The members of the Ottawa Group listed below have formally endorsed Part 1 of the Ottawa Statement:

Group Signatories

Various organisations that endorsed the Ottawa Statement are listed alphabetically below, along with the individual who signed on their behalf (in parentheses).

1. Canadian Women's Health Network (Madeline Boscoe)
   
   
2. The Cochrane Collaboration (Jim Neilson)
       The Dutch Cochrane Centre (Rob Scholten)
       Chinese Cochrane Centre (Taixiang Wu)
        Nordic Cochrane Centre (Peter C. Gøtzsche)
   
   
3. Cochrane Consumer Network - CCNet, Australia (Janet Wale)
   
   
4. Current Controlled Trials Ltd (Anne Greenwood)
   
   
5. European Clinical Research Infrastructure Network (Christian Gluud)
   As of January 2005, ECRIN covers six European countries representing 112 centres conducting 1500 clinical studies. Each national network and the European Forum for Good Clinical Practice are represented in ECRIN as follows:
   1. Danish Clinical Research Infrastructures Network (Christian Gluud)
   2. French Clinical Research Centre′s Network (Jacques Demotes-Mainard)
      1. Methods in Clinical Research Unit, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Toulouse, France (Thierry Lang)
   3. French Clinical Trial Unit Network (Jean-Pierre Pignon)
   4. German Network of Coordination Centres for Clinical Trials (Christian Ohmann)
   5. Italian Clinical Research Infrastructures Network (Nicola Fabris)
   6. Mario Negri Institute, Italy (Silvio Garattini)
   7. Spanish Clinical Trials Network (Xavier Carné)
   8. Swedish Clinical Research Infrastructures Network (Pierre Lafolie)
   9. European Forum for Good Clinical Practice (Francis P. Crawley)
   
   
   
6. Evidence-Based Chinese Medicine Research Centre, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine (Jianping Liu)
   
   
7. Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM) School of Medicine Clinical Research Department (Carlos A. Cuello-García)
   
   
8. Research-based Education and Quality Improvement (Andy Oxman)
   ReBEQI is a European Union funded project that brings together seven of Europe′s leading quality improvement research groups with around 25 active researchers. Its objectives include the prospective registration of quality improvement trials and promoting publication of protocols. The centres and co-ordinators of the project are as follows:
   1. Santé Publique et Informatique Médicale (SPIM), Faculté de Médecine Broussais - Hôtel Dieu, Paris, France (Pierre Durieux)
   2. Unit of Clinical Governance, Agenzia Sanitaria Regionale (Regional Health Care Agency) of Emilia-Romagna, Bologna, Italy (Roberto Grilli)
   3. Center for the Evaluation of Effectiveness of Health Care (Ce.V.E.A.S.), Modena, Italy (Alessandro Liberati)
   4. Centre for Quality of Care Research, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands (Richard Grol)
   5. Norwegian Health Services Research Centre, Oslo, Norway (Andy Oxman)
   6. Division of International Health, Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden (Cecilia Lunborg)
   7. Centre for Health Services Research, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, United Kingdom (Martin Eccles)
   
   
   
9. Research Institute of the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (David Moher)
   
   
10. ReSolve Research Solutions Inc. (Rayonne Caesar-Chavannes)
    
    
11. Trout Research and Education Centre (David Sackett)

Individual Signatories

Individuals marked with * are also represented by organisations, projects, or groups listed above. Except when specifically indicated, the individuals below signed on their own behalf and thus their signatures do not imply official endorsements of the Ottawa Statement by their respective groups, organisations, or institutions.

1. Adetunji, Oladeni Adeniji
   Ladoke Akintola University of Technology
   Ibadan, Nigeria
   
   
2. Adi, Y.
   Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, University of Birmingham
   Birmingham, UK
   
   
3. Al Hajeri, Amani
   Bahrain Medical Bulletin
   Bahrain
   
   
4. Alonso, Pedro L. *
   International Health Center
   Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona
   Barcelona, Spain
   
   
5. Altman, Douglas
   Centre for Statistics in Medicine
   Oxford, UK
   
   
6. Andersen, Ove *
   Clinical Research Unit, Hvidovre Hospital
   Hvidovre, Denmark
   
   
7. Armour, Tanya
   Chalmers Research Group, CHEO Research Institute
   Ottawa, Canada
   
   
8. Askie, Lisa
   Australian Clinical Trials Registry, NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney
   Camperdown, Australia
   
