COSMIN steering committee

The COSMIN steering committee was responsible for the initiation and organisation of the Delphi study in which the COSMIN checklist was developed. The steering committee carried out initial systematic reviews and was responsible for the construction of the Delphi questionnaires, the analyses of the responses, and the construction of the feedback reports of the Delphi study.
The steering committee consists of a multidisciplinary team of epidemiologists, a psychologist, a physician, and a statistician, all with extensive expertise in the development and evaluation of health status measurement instruments.

Members of the COSMIN steering committee

Wieneke LB Mokkink, PhD student in Clinimetrics, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center

Caroline B Terwee, Assistant professor in Clinimetrics, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center

Dirk L Knol, Statistician, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Emgo Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center

Jordi Alonso, Head of the Health Services Research Group. Epidemiology and Public Health Program. Institut Municipal d’Investigació Mèdica (IMIM-Hospital del Mar), Barcelona, Spain

Donald L Patrick, Professor of Health Services and Director of the Social and Behavioral Sciences Program at the University of Washington, Director of the Seattle Quality of Life Group

Paul W Stratford, Professor School of Rehabilitation Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, and Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

Lex M Bouter, Professor of Epidemiology, Rector Magnificus (Vice-Chancellor) of the VU University Amsterdam

Henrica CW de Vet, Professor of Clinimetrics, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Emgo Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center