Mater Research Support Centre

Cochrane

The Cochrane Collaboration is an international organisation that aims
 to help people make well­informed decisions about healthcare by
preparing, maintaining and promoting the accessibility of systematic
reviews of the effects of healthcare interventions.

The Cochrane Collaboration was established as an international organisation in 1993 and has since developed a wide range of resources and materials to help guide newcomers in the philosophy of the organisation and systematic review processes.

The purpose of these web pages is to provide a basic, single reference source with an overview to the Cochrane Collaboration and Cochrane systematic reviews for health care professionals wishing to undertake a review. These pages are not intended to replace the existing resources which have been developed by the Cochrane Collaboration and it's associated Centres/Groups, but rather they highlight important information and make reference to the full resource guides where appropriate.

The Cochrane support services available through the Mater Research Support Centre are provided in collaboration with the Centre for Clinical Studies, Mater Health Services Brisbane and it's experienced Cochrane reviewers and support personnel. Support services include (though are not limited to): editorial and methodological advice;  technical support, liaison with Cochrane Review Groups; literature searching; reference management; and where possible, content advice. Advice on the Interpretation of the results of Cochrane review and how to use Cochrane systematic reviews is also provided by staff at the MRSC.

Resources are provided and the MRSC would be happy to receive feedback and suggestions on additional information or resources that may be useful; feedback and suggestions can be made by contacting our Executive Support Officer Ms. Amber Baillie.

Cochrane Systematic reviews on the Cochrane Library - Access to the library is free within Australia and there is no need to logon.

Resources

• Cochrane Links
• Cochrane Resources
  • About the Cochrane Collaboration
  • Principles of the Collaboration
  • Structure of the Collaboration
  • Step by step guide to undertaking a Cochrane systematic review
  • Manuals, Guidelines & Software
  • Cochrane Reviews by Mater Staff
  • Educational Activities for Reviewers
  • Workshops Provided by 'Other International' Cochrane Centres
  • Workshops Provided by the Cochrane Renal Group
  • Links to Cochrane Entities
    • Collaborative Review Groups
    • Fields
    • Methods Groups
    • Networks
    • Centres
      

Cochrane Links

Guide to the Cochrane Library - The Cochrane Library brings together in one place research which looks at the effectiveness of different health care treatments and interventions. It is recognised as the best single source of information on the effects of health care.

The Cochrane Collaboration - The Cochrane Collaboration is an international not-for-profit research organisation that aims to help people make informed decisions about health care. It is a registered charity in the United Kingdom.

The Australasian Cochrane Centre - The Australasian Cochrane Centre is one of a number of Cochrane centres established worldwide to co-ordinate the activities of the Cochrane Collaboration. The Centre is part of the Monash Institute of Health Services Research, located at the Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne.

Cochrane Consumer Network - The Cochrane Consumer Network's site contains a range of health care information, and information to help people understand health care research. It is also a resource for consumers and others who want to become involved in the Collaboration or other health research activities.

James Lind Library - The James Lind Library contains pages illustrating the evolution of fair tests of medical treatments. These pages contain examples from nearly a hundred books and journal articles, illustrated by images of the key passages of text. New records are being added continuously, as well as biographical material, portraits, translations, commentaries, and other relevant material.

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Cochrane Resources

Principles of the Collaboration

The Cochrane Collaboration's work is based on ten key principles:

• Collaboration, by internally and externally fostering good communications, open decision-making and teamwork.
  


• Building on the enthusiasm of iniduals, by involving and supporting people of different skills and backgrounds.
  


• Avoiding duplication, by good management and co-ordination to maximise economy of effort.
  


• Minimising bias, through a variety of approaches such as scientific rigour, ensuring broad participation, and avoiding conflicts of interest.
  


• Keeping up to date, by a commitment to ensure that Cochrane Reviews are maintained through identification and incorporation of new evidence.
  


• Striving for relevance, by promoting the assessment of healthcare interventions using outcomes that matter to people making choices in health care.
  