   
9. Atkins, Harold L.
   Blood and Marrow Transplant Programme, The Ottawa Hospital
   Ottawa, Canada
   
   
10. Barrowman, Nick *
    Chalmers Research Group
    Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute
    Ottawa, Canada
    
    
11. Bastian, Hilda
    Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care
    Cologne, Germany
    
    
12. Benichou, Jacques *
    Clinical Research Unit, Rouen University Hospital
    Rouen, France
    
    
13. Berger, Virginie *
    Clinical Research Unit, Centre Paul Papin
    Angers, France
    
    
14. Boscoe, Madeline *
    Canadian Women's Health Network
    Winnipeg, Canada
    
    
15. Boyd, Mark
    Flinders Medical Centre, Flinders University
    Bedford Park, Australia
    
    
16. Burls, Amanda
    Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, University of Birmingham
    Birmingham, UK
    
    
17. Burnand, Bernard
    Healthcare Evaluation Unit (IUMS), Hospices (CHUV)
    Lausanne, Switzerland
    
    
18. Busgeeth, Karishma
    Cochrane HIV/AIDS Trials Register and the South African Cochrane Centre, Medical Research Council (MRC)
    Cape Town, South Africa
    
    
19. Caesar-Chavannes, Rayonne *
    ReSolve Research Solutions Inc.
    Ajax, Canada
    
    
20. Carné, Xavier *
    Clinical Pharmacology Unit, Hospital Clínic
    Barcelona, Spain
    
    
21. Carrat, Fabrice *
    Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases Unit, Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (INSERM)
    Paris, France
    
    
22. Chan, An-Wen
    Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR-IRSC) and University of Toronto
    Toronto, Canada
    
    
23. Chauvin, Franck *
    Loire Cancer Institute, Public Health Department
    Saint Etienne, France
    
    
24. Chêne, Geneviève *
    Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (INSERM)
    Bordeaux, France
    
    
25. Clark, Albert
    Canadian Association of Research Ethics Boards (CAREB), Health Sciences Research Ethics Board, Queens University
    Kingston, Canada
    
    
26. Clifford Tammy J
    Canadian Coordinating Office for Health Technology Assessment
    Ottawa, Canada
    
    
27. Collet, Jean-Paul
    McGill University and GEREQ Initiative for Clinical Research
    Montreal, Canada
    
    
28. Cook-Deegan, Robert
    Center for Genome Ethics, Law, and Policy; Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy
    Durham, USA
    
    
29. Costagliola, Dominique *
    Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (INSERM)
    Paris, France
    
    
30. Coutu, Joyce
    United States Cochrane Center
    Brown University
    Providence, USA
    
    
31. Cuello-García, Carlos A. *
    Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM), School of Medicine
    Monterrey, Mexico
    
    
32. Davidoff, Frank
    Institute for Healthcare Improvement
    Wethersfield, USA
    
    
33. Demotes-Mainard, Jacques *
    Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (INSERM)
    Bordeaux, France
    
    
34. Dickersin, Kay
    Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
    Baltimore, USA
    
    
35. Djulbegovic, Benjamin
    H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Centre and Research Institute
    Tampa, USA
    
    
36. Doyle, Jodie
    Cochrane Health Promotion and Public Health Field
    Vistoria, Australia
    
    
37. Drover, John W.
    Queen’s University
    Kingston, Canada
    
    
38. Dubois-Flynn, Genevieve
    Ethics, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR-IRSC)
    Ottawa, Canada
    
    
39. Duley, Lelia
    Obstetric Epidemiology, University of Leeds
    Leeds, UK
    
    
40. Dunn, Sandra
    University of Ottawa
    Ottawa, Canada
    
    
41. Durieux, Pierre *
    Santé Publique et Informatique Médicale, Faculté de médecine René Descartes - Paris 5
    Paris, France
    
    
42. Elbourne, Diana
    Medical Statistics Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
    London, UK
    
    
43. Etter, Jean-Francois
    Institut de medecine sociale et preventive, Faculte de medecine, Universite de Geneve
    Geneve, Switzerland
    
