Get involved

Getting involved

The task which The Cochrane Collaboration has undertaken is very large. It will be achieved as more people involve their skills and time. Already several thousand people around the world have become involved in one of the following ways:

• Getting involved as a Review Author
  
• Getting involved as a Consumer Representative
  
• Getting involved as a Handsearcher

• Getting involved as a Peer Reviewer
  
• Getting involved as a Translator: The language of the Collaboration and of The Cochrane Library is English, but reports of trials are often published in other languages. People who are willing to contribute their translation skills freely are invaluable to the work of the organisation. Please contact Karen Hovhannisyan <karen.hovhannisyan doesnotexist@cochrane.org gmail.com>.
  
• Getting involved as a Funder: If your organisation is interested in funding the production of a review, please read our policy regarding commercial sponsorship of reviews, and contact our Fundraising and Communication Officer Anne Roelsgaard Obling <anne_roelsgaard doesnotexist@cochrane.org yahoo.dk>.

NOTE: Membership of a Cochrane group is not based on formal qualifications. There are no membership fees. The key requirements are that you:
      • have suitable skills (and willingness to learn new ones); 
      • can volunteer some of your time over an extended period; 
      • work as part of a team; 
      • support the aims of the Collaboration; and
      • share the Collaboration's spirit of goodwill.