From: ccinfo-list-admin@informer2.cis.McMaster.CA on behalf of Clark, Kathie [KClark@mcmaster.ca] Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 12:20 PM To: ccinfo-list@mailman.mcmaster.ca Subject: CCInfo November 20, 2003 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Contents: A. The PEDE Project - A web site devoted to paediatric health economic research B. Thank you for the supporters of the Developing Country Stipends Committee C. USCC deadlines for submission of specialized registers and handsearch registers D. Edinburgh Clinical Trial Management Course (ECTMC) E. Next Issue of CCInfo XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX A. Sender: Wendy Ungar [wendy.ungar@sickkids.ca] Subject: The PEDE Project - A web site devoted to paediatric health economic research The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute is pleased to announce the launch of a new Web site dedicated to paediatric health economic evaluation. The Paediatric Economic Database Evaluation (PEDE) project featured on the Web site is part of a unique research program in paediatric health economic methods developed by Dr. Wendy Ungar, scientist in Population Health Sciences at the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada. The PEDE project recognizes that there are unique challenges in applying standard health economic methods to children. The first of its kind, PEDE features a database containing detailed information for over 1,000 published paediatric economic evaluations. Publications of economic evaluations of treatments and services for children have grown 10-fold since 1980, reflecting an increasing interest in understanding how the costs of treatment are weighed against the health benefits for informing allocation decisions. The PEDE database is freely accessible on the Internet with a user-friendly search engine. The full output includes detailed information about study characteristics for each publication. This database is a valuable tool for clinicians interested in a particular condition or treatment, for scientists wishing to examine paediatric health services, and for health economists and policy decision-makers desiring to learn more about the economic benefits of particular treatments and services. Research studies related to various phases of the PEDE project are published in the current issues of Medical Care and Value in Health and a forthcoming edition of Archives of Disease in Childhood. A full technical report is available online. The Web site can be found at: http://pede.bioinfo.sickkids.on.ca/pede. Support for this research program comes from The Canadian Coordinating Office for Health Technology Assessment and The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute and from in-kind support from the Institute of Health Economics. Dr. Wendy J. Ungar is supported by a Canadian Institutes of Health Research New Investigator Career Award. Wendy J. Ungar, M.Sc., Ph.D. Scientist, Population Health Sciences Assistant Professor, Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto Adjunct Scientist, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences Division of Population Health Sciences The Hospital for Sick Children 555 University Avenue Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8 tel: (416) 813-8519 fax: (416) 813-5979 e-mail: wendy.ungar@sickkids.ca http://www.sickkids.on.ca/research/custom/profiles/ungar.asp XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX B. Sender: Luis Gabriel Cuervo [LGCuervo@bmjgroup.com] Subject: Thank you for the supporters of the Developing Country Stipends Committee Thanking speech from the Stipends Committee for Developing Countries. Read by Luis Gabriel Cuervo during the closing ceremony of the XI Cochrane Colloquium in Barcelona, 2003. Federico Mayor Zaragoza just stressed the need to behave as a brotherhood. I am here on behalf of the Stipends Committee for Developing Countries which I chair, to express our gratitude towards brotherhood in The Cochrane Collaboration. The stipends Committee allocates stipends to contributors based in developing countries that have made substantial contributions to the Collaboration during the previous year. Thanks to: ·The Rockefeller Foundation, the Ken Warren Prize Committee and The Cochrane Collaboration Steering Group for agreeing that the balance left over following the award of the Ken Warren Prize should be used for Developing Country Stipends. ·BMJ Knowledge from The BMJ Publishing Group, for once more providing support to the Developing Countries Stipends Committee ·The organisers of the X Cochrane Colloquium for distributing the surplus of the Stavanger meeting among the Developing Countries and Consumer Stipends. I also need to thank the members of the Stipends Committee and organisers of the Colloquium for their hard work and their enthusiasm. Members of the Stipends Committee for