The annual All Ireland Cochrane conference is being held on the 10th June 2016 from 9:00am to 4:00pm in Riddel Hall, Queens University Belfast. Registration fee for the event is €45.

The provisional programme for the day is as follows:

Welcomes and Opening
- Donal O’Mathuna, Convenor of Cochrane Ireland.
How do we achieve active, meaningful patient and public involvement in Cochrane reviews?
- Pauline Campbell – Research Fellow, Glasgow Caledonian University.
Food poverty - what is the evidence?  
- Liz Mitchell - Director at the Institute of Public Health in Ireland.
How to get evidence into policy: A European Fluoridation Story.
- Mary Rose Sweeney – Senior Lecturer, Dublin City University.
Connecting the gaps between research, policy and practice: Thoughts and experiences from a Cochrane review of parenting programmes for child disruptive behaviour.
- Mairead Furlong – Post-doctoral research fellow, National University of Ireland Maynooth.
Grade Approach to define quality of evidence.
- Toby Lasserson - Senior Editor, Cochrane Editorial Unit.
Practical tips for effective searching for your review.
- Margaret Anderson- Information Specialist for the Cochrane Developmental, Psychosocial and Learning Problems Group
Putting evidence to work: A workshop on challenges and possible solutions in knowledge exchange and translation.
- Mairead Furlong - Post-doctoral research fellow, National University of Ireland Maynooth.
Cochrane Fellowships Programme in Ireland.
- Dr Janice Bailie, Assistant Director of HSC R&D Division, Public Health Agency

We hope to see you all on the day,
The Cochrane Ireland Team

 

Call For Abstracts
All Ireland Cochrane Conference Flyer
Register For Event (Online Payment System)
Preliminary Programme

How to Get to Riddel Hall