Sir Iain's presentation bullet points

• His previous engagement work
• Case study: Dr Spock story
• Case study: Ian Chalmers’ work in Gaza with young children
• Case study: Caffeine, oxygen and cerebral palsy
• Case study: Acute traumatic brain Injury, the use of steroids and increased risk of death
• Finding out what is known already is important when conducting a trial
• Case study: James lind trial

About Sir Iain Chalmers

Iain Chalmers directs the James Lind Initiative, which promotes public and professional acknowledgement of uncertainties about the effects of treatments, and research to address them. He coordinates the Database of Uncertainties about the Effects of Treatments – DUETs (www.duets.nhs.uk), a resource to help prioritise new research in the UK, and edits The James Lind Library (www.jameslindlibrary.org), a web-based resource containing explanatory material in seven languages about fair tests of medical treatments.

Testing Treatments: better research for better healthcare - a book for the public co-authored by Imogen Evans, Hazel Thornton and Iain Chalmers – was published by The British Library in 2006, and is now available without charge in The James Lind Library.

Iain Chalmers was director of the UK Cochrane Centre between 1992 and 2002, and director of the National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit between 1978 and 1992.

James Lind Library

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