SIR IAIN CHALMERS

Brief Curriculum Vitae

CONTACT DETAILS

James Lind Initiative, Summertown Pavilion, Middle Way, OxfordOX2 7LG

Tel: +44-(0)1865-517636; Fax: +44-(0)1865-516311;

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CURRENT APPOINTMENTS

Editor, James Lind Library (2003-)

Coordinator, James Lind Initiative (2003-)

Senior Fellow, Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, University of Oxford (2010-)

DEGREES and DIPLOMAS

Degrees: MB,BS (1966); MSc (1975)

Diplomas: MRCS,LRCP (1966); DCH (1973); MRCOG (1973); MFPHM (1979);

Honorary degrees: DSc Aberdeen (1999); MD Liverpool (2001); DUniv York (2001);

DSc London (2004); dr.h.c.Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (2006); DSc Plymouth (2008);DSc Oxford Brookes (2008)

Honorary fellowships: FRCP Edin (1996); FMedSci (1999); FCOGSA (2001); FRCP Lond (2002); FFPH (2003); FRSM (2005); FRSS (2006); FFPM (2011)

HONOURS

  • Knight Bachelor (2000)
  • Health Service Journal Top Clinical Leader (2014)
  • BMJ Life-time Achievement Award (2014)
  • Honorary Member, Armenian Association of Specialists in EBM (2013)
  • Honorary Fellow, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine (2011)
  • Honorary Fellow, Royal Statistical Society (2006)
  • Honorary Fellow, Royal Society of Medicine (2006)
  • Honorary Member, Society for Social Medicine (2003)
  • Honorary Fellow, Faculty of Public Health (2003)
  • Honorary Fellow, Academy of Experimental Criminology (2003)
  • Honorary Fellow, University of WalesCollege of Medicine (2002)
  • Honorary Fellow, RoyalCollege of Physicians of London (2002)
  • Honorary Fellow, College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of South Africa (2001)
  • Honorary Fellow, AmericanCollege of Epidemiology (1996)
  • Foreign Associate Member, Institute of Medicine/National Academy of Sciences (1994)
  • Honorary Life Member, British Association of Perinatal Medicine (1992)
  • Honorary Vice President, RoyalCollege of Midwives (1989)
  • Honorary Fellow, Hungarian Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (1986)

AWARDS

  • Royal Society of Medicine Gold Medal (2012)
  • Winslow Medal, Yale School of Public Health (2010)
  • HealthWatch Award (2009)
  • Carola Warburg Rothschild Award, jointly with Murray Enkin and Marc Keirse (2001)
  • Prince Mahidol Award, jointly with Richard Peto (2000)
  • US Centers for Disease Control Statistical Science Award, jointly with Kenneth Schulz, Richard Hayes and Douglas Altman (1996)
  • Joseph Bolivar DeLee Humanitarian Award, ChicagoLying-InHospital (1996)
  • LW Frohlich Award, New York Academy of Sciences, jointly with Richard Peto (1993)
  • FHP Foundation 1st Prize, International Society for Technology Assessment in Health Care (1991)

LECTURESHIPS

  • Centenary Meeting Lecturer,MRC Biostatistics Research Unit (2014)
  • 1st Cochrane Lecture, 20th anniversary Cochrane Colloquium (2013)
  • Samuel Gee Lecture, Royal College of Physicians (2012)
  • Wolfson-Haldane Lecture, Wolfson College, Oxford (2012)
  • Sydenham Lecture, Faculty of History and Philosophy of Medicine (2011)
  • Allison Wilson Public Lecture, Leicester (2011)
  • David Harvey Lecture, Imperial College, London (2010)
  • Fleming Lecture, St Andrews Paediatric Symposium, Glasgow (2010)
  • C-EA Winslow Lecturer, Yale School of Public Health (2010)
  • President’s Lecturer, International Statistical Institute (2009)
  • Brooke Lecturer, Royal Society of Medicine (2003)
  • DARE Lecturer, Faculty of Public Health (2003)
  • Charles Bernard Lecturer, Institute of Naval Medicine (2003)
  • Jerry Lee Lecturer, Campbell Colloquium, Stockholm, Sweden (2003)
  • Skrabanek Lecturer, TrinityCollegeDublin (2000)
  • Cochrane Lecturer, Faculty of Public Health Medicine in Wales (1999)
  • Enkin Lecturer, McMasterUniversity (1999)
  • Archie Cochrane Lecturer, GreenCollege, Oxford (1998)
  • Sutcliffe Kerr Memorial Lecturer, University of Liverpool (1998)
  • Bradford Hill Memorial Lecturer, LondonSchool of Hygiene (1997)
  • Guinness Lecturer, Coombe Women’s Hospital, Dublin, Ireland (1996)

James Paget Memorial Lecturer, Great Yarmouth (1996)

  • Harveian Lecturer, Harveian Society of London (1994)
  • Archie Cochrane Lecturer, Society for Social Medicine (1992)
  • Dame Rosalind Paget Lecturer, RoyalCollege of Midwives (1992)
  • Health Services Research Lecturer, LondonSchool of Hygiene (1988)
  • Ninian Falkiner Lecturer, RotundaHospital, Dublin (1985)
  • Sims-Black Lecturer, University of Zimbabwe (1984)
  • Bloomfield Memorial Lecturer, University of Cleveland (1979)

FELLOWSHIPS

  • UKAcademy of Medical Sciences (1999)
  • RoyalCollege of Physicians of Edinburgh (1996)
  • Faculty of Public Health Medicine (1986)
  • RoyalCollege of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (1985)

PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT/APPOINTMENTS

  • Project Coordinator, UK RCT Registration Project (1998-2003)
  • Specialist in Public Health Medicine, Oxfordshire Health Authority (1978-2003)
  • Visiting Professor, University of Liverpool (1993-2003)
  • Visiting Professor, Institute of Child Health, UniversityCollegeLondon (1997-2003)
  • Visiting Professor, School of Public Policy, UniversityCollegeLondon (1998-2003)
  • Director, UK Cochrane Centre (1992-2002)
  • Director, National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford (1978-92)
  • Honorary Specialist in Public Health Medicine, Anglia and Oxford Regional Health Authority (1978-95)
  • Archie Cochrane Research Fellow, GreenCollege, Oxford (1992-94)
  • Honorary Clinical Lecturer, Nuffield Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Oxford (1978-92)
  • Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Pregnancy and Perinatal Care (1987-92)
  • Resident Scholar, Rockefeller Foundation, Bellagio (1987)
  • McLaughlin Visiting Professor, McMasterUniversity (1987)
  • Travelling Fellow, World Health Organisation (1978)

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