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Promoting evidence-informed journalism: bringing together journalists and researchers
Hyderabad ColloquiumWednesday 24 September 2014 - 12:30 to 14:30Hyderabad International Convention Centre, MR G.02 External link for more information:  https://colloquium.cochrane.org/meetings/promoting-evid... Contributor's Information Contributor's name:  Cochrane CEAD Email address:  pressoffice@cochrane.org read more (Source: The Cochrane Collaboration - Current news at The Cochrane Collaboration)
Source: The Cochrane Collaboration - Current news at The Cochrane Collaboration - September 17, 2014 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Nancy Owens Tags: Authors Current news Centres Cochrane contributors Cochrane Reviews Consumer Network Fields Low and middle income countries Media coverage Methods groups Review groups & Events Source Type: news

Cheaper alternative to licensed drug for treating eye disease has similar side effects, says new Cochrane Review
Media contact:Evelyn Martinez (US): +1 201 748 6358sciencenewsroom@wiley.comJo Anthony (UK): +44 (0) 1865 310138 or (0)7990 031904pressoffice@cochrane.org Contributor's Information Contributor's name:  Cochrane CEAD Email address:  pressoffice@cochrane.org read more (Source: The Cochrane Collaboration - Current news at The Cochrane Collaboration)
Source: The Cochrane Collaboration - Current news at The Cochrane Collaboration - September 15, 2014 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Nancy Owens Tags: Current news Cochrane Reviews Press release & Events Source Type: news

Students 4 Best Evidence Wiki Week - 15-19 September
STUDENTS WE NEED YOU – join Students 4 Best Evidence (S4BE) and help update health evidence on Wikipedia! External link for more information:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_Program:Student... Contributor's Information Contributor's name:  Holly Millward Email address:  holly.millward@cochrane.nhs.uk read more (Source: The Cochrane Collaboration - Current news at The Cochrane Collaboration)
Source: The Cochrane Collaboration - Current news at The Cochrane Collaboration - September 15, 2014 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Nancy Owens Tags: Authors Current news Cochrane contributors Cochrane Reviews Evidence-based health care Funding & Partnerships Websites Events Source Type: news

Cochrane Library Editor in Chief David Tovey hosts a special edition of the #cochraneauthor chat
Are you a Cochrane author? Are you active on Twitter? If so, please join us for a special edition of the #cochraneauthor Twitter chat, guest hosted by Editor in Chief of The Cochrane Library David Tovey. External link for more information:  http://www.editorial-unit.cochrane.org/ Contributor's Information Contributor's name:  Cochrane CEAD Email address:  pressoffice@cochrane.org read more (Source: The Cochrane C...
Source: The Cochrane Collaboration - Current news at The Cochrane Collaboration - August 28, 2014 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Nancy Owens Tags: Authors Current news Central Executive Team Cochrane contributors Cochrane Library Cochrane Reviews Editorial Unit & Events Source Type: news

The EMBASE screening project: six months old and going strong
The EMBASE screening project went live in February 2014 with a very small group of screeners just to make sure things were working well. After a couple of weeks of testing and tweaking, the full roll-out began with some key Cochrane communications. Within a matter of days more than 100 people signed up to become EMBASE screeners. As of August 2014, 563 people have signed up to the EMBASE screening project, and the team has collectively screened 65761 citations and identified 1944 RCTs. External link for more information:  http://www.metaxis.com/embase/login.php ...
Source: The Cochrane Collaboration - Current news at The Cochrane Collaboration - August 28, 2014 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Nancy Owens Tags: Current news Cochrane contributors Websites & Events Source Type: news

Students 4 Best Evidence announces Wiki Week, September 2014
From Monday 15th to Friday 19th September 2014, Students 4 Best Evidence (S4BE, S4BE.org) are launching their S4BE Wikipedia Week and Edit-a-thon – prizes included! Following on from the exciting new joint initiative between Cochrane and Wikipedia, the UK Cochrane Centre (an S4BE partner) has encouraged S4BE to set up this event. External link for more information:  http://www.students4bestevidence.net/ Contributor's Information Contributor's name:  Cochrane CEAD Ema...
Source: The Cochrane Collaboration - Current news at The Cochrane Collaboration - August 28, 2014 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Nancy Owens Tags: Authors Current news Cochrane contributors Cochrane Reviews Evidence-based health care Funding & Partnerships Websites Events Source Type: news

Counselling has limited benefit on young people drinking alcohol, new Cochrane Evidence indicates
Media contacts: Evelyn Martinez (US): +1 201 748 6358 sciencenewsroom@wiley.com Cochrane Press Office: Jo Anthony (UK): +44 (0) 1865 310138 or (0) 7990 031904 pressoffice@cochrane.org Contributor's Information Contributor's name:  Cochrane CEAD Email address:  pressoffice@cochrane.org read more (Source: The Cochrane Collaboration - Current news at The Cochrane Collaboration)
Source: The Cochrane Collaboration - Current news at The Cochrane Collaboration - August 25, 2014 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Nancy Owens Tags: Current news Cochrane Library Cochrane Reviews Evidence-based health care Media coverage Press release & Events Source Type: news

