The James Lind Library Launch Event

4pm Wednesday May 20^th
Mathematical Institute, Andrew Wiles Building
Woodstock Road, Oxford

Chaired by Professor Carl Heneghan

Speakers

Iain Chalmers

From al-Razi to the Cochrane Tamiflu review.  Illustrations of the development of fair tests for treatments

Ben Goldacre

Dealing with biased reporting of research: from Francis Bacon to the AllTrials campaign

Doug Altman

Improving the quality of reports of research: from Donald Mainland to the EQUATOR Network

Jeremy Howick

How the JLL has been used in the History and Philosophy of EBHC module

Douglas Badenoch

Learning how to use information syntheses in the service of patients

The James Lind Library has been developed to illustrate the evolution of fair tests of treatments in health care. It contains essays introducing and explaining the key features of fair tests of treatments; images of key passages from 1000 documents, from antiquity to the present; and over 200 commissioned articles commenting on this wealth of material.
The James Lind Library was initially launched in 2003 by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. Twelve years later it has undergone a radical redesign and its scope has been extended to incorporate material illustrating the evolution of evidence-based health care.

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Afternoon tea is available from 16:00 with talks starting at 16:30 drinks reception from 18:00-19:00.