CCInfo: Electronic news bulletin of The Cochrane Collaboration 30 March 2006 Contents: A. Dublin Colloquium - final call for papers and posters - 3 APRIL 2006 B. Dublin Colloquium Stipends – email problem C. New staff at the US Cochrane Center D. Thanks to Elena Glatman E. New RGC at the Cochrane Peripheral Vascular Diseases Group F. Comment on CCInfo 17 April 2002 G. Job ads H. New books and articles I. Next issue of CCInfo XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX A. Sender: Sally Hopewell [shopewell@cochrane.co.uk] Subject: Dublin Colloquium - final call for papers and posters - 3 APRIL 2006 Dear All We should like to remind you that the deadline for submitting your abstracts for papers and posters for the Cochrane Colloquium in Dublin is 3 April, 2006. To find out more about the Colloquium, to submit an abstract, or to register online, please visit the Colloquium website www.colloquium.info Best wishes Sally Hopewell and Carol Lefebvre Co-Chairs, Abstracts Committee XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX B. Sender: Caroline Rouse [CRouse@cochrane.co.uk] Subject: Dublin Colloquium Stipends – email problem Unfortunately, there has been a problem with the email address forwarding applications and letters of support for developing country and consumer stipends for the Dublin Colloquium. Therefore, if you have applied for a stipend, or have sent a letter in support of a stipend application and not received an acknowledgement please resend to the email address given on the Colloquium website at www.colloquium.info. Please accept our apologies. Regards Caroline Rouse Chair, Local Organising Committee XIV Cochrane Colloquium XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX C. Sender: Kay Dickersin [kdickers@jhsph.edu] Subject: New staff at the US Cochrane Center The US Cochrane Center (USCC) would like to introduce and welcome two new staff members. Kelly Manos, USCC Coordinator, has many years of experience with coordinating center teams that oversee multicenter clinical trials. She has worked both in the Departments of Ophthalmology and Neurology at Johns Hopkins Medical School. Kelly can be reached at kmanos@jhsph.edu. Ayana Burrus is the new US Cochrane Center Administrative Assistant. Ayana also works with the Cochrane Eyes and Vision Group US Satellite. You may contact her at aburrus@jhsph.edu. Welcome Kelly and Ayana! XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX D. Sender: Kay Dickersin [kdickers@jhsph.edu] Subject: Thanks to Elena Glatman Many thanks to Elena Glatman who continued to process CENTRAL submissions for the USCC, even after taking a new position, until the final submission to Wiley, for Issue 2, 2006. Elena was a dedicated professional who essentially worked two jobs to make sure the USCC and the Cochrane Collaboration met its responsibilities to the public. Thank you Elena, and well done! XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX E. Sender: Charlotte Archibald [Charlotte.Archibald@ed.ac.uk] Subject: New RGC at the Cochrane Peripheral Vascular Diseases Group Just to let you know that I am leaving the PVD Group and moving onto pastures new at the end of this month. My last day in the office will be Friday 31st March. Andrew Wawrzyniak joins the Group on 3rd April as my replacement. It has been a great privilege to have had the opportunity of working with you and the pleasure of meeting many of you too. I would like to express my sincere thanks for your friendship, advice and support over the past 4 years. I hope to retain links with the Collaboration through occasional copy editing and by keeping in touch with the PVD Group. However, I am also looking forward to the (very different!) challenges of working with children. :-) With very best wishes for the future, Charlotte XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX F. Sender: Miranda Cumpston [cochrane@uottawa.ca] Subject: Comment on CCInfo 17 April 2002 In April 2002, CCInfo included an article on the role of consumers in commenting on Cochrane reviews, with particular reference to the review, “Tamoxifen for early breast cancer”. Although this is now a very old article, all issues of CCInfo remain available from the Cochrane Collaboration website at www.cochrane.org/newslett/ccinfo. Heather Goodare, a consumer mentioned in the article, has requested the opportunity to provide some comments. You can read Heather’s response at www.cochrane.org/newslett/ccinfo/HeatherGoodareresponse.pdf. If you have a comment or issue with any item in the CCInfo newsletter, you are welcome to contact me at any time. 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Sender: Miranda Cumpston [cochrane@uottawa.ca] Subject: Job ads Position: Executive Director, The Canadian Cochrane Network and Centre Organization: University of Ottawa Location: Ottawa, Canada Application deadline: 7 April 2006 Contact: cochrane@uottawa.ca, www.cochrane.uottawa.ca Web: www.cochrane.org/jobs or www.medicine.uottawa.ca/eng/jobs.html Position: Knowledge Broker, The Canadian Cochrane Network and Centre Organization: University of Ottawa Location: Ottawa, Canada Application deadline: 7 April 2006 Contact: cochrane@uottawa.ca, www.cochrane.uottawa.ca Web: www.cochrane.org/jobs or www.medicine.uottawa.ca/eng/jobs.html Position: Investigator, Oregon Evidence Practice Center Organization: Oregon Health Sciences University Location: Portland, Oregon, USA Application deadline: open until filled Contact: Jill Rose, roseji@ohsu.edu, www.ohsu.edu/epc Web: www.cochrane.org/jobs XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX H Sender: Trisha Greenhalgh [p.greenhalgh@pcps.ucl.ac.uk] Subject: New books and articles Paper: How to Read a Paper: The Basics of Evidence-Based Medicine Author: Trisha Greenhalgh Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Details: 5 January 2006, £18.95 Link: www.amazon.co.uk XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX I. Sender: Miranda Cumpston [cochrane@uottawa.ca] Subject: Next issue of CCInfo The next regular issue of CCInfo will be published on Thursday, 13 April 2006. Please submit your items to cochrane@uottawa.ca. When submitting messages for CCInfo, please include "CCInfo" in the subject line of your email so that I can readily identify submissions. Unless you request otherwise, your submissions to the CCInfo may be duplicated in other regular Cochrane Collaboration news channels, such as Cochrane News and the Cochrane Collaboration web site, at the discretion of the editors. Regards, Miranda Miranda Cumpston Education Coordinator The Canadian Cochrane Network and Centre Institute for Work & Health 481 University Ave, Suite 800 Toronto, ON M5G 2E9 Canada Ph: +1 416 927 2027 x2193 Fax: 416 927 4167 Email: cochrane@uottawa.ca Web: www.cochrane.uottawa.ca XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX ______________________________________________ To subscribe to CCInfo, send an email to listserv@listserv.uottawa.ca with the message text "SUBSCRIBE CCINFO-L" (leave the subject line blank). To unsubscribe, send the message text "SIGNOFF CCINFO-L”.