Related Cochrane Entities

The Cochrane Neurological Field currently works with 27 Cochrane Review Groups (CRGs). These groups fall into three categories: strictly neurological, largely neurological and partially neurological.

Strictly Neurological CRGs:

DEMENTIA and COGNITIVE IMPROVEMENT
Sue Marcus, Coordinator
Radcliffe Department of Medicine
University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital 
Room 4401c (Level 4)
Oxford
OX3 9DU 
UK
Tel:  +44 1865 234307  
Fax: +44 1865 231525
Email: sue.marcus@ndm.ox.ac.uk
Web: dementia.cochrane.org

DEPRESSION, ANXIETY and NEUROSIS
Chris Champion, Coordinator
School of Social and Community Medicine
University of Bristol
Oakfield House
Oakfield Grove
Bristol
BS8 2BN
UK
Phone: 44 (0) 117 331 0169
Email: contact@ccdan.org
Web : www.ccdan.cochrane.org 

DEVELOPMENTAL, PSYCHOSOCIAL and LEARNING PROBLEMS
Laura CI MacDonald
Institute of Child Care Research
Queen's University Belfast
6 College Park
Belfast
Northern Ireland
BT7 1LP
UK
Phone: +44 (0) 28 90 973491
Email: cdplpg@qub.ac.uk
Web: dplpg.cochrane.org

DRUGS and ALCOHOL
Laura Amato, Coordinator
Department of Epidemiology ASL RME
Via di Santa Costanza 53
Rome 00198
ITALY
Tel: +39 06 83060479  
Fax: +39 06 83060374
Email: l.amato@deplazio.it
Web: www.cdag.cochrane.org

EPILEPSY
Rachael Kelly, Coordinator
Department of Clinical and Molecular Pharmacology, Institute of Translational Medicine
Clinical Sciences Centre for Research and Education
Lower Lane
Liverpool L9 7LJ
UK
Tel :  +44 151 5295462  
Fax:  +44 151 5295465
Email: rachael.kelly@liv.ac.uk
Web: www.epilepsy.cochrane.org

MOVEMENT DISORDERS
Ema Roque, Coordinator
Institute of Pharmacology & Therapeutics
Faculty of Medicine, Hospital Santa Maria
Av. Prof. Egas Moniz
Lisbon 1649-028
PORTUGAL
Tel: +351 21 780 2120 
Fax: +351 21 780 2191
Email: movementdisord@fm.ul.pt
Web: www.fm.ul.pt/Movement-disorders.htm

MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS and RARE DISEASES OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
Liliana Coco, Coordinator
Neuroepidemiology Unit
Fondazione I.R.C.C.S. Istituto Nazionale Neurologico "C. Besta"
Via Celoria 11
Milano 20133
ITALY
Tel:  +39 02 2394 4024  
Fax: +39 02 2394 4049
Email: neuroepidemiologia@istituto-besta.it
Web:  www.msg.cochrane.orgwww

NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE
Ruth Brassington, Coordinator
MRC Centre for Neurolmuscular Disease
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
PO Box 114
Queen Square
London WC1N 3BG
UK
Tel: +44 203 4488134 
Fax: +44 203 4484725
Email: cochranenmd@ion.ucl.ac.uk
Web: www.neuromuscular.cochrane.org

NEURO-ONCOLOGY
(Orphan of the Gynaecological Cancer Group)
Gail Quinn, Coordinator
1st Floor Education Centre
Royal United Hospital, Combe Park
Bath, Somerset BA1 3NG
UK
Tel: +44 1225 826348  
Fax: not available
Email: gailquinn1@nhs.net
Web: www.cochrane-gyncan.org

STROKE
Hazel Fraser, Coordinator
Division of Clinical Neurosciences
University of Edinburgh
Western General Hospital
Crewe Road
Edinburgh EH4 2XU
UK
Tel: +44 131 537 2273  
Fax: +44 131 537 3586
Email: hazel.fraser@ed.ac.uk
Web: www.stroke.cochrane.org

Largely Neurological CRGs:

BACK
Teresa J Marin, Coordinator
Institute for Work & Health
481 University Avenue
Suite 800
Toronto Ontario M5G 2E9
CANADA
Tel: +1 416 927 2027 extension: 2145
Fax: +1 416 927 4167
Email: tmarin@iwh.on.ca
Web: www.back.cochrane.org

INCONTINENCE
Muhammad Imran Omar, Coordinator
Cochrane Incontinence Group
University of Aberdeen
2nd Floor, Health Sciences Building
Foresterhill
Aberdeen, Scotland AB25 2ZD
UK
Tel: +44 1224 438126  
Fax: +44 1224 438165
Email: m.i.omar@abdn.ac.uk
Web: www.incontinence.cochrane.org

INJURIES
Emma Sydenham, Coordinator
Cochrane Injuries Group
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Room 180
Keppel Street
London WC1E 7HT
UK
Tel: +44 20 7958 8132 
Fax: +44 20 7958 8111
Email: cochrane_injuries@Lshtm.ac.uk
Web: www.injuries.cochrane.org

