European Cochrane Groups meet in ViennaTwo days for synergies and strategies

Larisa Pinte and Alexandru-Marian Constantin - PhD students from Cochrane Romania, the Affiliate Center of Cochrane Austria - excelled in their three-month internship at the Department of Evidence-Based Medicine and Evaluation. Among other things, they took on challenging agendas in the preparation of a systematic review for the World Health Organization (WHO) aimed at assessing the evidence on the prevention of bloodstream infections (BSI) and other infections associated with vascular catheters.

The British Medical Journal features Medizin-Transparent in the Podcast "Fighting bad science in Austria". Gerald Gartlehner, Director of Cochrane Austria, explains how Medizin-Transparent works.

Shape the future of Cochrane!Over the next few weeks four new members will be elected to the Cochrane Board, the Cochrane Governing body. It consists of 13 people, most of whom are themselves Cochrane members and actively contribute to the work of Cochrane (for example as authors, editors, center directors). They are chosen by other Cochrane members. A smaller part are external persons who are appointed by the board and bring in new ideas.

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Opened in 2010 as a branch of Cochrane, Cochrane Austria consists of longstanding, dedicated Cochrane enthusiasts located in the Department for Evidence-based Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology at the Danube University, Krems.

Cochrane Austria has a newsletter (in German only). We inform about projects, news, workshops, and more!Here you find our newsletters.