Background for establishing The Cochrane Hepato-Biliary Group (The CHBG)

In the summer of 1993, Sir Iain Chalmers invited Christian Gluud to form a Cochrane collaborative review group on interventions for people with liver diseases. After five exploratory meetings, The CHBG was registerd with The Collaboration on 1996-03-29.

Exploratory meetings 
1st Exploratory meeting -- 1993-10-13 Copenhagen, Denmark, Institute of Preventive Medicine 
2nd Exploratory meeting --1994-10-08 Athens, Greece, EASL (European Asssociation for the Study of the Liver) 
3rd Exploratory meeting -- 1995-08-19 Baveno, Italy, Baveno II, 2nd International Consensus Workshop 
4th Exploratory meeting -- 1995-08-19 Copenhagen, Denmark, EASL 
5th Exploratory meeting -- 1995-11-06 Chicago, USA, AASLD (American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases) 

Since the establishment of The CHBG, we have run numerous meetings, symposia, workshops, and other activities of similar character (please see it here).

Christian Gluud stepped down as the Co-ordinating Editor of the CHBG on 31 May 2026.