Virginia Berridge

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Virginia Berridge
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Berridge in October 2004
Born1946 (age 7778)
NationalityBritish

Virginia Berridge, FRHistS , HonFRCP , FAcSS (born 1946) is a British academic historian and public health expert. [1] [2]

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Life

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. [3] [4]

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. [3] From 1979 to 88 she was at the Institute of Historical Research, University of London. [3] [5]

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References

  1. "Professor Virginia Berridge". FEAD - Film Exchange on Alcohol & Drugs. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  2. "Virginia Berridge". London School of Tropical Medicine. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 Virginia Berridge; Daphne Christie; Tilli Tansey, eds. (2006). Public health in the 1980s and 1990s: Decline and rise?. Wellcome Witnesses to Contemporary Medicine. History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group. ISBN   978-0-85484-106-6. OL   11612224M. Wikidata   Q29581737.
  4. The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. About us: Virginia Berridge
  5. Demons: Our changing attitudes to alcohol, tobacco, and drugs. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press. 2014. ISBN   9780199604982.
  6. Flanders, Judith (16 December 2013). "Demons by Virginia Berridge, review". The Telegraph. Retrieved 1 August 2018.