SCIENTIFIC MEETING: Improving reporting to decrease the waste of research

Scientific meeting including the 6th EQUATOR Annual Lecture organised by INSERM-Sorbonne Paris Cite Epidemiology and Statistics Research Centre in collaboration with the EQUATOR Network, 16 May 2014, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Paris, France.

Programme

Introduction to EQUATOR and theme of meeting
Doug Altman, University of Oxford

6th EQUATOR Annual Lecture
When Something Gets up Your Nose, Sneeze. How to improve the medical literature while getting educated by your friends
Drummond Rennie, JAMA

Animal studies
Malcolm MacLeod, University of Edinburgh

Observational studies
Doug Altman, University of Oxford

Genetic studies
John Ioannidis, Stanford University

Prognostic and diagnostic studies
Patrick Bossuyt, University of Amsterdam

Improving reporting to decrease the waste of research: the point of view of an editor
Ginny Barbour, PLoS Medicine

Improving reporting to decrease the waste of research: the point of view of a charity funder
Jeremy Farrar, Wellcome Trust

Improving reporting to decrease the waste of research: the point of view of an academic funder
Tom Walley, NIHR Health Technology Assessment Programme

Round table discussion: improving quality and reducing waste

Pierre Corvol, French National Research Agency
Jacques Demotes, ECRIN-ERIC
Sir Iain Chalmers, James Lind Alliance
Laragh Gollogly, WHO
Tom Walley, NIHR UK