Announcing the establishment of US Cochrane West
Cochrane is delighted to announce the official opening of the West Coast branch of the US Cochrane Center (USCC).Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) in Portland, Oregon has become the West Coast branch of the US Center of The Cochrane Collaboration.US Cochrane West will promote evidence-based decision making in health care in the US. It will work in conjunction with its primary center at the John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health by facilitating accurate, up-to-date Cochrane Reviews and providing support and training to new authors of Cochrane Reviews. Contributor's Information Contributor's...
Source: The Cochrane Collaboration - Current news at The Cochrane Collaboration - August 25, 2014 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Nancy Owens Tags: Current news Centres Cochrane contributors Cochrane Reviews Evidence-based health care Funding & Partnerships Press release Events Source Type: news

Join us for the August #cochraneauthor Twitter chat - Wed 20 Aug
Are you a Cochrane author? Are you active on Twitter? If so, join us for this month's #cochraneauthor Twitter chat! For our August chat, we'll be discussing one of the topic's suggested in last month's brainstorming session. Contributor's Information Contributor's name:  Nancy Owens Email address:  nowens@cochrane.org read more (Source: The Cochrane Collaboration - Current news at The Cochrane Collaboration)
Source: The Cochrane Collaboration - Current news at The Cochrane Collaboration - August 18, 2014 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Nancy Owens Tags: Authors Current news Cochrane contributors Cochrane Reviews Low and middle income countries & Events Source Type: news

Cochrane announces support of new donor
Cochrane is delighted to announce the support of a new donor – Good Ventures, a US-based philanthropic foundation.  In a statement published on its website on 29 July, Good Ventures announced the award of a $300,000 grant for general support purposes ($100,000 a year over three years), citing Cochrane’s work as an important resource in evaluating the work of evidence-backed charities which serve disadvantaged populations worldwide. External link for more information:  http://www.goodventures.org/our-portfolio/grants/cochra... Contributor's In...
Source: The Cochrane Collaboration - Current news at The Cochrane Collaboration - August 1, 2014 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Nancy Owens Tags: Current news Central Executive Team Cochrane Reviews Evidence-based health care Funding & Partnerships Low and middle income countries Media coverage Events Source Type: news

A new Cochrane leader emerges in African health care
Dr Lawrence Mbuagbaw has been announced as the 2014 winner of the prestigious Aubrey Sheiham Evidence-based Health Care in Africa Leadership Award. External link for more information:  http://www.cochrane.org/about-us/awards-scholarships-fu... Contributor's Information Contributor's name:  Cochrane CEAD Email address:  pressoffice@cochrane.org read more (Source: The Cochrane Collaboration - Current news at The Co...
Source: The Cochrane Collaboration - Current news at The Cochrane Collaboration - August 1, 2014 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Nancy Owens Tags: Authors Current news Cochrane contributors Cochrane Reviews Evidence-based health care Low and middle income countries Prizes & Awards Events Source Type: news

2013 Impact Factor released for Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
The 2013 Journal Citation Report (JCR) has been released by Thomson ISI and the impact factor for the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR) is 5.939. This is an increase on the 2012 impact factor, which was 5.785. Contributor's Information Contributor's name:  Gavin Stewart Email address:  gstewart@wiley.com read more (Source: The Cochrane Collaboration - Current news at The Cochrane Collaboration)
Source: The Cochrane Collaboration - Current news at The Cochrane Collaboration - August 1, 2014 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Nancy Owens Tags: Authors Current news Central Executive Team Centres Cochrane contributors Cochrane Reviews Consumer Network Editorial Unit Fields Low and middle income countries Methods groups Review groups Steering group & Events Source Type: news

Cochrane Methods Symposium 2014 - Hyderabad Colloquium
COCHRANE METHODS SYMPOSIUM 2014HYDERABAD COLLOQUIUMSunday 21 September 2014; 9.00am-4.30pmFrom concepts to evidence synthesis: Towards a research agenda for methods of public health systematic reviews read more (Source: The Cochrane Collaboration - Current news at The Cochrane Collaboration)
Source: The Cochrane Collaboration - Current news at The Cochrane Collaboration - July 31, 2014 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Nancy Owens Tags: Current news Cochrane contributors Cochrane Reviews Colloquium Conferences & Meetings Evidence-based health care Methods groups Events Source Type: news

Cochrane and Wiley announce the release of Anywhere Systematic Reviews
Cochrane and Wiley have announced the release of Anywhere Systematic Reviews – Cochrane Reviews available in an Enhanced HTML Article which makes access possible in any format, on any device, at any time.The Anywhere Systematic Review focuses on improving the reading experience of articles in four key ways: Readability- read more (Source: The Cochrane Collaboration - Current news at The Cochrane Collaboration)
Source: The Cochrane Collaboration - Current news at The Cochrane Collaboration - July 31, 2014 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Nancy Owens Tags: Current news Cochrane contributors Cochrane Reviews Evidence-based health care Websites & Events Source Type: news

Longtime Cochrane contributor receives lifetime achievement award
Dr Kay Dickersin, Director of the US Cochrane Center, has received the 2014 Ingram Olkin Award for her 'lifetime contributorion to the development of evidence synthesis methods'. Dr Dickersin is Director for the Center for Clinical Trials at Johns Hopkins University and a longtime contributor to The Cochrane Collaboration. Dr Dickersin received the award at the 2014 annual international meeting of the Society for Research Synthesis Methodology (SRSM), hosted by the Centre for Reviews and Dissemination at the University of York (UK). External link for more information:  http...
Source: The Cochrane Collaboration - Current news at The Cochrane Collaboration - July 22, 2014 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Nancy Owens Tags: Current news Cochrane contributors Cochrane Reviews Methods groups & Events Source Type: news