Cochrane expresses thanks to Professor Philippe Ravaud for leadership of Cochrane France

After leading  Cochrane France  for nine years, Professor Philippe Ravaud is stepping down as Director.   Philippe has led Cochrane France since 2010. His team and Epidemiology unit, basedat Paris Descartes University, is an extremely productive and innovative group that has been at the forefront in developing innovative approaches for disseminating Cochrane evidence in France particularly through language translation and training.Philippe ’s primary research focus is methodological research to assess treatments in chronic diseases. His research activities are structured around non-pharmacological treatments, innovative design of trials, evidence synthesis, burden of treatment, as well as research on research (and especially interve ntional research on research). He works on meta-analyses, network meta-analyses, and on living network meta-analyses and is interested in questioning the methods used at all the steps of a systematic review.  He also conducts research on new methods of meta analyses. Philippe is among the few scien tists with strong experience in performing randomized trials and systematic reviews of interventions to change physician practices.Philippe ’s groundbreaking approaches for evidence synthesis through living network meta-analysis have made, and continue to make, an enormous contribution to Cochrane’s methods development.David Tovey, Editor in Chief, Cochrane said: " Philippe is a highly skilled and forward thinking methodologist. I have had th...
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