With the recent election of the Author representatives, membership of the new Cochrane Council is now complete!
Authors
Julie Brown
María Ximena Rojas Reyes
Information Specialists (CISs)
Elizabeth Stovold
Rene Spijker
Co-ordinating Editors
Graziella Filippini…
Applications are open for the Aubrey Sheiham EBHC in Africa Leadership Award until 31 July, 2020.
We continue to honour Professor Aubrey Sheiham, a longtime supporter of Cochrane’s work and mission. Prof Sheiham was a dental epidemiologist who was inspired and encouraged by Archie Cochrane to question many of the practices in medicine and…
Cochrane and Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) are delighted to announce the support of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for Cochrane and OHSU's ongoing work to build, pilot, and scale a next generation evidence system to transform the translation of health research into practice. This system is a major component of Cochrane'…
Cochrane’s logo illustrates the summary results from an iconic systematic review: Antenatal corticosteroids for accelerating fetal lung maturation for women at risk of preterm birth.
Each horizontal line represents the results of one study, while the diamond represents the combined result - our best estimate of whether the treatment is effective…
The Governing Board is delighted to announce that sponsored registration for one person from each Cochrane Group to attend Cochrane Colloquia has been extended to Associate Centres and Satellites of Cochrane Review Groups. This applies to the Global Evidence Summit in Cape Town, from 13-16 September 2017, which this year replaces the normal…
Following the publication of The Lancet’s 2014 series on ‘Research: increasing value, reducing waste’, a team of researchers undertook a project evaluating processes that research funders use to provide transparency and reduce waste in making funding decisions. They have presented the results of their research in a letter to The Lancet, published…
Evidence published in the BMJ suggests that tweeting out links to Cochrane Reviews increases ‘product placement’ of evidence, which has the potential to then influence care. Members of the Cochrane Schizophrenia Group conducted a randomized controlled trial to see whether sharing Cochrane Reviews on Weibo and Twitter affects visits to Cochrane…
The Targeted Updates project aims 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…
Dario Sambunjak and Chris Watts have been working with Cochrane’s Learning and Support team (L&SD) as Learning & Support Officers since May 2015. In this post they share information about a new training resource that L&SD has recently developed, working closely with the Cochrane Editorial Unit (CEU), to help Cochrane Editors avoid…
Every year Cochrane recognizes the outstanding work of Thomas C Chalmers, famous for his role in the development of the randomized controlled trial and meta-analysis in medical research. Thomas is perhaps best known for the notion ‘randomize the first patient’, his belief that it is more ethical to randomize patients than to treat them in the…
2017 will take us to the mid-point of the Strategy to 2020. It will be another year of delivery and continuity, focusing particularly on the implementation and output phases of already established projects that featured as Targets in 2016. For this reason, there are a reduced number of Targets this year – we are not starting new work.…
In preparation for the Cochrane Board meeting in April in Geneva, we have prepared an update paper to inform the Cochrane community about work with our external partners. Some of the key developments to note:
The planning for the Global Evidence Summit is progressing well and provides an opportunity to connect many of our external partners:…
Registration for early bird tickets open until 30 June 2017
Registration has now opened for the first ever Global Evidence Summit! Register before the 30 June 2017 to get over 11% off the standard ticket price.
This year, Cochrane, has joined with four other leading organizations – Guidelines International Network, Campbell Collaboration…
We regret to advise the Cochrane community that Michael Makanga has announced his resignation from the Cochrane Governing Board, due to changing demands in his primary role as Executive Director of the European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP). Michael’s resignation takes effect from 1st March. Although his time on…
The 2017 Mid-Year Meeting was hosted by Cochrane Switzerland in Geneva on 4-5 April, alongside other meetings that week.
Governing Board agenda and open access papers now available for Mid-Year Meeting.
Cochrane Malaysia has just issued certificates of recognition to reward five translators and editors for their outstanding contribution to the Malay translation project in 2016. Dr. Teguh Haryo Sasongko, project manager of the Malay translation project, explains how annual certificates are motivating their volunteers.
Could you tell us more about…
Sylvia de Haan is Cochrane's Partnerships Coordinator. She focuses on building and maintaining Cochrane’s external partnerships, including with Wikipedia. This blog tells about the experience of a small pilot project aimed at engaging volunteers in editing Wikipedia articles using Cochrane (and other) content.
Wikipedia's health content was made…
The final report presenting results and conclusions from the CEU’s Plain Language Summary pilot project is now available.
Over the past six months, seven Cochrane Review Groups (CRGs) have been piloting the use of a Plain Language Summary (PLS) template and checklist developed by Cochrane Norway. CRG editorial staff have sent the template to…
Any registered Author in Cochrane’s contacts database, Archie, with an active account will be eligible to vote.
Dear Cochrane Authors,
Voting is now open for the election of two (2) Author representatives to the new Cochrane Council.
