Jean Golding#
Photo: Chris Bahn
| Membership Number: | 6288 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CLINICAL & VETERINARY SCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2022 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| ORCID: | 0000-0003-2826-3307 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2006 Emeritus Professor of Paediatric & Perinatal Epidemiology, University of Bristol
- 1991 - 2005 Professor of Paediatric & Perinatal Epidemiology, Institute of Child Health, University of Bristol
- 1990 - 2005 Scientific and Executive Director, the ALSPAC Study
- 1988 - 1991 Reader in Child Health, Bristol University
- 1982 - 1992 Wellcome Senior Lecturer, Department of Child Health, Bristol University
- 1980 - 1982 Senior Research Fellow, Dept. Child Health, University of Bristol
- 1978 - 1979 Senior Research Epidemiologist, National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford
- 1971 - 1978 Research Epidemiologist, Dept. of the Regius Professor of Medicine, University of Oxford
- 1968 - 1971 Research Fellow, Dept. Human Genetics & Biometry, University College, London
- 1966 - 1968 Research Assistant, First British Perinatal Mortality Survey
Fields of Scholarship
- Human non-genetic inheritance
- Non-genetic inheritance
- Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology
- Longitudinal cohort studies
- Environmental epidemiology
Honours and Awards
- 2020 Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA)
- 2018 Voted an NHS Legend (one of 7)
- 2017 Honorary DSc from University College London for pioneering work on longitudinal studies
- 2013 Honorary Doctor of Laws from University of Bristol as an @exemplar of the qualities and values of the institutions priorities'
- 2012 awarded OBE (Offider of the Order of the British Empire) for services to medical science
- 2002 elected Fellw of the Academy of Medical Sciences
- 2018 The University of Bristol named their Institute of Data Science - The Jean Golding Institute
- 2018 Voted (nationally) one of seven "NHS Research Legends"
- 2017 Awarded Honorary Doctor of Science, University College London
- 2013 Awarded Honorary Doctorate of Laws, University of Bristol
- 2012 Awarded OBE in New Year’s Honours for Contributions to Medical Science
- 2002 Elected Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences
- 1989 Elected Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society
