Archibald Leman Cochrane was a Scottish physician noted for his book, Effectiveness and Efficiency: Random Reflections on Health Services, which advocated the use of randomized controlled trials to improve clinical trials and medical interventions.
15 Facts About Archie Cochrane
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Archie Cochrane is known as one of the fathers of modern clinical epidemiology and is considered to be the originator of the idea of evidence-based medicine.
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The Archie Cochrane Archive is held at the Archie Cochrane Library at University Hospital Llandough, Penarth.
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Archie Cochrane was born in Kirklands, Galashiels, Scotland, into the wealthiest mill owning family in Galashiels.
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Archie Cochrane was acquainted with death from an early age.
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Archie Cochrane's father was killed whilst serving with the King's Own Scottish Borderers during World War I Archie Cochrane's family nurse and his young brother Walter died from tuberculosis.
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Archie Cochrane volunteered his services to the committee and subsequently worked in the First British Hospital and in the 35th Medical Division Unit.
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Archie Cochrane was captured during the Battle of Crete in June 1941.
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In 1956, Archie Cochrane underwent a radical mastectomy to remove what was thought to be cancerous tissue in his right pectoralis minor and axilla.
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Archie Cochrane was appointed David Davies Professor of Tuberculosis and Chest Diseases at the Welsh National School of Medicine, now Cardiff University School of Medicine in 1960.
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Archie Cochrane's groundbreaking paper on validation of medical screening procedures, published jointly with fellow epidemiologist Walter W Holland in 1971, became a classic in the field.
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Archie Cochrane promoted the randomised trial and is a co-author with Professor Peter Elwood on a report on the first randomised trial of aspirin in the prevention of vascular disease.
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Archie Cochrane retired from the Epidemiology Research Unit in 1974, when he was succeeded in the role by Peter Elwood.
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Archie Cochrane retired in 1974, after which Peter Elwood was appointed as Unit Director.
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Archie Cochrane was later appointed a CBE for his contributions to epidemiology as a science.