George Davey Smith (born 9 May 1959) is a British

epidemiologist Epidemiology is the study and analysis of the distribution (who, when, and where), patterns and determinants of health and disease conditions in a defined population. It is a cornerstone of public health, and shapes policy decisions and evidenc ...

. He has been professor of clinical epidemiology at the

University of Bristol , mottoeng = earningpromotes one's innate power (from Horace, ''Ode 4.4'') , established = 1595 – Merchant Venturers School1876 – University College, Bristol1909 – received royal charter , type ...

since 1994, honorary professor of public health at the

University of Glasgow , image = UofG Coat of Arms.png , image_size = 150px , caption = Coat of arms Flag , latin_name = Universitas Glasguensis , motto = la, Via, Veritas, Vita , ...

since 1996, and visiting professor at the

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is a public research university in Bloomsbury, central London, and a member institution of the University of London that specialises in public health and tropical medicine. The inst ...

since 1999. He was also the scientific director of the

Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children The Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC), also known as Children of the 90s and formerly the Avon Longitudinal Study of Pregnancy and Childhood, is a cohort study of children born in the former county of Avon, England during 1 ...

(until replaced in 2017 by Nic Timpson) and a former

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of the ''

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''.

Education

Davey Smith attended Stockton Heath Primary School and

Lymm Grammar School Lymm is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Warrington, Cheshire, England, which incorporates the hamlets of Booths Hill, Broomedge, Church Green, Deansgreen, Heatley, Heatley Heath, Little Heatley, Oughtrington, Reddish, Rushgreen and ...

Warrington Warrington () is a town and unparished area in the borough of the same name in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England, on the banks of the River Mersey. It is east of Liverpool, and west of Manchester. The population in 2019 was estimat ...

in North West England. He received a BA from

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in 1981, an MB BChir from

Jesus College, Cambridge Jesus College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college's full name is The College of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint John the Evangelist and the glorious Virgin Saint Radegund, near Cambridge. Its common name comes fr ...

in 1984, an MSc from the

in 1988, an MD from Jesus College, Cambridge in 1991, and a

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from Queen's College, Oxford in 2000.

Honours and awards

Davey Smith is an ISI highly cited researcher, a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and a fellow of the

Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom The Academy of Medical Sciences is an organisation established in the UK in 1998. It is one of the four UK National Academies, the others being the British Academy, the Royal Academy of Engineering and the Royal Society. Its mission is to ad ...

. In 2019 Smith became foreign member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Davey Smith, George British public health doctors Living people 1959 births People from Warrington Academics of the University of Bristol Academic journal editors Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences (United Kingdom) Academics of the University of Glasgow Academics of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine British epidemiologists Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences Members of the National Academy of Medicine