Steering Group and Subgroups
Steering Group
To contact the Steering Group in general please use the Secretariat's contact address
- Centre Director Representative
- Centre Staff Representative
- Co-Chair
- Co-ordinating Editor representative
- Co-ordinating Editor Representative
- Consumer Network Representative
- Fields representative
- Managing Editors' representative
- Methods Group Representative
- TSC Representative
- Ombudsman
- Funding Arbiter
- Panel Member
- Panel member
Centre Director Representative

Steve McDonald
School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine
Monash University
The Alfred Centre
99 Commercial Road
Melbourne Victoria 3004
Australia
Monash University
The Alfred Centre
99 Commercial Road
Melbourne Victoria 3004
Australia
Phone: + 61 3 9903 0370
Fax: + 61 3 9903 0556
Email: Steve.McDonald@monash.edu
Centre Staff Representative

Mary Ellen Schaafsma
Centre for Practice-Changing Research (CPCR)
Ottawa Hospital - General Campus
501 Smyth Road
Room 1233
Ottawa Ontario K1H 8L6
Canada
Ottawa Hospital - General Campus
501 Smyth Road
Room 1233
Ottawa Ontario K1H 8L6
Canada
Phone: +1 613 798 5555 ext.73835
Fax: +1 613 739 6938
Email: mschaafsma@ohri.ca
Co-Chair

Jonathan Craig
Sydney School of Public Health
The University of Sydney
Edward Ford Building A27
Sydney NSW 2006
Australia
The University of Sydney
Edward Ford Building A27
Sydney NSW 2006
Australia
Email: jonathan.craig@sydney.edu.au

Jeremy Grimshaw
Clinical Epidemiology Program
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
1053 Carling Avenue
Ottawa ON K1Y 4E9
Canada
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
1053 Carling Avenue
Ottawa ON K1Y 4E9
Canada
Phone: +1 613 798 5555 ext: 15231
Fax: +1 613 761 5492
Email: jgrimshaw@ohri.ca
Co-ordinating Editor representative
Rachel Churchill
Academic Unit of Psychiatry, School of Social and Community Medicine
University of Bristol
Oakfield Hourse
Oakfield Grove
Bristol
BS8 2BN
UK
University of Bristol
Oakfield Hourse
Oakfield Grove
Bristol
BS8 2BN
UK
Phone: +44 (0)117 33 14029
Email: rachel.churchill@ccdan.org
Co-ordinating Editor Representative

Centre for Health Communication and Participation
Australian Institute for Primary Care & Ageing, La Trobe University
Bundoora VIC 3086
Australia
Australian Institute for Primary Care & Ageing, La Trobe University
Bundoora VIC 3086
Australia
Phone: +61 3 9479 1941
Fax: +61 3 9479 5977
Email: sophie.hill@latrobe.edu.au
Homepage: www.latrobe.edu.au/chcp/cochrane/
Consumer Network Representative

Liz Whamond
Canadian Cancer Action Network
1421 Woodstock Road
Fredericton NB E3C 1P2
Canada
1421 Woodstock Road
Fredericton NB E3C 1P2
Canada
Phone: +1 506 453 4885
Fax: +1 506 453 3538
Email: liz.whamond@gmail.com

Mingming Zhang
Chinese Cochrane Centre, Chinese Evidence-Based Medicine Centre
West China Hospital, Sichuan University
No. 37, Guo Xue Xiang
610041 Chengdu
Sichuan
China
West China Hospital, Sichuan University
No. 37, Guo Xue Xiang
610041 Chengdu
Sichuan
China
Phone: +86 28 8542 2079 (day)
Fax: +86 28 8542 2253
Email: zhang_mingming@hotmail.com
Fields representative
Denise Thomson
Alberta Research Centre for Health Evidence
Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta
Room 9419, 4th Floor, Aberhart Centre
11402 University Avenue
Edmonton Alberta T6G 2J3
Canada
Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta
Room 9419, 4th Floor, Aberhart Centre
11402 University Avenue
Edmonton Alberta T6G 2J3
Canada
Phone: +1 780 492 8266
Fax: +1 780 407 6435
Email: denise.thomson@ualberta.ca
Managing Editors' representative
Sally Bell-Syer
Department of Health Sciences
University of York
Area 2 Seebohm Rowntree Building
Heslington
York
North Yorkshire
YO10 5DD
UK
University of York
Area 2 Seebohm Rowntree Building
Heslington
York
North Yorkshire
YO10 5DD
UK
Phone: +44 1904 321342
Fax: +44 1904 321383
Email: sally.bell-syer@york.ac.uk
Methods Group Representative

