CEV was registered as a
Cochrane group in 1997, and has an editorial base at the Centre for Public Health at
Queen's University Belfast which is funded by the
HSC Research and Development (R&D) Division of the Public Health Agency in Northern Ireland. The co-ordinating editors of CEV are Jennifer Evans, John Lawrenson and Gianni Virgili. In 2019
Eye began to feature Cochrane Eye and Vision reviews intending to achieve wider readership. In 2002, a CEV satellite branch was created in the United States, at the
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The satellite branch was led by Professor Kay Dickersin until 2018 when Dr Tianjing Li took over. The United States satellite branch is now located at
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, funded by the
National Eye Institute. In 2011, a satellite branch was set up in Italy at the University of Florence to focus on diagnostic test accuracy (DTA) reviews and this is led by Professor Gianni Virgili. Since 2016, CEV had a partnership with the
American Academy of Ophthalmology to update their preferred practice pattern (PPP) guidelines. CEV has also had a partnership with the
American Glaucoma Society to collaborate in research. Additionally, CEV works closely with the Wilmer Eye Institute of
Johns Hopkins Hospital and the Byers Eye Institute of the
Stanford University School of Medicine, as CEV Centers for Evidence-based Vision Care. CEV has conducted over 190 systematic reviews in the field of
ophthalmology. The most common topics reviewed include trials studying conditions such as
glaucoma,
macular degeneration, and
cataract. Ophthalmic treatments investigated by CEV systematic reviews include patching for
corneal abrasion, eyesight screening for visual impairment in the elderly, vitamin supplements for cataracts,
NSAIDS for
macular edema,
antimetabolites for
trabeculectomy, and antiviral agents for
herpes simplex virus. The organisation has previously had funding from
The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association,
Macular Society,
National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) and
Sightsavers. ==References==