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Doug Altman recognized at Council for Science Editors annual awards

Doug Altman, who is a founder member of the steering group of BioMed Central's journal Trials, was this week recognized by the Council for Science Editors at the council's annual meeting in Austin, Texas.

Doug received the CSE's Award for Meritorious Achievement for his work to improve the standards of reporting of clinical research, and in particular the reporting of the results of clinical trials. The CONSORT statement recommendations for trial reporting have been extremely influential, both directly by increasing the attention paid by journals to standards of trial reporting, and indirectly by encouraging the creation of similar guidelines for other types of report, such as QUOROM (for systematic reviews) and STROBE ( for observational studies).

One of Doug's latest projects is EQUATOR, a central resource which seeks to advance the use of such guidelines so as to "improve the quality of health care by promoting the transparent and accurate reporting of health research".

BioMed Central would like to congratulate Doug on his thoroughly well-deserved award.

Posted by Matthew Cockerill at 12:45    Comments (0)