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Leonard E. Gibbs Award 2010 awarded

Geraldine Macdonald and William Turner win the 2010 Leonard E. Gibbs Award for the review, Treatment Foster Care for improving outcomes in children and young people. The award is given for outstanding contribution to evidence-based practice.

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Treatment Foster Care shows promise

Treatment foster care is a promising intervention for children and youth who are at risk of placement in restrictive settings. However, more research needs to be conducted to get conclusive results. These are the main findings in the systematic review that won this year's Leonard E. Gibbs Award.

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Review funding alert update, round II

The UK Department for International Development (DFID) will commission 20 systematic reviews. The call is part of a pilot systematic review project that aims to strengthen evidence-informed decision making. PLEASE NOTE! The call, originally to be launched in August, has been postponed. DFID aim to coordinate their call with calls from 3ie and AusAID, due in September.

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Campbell research in use!

Campbell research has an impact, and is being cited by policy makers and practitioners on both sides of the Atlantic.

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Cochrane & Campbell Colloquium 2010: Early-bird discount ends July 13th!

Preparation for the first joint Colloquium of the Cochrane and Campbell Collaborations in Keystone, Colorado, continues apace. There are a record number of early registrations, workshops, abstracts and oral presentations. Take advantage of the early-bird registration discount which ends on July 13th!

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Boruch Award goes to Lawrence Sherman

Professor Lawrence Sherman, a leading figure in the growth of experimental criminology, wins this year's Boruch Award. The prize is awarded for his long standing work in advancing evidence-based policy in the field of crime and justice.

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Higgins wins Mosteller Award

Julian Higgins, Senior Statistician at the MRC Biostatistics Unit in Cambridge, UK, receives the award for his important contributions to systematic reviewing both in the Campbell and Cochrane Collaborations. Higgins is one of the lead Editors of the current Cochrane Handbook, and has authored several of its chapters.

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Weisburd awarded Stockholm Criminology Prize

The prestigious prize was awarded to Prof. David Weisburd by the Swedish Minister for Justice, Beatrice Ask, at a ceremony on June 15, in conjunction with the Stockholm Criminology Symposium.

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Ritter joins our Steering Group

The Campbell Collaboration is pleased to announce that Gary W. Ritter has joined our Steering Group.  He takes the position of Co-Chair for the Education Coordinating Group, filling the second seat alongside Paul Connolly.

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TIME magazine references Campbell research

In its recent article "How to Deprogram Bullies: Teaching Kindness 101", TIME magazine is positive to anti-bullying programs, citing information from the Campbell review School-Based Programs to Reduce Bullying and Victimization.

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