In 2020 our joint Co-ordinating Editor Robert Dellavalle won an award from the Cochrane Geographic Groups Consumer Engagement and Involvement Challenge Fund on behalf of the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (US Cochrane Colorado Affiliate) for the Cochrane Skin Pictures of Skin Diseases Project.Aim: To increase the number of photos of human skin diseases appearing in the Cochrane Library and Wikipedia.

Eczema Care Online is a research project that aims to help people to self-manage their eczema.This project has reviewed the published evidence about the safety and effectiveness of topical corticosteroids.Now they want to consult with key stakeholders about how findings can best be refined and disseminated to maximise their usefulness.

We are pleased to announce the results of our 2020 prioritisation exercise. We now have seven priority titles that we would like to work on over the next few years:

We are sad to hear of the death of one of our editors, Dr Sam Gibbs. Dr Gibbs had been a consultant at The Great Western Hospital in Swindon for the last 10 years, and prior to that was a consultant in Ipswich. Fellow editor Prof Hywel Williams pays tribute:

Covid-19 Dermatology Resource (note this resource is being archived at the end of March 2021)The Centre of Evidence Based Dermatology (CEBD) at the University of Nottingham are pleased to announce the new launch of a new Coronavirus Dermatology Resource.

Our latest publication is featured by Cochrane here.

Our first living systematic review has been published.

This year's annual meeting was planned to be in Aurora, Colorado, USA, 18-19 March 2020, immediately preceding the American Academy of Dermatology meeting and including a CS-COUSIN meeting on 19 March. However due to COVID-19, it is now going ahead as a virtual meeting. Denver time is GMT-6.Comparative effectiveness research in Dermatology

*** Survey now closed, responses being collated *** See our prioritisation page

Cochrane’s annual flagship event brings together the world’s most influential health researchers, scientists, academics, opinion leaders, clinicians, and patients to promote evidence-informed decision-making. The unprecedented situation of civil unrest across Santiago led to the cancellation of the face-to face 2019 Colloquium and Cochrane’s first virtual Colloquium. Cochrane Skin had two posters displayed.