Charlotte Blease

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Charlotte Blease is a Northern Irish philosopher of medicine from Belfast, Northern Ireland. [1] She is a healthcare researcher at General Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston USA. Formerly she was a Fulbright Scholar to the Program in Placebo Studies at Harvard Medical School. She is a former Irish Research Council fellow and a Queen's University, Belfast lecturer.

History

Blease studied philosophy of science and mind at Queen's University, Belfast. [2] She has held research appointments in the UK, Germany, Ireland, and the USA including at Harvard University in the United States. [2] In 2012 she was a winner of the UK-wide BBC New Generation Thinkers competition for promising young researchers. [3] Blease has written published academic papers on medical ethics, psychotherapy ethics, placebo studies, and the future of the health professions. [4] [5] She specialized in research into placebos as a research fellow after a grant from the Irish Research Council and is a co-founder of the Society for Interdisciplinary Placebo Studies. [2] [5] Blease also held the position of postdoctoral research fellow at the English University of Leeds and worked as a placebo research affiliate at Harvard Medical School. [6] Currently, she is Keane Researcher at OpenNotes, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, USA . [7]

Blease has been an advocate for the teaching of philosophy in schools [8] in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland and wrote in the British newspaper The Guardian supporting this.  In 2016 Blease was appointed, alongside Stephen Fry and Lord Neuberger as Patron of SAPERE the UK’s leading educational charity in philosophy for children. [9]

Blease's grandfather was Irish trade unionist Billy Blease. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "20 incredible women leading the way to scientific advancement". Siliconrepublic.com. 14 November 2016. Retrieved 2017-11-22.
  2. 1 2 3 "Charlotte Blease - University College Dublin". Academia.edu. Retrieved 2017-11-22.
  3. ↑ "Interviews with New Generation Thinkers Joanne Paul and Charlotte Blease - Arts and Humanities Research Council". ahrc.ukri.org. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
  4. ↑ silicon (2016-07-18). "The need for cosmopolitan ideals in research – Dr Charlotte Blease". Silicon Republic. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
  5. 1 2 Biegler, Paul (2017-06-08). "'Mind-body' healing: Success of placebo trials challenges medical thinking". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
  6. ↑ Ethics, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Institute of Medical (2016-09-01). "Scholar spotlight on Dr Charlotte Blease and Prof Allan Peterkin". Medical Humanities. 42 (3): 200–204. doi:10.1136/medhum-2016-011044. ISSN   1468-215X. PMID   27559115. S2CID   45109603.
  7. ↑ "Charlotte Blease, PhD, OpenNotes Keane Scholar" . Retrieved 2021-07-14.
  8. ↑ Humphreys, Joe. "Sabina Higgins backs campaign for teaching philosophy in schools". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
  9. ↑ "Our Patrons". www.sapere.org.uk. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
  10. ↑ Ryder, Chris (2008-05-19). "Obituary: Lord Blease". the Guardian. Retrieved 2021-07-14.


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