PAIN, PALLIATIVE and SUPPORTIVE CARE
Anna Hobson, Coordinator
Pain Research Unit
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust
The Churchill Hospital
Old Road
Oxford OX3 7LE
UK
Tel: +44 1865 225762 
Fax: +44 1865 225400
Email: anna.hobson@ndcn.ox.ac.uk
Web: www.papas.cochrane.org

Partially Neurological CRGs:

ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS
Liz Dooley, Coordinator
Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine
Bond University
Gold Coast Queensland 4229
Australia
Phone: +61 7 5595 5545
Fax: +61 7 5595 1271
Email: ldooley@bond.edu.au
Web: www.ari.cochrane.org

AIRWAYS
Emma J. Welsh, Coordinator
Population Health Sciences and Education
St George's, University of London
Cranmer Terrace
London SW17 0RE
UK
Tel: +44 20 8725 2790 
Email: ewelsh@sgul.ac.uk
Web: www.airways.cochrane.org

CONSUMERS and COMMUNICATION
Megan Prictor, Coordinator
Australian Institute for Primary Care & Ageing, Faculty of Health Sciences
La Trobe University
Bundoora Victoria 3086
AUSTRALIA
Tel: +61 3 9479 5779 
Fax: +61 3 9479 5977
Email: cochrane@latrobe.edu.au
Web: www.cccrg.cochrane.org

EAR, NOSE and THROAT DISORDERS
Jennifer Bellorini, Coordinator
Dept of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
West Wing - John Radcliffe Hospital
Headley Way
Oxford OX3 9DU
UK
Tel: +44 1865 231051 
Fax: +44 1865 231091
Email: jenny.bellorini@nds.ox.ac.uk
Web: www.ent.cochrane.org

EYES and VISION
Anupa Shah, Coordinator
International Centre for Eye Health
London School of Health & Tropical Medicine
Keppel Street
London WC1E 7HT
UK
Tel: +44 20 7958 8167 
Fax: +44 20 7958 8325
Email: cevg@lshtm.ac.uk
Web: www.eyes.cochrane.org

HEART
Fiona Taylor, Coordinator
Department of Non-Communicable Disease Epidemiology
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Keppel Street
London WC1E 7HT
UK
Tel: +44 20 7927 2086 
Fax: +44 20 7927 2286
Email: cochrane.heart@lshtm.ac.uk
Web: www.heart.cochrane.org

HEPATO-BILIARY
Dimitrinka Nikolova, Coordinator
Copenhagen Trial Unit
Centre for Clinical Intervention Research 
Department 7812
Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital
Blegdamsvej 9
Copenhagen DK-2100
DENMARK
Tel: +45 3545 7169 
Fax: +45 3545 7101
Email: dimitrinka.nikolova@ctu.dk
Web: www.hbg.cochrane.org

HIV/AIDS
Tara Horvath, Coordinator
University of California, San Francisco
50 Beale Street, Suite 1200
San Francisco, CA 94105
USA
Tel: +1 415 597 8208 
Email: cochrane.hiv@gmail.com
Web: www.hiv.cochrane.org

HYPERTENSION
Ciprian D. Jauca, Coordinator
Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics
University of British Columbia
2176 Health Sciences Mall
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3
CANADA
Tel: +1 604 822-0700 
Fax: +1 604 822-0701
Email: cochrane@ti.ubc.ca 
Web: www.hypertension.cochrane.org

INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Anne-Marie Stephani, Coordinator
International Health Group
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Pembroke Place
L3 5QA Liverpool
UK
Tel: +44 151 705 3259 
Fax: +44 151 705 3364
Email: Anne-Marie.Stephani@liverpool.ac.uk
Web: www.cidg.cochrane.org

METABOLIC and ENDOCRINE DISORDERS
Gudrun Paletta, Coordinator
Department of General Practice
Universitaetsklinikum Duesseldorf
Heinrich-Heine University
PO Box 101007
40001 Duesseldorf
GERMANY
Tel: +49 211 811 65 44
Fax: +49 211 811 86 93
Email: paletta@med.uni-duesseldorf.de
Web: www.endoc.cochrane.org

MUSCULOSKELETAL
Elizabeth Tanjong Ghogomu, Coordinator
Centre for Global Health
Institute of Population Health
University of Ottawa
1 Stewart Street
Ottawa Ontario K1N 6N5
Canada
Phone: +1 613 562 5800 ext: 2561
Fax: +1 613 562 5659
Email: cmsg@uottawa.ca
Web: www.cochranemsk.org

NEONATAL
Yolanda Brosseau, Coordinator
Vermont Oxford Network
33 Kilburn Street
Burlington Vermont 05401
USA
Tel : +1 802 865 4814 x213
Email: ybrossea@uvm.edu
Web: www.neonatal.cochrane.org