David Wright is a professor of history at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. [1] He is the current Canada Research Chair in the History of Health Policy. [1] [2]
Wright completed both a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts in history at McGill University. [1] He then completed a Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) in history at the University of Oxford. [1] He finally completed a post-doctoral research fellowship specializing in the history of health and medicine at the University of Oxford. [1]
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