Leprosy Mailing List – May 15, 2015
Ref.: (LML) In Memoriam David Sacket, Founding Chair Cochrane
From: Linda Lehman, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Pieter
Your readers may find this of interest.
Linda
Dear colleagues,
Dave Sacket, the founding chair of Cochrane, has died. For many of us, Dave was an inspiration sparking our interest in evidence-based medicine and he will sorely missed. He was a giant in the field.
A memorial service in planned in the coming weeks in Hamilton, Canada.
We will be setting up an online memory book. If you reply to this message, we will ensure your comments are included.
A more formal memorial will follow in the coming days.
Jeremy Grimshaw
Cochrane Canada Director
In memoriam:
Dr David Sackett, Founding Chair of The Cochrane Collaboration. (1934-2015)
It is with great sadness that Cochrane announces the death of its founding chair and medical pioneer, Dr. David Sackett. He was 80 years old.
Our thoughts and condolences are with Dave’s family, friends, and colleagues across the world.
Born in Chicago, Illinois, Dave Sackett was an originator of clinical epidemiology and evidence-based medicine and the first chair of the Cochrane Collaboration Steering Group in 1993. He founded the first department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics in the world, at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, in 1967 and founded the Oxford Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine in the UK in 1994.
Dave contributed extensively to the development of research methods through his books and published articles, as well as through education and lectures at McMaster and around the world. Notably he turned clinical research into a scientifically sound and practical multidisciplinary “team sport,” and has changed for the better the quality of healthcare research and clinical practice.
After obtaining his medical degree at the University of Illinois, Dave went on to train in nephrology and internal medicine, and earn a Master of Science in Epidemiology from Harvard University. He was a former Physician-in-Chief at Chedoke-McMaster Hospitals, and Head of the Division of General Internal Medicine for the Hamilton, Ontario region. In 2000, he was inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame, and a year later was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. Dave was the recipient of the 2009 Gairdner Foundation Wightman Award.
He retired from clinical practice in 1999 at the age of 65, and returned to Canada to establish the Trout Research & Education Centre, where he researched, wrote, and taught about randomized clinical trials. He has published 10 books, chapters for 50 others, and over 300 papers in medical and scientific journals.
Dave’s contributions to Cochrane’s work date from the earliest days of the organization have made a substantial impact on its development and reputation over the past two decades.
Dave’s colleagues at McMaster and Cochrane plan to commemorate his contribution to evidence-based medicine in various ways, including The Dave Sackett Research Symposia and during the 23rd Cochrane Colloquium in Vienna in October 2015.
A memory book will be available online on the Cochrane Community site for friends and contributors to express condolences, recount memories, and share photographs. Donations can be made to the David L Sackett Scholarship fund via McMaster University Giving (http://www.mcmaster.ca/impact/).
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