Paul Glasziou

Department of Primary Health Care, University of Oxford, United Kingdom

Dr Paul P Glasziou MB BS, PhD, FAFPHM, FRACGP

Academic positions:
- Professor of Evidence-Based Medicine, School of Population Health, University of Queensland
- Reader in Primary Health Care at the University of Oxford
- Director of the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, University of Oxford
- Co-chair of the Cochrane Collaboration Methods Group on Applicability and Recommendations
- Professor (Part-Time), Dept of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics, McMaster University

All industry positions (in last five years):
None declared

Research interests:
Dr Glasziou's research and teaching interests include improving the accessibility and use of research evidence in medical decision making, single-patient trials, monitoring, and methods to assess the generalisability of clinical trials and systematic reviews. He has applied his skills to such topics as breast and colorectal cancer screening, otitis media, cholesterol lowering, and anticoagulation for atrial fibrillation.

Any other information:
Dr Glasziou is Editor of the Evidence-Based Medicine Journal and an Editorial board member of the British Medical Journals. He has published over 100 scientific papers and four books: "Decision Making in Health Care: Integrating Evidence and Values", "Systematic Reviews in Health Care", "Evidence-Based Medicine: How to Practice & Teach EBM", and the Evidence-Based Medicine Workbook.

Any competing interests declared are displayed with individual evaluations.

Head of Faculty: Research Methodology (since 16 November 2005)

Paul Glasziou is a Head of Faculty for the RESEARCH METHODOLOGY Faculty. The role of a Head of Faculty is to help divide the Faculty (specialty) into Sections (sub-specialty areas), nominate leaders in those areas as Section Heads, and offer ongoing advice on the strategic direction of the service. They are not asked to evaluate articles, although we do, of course, welcome them.

Links

http://www.cebm.net/