• Promoting access, by wise dissemination of the outputs of the Collaboration, taking advantage of strategic alliances, and by promoting appropriate prices, content and media to meet the needs of users worldwide.
  


• Ensuring quality, by being open and responsive to criticism, applying advances in methodology, and developing systems for quality improvement.
  


• Continuity, by ensuring that responsibility for reviews, editorial processes and key functions is maintained and renewed.
  


• Enabling wide participation, in the work of the Collaboration by reducing barriers to contributing and by encouraging ersity.
  

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Structure of the Collaboration

Collaborative Review Groups

The main work of the Collaboration is done by fifty Collaborative Review Groups, within which Cochrane Reviews prepared and maintained. The members of these groups - researchers, healthcare professionals, people using the health services (consumers), and others - have come together because they share an interest in generating reliable, up-to-date evidence relevant to the prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of particular health problems or groups of problems.

Methods Groups

The science of research synthesis is still relatively young and evolving rapidly. Methods Groups have been established to develop methodology and advise the Collaboration on how the validity and precision of systematic reviews can be improved. For example, the Statistical Methods Group is assessing ways of handling different kinds of data for statistical synthesis, and the Applicability and Recommendations Methods Group is exploring important questions about drawing conclusions regarding implications for practice, based on the results of reviews.

Fields

Fields focus on dimensions of health care other than health problems, such as the setting of care (e.g. primary care), the type of consumer (e.g. older people), or the type of intervention (e.g. vaccines). People associated with Fields search specialist sources for relevant studies, help to ensure that priorities and perspectives in their sphere of interest are reflected in the work of Collaborative Review Groups, compile specialized databases, co-ordinate activities with relevant agencies outside the Collaboration, and comment on systematic reviews relating to their particular area.

Consumer Network

The Cochrane Consumer Network provides information and a forum for networking among consumers involved in the Collaboration, and a liaison point for consumer groups around the world.

Centres

The work of Collaborative Review Groups, Methods Groups, Fields and the Consumer Network is facilitated in a variety of ways by the work of a dozen Cochrane Centres around the world. They share responsibility for helping to co-ordinate and support members of the Collaboration in areas such as training, and they promote the objectives of the Collaboration at national level.

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Step by step guide to undertaking a Cochrane systematic review

Qualifications Required

Though membership with a Cochrane Review Group is not based upon any specific formal qualifications and there are no membership fees, there are a number of key requirements for Cochrane membership. One must:

1. Have suitable skills (and willingness to learn new ones)
2. Can volunteer personal time over an extended period
3. Work as part of a team
4. Support the aims of the Collaboration
5. Share the Collaboration's spirit of goodwill

Steps in the Review Process

The main steps involved in undertaking a Cochrane systematic review include title registration with one of the Cochrane Review Groups, followed by protocol and review development and finally regular updates of the review.

In order to get started, it is generally a good idea to search The Cochrane Library and/or inidual Cochrane Review Groups (CRG) (which have a remit related to your topic of interest) for existing protocols or reviews related to the title/question for which you wish to undertake a review to ensure that it hasn't already been done.  Once you have defined your title/question in the Cochrane format [(intervention) for (problem) in (category)] you will need to contact the relevant CRG co-ordinator to obtain a title registration form, which on completion will then need to be submitted for consideration.

Following title registration, the protocol for the review must be developed. The protocol stage not only outlines the background to the problem and objectives of the review, but the methods that will be employed in the review process including the criteria set for considering studies for inclusion within the review (ie. types of participants, interventions, outcomes and studies); the search strategy for identifying studies; and the methods of review (ie. assessing trial quality, data management and analysis). 

Once your protocol has been accepted for publication within The Cochrane Library, it's time to start the review process which involves implementing the search strategy and methods of review outlined in your protocol. The literature search will identify potentially relevant trials for inclusion within the review. Once trials have been identified, data extraction and analysis form the next step in the review process from which results, discussions and conclusions can be drawn.

