Jennifer Dawson works with Cochrane’s Knowledge Translation Department as a Wikipedia Consultant. Her role includes maintaining and building further relations with Wikipedia, connecting new editors to the Wikipedia community, and supporting requests for engagement in Wikipedia work from the Cochrane community
Attention Cochrane contributors and…
Sign up for meetings, abstracts, and special sessions for Cochrane’s 25th Colloquium in Edinburgh is now OPEN!
If you’re new to Colloquia, and Edinburgh is the first Cochrane Colloquium for you, Holly Millward, Cochrane’s Events and Brand Support Officer for Cochrane can offer some practical tips and advice. Holly works within our Knowledge…
Louisa Walsh, Anneliese Synnot and Sophie Hill from Cochrane Consumers and Communication share their top tips for getting the most out of online meeting.
In the global world of Cochrane, remote meetings are the norm as we connect with colleagues all over the planet. But have you ever considered what the key ingredients are to make a really good…
Sign-up for the Colloquium schedule
Sign-up is now available for the full Colloquium schedule. Login to your Colloquium account, and sign-up for the sessions you want to attend.
Workshops
Please note that most workshops have limited capacity, therefore participants are required to sign up for workshops. You can only sign up for one workshop per…
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.
This case study is a great example of how undertaking a prioritisation exercise not only helps a Cochrane Group to deliver the reviews our stakeholders want; it also helps to…
Cochrane is pleased to announce plans to establish a new, open and collaborative Network within China.
A group of interested stakeholders have been invited to a two-day strategic planning meeting to be held on 9-10 October in Beijing (hosted by the Peking University Health Science Center), to discuss the strategic direction and the establishment…
During the Cochrane Governing Board meeting in Lisbon, Portugal, last March, the establishment of the Cochrane Mexico Centre was approved. This Centre, part of the Cochrane Iberoamerican Network, will have more autonomy to promote Cochrane activities in Mexico.
The Mexican Cochrane Centre consists of five Associated Centres located at…
Gerd Antes is the scientific director of the Cochrane Germany Foundation. In this article, he shares his knowledge and critical point of view about the risks of open access publishing.
Since Thursday, July 19th 2018, the German media have been full of martial words that one may not usually associate with the world of science, or to be…
Editor in Chief of the Cochrane Library, David Tovey, describes the journey of updating the Cochrane Library, which spans being a journal and a knowledge resource, and includes current and archive content, multi-lingual text, and a varied collection of databases.
It all began in April 2012 at Cochrane’s business meeting in Paris: a ‘strategic…
Cochrane is pleased to announce that the Cochrane Library, which provides high-quality, independently produced evidence to inform healthcare decision-making, has been redesigned and enhanced to improve user experience and functionality.
Cochrane is a global independent network of researchers, professionals, patients, carers, and people…
Cochrane UK is delighted to be hosting the 25th Cochrane Colloquium, at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre in Scotland, from 16th to 18th September 2018.Find out more about what is planned for the 2018 Colloquium:
Schedule, sign-up and the Colloquium app
The full schedule of talks, workshops and special sessions can…
Dear Cochrane Members,
Thank you for voting in the recent Cochrane elections!
We are delighted to announce the results:
Nicky Cullum has been elected as a member of the Governing Board. Nicky is Co-ordinating Editor of the Cochrane Wounds Group and is based in Manchester, UK
Agustín Ciapponi has been elected as an Author representative on…
Cochrane is pleased to announce plans to establish a new, open and collaborative Network within the US.
An internal review of Cochrane’s structures carried out in 2016 highlighted that a single Center approach for a country the size of the US has many limitations, and that a Network of multiple groups based across the country is a better model to…
Cochrane Review on methods of consumer engagement in health is being updated
That patients, families, their representatives and the broader public (collectively, ‘consumers’) should be actively involved, or engaged, in all levels of healthcare policy, research and services is an idea that has well and truly arrived. Amongst the explosion of…
Cochrane Pain, Palliative and Supportive Care (PaPaS) group addresses the gap in knowledge on chronic pain in childhood and helps push solutions forward.
On July 12th at the Wellcome Trust in London, UK, world-leading experts came together to look at evidence, policy and practice in the area of childhood pain.…
Re-posted from Cochrane South Africa
Professor Bongani Mayosi, one of the world’s top cardiologist, passed away on 27 July 2018.
Professor Mayosi was a member of the Advisory Board of Cochrane South Africa for many years and served as the chair from 2007 to 2009. He was a strong proponent of the work done by Cochrane and co-authored three…
Leading institutions, including Cochrane, sign on to international platform which aims to accelerate medical research
The nonprofit organization Vivli launched a novel data-sharing and analytics platform to help researchers move faster toward new treatments and cures. This innovative platform makes it easy for researchers worldwide to discover,…
Dear Cochrane Community colleagues,
I am delighted to inform you that the redesigned and enhanced Cochrane Library will launch on Tuesday, 7 August 2018.
Our colleagues at Wiley are communicating this news direct to customers separately and have also contacted users who have saved searches.
