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George Davey Smith
Davey Smith in March 1999
Born (1959-05-09) 9 May 1959 (age 65)
CitizenshipBritish
Education
  • Jesus College, Cambridge (MB BChir 1984; MD 1991)
  • London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (MSc 1988)
  • Known forHealth inequalities; Life course approach to epidemiology; Mendelian randomization
    Scientific career
    FieldsEpidemiology
    Institutions
    • Welsh Heart Programme, Cardiff (1985–86)
  • University College & Middlesex School of Medicine (1986–89)
  • London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (1989–92)
  • University of Glasgow (1992–94)
  • University of Bristol (1994–)[1]
  • ThesisPhysical fitness and risk factors for coronary heart disease (1991)

    George Davey Smith FRS (born 9 May 1959)[1] is a British epidemiologist. He has been professor of clinical epidemiology at the University of Bristol since 1994,[1][2] honorary professor of public health at the University of Glasgow since 1996, and visiting professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine since 1999.[1][3]

    He was also the scientific director of the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children[4] (until replaced in 2017 by Nic Timpson[5]) and a former editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Epidemiology.[2]

    Education[edit]

    Davey Smith attended Stockton Heath Primary School and Lymm Grammar SchoolinWarringtoninNorth West England. He received a BA from Queen's College, Oxford in 1981, an MB BChir from Jesus College, Cambridge in 1984, an MSc from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in 1988, an MD from Jesus College, Cambridge in 1991,[6] and a DSc from Queen's College, Oxford in 2000.[1]

    Honours and awards[edit]

    Davey Smith is an ISI highly cited researcher,[2] a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh,[2] and a fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom.[7] In 2019 Smith became foreign member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.[8]

    See also[edit]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ a b c d e "Davey Smith, George". Who's Who. Vol. 2015 (November 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 14 September 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  • ^ a b c d "Professor George Davey Smith". University of Bristol. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  • ^ "George Davey Smith". HCEO. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  • ^ "Bank of Life: How children of the 90s helped us all". BBC News. 19 June 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  • ^ "News from Children of the 90s". Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children. 16 March 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  • ^ Smith, George Davey. "Physical fitness and risk factors for coronary heart disease" (MD thesis). Newton Library Catalogues. University of Cambridge. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
  • ^ "Professor George Davey Smith FMedSci". Academy of Medical Sciences. Archived from the original on 6 May 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  • ^ "George Davey Smith". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 11 April 2020.
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