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Major contributors

See also Chapter 1 (Section 1.4) for major contributions to previous versions.

 

Handbook editors

Julian Higgins is a Senior Statistician at the MRC Biostatistics Unit, Institute of Public Health, University of Cambridge and a Visiting Fellow at the UK Cochrane Centre, Oxford, UK.

 

Sally Green is a Professorial Fellow at the Institute of Health Services Research at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia and Director of the Australasian Cochrane Centre.

 

Chapter authors and editors

Acquadro, Catherine

Mapi Research Institute

Lyon

France

 

Alderson, Philip

National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence

London/Manchester

United Kingdom

 

Altman, Douglas G

Centre for Statistics in Medicine

University of Oxford

Oxford

United Kingdom

 

Armstrong, Rebecca

The McCaughey Centre: VicHealth Centre for the Promotion of Mental Health and Community Wellbeing

University of Melbourne

Melbourne

Australia

 

Askie, Lisa M

NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre

University of Sydney

Camperdown

Australia

 

Becker, Lorne A

Department of Family Medicine

SUNY Upstate Medical University

Syracuse, NY

United States of America

 

Berlin, Jesse A

Pharmacoepidemiology

Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research and Development

Titusville, NJ

United States of America

 

Booth, Andrew

School of Health and Related Research

University of Sheffield

Sheffield

United Kingdom

 

Byford, Sarah

Centre for the Economics of Mental Health

Institute of Psychiatry

King’s College

London

United Kingdom

 

Clarke, Mike

UK Cochrane Centre

National Institute for Health Research

Oxford

United Kingdom

 

Deeks, Jonathan J

Department of Public Health and Epidemiology

University of Birmingham

Birmingham

United Kingdom

 

Doyle, Jodie

The McCaughey Centre: VicHealth Centre for the Promotion of Mental Health and Community Wellbeing

University of Melbourne

Melbourne

Australia

 

Drummond, Michael

Centre for Health Economics

University of York

York

United Kingdom

 

Egger, Matthias

Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine

University of Bern

Bern

Switzerland

 

Eisenstein, Eric

Duke Clinical Research Center

Duke University

Durham, NC

United States of America

 

Ghersi, Davina

Department of Research Policy and Cooperation

World Health Organization

Geneva

Switzerland

 

Glanville, Julie

Centre for Reviews and Dissemination

University of York

York

United Kingdom

 

Glasziou, Paul P

Department of Primary Health Care

University of Oxford

Oxford

United Kingdom

 

Green, Sally

Australasian Cochrane Centre

Monash University

Melbourne

Australia

 

Guyatt, Gordon H

Departments of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatics

McMaster University

Ontario

Canada

 

Hannes, Karin

Belgian Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine

Leuven

Belgium

 

Herxheimer, Andrew

Co-founder, DIPEx; Emeritus Fellow, UK Cochrane Centre

London

United Kingdom

 

Higgins, Julian PT

MRC Biostatistics Unit

Cambridge

United Kingdom

 

Knapp, Martin

Institute of Psychiatry

King's College London; and

London School of Economics

London

United Kingdom

 

Lefebvre, Carol

UK Cochrane Centre

National Institute for Health Research

Oxford

United Kingdom

 

Loke, Yoon K

School of Medicine, Health Policy and Practice

University of East Anglia

Norwich

United Kingdom

Mallender, Jacqueline

Matrix Knowledge Group Ltd.

London

United Kingdom

 

Manheimer, Eric

Center for Integrative Medicine

University of Maryland School of Medicine

Baltimore, MA

United States of America

 

McDaid, David

Personal Social Services Research Unit

London School of Economics and Political Science

London

United Kingdom

 

Moher, David

Chalmers Research Group, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute;

Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, University of Ottawa

Ottawa

Canada

 

Mugford, Miranda

Health Economics Group

School of Medicine, Health Policy and Practice

University of East Anglia

Norwich

United Kingdom

 

Mulrow, Cynthia D

University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

San Antonio, TX

United States of America

 

Noyes, Jane

Centre for Health-Related Research

School of Healthcare Sciences

Bangor University

Bangor

Wales

United Kingdom

 

O’Connor, Denise

Australasian Cochrane Centre

Monash University

Melbourne

Australia

 

Oxman, Andrew D

Preventive and International Health Care Unit

Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services

Oslo

Norway

 

Patrick, Donald L

Department of Health Services and Seattle Quality of Life Group

University of Washington

Seattle, WA

United States of America

 

Pearson, Alan

Joanna Briggs Institute

University of Adelaide

Adelaide

Australia

 

Popay, Jennie

Institute for Health Research

Lancaster University

Lancaster

United Kingdom

 

Price, Deirdre

Department of Clinical Pharmacology

University of Oxford

Oxford

United Kingdom

 

Reeves, Barnaby C

Bristol Heart Institute

University of Bristol

Bristol

United Kingdom

 

Scholten, Rob JPM

Dutch Cochrane Centre

Academic Medical Center

Amsterdam

The Netherlands

 

Schünemann, Holger J

INFORMA/CLARITY Research/Department of Epidemiology

National Cancer Institute Regina Elena

Rome

Italy

 

Shemilt, Ian

Health Economics Group

School of Medicine, Health Policy and Practice

University of East Anglia

Norwich

United Kingdom

 

Sterne, Jonathan AC

School of Social and Community Medicine

University of Bristol

Bristol

United Kingdom

 

Stewart, Lesley A

Centre for Reviews and Dissemination

University of York

York

United Kingdom

 

Tierney, Jayne F

MRC Clinical Trials Unit

London

United Kingdom

 

Vale, Luke

Health Economics Research Unit

University of Aberdeen

Aberdeen

United Kingdom

 

Vist, Gunn E

Preventive and International Health Care Unit

Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services

Oslo

Norway

 

Walker, Damian

Health Systems Program

Department of International Health

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Baltimore, MA

United States of America

 

Waters, Elizabeth

The McCaughey Centre: VicHealth Centre for the Promotion of Mental Health and Community Wellbeing

University of Melbourne

Melbourne

Australia

 

Wells, George A

Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine

University of Ottawa

Ottawa

Ontario

Canada