The nature of clinical research evidence in homeopathy
Robert T Mathie, PhD, Research Development Adviser at the British Homeopathic Association and Faculty of Homeopathy

• Robert Mathie studied Physiology at Glasgow University (UK). After receiving his PhD he moved to the Department of Surgery at the Royal Postgraduate Medical School, London, where he became Senior Lecturer. Over a period of 25 years in the university sector, Robert published some 80 peer-reviewed papers and wrote a number of review articles and book chapters. In his current position of Research Development Adviser at the British Homeopathic Association and Faculty of Homeopathy, much of his work over 9 years has been devoted to encouraging and assisting practitioners to improve the quantity and the quality of research output in homeopathy. To this end, he is developing collaborations with university researchers and is leading clinical data collection work with the Faculty’s doctors, dentists and vets. Within a broader aim to highlight and improve the nature and the quality of homeopathy research, Robert is engaged in a number of systematic reviews of published clinical trials.

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