To ensure the transition process to the new publishing…
Targeted Updates aim to provide policy-makers, in particular guideline developers, with up-to-date information from Cochrane Reviews, tailored to their needs and working to a fast timeline. Targeted Updates use Cochrane Reviews as their foundation, but focus on updating selected comparisons and outcomes, working in close consultation with…
Jennifer Dawson works with Cochrane’s Knowledge Translation Department as a Wikipedia Consultant. Her role includes maintaining and building further relations with Wikipedia, connecting new editors to the Wikipedia community, and supporting requests for engagement in Wikipedia work from the Cochrane community. This blog post shares two strategies…
Jennifer Dawson works with Cochrane’s Knowledge Translation Department as a Wikipedia Consultant. Her role includes maintaining and building further relations with Wikipedia, connecting new editors to the Wikipedia community, and supporting requests for engagement in Wikipedia work from the Cochrane community Attention Cochrane contributors and…
Sign up for meetings, abstracts, and special sessions for Cochrane’s 25th Colloquium in Edinburgh is now OPEN! If you’re new to Colloquia, and Edinburgh is the first Cochrane Colloquium for you, Holly Millward, Cochrane’s Events and Brand Support Officer for Cochrane can offer some practical tips and advice. Holly works within our Knowledge…
Louisa Walsh, Anneliese Synnot and Sophie Hill from Cochrane Consumers and Communication share their top tips for getting the most out of online meeting. In the global world of Cochrane, remote meetings are the norm as we connect with colleagues all over the planet. But have you ever considered what the key ingredients are to make a really good…
Sign-up for the Colloquium schedule Sign-up is now available for the full Colloquium schedule. Login to your Colloquium account, and sign-up for the sessions you want to attend. Workshops Please note that most workshops have limited capacity, therefore participants are required to sign up for workshops. You can only sign up for one workshop per…
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. This case study is a great example of how undertaking a prioritisation exercise not only helps a Cochrane Group to deliver the reviews our stakeholders want; it also helps to…
Cochrane is pleased to announce plans to establish a new, open and collaborative Network within China. A group of interested stakeholders have been invited to a two-day strategic planning meeting to be held on 9-10 October in Beijing (hosted by the Peking University Health Science Center), to discuss the strategic direction and the establishment…
During the Cochrane Governing Board meeting in Lisbon, Portugal, last March, the establishment of the Cochrane Mexico Centre was approved. This Centre, part of the Cochrane Iberoamerican Network, will have more autonomy to promote Cochrane activities in Mexico. The Mexican Cochrane Centre consists of five Associated Centres located at…
Gerd Antes is the scientific director of the Cochrane Germany Foundation. In this article, he shares his knowledge and critical point of view about the risks of open access publishing. Since Thursday, July 19th 2018, the German media have been full of martial words that one may not usually associate with the world of science, or to be…
Editor in Chief of the Cochrane Library, David Tovey, describes the journey of updating the Cochrane Library, which spans being a journal and a knowledge resource, and includes current and archive content, multi-lingual text, and a varied collection of databases. It all began in April 2012 at Cochrane’s business meeting in Paris: a ‘strategic…
Cochrane is pleased to announce that the Cochrane Library, which provides high-quality, independently produced evidence to inform healthcare decision-making, has been redesigned and enhanced to improve user experience and functionality. Cochrane is a global independent network of researchers, professionals, patients, carers, and people…
Cochrane UK is delighted to be hosting the 25th Cochrane Colloquium, at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre in Scotland, from 16th to 18th September 2018.Find out more about what is planned for the 2018 Colloquium: Schedule, sign-up and the Colloquium app The full schedule of talks, workshops and special sessions can…
Dear Cochrane Members, Thank you for voting in the recent Cochrane elections! We are delighted to announce the results: Nicky Cullum has been elected as a member of the Governing Board. Nicky is Co-ordinating Editor of the Cochrane Wounds Group and is based in Manchester, UK Agustín Ciapponi has been elected as an Author representative on…
Cochrane is pleased to announce plans to establish a new, open and collaborative Network within the US. An internal review of Cochrane’s structures carried out in 2016 highlighted that a single Center approach for a country the size of the US has many limitations, and that a Network of multiple groups based across the country is a better model to…
Cochrane Review on methods of consumer engagement in health is being updated That patients, families, their representatives and the broader public (collectively, ‘consumers’) should be actively involved, or engaged, in all levels of healthcare policy, research and services is an idea that has well and truly arrived. Amongst the explosion of…
Cochrane Pain, Palliative and Supportive Care (PaPaS) group addresses the gap in knowledge on chronic pain in childhood and helps push solutions forward. On July 12th at the Wellcome Trust in London, UK, world-leading experts came together to look at evidence, policy and practice in the area of childhood pain.…
Re-posted from Cochrane South Africa Professor Bongani Mayosi, one of the world’s top cardiologist, passed away on 27 July 2018. Professor Mayosi was a member of the Advisory Board of Cochrane South Africa for many years and served as the chair from 2007 to 2009. He was a strong proponent of the work done by Cochrane and co-authored three…
Leading institutions, including Cochrane, sign on to international platform which aims to accelerate medical research The nonprofit organization Vivli launched a novel data-sharing and analytics platform to help researchers move faster toward new treatments and cures. This innovative platform makes it easy for researchers worldwide to discover,…
Dear Cochrane Community colleagues, I am delighted to inform you that the redesigned and enhanced Cochrane Library will launch on Tuesday, 7 August 2018. Our colleagues at Wiley are communicating this news direct to customers separately and have also contacted users who have saved searches. To ensure the transition process to the new publishing…
Targeted Updates aim to provide policy-makers, in particular guideline developers, with up-to-date information from Cochrane Reviews, tailored to their needs and working to a fast timeline. Targeted Updates use Cochrane Reviews as their foundation, but focus on updating selected comparisons and outcomes, working in close consultation with…
Jennifer Dawson works with Cochrane’s Knowledge Translation Department as a Wikipedia Consultant. Her role includes maintaining and building further relations with Wikipedia, connecting new editors to the Wikipedia community, and supporting requests for engagement in Wikipedia work from the Cochrane community. This blog post shares two strategies…