MRC Biostatistics Unit
Institute of Public Health
Robinson Way
Cambridge
CB2 0SR
UK
Institute of Public Health
Robinson Way
Cambridge
CB2 0SR
UK
Phone: +44 1223 330396
Fax: +44 1223 330388
Homepage: www.mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk
TSC Representative

Cochrane Renal Group, Centre for Kidney Research
The Children's Hospital at Westmead
Locked Bag 4001
Westmead NSW 2045
Australia
The Children's Hospital at Westmead
Locked Bag 4001
Westmead NSW 2045
Australia
Phone: +61 2 98451484
Fax: +61 2 98451491
Homepage: www.cochrane-renal.org
Ombudsman
Menno van Leeuwen
Jan Toebacklaan 9
1412JZ Naarden
Netherlands
1412JZ Naarden
Netherlands
Phone: +31 (0)35 6942537
Fax: +31 (0)35 6952731
Email: m.vleeuwen@tiscali.nl
Funding Arbiter

Centre for Health Communication and Participation
Australian Institute for Primary Care & Ageing, La Trobe University
Bundoora VIC 3086
Australia
Australian Institute for Primary Care & Ageing, La Trobe University
Bundoora VIC 3086
Australia
Phone: +61 3 9479 1941
Fax: +61 3 9479 5977
Email: sophie.hill@latrobe.edu.au
Homepage: www.latrobe.edu.au/chcp/cochrane/
Panel Member
Joaquin Barnoya
Ala sur, Clinica #3
Unidad de Cirugia Cardiovascular de Guatemala
6a ave 8-71 zona 10
CA 01010 Guatemala
Guatemala
Unidad de Cirugia Cardiovascular de Guatemala
6a ave 8-71 zona 10
CA 01010 Guatemala
Guatemala
Phone: 502 2331 4574
Fax: 502 2369 4443
Email: barnoyaj@wudosis.wustl.edu
Lisa Bero
Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Institute for Health Policy Studies
University of California San Francisco
Suite 420, Box 0613
3333 California Street
San Francisco California 94143-0613
USA
University of California San Francisco
Suite 420, Box 0613
3333 California Street
San Francisco California 94143-0613
USA
Phone: +1 415 476 1067
Fax: +1 415 502 0792
Email: berol@pharmacy.ucsf.edu
Panel member
Cindy Farquhar
Obstetrics and Gynaecology
University of Auckland
FMHS Park Road
Grafton
Auckland
1003
New Zealand
University of Auckland
FMHS Park Road
Grafton
Auckland
1003
New Zealand
Phone: +64 9 6309943
Fax: +64 9 6309858
Email: c.farquhar@auckland.ac.nz
Steering Group Advisory Committees
Colloquium Policy Advisory Committee

Steve McDonald
Convenor
School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine
Monash University
The Alfred Centre
99 Commercial Road
Melbourne Victoria 3004
Australia
Monash University
The Alfred Centre
99 Commercial Road
Melbourne Victoria 3004
Australia
Phone: + 61 3 9903 0370
Fax: + 61 3 9903 0556
Email: Steve.McDonald@monash.edu
Jordi Pardo Pardo
Co-Convenor
Centre for Global Health, Institute of Population Health
University of Ottawa
1 Stewart St.
Room: 207
Ottawa Ontario K1N 6N5
Canada
University of Ottawa
1 Stewart St.
Room: 207
Ottawa Ontario K1N 6N5
Canada
Phone: +16135625800 Ext. 2359
Fax: +16135625659
Email: jpardo@uottawa.ca
Information Services Strategy Committee

Jeremy Grimshaw
Convenor
Clinical Epidemiology Program
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
1053 Carling Avenue
Ottawa ON K1Y 4E9
Canada
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
1053 Carling Avenue
Ottawa ON K1Y 4E9
Canada
Phone: +1 613 798 5555 ext: 15231
Fax: +1 613 761 5492
Email: jgrimshaw@ohri.ca
Steering Group Sub-committees
Monitoring and Registration Committee
Karen New
Co-Convenor
Grantley Stable Neonatal Unit
Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital
Butterfield Street
Herston
Brisbane Queensland 4029
Australia
Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital
Butterfield Street
Herston
Brisbane Queensland 4029
Australia
Phone: +61 7 3636 8918
Email: karennew@optusnet.com.au

Johannes van der Wouden
Co-Convenor
Department of General Practice
Free University
EMGO, VUmc Room D-543
PO Box 7057
1007 Amsterdam
Netherlands
Free University
EMGO, VUmc Room D-543
PO Box 7057
1007 Amsterdam
Netherlands
Phone: +31 10 704 3611
Fax: +31 10 703 2127
Email: j.vanderwouden@vumc.nl
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