Welcome
Welcome to the website of the Cochrane Gynaecology and Fertility Group (formerly the Menstrual Disorders and Subfertility Group), based in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand and Center for Reproductive Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, The Netherlands. We are part of Cochrane Sexual and Reproductive Health Thematic Group.
Co-ordinating editor, Professor Cindy Farquhar, Auckland Base
Co-ordinating editor, Dr Madelon van Wely, Netherlands Base
Co-ordinating editor, Dr Sarah Lensen, Melbourne Base
Background
The Cochrane Gynaecology and Fertility Group (CGF) (formerly the Menstrual Disorders and Subfertility Group) is concerned with the systematic evaluation of the management and treatment of menstrual disorders and subfertility. It combines the work of two previous groups: the Menstrual Disorders Group was registered in August 1995 after an exploratory meeting in June 1995, and merged with the Subfertility Group in June 1997.
In January 2018 CGF established a new base in collaboration with the Academic Medical Center of the University of Amsterdam. The satellite has started off with gathering, evaluating, and disseminating reviews on the effectiveness and safety of interventions in subfertile women undergoing intrauterine insemination and in women with polycystic ovary syndrome. The Netherlands Base is under the direction of Dr Madelon van Wely, who is a clinical epidemiologist and a long-serving editor with CGF.
At CGF Auckland Base
At our editorial base in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Auckland are:
Co-ordinating Editor: Professor Cindy Farquhar (c.farquhar@auckland.ac.nz)
Information Specialist: Marian Showell (m.showell@auckland.ac.nz)
Author support: Helen Nagels (h.nagels@auckland.ac.nz)
At our base in the Center for Reproductive Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam are:
Co-ordinating Editor: Dr Madelon van Wely (m.vanwely@amsterdamumc.nl)
Author support: Dr Elena Kostova (e.b.kostova@amsterdamumc.nl)
We now also have an editorial base in Melbourne, Australia. At that base:
Co-ordinating Editor: Dr Sarah Lensen,
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