The UGPD group will have a presence at DDW (May 7 to 11) in Chicago, USA. Please stop by the Wiley/Cochrane stand in the exhibition hall for further details or look for us in your conference program.

There is a Cochrane Symposium being held at DDW on Monday, May 9th from 4:00-5:30pm titled Controversies and consensus: how Cochrane reviews guide therapy in inflammatory bowel disease. The symposium will consist of the following talks:

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  • John WD McDonald (Robarts Clinical Trials, RRI, London, ON) Induction of remission in Crohn’s disease: a synthesis of data from Cochrane reviews.
  • Tony Akobeng (University of Manchester, Manchester UK) Maintenance of remission in Crohn’s disease: a synthesis of data from Cochrane reviews
  • Nilesh Chande (University of Western Ontario, London, ON) An evidence-based treatment algorithm for Crohn’s disease.
  • John Marshall (McMaster University, Hamilton, ON) Induction of remission in ulcerative colitis: a synthesis of data from Cochrane reviews
  • Antje Timmer (Bremen Institute for Prevention Research and Social Medicine, Bremen, Germany) Maintenance of remission in ulcerative colitis: a synthesis of data from Cochrane reviews
  • Corey Siegel (Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, USA). An evidence-based treatment algorithm for ulcerative colitis.