George Davey Smith
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| George Davey Smith | |
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| Born | 9 May 1959 |
| Residence | UK |
| Citizenship | British |
| Fields | Epidemiology |
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| Thesis | Physical fitness and risk factors for coronary heart disease (1991) |
| Known for | Health inequalities; Life course approach to epidemiology; Mendelian randomization |
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George Davey Smith (born 9 May 1959)[1] is a British epidemiologist. He has been professor of clinical epidemiology at the University of Bristol since 1994,[1][4] 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][5]
He is also the scientific director of the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children,[6] and one of two editors-in-chief of the International Journal of Epidemiology.[4]
Education
Davey Smith attended Stockton Heath Primary School and Lymm Grammar School Schools in Warrington in North 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,[7] and a DSc from Queen's College, Oxford in 2000.[1]
Honours and awards
Davey Smith is an ISI highly cited researcher,[4] a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh,[4] and a fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom.[8]
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- Epidemiologists
- Living people
- 1959 births
- People from Warrington
- Academics of the University of Bristol
- Academic journal editors
- ISI highly cited researchers
- Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
- Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences
- Academics of the University of Glasgow
- Academics of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
