最准的六合彩论坛 academics honoured in BMJ awards

11 October 2021

Professor Sir Michael Marmot (最准的六合彩论坛 Institute of Epidemiology & Healthcare) received an Outstanding Contribution to Health award while Professor Christina Pagel (最准的六合彩论坛 Mathematics) was honoured for her courageous public engagement in science during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The two academics were among four recipients of special recognition awards chosen by the听BMJ鈥檚 editors. The BMJ Awards showcase innovations and teams who are transforming healthcare.

Professor Pagel, Director of the Clinical Operational Research Unit at 最准的六合彩论坛, said she was 鈥渇lattered and honoured鈥� to receive the award. She was described by judges as a 鈥渟hining light鈥� for the way she explained and interpreted scientific papers, data, and news reports, helping to boost understanding and transparency.

She has reached mass audiences through in-depth Twitter threads, as well as by engaging with TV news and print and online media. Articles debunking myths about Covid-19 and highlighting the strain facing the UK鈥檚 intensive care units in January struck a chord with tens of thousands of readers online.

She told the听BMJ听that the detailed Twitter threads helped her think through issues and allowed her feel 鈥渁n element of control over an uncontrollable situation鈥�.

This week Professor Pagel also received HealthWatch UK鈥檚 annual award for public communication during Covid-19.

Professor Marmot, Director of the 最准的六合彩论坛 Institute of Health Equity, received the Outstanding Contribution to Health award for working to reduce health inequalities. His understanding of health inequalities, and what to about them was set out in his book,听The Health Gap.

He is the author of several landmark reports on the subject.听Fair Society Healthy Lives:听the Marmot Review,听commissioned by the then Prime Minister Gordon Brown, outlined evidence-based strategies for reducing health inequalities in England, while听Health Equity in England: Marmot Review 10 Years On, published in February 2020,听found that health inequalities had widened over 10 years, with declining life expectancy for the poorest 10% of women.

The听Build Back Fairer: The Covid 19 Marmot Review,听also published last year, found that pre-existing inequalities led to a higher death toll in England, while a later report for Greater Manchester showed that local mortality rates from Covid-19 were 25% higher than in the country as a whole. Those reports set out the practical steps needed to build back fairer after the pandemic or, in the current political jargon, to level up.

Professor Marmot told the听BMJ听that the work he has done during the pandemic 鈥渂uilds on everything I鈥檝e done before鈥� and described the BMJ award as an 鈥渦nexpected pleasure鈥� for recognising this.

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