For a more comprehensive guide to the various components of systematic review processes please refer to the Cochrane Reviewers' Handbook and/or the Open Learning Material for Reviewers.

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Manuals, Guidelines & Software

The Cochrane Collaboration provides a number of resource materials to help assist reviewers undertake systematic reviews in a structured, uniform manner.

Reviewers' Handbook

The Reviewers' Handbook is the official document which described in detail the process of creating Cochrane systematic reviews.

The Cochrane Collaboration and the Cochrane Reviewers' Handbook focuses particularly on systematic reviews of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) because they are likely to provide more reliable information than other sources of evidence on the differential effects of alternative forms of healthcare. Systematic reviews of other types of evidence can also help those wanting to make better decisions about healthcare, particularly forms of care where RCTs have not been done and may not be possible or appropriate. The basic principles of reviewing research are the same, whatever type of evidence is been reviewed. Although the Cochrane Collaboration focuses mainly on systematic reviews of RCTs they address issues specific to reviewing other types of evidence when relevant.

The Cochrane Reviewers' Handbook can be either viewed online or downloaded from the following site:

http://www.cochrane.org/cochrane/hbook.htm

Review Manager Software (RevMan 4.2.2)
Review Manager (RevMan) is the Cochrane Collaboration's program for preparing and maintaining Cochrane reviews. Cochrane reviews are prepared using RevMan, and adhere to a structured format that is described in the Cochrane Reviewers' Handbook.

RevMan allows you to enter protocols, as well as full reviews. It can perform meta-analysis of the data entered, and present the results graphically using MetaView.

RevMan 4.2.2 software can be downloaded by going to the following site and following the instructions:

http://www.cochrane.org/cochrane/download.htm#REVM

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RevMan User Guide
The aim of the user guide is to help with the preparation of a review within the Cochrane Collaboration's Review Manager software (RevMan). The user guide does not attempt to explain the methodological decisions you will need to make throughout your review but merely explains the functions and how to navigate your way around the program.

The RevMan User Guide can be downloaded in either PDF or Word format from the following site:

http://www.cochrane.org/cochrane/download.htm#REVM

Cochrane Style Guide
The Cochrane Style Guide (CSG) is designed to help reviewers and people responsible for copy editing to copy edit reviews and other documents produced by The Cochrane Collaboration in a consistent manner.

The Cochrane Style Guide can be downloaded in either PDF of Word format from the following site:

http://www.liv.ac.uk/lstm/ehcap/CSR/CSG.html

Open Learning Material for Reviewers
The Open Learning Material is designed to accompany the Cochrane Reviewers' Handbook in helping you gain the skills necessary to complete your review. It does not replace the Reviewers' Handbook, instead it provides a framework to progressing through the Handbook, supplementing it with examples and activities along the way. This resource takes a step-by-step approach to Cochrane reviews, exploring each step inidually, signposting appropriate links and references and providing examples and activities to help you make sense of the information. The material is organised in modules, each module relating to a consecutive section of your review. The Open Learning Material for Reviewers can be downloaded in HTML or PDF format from the following site:

http://www.cochrane-net.org/openlearning

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The Cochrane Library

The Cochrane Library consists of a regularly updated collection of evidence-based medicine databases, including The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, which provide high quality information to people providing and receiving care and those responsible for research, teaching, funding and administration at all levels.

The Cochrane Library brings together a number of regularly updated evidence-based medicine databases:

- The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
- The Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects
- The Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL)
- The Cochrane Methodology Register
- The NHS Economic Evaluation Database
- Health Technology Assessment Database
- Cochrane Database of Methodology Reviews (CDMR)

Australia's Commonwealth government has negotiated the purchase of a national online subscription to The Cochrane Library. This means that all Australian's have free access to The Cochrane Library and can simply access the website and log on anonymously:

http://www.thecochranelibrary.com

For helpful tips on how to negotiate the Library and search effectively, a users' guide can be downloaded in PDF format from the following site:

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/aboutus/sharedfiles/cochrane_transition/TCLUserGuide_v1_1.pdf

http://www.nicsl.com.au/cochrane/guide.asp

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Cochrane Reviews by Mater Staff

Currently there are 18 staff members across the Mater campus undertaking a Cochrane systematic review(s) (41 reviews at various stages in the review process).The review topics being addressed by Mater staff cover a range of perinatal and paediatric topics. Click here to go to Cochrane Reviews by Mater Staff Support Services:The Cochrane support services available through the Mater Research Support Centre are provided in collaboration with the Centre for Clinical Studies, Mater Health Services Brisbane and its experienced Cochrane reviewers and support personnel. Support services include (though are not limited to): editorial and methodological advice; technical support, liaison with Cochrane Review Groups; literature searching; reference management; and where possible, content advice. Advice on the Interpretation of the results of Cochrane review and how to use Cochrane systematic reviews is also provided by staff at the MRSC.

Please contact Vicki Flenady or Anne-Maree Stout for assistance.

Educational Activities for Reviewers

Workshops Provided by the Australasian Cochrane Centre

The Australasian Cochrane Centre aims to promote the equitable provision of effective health care in Australasia by facilitating the preparation and maintenance of systematic reviews and their dissemination and application to influence service provision and clinical practice.

The Australasian Cochrane Centre offers a number of training workshops to both existing and potential reviewers throughout Australasia.

Training workshops offered include:

- Developing a protocol
- Analysis and review completion
- Review completion program
- Finishing school
- Work-ins

For further information regarding the purpose of the various training workshops, please refer to the following website:

http://www.cochrane.org.au/workshops/workshop.htm

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Workshops Provided by 'Other International' Cochrane Centres

The Cochrane Collaboration website provides links to training workshops provided by various Cochrane Centres. If you are interested in finding out further information about the type of training workshops on offer as well as workshop dates, please refer to the Cochrane Collaboration website and follow the links to the various international Cochrane Centres:

http://www.cochrane.org/cochrane/workshop.htm

Workshops Provided by the Cochrane Renal Group

The Cochrane Renal Group was established on 1st March 1997 with its editorial base in Lyon in France. In May 2000 the editorial base was relocated to Sydney, Australia where it is housed within the Centre for Kidney Research at the Children's Hospital at Westmead.

The Cochrane Renal Group provides two workshops each year on developing a protocol for a systematic review, for further details and confirmation of workshop dates, please email: crg@chw.edu.au

For further information about the Cochrane Renal Group, please refer to the following website:

http://www.cochrane-renal.org/workshops.php

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Links to Cochrane Entities

• Collaborative Review Groups
• Fields
• Methods Groups
• Networks
• Centres

Collaborative Review Groups 

Acute Respiratory Infections Group
Liz Dooley
Review Group Co-ordinator
(+61 7 3365 5382
cochrane.ari@sph.uq.edu.au

Airways Group
Mr Toby Lasserson
Review Group Co-ordinator
(+44 20 8725 2790
tlassers@sghms.ac.uk

Anaesthesia Group
Jane Cracknell
Review Group Co-ordinator
(45 35 31 30 14
carg@cochrane.dk

Back Group
Ms Victoria Pennick
Review Group Co-ordinator
(416 927 2027
cochrane@iwh.on.ca

Breast Cancer Group
Ms Davina Ghersi
Review Group Co-ordinator
(+61 2 9562 5000
davina@ctc.usyd.edu.au

Colorectal Cancer Group
Dr Henning Keinke Andersen
Review Group Co-ordinator
(+45 3531 2704
HKA02@bbh.hosp.dk

Consumers and Communication Group
Dr Megan Prictor
(+61 3 9479 5779
m.prictor@latrobe.edu.au

Cystic Fibrosis and Genetic Disorders Group
Miss Tracey Remmington
Review Group Co-ordinator
(+44 151 252 5696
traceyr@liv.ac.uk