    
44. Evans, Stephen JW
    Medical Statistics Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
    London, UK
    
    
45. Faure, Helene *
    Current Controlled Trials Ltd - ISRCTN
    London, UK
    
    
46. Fedorowicz, Zbys
    The Bahrain Branch of the UK Cochrane Centre
    Kingdom of Bahrain
    
    
47. Feltgen, Nicolas
    University Hospital
    Freiburg, Germany
    
    
48. Fergusson, Dean
    Ottawa Health Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program
    Ottawa, Canada
    
    
49. Flicker, Leon
    University of Western Australia
    Perth, Australia
    
    
50. Flottorp, Signe *
    Informed Choice Research Department, Norwegian Health Services Research Centre
    Oslo, Norway
    
    
51. Foy, Robbie
    Newcastle University
    Newcastle, UK
    
    
52. Fraser, William D.
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Université de Montréal
    Montreal, Canada
    
    
53. Gagnier, Joel J.
    Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
    Toronto, Canada
    
    
54. Garattini, Silvio *
    Mario Negri Institute
    Milan, Italy
    
    
55. Ghersi, Davina
    NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre
    Sydney, Australia
    
    
56. Glatman, Elena
    US Cochrane Centre, Brown University
    Providence, USA
    
    
57. Gluud, Christian *
    The Copenhagen Trial Unit, Centre for Clinical Intervention Research; & The Cochrane Hepato-Biliary Group, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital,
    Copenhagen, Denmark
    
    
58. Gluud, Lise Lotte *
    Cochrane Hepato-Biliary Group, Copenhagen Trial Unit
    Copenhagen, Denmark
    
    
59. Godlee, Fiona
    BMJ Publishing Group
    London, UK
    
    
60. Gong, Yan
    Cochrane Hepato-Biliary Group, Copenhagen University Hospital
    Copenhagen, Denmark
    
    
61. Goodyear, Michael
    Ethics Board, Dalhousie University
    Dalhousie, Canada
    
    
62. Gøtzsche, Peter C. *
    The Nordic Cochrane Centre
    Copenhagen, Denmark
    
    
63. Greenwood, Anne *
    Current Controlled Trials Ltd - ISRCTN
    London, UK
    
    
64. Grimshaw, Jeremy *
    Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Health Research Institute
    Ottawa, Canada
    
    
65. Guiguet, Marguerite *
    Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (INSERM)
    Paris, France
    
    
66. Guillemin, Francis *
    Clinical Epidemiology Centre, Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (INSERM), University Hospital Marin
    Nancy, France
    
    
67. Haan, Mary N
    University of Michigan, School of Public Health, Epidemiology
    Ann Arbor, USA
    
    
68. Hatem, Marie
    University of Montreal's site-Canadian Cochrane Network, Université de Montréal
    Montreal, Canada
    
    
69. Haynes, R. Brian
    DeGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University
    Hamilton, Canada
    
    
70. Heesters, Ann M.
    Atlantic Health Sciences Corporation, Regional Health Authority 2
    Saint John, Canada
    
    
71. Herbison, Peter
    Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago
    Dunedin, New Zealand
    
    
72. Herxheimer, Andrew
    UK Cochrane Centre
    London, UK
    
    
73. Horváth, Tara
    Cochrane HIV/AIDS Group, University of California
    San Francisco, USA
    
    
74. Jacobs, Ian
    Dept of Emergency Medicine, University of Western Australia
    Crawley, Australia
    
    
75. Jeffery, Mark
    Cancer Trials, Christchurch Hospital
    Christchurch, New Zealand
    
    
76. Klingenberg, Sarah Louise
    Cochrane Hepato-Biliary Group, H:S Rigshospitalet
    Copenhagen, Denmark
    
    
77. Kramar, Andrew
    Biostatistics Unit, Val d'Aurelle Regional Cancer Center
    Montpellier, France
    
    
78. Krleža-Jeric, Karmela
    Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR-IRSC)
    Ottawa, Canada
    
    
79. Lang, Thierry *
    Methods in Clinical Research Unit, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire
    Toulouse, France
    
    
80. LaValley, Michael
    Boston University School of Public Health
    Boston, USA
    
    
81. Lazo-Langner, Alejandro
    Thrombosis Unit, The Ottawa Hospital and Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, University of Ottawa
    Ottawa, Canada
    
