Russia's World-Class Research Centres: Key Results for 2020

Research for VISION 2020

We need good quality information to be able to carry out our eye care programmes in support of VISION 2020, to measure (and improve) our performance, and to advocate for the resources and support we need to succeed. Much of this information can be collected, analysed, and used as part of our daily work, as many of the articles in this issue show. However, many of our questions can only be answe...

Canadian researchers performing world-class research.

I n a typically Canadian way, we (Canadian scientists and physicians) have been quietly performing surgical research in an efficient manner without much fanfare. It has been an ongoing initiative here at the Canadian Journal of Surgery to showcase this research, which is often difficult to have accepted elsewhere. In this issue, we have published unique Canadian perspectives on arthroplasty sur...

Forecasting nutrition research in 2020.

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The World of 2020 and Alternative Futures

Rapid set up of research centres in a trial in an evolving research governance world

The Dopamine Augmented Rehabilitation in Stroke (DARS) trial is a double-blind placebo controlled trial investigating impact of co-careldopa/placebo in combination with routine NHS occupational/physical therapy on functional outcome in people with acute stroke. Recruitment to the trial was lower than anticipated and recruitment predictions suggested that we needed to increase the number of recr...