We are the First of several UK Centres
Established in 1995
We are dedicated to the practice, teaching and dissemination of high-quality evidence-based medicine to improve healthcare in everyday clinical practice.
The Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine was established in Oxford in 1995 with the aim of promoting evidence-based health care to all offering effective and up-to-date decision-making in health care around the world. We provide support and resources to doctors, clinicians, teachers and others interested in learning about Evidence Based Medicine (EBM), The Centre is directed by Prof Carl Heneghan, GP, experienced clinician and researcher.
Cebm.net provides free support and resources to everyone interested in learning more about EBM. Our work falls into three categories:
- Research and development on the barriers to and improvement of the clinical practice of evidence.
- Training in the principles and practice of evidence-based medicine.
- Training the trainers in how to teach EBM and how to undertake research and development in EBM.
Gives me a better appreciation of the need to apply evidence-based practice where and when practical to routine clinical practice.
Our popular courses range from one-day introductory workshops on EBM in practice to a five-day residential programme, providing each delegate with the knowledge and confidence to practise EBM in their own working environment.
Our team
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Carl Heneghan
Professor of Evidence-Based Medicine
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Kamal R. Mahtani
GP & Associate Professor
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Jeffrey K Aronson
Consultant Physician and Clinical Pharmacologist
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Ruth Davis
CEBM Centre Manager
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Ben Goldacre
The DataLab
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Marcy McCall MacBain
Lecturer in Evidence-Based Health Care & Senior Research Fellow
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David Nunan
Departmental Lecturer and Senior Research Fellow
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Rafael Perera
Director Medical Statistics
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Annette Plüddemann
Course Director: MSc in Evidence-Based Health Care
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Kome Gbinigie
DPhil student
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Tom Jefferson
Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Evidence Based Medicine
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Joanna Lach
CEBM Administrative Assistant
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Georgette Eaton
NIHR Clinical Doctoral Fellow
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Jamie Hartmann-Boyce
Senior Research Fellow and Departmental Lecturer
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Nicholas DeVito
Doctoral Researcher
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Ailsa Butler
Postdoctoral Researcher & Systematic Reviewer
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Elizabeth Spencer
Researcher
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Annika Theodoulou
Systematic Reviewer
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Georgia Richards
Doctoral Researcher
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Stephanie Tierney
Departmental Lecturer and Senior Researcher
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Amadea Turk
Researcher in Evidence Synthesis
Latest news
Professor Kamal R. Mahtani awarded John Fry Award
2 July 2020
The RCGP’s award for promoting the discipline of general practice through research and publishing goes to the CEBM’s Deputy Director
Key CEBM publications:
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Characterisation of trials where marketing purposes have been influential in study design: A descriptive study
Journal article
Barbour V. et al, (2016), Trials, 17
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Post-marketing withdrawal of 462 medicinal products because of adverse drug reactions: A systematic review of the world literature
Journal article
(2016), BMC Medicine, 14
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Cohort study of anticoagulation self-monitoring (CASM): A prospective study of its effectiveness in the community
Journal article
Ward A. et al, (2015), British Journal of General Practice, 65, e428 - e437
Blog posts
British South Asian patients’ views on text messages to support type 2 diabetes
The number of people with type 2 diabetes is increasing globally, a condition that disproportionately affects South Asians. Text messages to support people to manage their diabetes show promise. They are cheap, accessible, and can positively impact blood sugar levels. Senior Qualitative Researcher Dr Suman Prinjha writes about her research (published in JMIR mHealth and uHealth) on how a text messaging system could support medication use in British South Asian people with diabetes.
COVID-19 and heart failure
29 April 2020
For people with heart failure, COVID-19 presents a challenge.