    
82. Leizorovicz, Alain
    University Lyon I
    Lyon, France
    
    
83. Lemmens, Trudo
    Faculties of Law and Medicine, University of Toronto
    Toronto, Canada
    
    
84. Lewin, Simon
    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
    London, UK
    
    
85. Li, Linda
    Ottawa Health Research Institute
    Ottawa, Canada
    
    
86. Liberati, Alessandro *
    Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia
    Modena, Italy
    
    
87. Lippman, Abby
    McGill University
    Montreal, Canada
    
    
88. Liu, Jianping *
    Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
    Beijing, China
    
    
89. Long, Jennifer
    Prehospital and Transport Medicine Research Program, Sunnybrook and Women's Health Sciences Center
    Toronto, Canada
    
    
90. Manheimer, Eric
    Center for Integrative Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine
    Baltimore, USA
    
    
91. Mann, Howard
    University of Utah School of Medicine
    Salt Lake City, USA
    
    
92. Marušic, Ana
    Croatian Medical Journal (CMJ), and Zagreb University School of Medicine
    Zagreb, Croatia
    
    
93. Mathoulin-Pelissier, Simone *
    Clinical Epidemiology Unit , Institut Bergonié
    Bordeaux, France
    
    
94. McGuire, Hugh
    Trials Search Coordinator
    Cochrane Depression, Anxiety & Neurosis Group, Kings College Institute of Psychiatry
    London, UK
    
    
95. Mercier, Mariette *
    Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy
    Besançon, France
    
    
96. Mišak, Aleksandra
    Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) and Croatian Medical Journal (CMJ)
    Ottawa, Canada and Zagreb, Croatia
    
    
97. Moher, David *
    Research Institute, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
    Ottawa, Canada
    
    
98. Moja, Lorenzo
    Italian Cochrane Centre, Istituto Mario Negri
    Milano, Italy
    
    
99. Moore, Katherine N.
    University of Alberta
    Edmonton, Canada
    
    
100. Morrison, Laurie
     Department of Medicine, University of Toronto and the Prehospital and Transport Medicine Research Program, Sunnybrook and Women's Health Sciences Center
     Toronto, Canada
     
     
101. Nadel, Jane
     Essex, USA
     
     
102. Napoli, Maryann
     Center for Medical Consumers, CCNet: Cochrane Consumer Network
     New York, USA
     
     
103. Nasser, Mona
     Dental Research Center of Tehran University of Medical Sciences
     Tehran, Iran
     
     
104. Nikolova, Dimitrinka
     Cochrane Hepato-Biliary Group, Copenhagen Trial Unit
     Copenhagen, Denmark
     
     
105. Nurbhai, Munira
     Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Health Research Institute
     Ottawa, Canada
     
     
106. O'Connor,Annette
     University of Ottawa and Ottawa Health Research Institute
     Ottawa, Canada
     
     
107. Ohmann, Christian *
     Coordination Centre for Clinical Trials, Heinrich Heine University
     Düsseldorf, Germany
     
     
108. O′Rourke, Keith
     Élisabeth Bruyère Research Institute and Ottawa Health Research Institute
     Ottawa, Canada
     
     
109. Oxman, Andy *
     Research Based Education and Quality Improvement project (ReBEQI), Norwegian Health Services Research Centre
     Oslo, Norway
     
     
110. Pienaar, Elizabeth D.
     South African Cochrane Centre, Medical Research Council
     Tygerberg, South Africa
     
     
111. Pildal, Julie
     The Nordic Cochrane Centre, Rigshospitalet
     Copenhagen, Denmark
     
     
112. Pignon, Jean-Pierre *
     French Clinical Trial Unit Network, Service de biostatistique et d'epidemiologie, Institut Gustave-Roussy
     Villejuif, France
     
     
113. Potworowski, J. André
     Centre for Research in Biopharmaceuticals and Biotechnology, University of Ottawa
     Ottawa, Canada
     
     
114. Preux, Pierre-Marie *
     Clinical Research and Biostatistic Unit, Limoges University Hospital
     Limoges, France
     
     
115. Ravaud, Philippe *
     Paris Nord Clinical Research Unit; Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Clinical Research Department, Bichat Hospital
     Paris, France
     
     
116. Rennie, Drummond
     JAMA, UCSF & US Cochrane Centre
     San Francisco, USA
     
     
117. Reveiz, Ludovic
     The Latinoamerican Ongoing Clinical Trials Register (Latinrec), Colombian Cochrane Collaboration Center — Clínica Reina Sofía.
     Bogotà, Colombia
     
