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Cochrane Tobacco Addiction Group 20th anniversary: Origins of TAG
Dr Nicola Lindson-Hawley is a managing editor and post-doctoral researcher, based in the Cochrane Tobacco Addiction Group (TAG) in the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, UK. She was awarded her PhD from the University of Birmingham, UK in 2012, which focused on new approaches to smoking cessation. Nicola began working with Cochrane TAG (@CochraneTAG) at the beginning of 2015. read more (Source: Cochrane Collaboration - Official Blog)
Source: Cochrane Collaboration - Official Blog - January 27, 2016 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Muriah Umoquit Tags: Issue 51 Current news Cochrane contributors Review groups & Events Source Type: blogs

By the power of Cochrane! We are the Masters of the (podcast translation) Universe!
Jani Ruotsalainen is the Managing Editor of Cochrane Work. Here he explains his journey on getting his podcast translated and offers suggestion to others wanting their podcast translated and to the translators thinking about translating podcasts. read more (Source: Cochrane Collaboration - Official Blog)
Source: Cochrane Collaboration - Official Blog - January 14, 2016 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Muriah Umoquit Tags: Issue 51 Authors Current news Cochrane contributors Other opportunities/jobs & Events Non-English Source Type: blogs

Developing a roadmap for taking Cochrane to new heights in Africa
There has been a steady increase in the number of Cochrane reviews from African contributors since the formation of the Cochrane African Network in 2007. However, Africa is still under-represented within Cochrane. The Cochrane African Network hopes to change this. Michelle Galloway from Cochrane South Africa reports The Cochrane African Network Leadership workshop, which took place in Cape Town on November, 2015. read more (Source: Cochrane Collaboration - Official Blog)
Source: Cochrane Collaboration - Official Blog - January 13, 2016 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Muriah Umoquit Tags: Issue 51 Current news Centres Cochrane contributors Conferences & Meetings Events Source Type: blogs

Cochrane Translations: importance of a review process
Volunteer translators have translated more than 300 summaries into Portuguese since the project started in Brazil in 2013.Correcting mistakes is time-consuming and repetitive, so the Portuguese project coordinators carried out an assessment to determine the most frequent errors. The editor of Portuguese translations, Patricia Logullo, who is also one of the project coordinators, presented the results of the analysis in a rapid oral presentation at the Cochrane Colloquium in Vienna, and shares them here now. read more (Source: Cochrane Collaboration - Official Blog)
Source: Cochrane Collaboration - Official Blog - January 11, 2016 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Muriah Umoquit Tags: Issue 51 Tags Current news Cochrane contributors & Events Source Type: blogs

Wearing Cochrane evidence: a personal story of impact
Rebecca Selby, a mum of three, shares how a Cochrane Review impacted her family. read more (Source: Cochrane Collaboration - Official Blog)
Source: Cochrane Collaboration - Official Blog - January 5, 2016 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Muriah Umoquit Tags: Issue 51 Current news Cochrane contributors Cochrane Reviews & Events Source Type: blogs

How can a parent find out which treatment is best for a child's croup? One mother's story
Julie Wood is Cochrane’s Head of Communications and External Affairs; she’s also mother to two young daughters. Here she recalls an experience many parents will recognize – realizing that your little one has croup, not feeling sure about what to do about it, and looking for good information to help you make a decision. read more (Source: Cochrane Collaboration - Official Blog)
Source: Cochrane Collaboration - Official Blog - December 16, 2015 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Nancy Owens Tags: Issue 51 Central Executive Team Cochrane contributors Evidence-based health care News & Events Source Type: blogs

Create an animated Cochrane Video: get schooled on presenting Cochrane evidence on Youtube
Alex Weaver is a medical student at University of Nottingham’s School of Medicine in the Division of Psychiatry and Applied Psychology. She recently created an animated video on Chlorpromazine using evidence from two Cochrane Reviews. Read more about the trial-and-error in creating the video as Alex shares tips for those wanting to make their own videos for their Cochrane group. read more (Source: Cochrane Collaboration - Official Blog)
Source: Cochrane Collaboration - Official Blog - December 7, 2015 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Muriah Umoquit Tags: Issue 51 Authors Current news Cochrane contributors Cochrane Reviews Training Websites & Events Source Type: blogs

Cochrane Translations: feedback on Russian Cochrane translations
A team of volunteers from Kazan Federal University launched the Russian translation project in May 2014. There are now more than 500 translated summaries on the Russian version of cochrane.org. In March this year a survey was conducted online to gain feedback about the quality of Russian translations. Liliya Ziganshina, from the university’s Department of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology, presented the results of the survey in the form of a rapid oral presentation at the Cochrane Colloquium in Vienna, and shares the results here. read more (Source: Cochrane Collaboration - Official Blog)
Source: Cochrane Collaboration - Official Blog - December 4, 2015 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Muriah Umoquit Tags: Issue 51 Authors Current news Centres Cochrane contributors & Events Non-English Source Type: blogs