Chair
Richard Smith
United Kingdom: Former Editor of the BMJ, and Director, United Health Chronic Disease Initiative; richardswsmith@yahoo.co.uk
Deputy Chair
Magne Nylenna
Norway: Former editor of the Norwegian Medical Journal and Head of the Norwegian National Library of Health
Members
David Tovey
Editor in Chief, The Cochrane Library, The Cochrane Collaboration
Lisa Bero
USA: Professor of Clinical Pharmacy and Health Policy, University of California, San Francisco
Godwin Busuttil
United Kingdom: Barrister
Cindy Farquhar
New Zealand: Postgraduate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Auckland
Tracey Pérez Koehlmoos
Bangladesh: Head of the Health and Family Planning Systems Programme, ICDDR, B (formerly International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh)
David Moher
Canada: Clinical Epidemiologist, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and University of Ottawa
Role and function
This document, which was presented at the 2010 Cochrane mid-year meeting, outlines the purpose, remit, composition, and operating principles for an Oversight Committee for The Cochrane Library.