Dementia and Cognitive Improvement Group - No webpage currently available
Dymphna Hermans
Co-ordinator
(+44 1865 224593
dymphna.hermans@geratology.ox.ac.uk

Depression, Anxiety and Neurosis Group
Vivien Hunot
Review Group Co-ordinator
(+44 (0) 20 7848 5074
ccdan@iop.kcl.ac.uk

Developmental, Psychosocial and Learning Problems Group
Dr Jane Dennis
Review Group Co-ordinator
(+44 117 954 6782
J.Dennis@bristol.ac.uk

Drugs and Alcohol Group - No webpage currently available
Ms Marcia Ferri
Co-ordinator
(+39 06 83 060 406
dacochrane@asplazio.it

Ear, Nose and Throat Disorders Group
Mrs Jenny Bellorini
Review Group Co-ordinator
(+44 1865 224143
jbellorini@cochrane-ent.org

Effective Practice and Organisation of Care Group
Ms Laura McAuley
Review Group Co-ordinator
(+1 613 562 5800
lmcauley@uottawa.ca

Epilepsy Group
Ms Alison Beamond
Trials Search Co-ordinator
(+44 151 529 5606
a.beamond@liv.ac.uk
 
Eyes and Vision Group
Anupa Shah
Acting Review Group Co-ordinator
(+44 20 7612 7959
cevg@lshtm.ac.uk

Fertility Regulation Group - No webpage currently available
Anja Helmerhorst
Co-ordinator Fertility Regulation Group
(+31 71 30 13 705
ahelmerhorst@lumc.nl

 
Gynaecological Cancer Group
Mrs Mandy Collingwood
(+44 1865 226722
mcollingwood@cochrane-gyncan.org

Haematological Malignancies Group - No webpage currently available
Mr Thilo Kober
Review Group Co-ordinator
(+49 (0) 221 710 770 19
Thilo.Kober@medizin.uni-koeln.de

Heart Group
Ms Theresa Moore
Review Group Co-ordinator
(+44 117 928 7317
theresa.moore@bris.ac.uk

Hepato-Biliary Group - No webpage currently available
Ms Dimitrinka Nikolova
Review Group Co-ordinator
(+45 3545 7169
dnikolov@ctu.rh.dk

HIV/AIDS Group
Ms Gail Kennedy
Review Group Co-ordinator
(415 597 9373
gkennedy@psg.ucsf.edu

Hypertension Group
Mr Ciprian Jauca
Review Group Co-ordinator
(+1 604 822 0700
jauca@ti.ubc.ca

Incontinence Group - No webpage currently available
Mrs June Cody
Review Group Co-ordinator
(+44 1224 559244
j.cody@abdn.ac.uk

Infectious Diseases Group
Ms Reive Robb
Review Group Co-ordinator
(+44 151 7053127
reive@liv.ac.uk

Inflammatory Bowel Disease Group
Mr John MacDonald
Review Group Co-ordinator
(+1 519 685 8300
jmacdon1@uwo.ca

Injuries Group
Miss Katharine Ker
Review Group Co-ordinator
(+44 (0) 20 7299 4740
Cochrane_injuries@lshtm.ac.uk

Lung Cancer Group
Dr Sera Tort
(+34 93 2919527
mtort@hsp.santpau.es

Menstrual Disorders and Subfertility Group - No webpage currently available
Ms Michelle Proctor
Cocrhane Review Group Co-ordinator
(+64 9 6309943
m.proctor@auckland.ac.nz

Metabolic and Endocrine Disorders Group
Mrs Susanne Ebrahim
(+49 (0) 211 811 6544
ebrahim@med.uni-duesseldorf.de

Methodology Review Group - No webpage currently available
Elizabeth Paulsen
Review Group Co-ordinator
(+47 24 16 33 02
elizabeth.paulsen@shdir.no

Movement Disorders Group - No webpage currently available
Dr Jaoquim Ferreira
(+351 21 797 34 53
movementdisord@fm.ul.pt

