Dr Paul P Glasziou MBBS, PhD, FRACGP is currently the director of the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, and professor of evidence-based medicine in the department of Primary Care at the University of Oxford, and also continues work as a part-time General Practitioner. He received his MB BS from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland in 1978, and his PhD in decision analysis from the Department of Computer Science, University of Queensland in 1986. His research and teaching interests are in improving medical decision making, including clinical trials, systematic reviews and evidence-based medicine. The author of over 100 peer-reviewed publications, he has applied his skills to such topics as breast and colorectal cancer screening, otitis media, cholesterol lowering, and anticoagulation for atrial fibrillation. He is a member of the management committee of the 3 largest clinical trials ever conducted in Australia: the LIPID, FIELD, and ADVANCE studies.

Paul's key interests include identifying and removing the barriers to using high quality research in everyday clinical practice. To this end he has developed several popular workshops in evidence-based medicine. He is also editor of the BMJs journal of Evidence-Based Medicine. Paul enjoys music, cycling, and surfing (though the latter is sadly lacking in Oxford).

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