To access the candidate statements and online voting form, please visit the Cochrane Community site, here:…
It’s been a year since the ‘What are systematic reviews’ video was published on Cochrane.org. It was prepared by the Cochrane Consumers and Communication, La Trobe University and generously support by Cochrane Australia. The video has 28 thousand views and counting and the resources have been included in Wikipedia. Jack Nunn from Cochrane…
With the recent election of the Author representatives, membership of the new Cochrane Council is now complete! Authors Julie Brown María Ximena Rojas Reyes Information Specialists (CISs) Elizabeth Stovold Rene Spijker Co-ordinating Editors Graziella Filippini…
Applications are open for the Aubrey Sheiham EBHC in Africa Leadership Award until 31 July, 2020. We continue to honour Professor Aubrey Sheiham, a longtime supporter of Cochrane’s work and mission. Prof Sheiham was a dental epidemiologist who was inspired and encouraged by Archie Cochrane to question many of the practices in medicine and…
Cochrane and Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) are delighted to announce the support of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for Cochrane and OHSU's ongoing work to build, pilot, and scale a next generation evidence system to transform the translation of health research into practice. This system is a major component of Cochrane'…
Cochrane’s logo illustrates the summary results from an iconic systematic review: Antenatal corticosteroids for accelerating fetal lung maturation for women at risk of preterm birth. Each horizontal line represents the results of one study, while the diamond represents the combined result - our best estimate of whether the treatment is effective…
The Governing Board is delighted to announce that sponsored registration for one person from each Cochrane Group to attend Cochrane Colloquia has been extended to Associate Centres and Satellites of Cochrane Review Groups. This applies to the Global Evidence Summit in Cape Town, from 13-16 September 2017, which this year replaces the normal…
Following the publication of The Lancet’s 2014 series on ‘Research: increasing value, reducing waste’, a team of researchers undertook a project evaluating processes that research funders use to provide transparency and reduce waste in making funding decisions. They have presented the results of their research in a letter to The Lancet, published…
Evidence published in the BMJ suggests that tweeting out links to Cochrane Reviews increases ‘product placement’ of evidence, which has the potential to then influence care. Members of the Cochrane Schizophrenia Group conducted a randomized controlled trial to see whether sharing Cochrane Reviews on Weibo and Twitter affects visits to Cochrane…
The Targeted Updates project aims 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…
Dario Sambunjak and Chris Watts have been working with Cochrane’s Learning and Support team (L&SD) as Learning & Support Officers since May 2015. In this post they share information about a new training resource that L&SD has recently developed, working closely with the Cochrane Editorial Unit (CEU), to help Cochrane Editors avoid…
Every year Cochrane recognizes the outstanding work of Thomas C Chalmers, famous for his role in the development of the randomized controlled trial and meta-analysis in medical research. Thomas is perhaps best known for the notion ‘randomize the first patient’, his belief that it is more ethical to randomize patients than to treat them in the…
2017 will take us to the mid-point of the Strategy to 2020. It will be another year of delivery and continuity, focusing particularly on the implementation and output phases of already established projects that featured as Targets in 2016. For this reason, there are a reduced number of Targets this year – we are not starting new work.…
In preparation for the Cochrane Board meeting in April in Geneva, we have prepared an update paper to inform the Cochrane community about work with our external partners. Some of the key developments to note: The planning for the Global Evidence Summit is progressing well and provides an opportunity to connect many of our external partners:…
Registration for early bird tickets open until 30 June 2017 Registration has now opened for the first ever Global Evidence Summit! Register before the 30 June 2017 to get over 11% off the standard ticket price. This year, Cochrane, has joined with four other leading organizations – Guidelines International Network, Campbell Collaboration…
We regret to advise the Cochrane community that Michael Makanga has announced his resignation from the Cochrane Governing Board, due to changing demands in his primary role as Executive Director of the European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP). Michael’s resignation takes effect from 1st March. Although his time on…
The 2017 Mid-Year Meeting was hosted by Cochrane Switzerland in Geneva on 4-5 April, alongside other meetings that week. Governing Board agenda and open access papers now available for Mid-Year Meeting.
Cochrane Malaysia has just issued certificates of recognition to reward five translators and editors for their outstanding contribution to the Malay translation project in 2016. Dr. Teguh Haryo Sasongko, project manager of the Malay translation project, explains how annual certificates are motivating their volunteers. Could you tell us more about…
Sylvia de Haan is Cochrane's Partnerships Coordinator. She focuses on building and maintaining Cochrane’s external partnerships, including with Wikipedia. This blog tells about the experience of a small pilot project aimed at engaging volunteers in editing Wikipedia articles using Cochrane (and other) content. Wikipedia's health content was made…
The final report presenting results and conclusions from the CEU’s Plain Language Summary pilot project is now available. Over the past six months, seven Cochrane Review Groups (CRGs) have been piloting the use of a Plain Language Summary (PLS) template and checklist developed by Cochrane Norway. CRG editorial staff have sent the template to…
Any registered Author in Cochrane’s contacts database, Archie, with an active account will be eligible to vote. Dear Cochrane Authors, Voting is now open for the election of two (2) Author representatives to the new Cochrane Council. To access the candidate statements and online voting form, please visit the Cochrane Community site, here:…
It’s been a year since the ‘What are systematic reviews’ video was published on Cochrane.org. It was prepared by the Cochrane Consumers and Communication, La Trobe University and generously support by Cochrane Australia. The video has 28 thousand views and counting and the resources have been included in Wikipedia. Jack Nunn from Cochrane…