Michael Goldacre

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Michael John Goldacre (born 3 January 1944 in Melbourne, Australia) is a medical doctor and academic. He has been a fellow of Magdalen College since 1985 and was awarded a Title of Distinction as Professor of Public Health at the University of Oxford in 2002. [1] He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and a Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health. [1]

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Early life

Goldacre was born on 3 January 1944 in Melbourne, Australia. [1] His great-grandfather was journalist and politician Sir Henry Parkes, father of the Australian Federation.[ citation needed ] He was educated at Bec School, a grammar school in London, England. He studied medicine at Magdalen College, Oxford, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree, and at University College Hospital, London, graduating with Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (BM BCh) degrees. [1]

Career

Goldacre has been at the University of Oxford since 1974, when he was appointed clinical lecturer in social and community medicine. [1] Since 1986, he has been the Director of the Unit of Health-Care Epidemiology. He was also scientific director of the South East England Public Health Observatory from 2000 until 2005, and director of the UK Medical Careers Research Group from 1993 to 2015. [1]

Personal life

In 1973 he married Australian singer Susan M Traynor, who performed in the band Fox (band) and as Noosha Fox, in Wandsworth, London. [2] One of their sons is the science writer Ben Goldacre. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Prof Michael Goldacre". Debrett's People of Today . Retrieved 25 August 2011.
  2. General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office. Name: Susan M Traynor Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1973 Registration district: Wandsworth Inferred County: London Spouse: Michael J Goldacre Volume Number: 5e Page Number: 975
  3. Ian Fairlie (2009). "Book Reviews: Bad Science, by Ben Goldacre". Medicine, Conflict and Survival. 25 (3): 255–257. doi:10.1080/13623690902943552. S2CID   220378364.