
This opportunity is open to any Cochrane member within a Cochrane Group, be that a Cochrane Review Group, geographic Group or…
A new paper published in BMC Research Methodology describes a novel approach for supporting collaboration between review authors and stakeholders.
The paper, published by a team of Cochrane review authors and editors, is intended to help review authors engage with stakeholders and use their expertise to consider applicability of review findings.…
In 2017, Cochrane Sweden initiated the Cochrane International Mobility Programme to promote research projects and training periods across the Cochrane network. Modelled on the European student exchange program, Erasmus, the scheme currently on trial is aimed at giving people interested in contributing to Cochrane, the opportunity to…
Mark Wilson, CEO and Karla Soares Weiser, Editor in Chief extend their warmest wishes to the Cochrane community at the beginning of this new year.
Here, they reflect on the achievements from the last 12 months, including their personal highlights and summarize what lies ahead for Cochrane over the next year.
The Governing Board has approved…
We are seeking volunteers for a brief informal discussion to share your experiences or to be part of an international Working Group helping to guide evaluation tools and case studies.
Cochrane’s vision is a world of improved health, with decisions informed by high-quality research evidence. But to what extent are we formally achieving our vision…
REMINDER: Submissions for hosting Cochrane’s annual business and networking meetings for 2021 and 2022 are now open!
Governance Meetings are Cochrane’s annual business meetings. They provide an opportunity for Cochrane’s Group staff and Executives as well as Cochrane’s Governing Board and Council to meet and discuss the organization’s strategies…
Cochrane is revising our current commercial sponsorship policy and also developing a non-financial or academic conflict of interest policy. Read about the progress to date, view project reports and recommendations, and learn about the next steps.
Cochrane’s policy on conflict of interest (COI) is very important to those who create and use…
The Early Career Professionals group aims to provide its members with opportunities to enhance their knowledge, skills, and expertise by providing a platform for international networking with early career professionals or other members in the Cochrane community.
After the success of the ‘30 Under 30’ series which aimed to introduce young people…
As previously announced, Cochrane has been reviewing the editorial management systems (EMS) used by our editors and authors to prepare Cochrane Reviews, and other content published in the Cochrane Library. Cochrane engaged an experienced consultancy team, Origin Editorial, to partner in this work.
Origin Editorial has helped Cochrane to…
We are pleased to announce the re-schedule of the 2019 Methods Symposium, which was postponed due to the cancelled 2019 Cochrane Colloquium, as a free interactive webinar on Wednesday 5 February, 2020.
Cochrane Reviews are becoming increasingly complex as methods evolve, as data sources become more diverse, and as we increasingly recognize…
Cochrane is a global community of over 11,000 members and 68,000 supporters from more than 130 countries. We are researchers, health professionals, patients, carers, and others passionate about improving health outcomes.
The Governing Board is very pleased to announce the launch of three new organizational policies to support everyone…
In 2014 Cochrane called for proposals for ‘Game Changer Initiatives’, ambitious projects to improve how we do business and enable our vision of ‘a world of improved health’.
Project Transform was funded by Cochrane and the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council as part of this initiative. As the Final Report describes, Project…
The agenda and open access papers for the Cochrane Governing Board teleconference on 12 December 2019 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…
Many thanks to those who attended Cochrane’s first Annual General Meeting online. Over 200 participants joined from Cochrane’s head office in London, individually online, and in groups from Germany, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, and the UK.
All Resolutions proposed at the meeting were passed by the members. The record of votes is available here.…
All content remains freely available on the Colloquium website and open to the entire Cochrane Community of members and supporters!
Cochrane’s annual flagship event brings together the world’s most influential health researchers, scientists, academics, opinion leaders, clinicians, and patients to promote evidence-informed decision-making. The…
Dr. Karla Soares-Weiser became the new Editor in Chief of the Cochrane Library in June. Karla replaced Dr. David Tovey, who stepped down from the role at the end of May following ten years of distinguished service.
Learn more about Karla's story and her journey through Cochrane since 1995 in the video below;
Karla Soares-Weiser was born in…
Update to Subheadings in RevMan Web: Addition of 'Summary of findings and assessment of the certainty of the evidence'
We will be adding in a new subheading to the Methods section where people will describe their approach to rating the certainty of the evidence and preparing Summary of Findings tables. Given the importance of describing GRADE…
Watch videos of Cochrane groups from different parts of the world who tell us how they contribute to Cochrane in their countries and languages.
Only about 6% of the world’s population are native English speakers, while 75% of people don’t speak English at all.
Many people do not have access to high quality health information, because it is not…
Welcome to Cochrane’s first ever Virtual Colloquium, #CochraneSantiago!
We are delighted to see everyone’s hard work for this Colloquium on display and we look forward to engaging with all of you in this new Colloquium format.
Friday's Content - Looking forward
Today we look ahead to 2020, the ways to get involved in Cochrane, and what the…