Multiple Sclerosis Group - No webpage currently available
Liliana Coco
Review Group Co-ordinator
(+39 02 2394201
neuroepidemiologia@istituto-besta.it
 
Musculoskeletal Group - No webpage currently available
Maria Judd
Review Group Co-ordinator
(613 562 5800
mjudd@uottawa.ca
 
Musculoskeletal Injuries Group
Ms Kate Rowntree
Review Group Co-ordinator
(+44 1642 384108
cmsig@tees.ac.uk

Neonatal Group
Mrs Diane Haughton
Review Group Co-ordinator
(1 905 521 2100
haughton@mcmaster.ca 

Neuromuscular Disease Group - No webpage currently available
Ms Kate Jewitt
Review Group Co-ordinator
+44 (0) 20 7848 6124
kate.jewitt@kcl.ac.uk

Oral Health Group - No webpage currently available
Miss Emma Tavender
Review Group Co-ordinator
(+44 161 275 7818
emma.tavender@man.ac.uk

Pain, Palliative Care and Supportive Care Group
Mrs Frances Fairman
Review Group Co-ordinator
(+44 1865 225762
frances.fairman@pru.ox.ac.uk

Peripheral Vascular Diseases Group
Mrs Heather Maxwell
Review Group Co-ordinator
(+44 131 650 3206
h.g.maxwell@ed.ac.uk

Pregnancy and Childbirth Group - No webpage currently available
Mrs Sonja Henderson
Review Group Co-ordinator
(+44 151 7024066
sonjah@liverpool.ac.uk

Prostatic Diseases and Urologic Cancers Group - No webpage currently available
Mr Roderick MacDonald
(+1 612 725 2000
Roderick.Macdonald@med.va.gov

Renal Group
Mrs Narelle Willis
Co-ordinator
(+61 2 9845 3066
narellw2@chw.edu.au

Schizophrenia Group - No webpage currently available
Ms Gill Rizzello
Review Group Co-ordinator
(+44 113 343 2706
grizzello@cochrane-sz.org

Sexually Transmitted Diseases Group - No webpage currently available
Dr George Schmid
(+41 22 791 1227
schmidg@who.int
 
Skin Group - No webpage currently available
Dr Tina Leonard
Review Group Co-ordinator
(+44 115 919 4415
tina.leonard@nottingham.ac.uk

Stroke Group
Mrs Hazel Fraser
Review Group Co-ordinator
(+44 131 537 2273
hf@skull.dcn.ed.ac.uk

Tobacco Addiction Group - No webpage currently available
Mrs Kate Hey
Review Group Co-ordinator
(+44 1865 226977
kate.hey@dphpc.ox.ac.uk

Upper Gastrointestinal and Pancreatic Diseases Group
Janet Lilleyman
Review Group Co-ordinator
(+44 113 343 6778
enquiries@cochrane.leeds.ac.uk

Wounds Group - No webpage currently available
Sally Bell-Syer
Research Fellow
(+44 1904 321342
sembs1@york.ac.uk

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Fields

Cochrane Cancer Network
Mrs Liz Fisher (Gliddon)
Administrator
(+44 1865 226958
lgliddon@canet.org

Cochrane Child Health Field - No webpage currently available
Lisa Hartling
Co-Director
((780) 492-6124
hartling@ualberta.ca

Cochrane Collaboration in Primary Health Care Field - No webpage currently available
Ms Tracy Gotham
Administrator
(315 464-7010

Cochrane Complementary Medicine Field
Dr Brian Berman
Convenor
(+1 410 448 6871
bberman@compmed.umm.umaryland.edu

Cochrane Health Care of Older People Field - No webpage currently available
Ms Jessica McCannon
(+1 212 241 0057
Cochrane.OlderField@mssm.edu

Cochrane Health Promotion and Public Health Field
Jodie Doyle
Field Co-ordinator
(+61 3 9667 1336
jdoyle@vichealth.vic.gov.au

Cochrane Neurological Network
Debbie Jordan
Neurological Network Co-ordinator
(+39 0255033831
cochrane.neuronet@unimi.it