Developing Countries were: ·Consol Serra ·Elizabeth Pienaar ·Karla Soares-Weiser ·Reive Robb ·And myself, Luis Gabriel Cuervo Administrative support was kindly provided by Margarita Garcia-Mas, Nuria Altamira and Ester Lopez. For the Norway Colloquium it was decided that Stipends should be comprehensive to promote integration and networking, such as offering access to all social events and other opportunities for interaction. We have received such positive feedback from members on the Collaboration that we would like to encourage future Committees to continue this policy. Finally, I am very happy to mention that thanks to the gracious collaboration of our supporters and the effort by several of our applicants to find additional sources of support, this year we have been able to offer comprehensive stipends to all the 20 applicants that provided evidence of substantial commitment and achievements during the last year (2002). Thanks and I will invite all to applaud our applicants for the excellent work and the Colloquium organisers for their gracious support. Luis Gabriel Cuervo XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX C. Sender: Elena Glatman [Elena_Glatman@brown.edu] Subject: USCC Deadlines for Submission of Specialized Registers and Handsearch Registers Issue Deadline 2004-2 Receipt of registers from TSCs 5 Jan '04 2004-3 Receipt of registers from TSCs April 5 '04 2004-4 Receipt of registers from TSCs July 5 '04 2005-1 Receipt of registers from TCSs Sept 6 '04 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX D. Sender: Peter Sandercock [pags@skull.dcn.ed.ac.uk] Subject: Edinburgh Clinical Trial Management Course (ECTMC) EDINBURGH CLINICAL TRIAL MANAGEMENT COURSE (ECTMC) 2004 26th February - 28th February 2004 This three-day course focuses on how to manage randomised controlled trials (RCTs), but also covers some aspects of trial design. It is designed for people who are: a) working as a trial manager or coordinator; b) have already taken part in controlled trials and now wish to run their own trial (or just broaden their knowledge) c) who have no trials experience as yet, but intend to play a part in running randomised controlled trials in the future. The knowledge gained is often relevant to people working on other types of research design (cohort studies, surveys, etc). The course is recognised by the UK Medical Research Council. The course is a mixture of lectures and small group workshops. Its practical approach takes participants step by step through all stages of undertaking a well-run trial. The course will include topics such as: * The rationale for doing RCTs * Starting up a trial * Regulatory requirements * Involving consumers * Designing trial materials that work * Methods of randomisation * Maximising recruitment * Managing data effectively * Managing a realistic trial budget Fees: The course fee is £475 per delegate. This includes lunches, refreshments, an evening reception and the course dinner. For further details, including the draft programme, see www.dcn.ed.ac.uk/ectmc for details. Confirmation of your place will be issued when your payment is received. Places are limited, so please book early to avoid disappointment. For other enquiries about the course, please contact Anne Williamson. The Edinburgh Clinical Trial Management Course. Dept. Clinical Neurosciences, Western General Hospital Crewe Road, Edinburgh EH4 2XU. Tel: 0131 537 2913. Fax: 0131 332 5150. # email: ectmc@skull.dcn.ed.ac.uk Peter Sandercock Dept Clinical Neurosciences Western General Hospital, Edinburgh EH4 2XU Tel (44) (0)131 537 2928 fax (44) (0)131 332 5150 email PAGS@SKULL.DCN.ED.AC.UK XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX E. Sender: Kathie Clark [kclark@mcmaster.ca] Subject: Next Issue of CCInfo The next issue of CCInfo will be published on Thurssday, December 4, 2003. Please submit your items to me directly at kclark@mcmaster.ca. When submitting messages for CCInfo, please include "CCInfo" in the subject line of your e-mail message so that I can readily identify the submissions for CCInfo. To repeat a message from the previous issue, Cochrane News and the Cochrane Collaboration web site would like to be able to use items published in CCInfo. Does anyone object to their items being shared with these sources? Please let me know if you have any concerns about this. In future issues of CCInfo, we will be including the following statement: 'Unless you request otherwise, your submissions to the CCInfo may be duplicated in other regular Cochrane Collaboration news channels, such as the Cochrane News and the Cochrane Collaboration web site, on the discretion of the editors.' Many thanks, Kathie XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX _______________________________________________ ccinfo-list mailing list ccinfo-list@mailman.McMaster.CA http://mailman.McMaster.CA/mailman/listinfo/ccinfo-list