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372 Part 4 • Research Units and University Extensions and analysis. Housing several powerful PCs with a wide range of software, it also provides video recording services and audio equipment as well as the capacity to conduct corpus analysis research. The laboratory itself can be used as a site for data collection and recording, but most of its equipment can also be used to gather data remotely. There are also video capture facilities and equipment which can be used to integrate research and teaching. Gynaecologic Cancer Research Laboratory Tel.: 2632 2804 Fax.: 2636 0008 E-mail: yickfuwong@cuhk.edu.hk The Gynaecologic Cancer Research Laboratory was set up in 1988 in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Current studies apply advanced molecular biology and molecular genetics techniques, and are focused on the role of oncogenes and antioncogenes in the tumourigenesis, genetics, diagnosis, and prognosis of gynaecologic malignancies. The laboratory also provides training for MPhil and PhD students. Located on the first floor of Special Block E at the Prince of Wales Hospital, the laboratory’s main facilities include thermal cycler, automatic DNA sequencer, real- time quantitative PCR system, laminar flow hood, carbon dioxide incubator, and a variety of freezers and centrifuging machines. The Hong Kong Branch of the Chinese Cochrane Centre Tel.: 2252 8754/8779 Fax.: 2606 3500 E-mail: jltang@cuhk.edu.hk hkcochrane@cuhk.edu.hk Website: http://www.hkcochrane.cuhk.edu.hk The Hong Kong Branch of the World Cochrane Collaboration was established in 2002. The World Cochrane Collaboration is an international organization aiming to help people make well-informed decisions about healthcare by preparing, maintaining and promoting the accessibility of the best research evidence about the effects of healthcare interventions. This international effort is crucial to evidence-based clinical practice and making evidence-based decisions on healthcare management, which will in turn help to increase the quality and efficiency of healthcare services. Drawing strength and expertise from the Faculty of Medicine and the School of Public Health, the branch works in partnership with the World Cochrane Collaboration, the Oxford Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, Peking University Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, and the Chinese Cochrane Centre. It strives to achieve the following in the greater China region: (1) to facilitate dissemination and application of research evidence on the effects of health care and promote evidence-based medicine; (2) to assist institutions and policy-makers in making evidence-based decisions in healthcare; (3) to initiate regional and international collaborative work in evidence-based medicine and in preparing and disseminating research evidence; and (4) to effectively link cochrane activities in the region with the international effort.