Medical journal editor to give HYMS lecture
Posted on 10 October 2008
He will address HYMS students and staff on "Medicine: Small successes, large failures, and the possibility of perfection" at Middleton Hall, the University of Hull, on Wednesday 15 October at 5.30pm.
A physician by training, Richard Horton joined The Lancet as an assistant editor in 1990.
He was the first president of the World Association of Medical Editors and is the immediate past-president of the U.S. Council of Science Editors. He is an honorary professor both at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and University College London.
He is a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and a founder fellow of the UK’s Academy of Medical Sciences. He co-chairs a World Health Organization Scientific Advisory Group on Clinical Trials Registration and is a Council member of the Global Forum for Health Research.
He has been a medical columnist for The Observer and writes regularly for the Times Literary Supplement and New York Review of Books. A book about controversies in modern medicine, Second Opinion, was published in 2003.
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Notes to editors:
- The Hull York Medical School was established as a joint venture between the Universities of Hull and York, in partnership with the National Health Service. It capitalises on Hull’s considerable strengths in clinical medicine and York’s internationally recognised work in bioscience and health-related research. HYMS students benefit from outstanding academic and clinical facilities, while the Humber and North Yorkshire regions derive significant clinical advantages from having a world-class medical school in the region.