Virginia Berridge | |
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![]() Berridge in October 2004 | |
Born | 1946 (age 78–79) |
Nationality | British |
Virginia Berridge, FRHistS , HonFRCP , FAcSS (born 1946) is a British academic historian and public health expert. She is a Professor of History and Director of the Centre for History in Public Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Berridge is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences and the Royal Historical Society, and honorary Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health and of the Royal College of Physicians.
Berridge has a first degree and a PhD in history, both from the University of London, and is a Professor of History and Director of the Centre for History in Public Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. [1] [2] She worked in the Addiction Research Unit of the Institute of Psychiatry from 1974 to 1979 and at the Economic and Social Research Council from 1986–1987. [1] From 1979 to 88 she was at the Institute of Historical Research, University of London. [1] [3]
Berridge is an academic historian and public health expert. [4] [5] She researches the history of health and health policy. [6] Recently she has published on the harm of e-cigarrettes and the policies around their availability and use. [7] She is Deputy Chair of the London Drugs Commission, which is reporting on cannabis use for the London Mayor, and has served on the Alcohol Education Research Council. [8] [9] Alongside Dr Alastair Reid (Girton College), Professor Simon Szreter, (St John’s College, Cambridge), and Professor Pat Thane (King’s College London), Berridge is a founder of History & Policy, which publishes historical research freely online. [10]
Berridge is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and honorary Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health and of the Royal College of Physicians. [2] [11] [12]