     
118. Robinson, Karen A.
     Johns Hopkins University
     Baltimore, USA
     
     
119. Rochon, Paula A.
     Kunin Lunenfeld Applied Research Unit, Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care
     Toronto, Canada
     
     
120. Sackett, David *
     Trout Research and Education Centre
     Markdale, Canada
     
     
121. Saginur, Raphael
     Ottawa Hospital Research Ethics Board
     Ottawa, Canada
     
     
122. Sampson, Heather A.
     Joint Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto
     Toronto, Canada
     
     
123. Scherer, Roberta W.
     University of Maryland School of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
     Baltimore, USA
     
     
124. Schmid, Isabelle
     Randomized Controlled Trials, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR-IRSC)
     Ottawa, Canada
     
     
125. Scholten, Rob J.P.M. *
     Dutch Cochrane Centre
     Amsterdam, Netherlands
     
     
126. Schünemann, Holger J.
     Italian National Cancer Institute Regina Elena
     Rome, Italy
     
     
127. Shapiro, Stan
     McGill University
     Montreal, Canada
     
     
128. Shea, Beverley
     Community Information Epidemiological Technologies (CIET)
     Ottawa, Ontario
     
     
129. Shear, Neil
     University of Toronto and Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre
     Toronto, Canada
     
     
130. Sim, Ida
     University of California at San Francisco
     San Francisco, USA
     
     
131. Simes, John
     Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney
     Sydney, Australia
     
     
132. Smith, C. Douglas
     Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa & The Arthritis Centre, The Ottawa Hospital
     Ottawa, Canada
     
     
133. Soubeyran, Pierre *
     Clinical Research Unit, Institut Bergonié
     Bordeaux, France
     
     
134. Tharyan, Prathap
     Christian Medical College
     Vellore, India
     
     
135. Tirunagari, Sreedhar
     Makrocare Clinical Research Ltd
     Hyderabad, India
     
     
136. Tonstad, Serena
     Department of Preventive Cardiology, Ullevål University Hospital
     Oslo, Norway
     
     
137. Trelle, Sven
     Cochrane Haematological Malignancies Group (CHMG), University Hospital Cologne
     Cologne, Germany
     
     
138. Trilla, Antoni *
     Assessment, Prevention and Support Unit (UASP), Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona
     Barcelona, Spain
     
     
139. Turner, Erick H
     Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) and Portland VA Medical Center
     Portland, USA
     
     
140. van Nie, Alison
     McMaster University
     Hamilton, Canada
     
     
141. Veitch, Emma
     Public Library of Science
     Cambridge, UK
     
     
142. Vlassov, Vasiliy
     Russian Branch of the Nordic Cochrane Centre
     Moscow, Russia
     
     
143. Volmink, Jimmy
     Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town & South African Cochrane Centre, Medical Research Council (MRC)
     Cape Town, South Africa
     
     
144. Wale, Janet *
     Cochrane Consumers Network (CCNet)
     Perth, Australia
     
     
145. Watts, Sabina C
     McMaster University Medical Center
     Hamilton, Canada
     
     
146. Wetterslev, Jørn
     Copenhagen Trial Unit, Rigshospitalet
     Copenhagen, Denmark
     
     
147. Wieland, Susan
     United States Cochrane Center, Brown University
     Providence, USA
     
     
148. Williams, Hywel C
     Centre of Evidence-Based Dermatology, Queen's Medical Centre, University of Nottingham
     Nottingham, UK
     
     
149. Wilson, Brenda J
     University of Ottawa, Department of Epidemiology & Community Medicine
     Ottawa, Canada
     
     
150. Wilson, Keith
     Institute for Rehabilitation Research and Development
     Ottawa, Canada
     
     
151. Wu, Taixiang *
     Chinese Cochrane Centre, Chinese Evidence-Based Medicine Centre, International Clinical Epidemiology Network Research and Training Center in West China Hospital, Sichuan University
     Chengdu, China
     
     
152. Yaju, Yukari
     Medwatcher Japan
     Tokyo, Japan
     
     
153. Young, Elizabeth A
     University of Michigan, Molecular and Behavioral Neurosciences Institute
     Ann Arbor, USA
     
     
154. Zwarenstein, Merrick
     Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto and Sunnybrook and Women′s College Health Sciences Centre
     Toronto, Canada