The Governing Board has reviewed the applications received for the vacant Board position for an Appointed Member. Unfortunately we have been unable to appoint a suitable candidate as yet. While all the candidates who expressed interest in response to this call had excellent skills relevant to their professional fields, none of the candidates had…
'Cochrane at the WHO' is a blog series that highlights the partnership between Cochrane and the World Health Organization. If you would like to share a story about how your Cochrane Group is working with WHO, please contact Emma Thompson, Advocacy and Partnership Officer.
In this blog post Dr Tari Turner from Cochrane Australia talks about the…
Muriah Umoquit, Communications and Analytics Officer with Cochrane’s Knowledge Translation Department, talks about one solution that Cochrane is using to help break down information silos - the Communications Network which shares information across groups weekly.
A few years ago when I started at Cochrane, I knew the community was doing…
Are you interested in qualitative research and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? Are you working within health, education, social welfare, crime and justice, the environment, agriculture or other related sectors?
Researchers, policy makers, research commissioners and other stakeholders from across the world are invited to attend the…
Dear Cochrane Colleagues,
We are looking forward to seeing many of you at the April Governance Meetings in Krakow, kindly hosted this year by Cochrane Poland.
The Governance Meetings provide the main annual opportunity for Cochrane’s senior leaders and Group managers to come together to learn about and discuss organizational priorities,…
Bronwen Merner, Dianne Lowe, Louisa Walsh and Sophie Hill from Cochrane Consumers and Communication and stakeholder panel members, Anne Mussared and Cheryl Wardrope share their top tips for involving stakeholders in Cochrane Review screening.
Stakeholder involvement in health research, including Cochrane Reviews, is beneficial in improving…
'Cochrane at the WHO' is a blog series that highlights the partnership between Cochrane and the World Health Organization. If you would like to share a story about how your Cochrane Group is working with WHO, please contact Emma Thompson, Advocacy and Partnership Officer.
In this blog post Emma Carter, Selena Ryan-Vig, and Anne Eisinga from…
Julia Harlfinger works as medical editor and research associate for Cochrane Austria at the Department for Evidence-based Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, Danube University Krems. Her academic background is in public health, biology and science communication. Here, she shares information about their website that provides health information to…
DEADLINE EXTENDED UNTIL 10 APRIL
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce the launch of the CRG Networks Innovation Fund.
The fund aims to support review production and/or editorial procedures that lead to harmonization of processes and improvements in content or quality across the CRG Networks and the Cochrane Library.
Key features of…
The minutes from the Governing Board’s teleconference, December 2018, are now available view online, for information only.
Governing Board members are Cochrane’s directors and trustees, and are elected to direct the strategy and policies of the organisation.
Questions about the minutes can be sent to support@cochrane.org
The Governing Board has approved the proposed organizational Targets for 2019 in support of Strategy to 2020. These are prioritized projects and initiatives that are delivered by Cochrane Groups and the Central Executive Team, supported by core and Group funding.
In 2019, Cochrane Groups and the Central Executive Team plan to :
Achieve the…
We are delighted to announce NEW resources freely available on Cochrane’s Knowledge Translations resources website:
KT Glossary: A handy plain language glossary of commonly used KT terms;
Buffer.com video: this short video, prepared from Cochrane UK, explains how to use Buffer.com, an easy-to-use tool to manage multiple Cochrane social media…
In 2017 Cochrane Sweden started the Cochrane International Mobility Programme to promote training periods at Cochrane Centre’s in other countries. Modelled on the European student exchange program, Erasmus, the scheme being trialed is global with opportunities across the Cochrane Network. The original aim was for the scheme to be for students, but…
We are delighted to announce that sponsored registration for one person from each Cochrane Group to attend the 26th Annual Cochrane Colloquium in Santiago, Chile (22-25 October 2019) is now open.
