Winton Centre for Risk and Evidence Communication
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We work with the NHS, Public Health England and medical professionals developing online tools and medical results report templates which communicate possible outcomes of specific treatments in a clear and balanced way, supporting patients and doctors to make difficult treatment decisions. We have also launched fully accredited online courses in risk communication.
We work with legal professionals, law students and forensic experts to help them understand how best to understand, present or examine evidence in legal situations. We are currently developing free resources for legal training, along with our collaborators at the Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic Science and the University of Northumbria law school.
We work with press officers and journalists reporting the latest research in health and the social sciences to improve the way numbers are communicated. We tackle misleading numbers in the news in our blog, develop online tools and conduct original research into the most effective communication techniques.
We work with government departments, evidence-based policymakers and social scientists to improve the way the potential harms and benefits of complex policy issues are communicated.
We are carrying out research into how best to communicate uncertainty in journalistic reporting, in graphical formats, and how to communicate the underlying quality of evidence surrounding a number or claim.
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Winners of the 2021 Harding Prize for Useful and Trustworthy Communication announced!
14 March 2022The inaugural Harding Prize for Useful and Trustworthy Communication has been jointly won by the ONS Covid Infection Survey and the Cochrane Review of Hydroxychloroquine for Covid-19.
New free e-learning course on communicating risks in public health
2 February 2022We've just launched a new free e-learning course on our platform https://moodle.wintoncentre.uk. Designed for trainees or professionals at any career stage who are interested in communicating risks in a …