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The Kenneth Warren Prize
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Ken Warren was a larger-than-life man who was a source of encouragement and support for many young people, particularly those living in developing countries. He was very influential in drawing attention to the ‘great neglected diseases’ that plague people in the poorer parts of the world. He was one of the first people to draw attention to the need for valid summaries of key research studies and to the way that electronic media could be used to disseminate the results of health research relevant to people in developing countries. Ken was an enthusiastic supporter of the pilot work in pregnancy and childbirth that led to the creation of The Cochrane Collaboration, and, with Fred Mosteller, he co-organized the meeting at the New York Academy of Sciences at which the vision for The Cochrane Collaboration was first made public.
The Kenneth Warren Prize
The Kenneth Warren Prize has been established with individual and institutional donations to celebrate and recognise Ken’s interests. It was awarded for the first time at the 8th Cochrane Colloquium in Cape Town, South Africa, in October 2000.
Previous Kenneth Warren Prize winners:
2005 Marilla Lucero (Philippines) - Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines for preventing vaccine-type invasive pneumococcal disease and pneumonia with consolidation on x-ray in children under two years of age
2004 George Swingler (South Africa) - Conjugate vaccines for preventing Haemophilus influenzae type B infections
2003 Maurício Silva de Lima (Brazil) - Antidepressants for cocaine dependence
2002 Prathap Tharyan (India) - Electroconvulsive therapy for schizophrenia
2001 Manit Srisurapanont (Thailand) - Quetiapine for schizophrenia
2000 Anelise Lima (Brazil) - Carbamazepine for cocaine dependence
2000 Marissa Alejandria (Philippines) - Intravenous immunoglobulin for sepsis and septic shock
Arrangements for the Kenneth Warren Prize for 2006
Every new or substantively updated Cochrane review judged to be both of high methodological quality and relevant to health problems in developing countries, and published in Issues 3 or 4, 2005 or 1 or 2, 2006 of The Cochrane Library, for which the principal author is a national currently living in a developing country, is eligible for the 2006 Prize. The judgment is made by a panel comprised entirely of nationals of developing countries. The principal author of the winning review receives a certificate and a cheque for US $1000, and financial support for registration, travel and accommodation expenses associated with participation in the XIV Cochrane Colloquium in Dublin.
Selection panel for 2006
The selection panel for the Kenneth Warren Prize for 2006 consists of Prathap Tharyan (Chair), Maurício Silva de Lima, George Swingler and Marilla Lucero. The winner of this year's Kenneth Warren Prize will be announced at the end of July 2006.
Donors to the Kenneth Warren Prize Fund
Individual donors: Kenneth Warren’s family, Cyril Akpom, Jan and Iain Chalmers, Dr and Mrs Joseph Cook, Murray and Eleanor Enkin, Phyllis Freeman and Anthony Robbins, Mr and Mrs Alfred Heggie, Adel Mahmoud, Irwin and Marion Schafer, Chris and Jane Silagy.
Institutional donors: Current Controlled Trials Ltd; Eugene Garfield Foundation; Rockefeller Foundation; The LW Frohlich Charitable Trust.
Additional donations to the Kenneth Warren Prize Fund are very welcome. Anyone wishing to consider making these should contact secretariat doesnotexist@cochrane.org cochrane.org.
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