This opportunity is open to any Cochrane member within a Cochrane Group, be that a Cochrane Review Group, geographic Group of Field. Sponsored…
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…
The Governing Board has reviewed the applications received for the vacant Board position for an Appointed Member. Unfortunately we have been unable to appoint a suitable candidate as yet. While all the candidates who expressed interest in response to this call had excellent skills relevant to their professional fields, none of the candidates had…
'Cochrane at the WHO' is a blog series that highlights the partnership between Cochrane and the World Health Organization. If you would like to share a story about how your Cochrane Group is working with WHO, please contact Emma Thompson, Advocacy and Partnership Officer. In this blog post Dr Tari Turner from Cochrane Australia talks about the…
Muriah Umoquit, Communications and Analytics Officer with Cochrane’s Knowledge Translation Department, talks about one solution that Cochrane is using to help break down information silos - the Communications Network which shares information across groups weekly. A few years ago when I started at Cochrane, I knew the community was doing…
Are you interested in qualitative research and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? Are you working within health, education, social welfare, crime and justice, the environment, agriculture or other related sectors? Researchers, policy makers, research commissioners and other stakeholders from across the world are invited to attend the…
Dear Cochrane Colleagues, We are looking forward to seeing many of you at the April Governance Meetings in Krakow, kindly hosted this year by Cochrane Poland. The Governance Meetings provide the main annual opportunity for Cochrane’s senior leaders and Group managers to come together to learn about and discuss organizational priorities,…
Bronwen Merner, Dianne Lowe, Louisa Walsh and Sophie Hill from Cochrane Consumers and Communication and stakeholder panel members, Anne Mussared and Cheryl Wardrope share their top tips for involving stakeholders in Cochrane Review screening. Stakeholder involvement in health research, including Cochrane Reviews, is beneficial in improving…
'Cochrane at the WHO' is a blog series that highlights the partnership between Cochrane and the World Health Organization. If you would like to share a story about how your Cochrane Group is working with WHO, please contact Emma Thompson, Advocacy and Partnership Officer. In this blog post Emma Carter, Selena Ryan-Vig, and Anne Eisinga from…
Julia Harlfinger works as medical editor and research associate for Cochrane Austria at the Department for Evidence-based Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, Danube University Krems. Her academic background is in public health, biology and science communication. Here, she shares information about their website that provides health information to…
DEADLINE EXTENDED UNTIL 10 APRIL Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to announce the launch of the CRG Networks Innovation Fund. The fund aims to support review production and/or editorial procedures that lead to harmonization of processes and improvements in content or quality across the CRG Networks and the Cochrane Library. Key features of…
The minutes from the Governing Board’s teleconference, December 2018, are now available view online, for information only. Governing Board members are Cochrane’s directors and trustees, and are elected to direct the strategy and policies of the organisation. Questions about the minutes can be sent to support@cochrane.org
The Governing Board has approved the proposed organizational Targets for 2019 in support of Strategy to 2020. These are prioritized projects and initiatives that are delivered by Cochrane Groups and the Central Executive Team, supported by core and Group funding. In 2019, Cochrane Groups and the Central Executive Team plan to : Achieve the…
We are delighted to announce NEW resources freely available on Cochrane’s Knowledge Translations resources website: KT Glossary: A handy plain language glossary of commonly used KT terms; Buffer.com video: this short video, prepared from Cochrane UK, explains how to use Buffer.com, an easy-to-use tool to manage multiple Cochrane social media…
In 2017 Cochrane Sweden started the Cochrane International Mobility Programme to promote training periods at Cochrane Centre’s in other countries. Modelled on the European student exchange program, Erasmus, the scheme being trialed is global with opportunities across the Cochrane Network. The original aim was for the scheme to be for students, but…
We are delighted to announce that sponsored registration for one person from each Cochrane Group to attend the 26th Annual Cochrane Colloquium in Santiago, Chile (22-25 October 2019) is now open. This opportunity is open to any Cochrane member within a Cochrane Group, be that a Cochrane Review Group, geographic Group of Field. Sponsored…
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…