George Davey Smith

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George Davey Smith

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Davey Smith in March 1999
Born (1959-05-09) 9 May 1959 (age 64)
CitizenshipBritish
Education
Known for Health inequalities; Life course approach to epidemiology; Mendelian randomization
Scientific career
Fields Epidemiology
Institutions
Thesis Physical 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]

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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

Davey Smith attended Stockton Heath Primary School and Lymm Grammar School 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, [6] and a DSc from Queen's College, Oxford in 2000. [1]

Honours and awards

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]

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References

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  6. Smith, George Davey. "Physical fitness and risk factors for coronary heart disease" (MD thesis). Newton Library Catalogues. University of Cambridge. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
  7. "Professor George Davey Smith FMedSci". Academy of Medical Sciences. Archived from the original on 6 May 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  8. "George Davey Smith". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 11 April 2020.