Cochrane Rehabilitation and Related Therapies Field
Dr Rob De Bie
Convenor
(+31 43 3882362
ra.debie@epid.unimaas.nl

Cochrane Vaccines Field - No webpage currently available
Dr Antonella Barale
Administrator
(+39 0131 307841
vaccinefield@asl20.piemonte.it

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Methods Groups

Cochrane Applicability and Recommendations Methods Group - No webpage currently available
Prof Paul Glasziou
(+44 1865 227055
paul.glasziou@public-health.oxford.ac.uk

Cochrane Health Economics Methods Group - No webpage currently available
Prof Miranda Mugford
(+44 1603 593583
m.mugford@uea.ac.uk

Cochrane Health-Related Quality of Life Methods Group - No webpage currently available
Priya Duc
Assistant Co-ordinator
(+33 (0) 472 13 66 67
pduc@mapi.fr

Cochrane Inidual Patient Data Meta-analysis Methods Group - No webpage currently available
Dr Lesley Stewart
(+44 20 76704724
ls@ctu.mrc.ac.uk

Cochrane Non-Randomised Studies Methods Group - No webpage currently available
Dr Barnaby Reeves
(+44 207 927 2834
barney.reeves@lshtm.ac.uk

Cochrane Prospective Meta-Analysis Methods Group
Ms Davina Ghersi
Research Fellow
(+61 2 9562 5040
davina@ctc.usyd.edu.au

Cochrane Qualititive Methods Group
Prof Jennie Popay
(+44 1524 592 493
j.popay@lancaster.ac.uk

Cochrane Reporting Bias Methods Group - No webpage currently available
Ms Chantelle Garritty
Co-ordinator
(613 737 7600
cgarritty@cheo.on.ca

Cochrane Screening and Diagnostic Tests Methods Group - No webpage currently available
Dr Constantine Gatsonis
(+1 401 863 9183
gatsonis@stat.brown.edu

Cochrane Statistical Methods Group
Prof Douglas Altman
Convenor
(+44 1865 226799
doug.altman@cancer.org.uk

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Networks

Cochrane Consumer Network - No webpage currently available
Dr Janet Wale
(+61 (0) 8 9385 5528
socrates@q-net.net.au



Centres

Australasian Cochrane Centre
Ms Selina Shapland
Co-ordinator
(+61 3 9594 7530
selina.shapland@med.monash.edu.au

Brazilian Cochrane Centre
Dr Alvaro Atallah
(+55 11 5575 2970
cochrane.dmed@epm.br

Canadian Cochrane Centre - No webpage currently available
Ms Kathie Clark
Co-Director
(+1 905 525 9140
kclark@mcmaster.ca

Chinese Cochrane Centre
Mrs Mingming Zhang
Co-ordinator
(+86 28 8542 2079
cochrane@mail.sc.cninfo.net

Dutch Cochrane Centre
Mrs Hanni Spitteler
Administrator
(+31 20 5665 602
cochrane@amc.uva.nl

German Cochrane Centre
Dr Gerd Antes
(+49 761 203 6715
antes@cochrane.org

Iberoamerican Cochrane Centre - No webpage currently available
Jordi Pardo Pardo
Administrator
(+34 93 291 95 27
com@cochrane.es

Italian Cochrane Centre
Dr Alessandro Liberati
Director
(+39 02 39014
alesslib@tin.it

Nordic Cochrane Centre
Ms Jannie Hedegaard
Centre Secretary
(+45 3545 7112
j.hedegaard@cochrane.dk

South African Cochrane Centre
Dr Nadi Siegfried
Co-Director
(+27 21 938 0804
nandi.siegfried@mrc.ac.za

UK Cochrane Centre
Ms Caroline Rouse
(+44 1865 516300
crouse@cochrane.co.uk

US Cochrane Center
Ms Nancy Owens
Co-Ordinator
(+1 401 893 9950
Nancy_Owens@brown.edu

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