Aim: To honour James Lind, a Scottish physician (born in Edinburgh) who conducted a controlled clinical trial in 1747 (to treat scurvy) and to discuss why evidence matters in decisions about treatments, interventions, vaccinations, and prevention.
Speakers:
Mr. Iain Milne, Sibbald Librarian at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh: “James Lind’s biography – evidence versus conjecture”.
Prof. Silvio Garattini, Director of the IRCCS Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milan: “The early Italian attempts to carry out clinical trials”
Sir Iain Chalmers, coordinator of the James Lind Initiative and co-founder of the Cochrane Collaboration: “Taking waste in biomedical research seriously – the contributions of Edinburgh and Bologna”
The event will be chaired by Dr. Miriam Brazzelli, Senior Researcher, Health Services Research Unit, University of Aberdeen, and member of the Cochrane Collaboration.
The event is supported by:
PPLS, The University of Edinburgh
HSRU, The University of Aberdeen
AIRIcerca
CICAP (Comitato Italiano per il Controllo delle Affermazioni sulle Pseudoscienze)
Sense About Science
The event is addressed to the general public. It will be ticketed but free. Please book on line
A reception will follow the event.