Virginia Berridge

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Virginia Berridge
FRHistS HonFRCP FAcSS
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Berridge in October 2004
Born1946 (age 78–79)
NationalityBritish

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.

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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. [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]

Selected works

References

  1. 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.
  2. 1 2 "Virginia Berridge | LSHTM". www.lshtm.ac.uk. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
  3. ↑ Demons: Our changing attitudes to alcohol, tobacco, and drugs. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press. 2014. ISBN   9780199604982.
  4. ↑ "Professor Virginia Berridge". FEAD - Film Exchange on Alcohol & Drugs. Archived from the original on 9 February 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  5. ↑ "Virginia Berridge". London School of Tropical Medicine. Archived from the original on 24 September 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  6. ↑ "Virginia Berridge". E-International Relations. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
  7. ↑ elementary (3 July 2023). "New book on e-cigarettes from History & Policy co-founder, Virginia Berridge". History & Policy. Archived from the original on 16 June 2025. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
  8. ↑ "The E-Cigarette Summit UK, 2024". The E-Cigarette Summit UK, 2024. Archived from the original on 11 April 2025. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
  9. ↑ "Professor Virginia Berridge". History & Policy. Archived from the original on 8 July 2025. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
  10. ↑ "Who we are". History & Policy. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
  11. ↑ Sciences, Academy of Social. "Fellows". Academy of Social Sciences. Archived from the original on 12 July 2025. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
  12. ↑ "Current Fellows & Members | RHS". royalhistsoc.org. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
  13. ↑ Flanders, Judith (16 December 2013). "Demons by Virginia Berridge, review". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 27 December 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
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