Alan M. Emond FRCP FRCPCH FHEA (born 1953) is a British paediatrician and professor emeritus in Child Health at Bristol Medical School at the University of Bristol.[1] Emond is most notable for research into child and adolescent injury, epidemiology and health service evaluation as well as the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children.[2]

Life

Emond studied philosophy and religious studies[3] before graduating from Cambridge University in 1977.[4]

Between 1982 and 1987, Emond attained the Doctor of Medicine with a thesis titled: The Spleen in Sickle Cell Disease in Childhood[5] under Graham Serjeant at the University of the West Indies, Jamaica.

Career

In 2003, Emond established the Centre for Child and Adolescent Health, a joint academic centre between the University of Bristol and the University of the West of England to bring different disciplines together to promote child health.[3][6]

Awards and honours

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ "Professor Alan Emond". Bristol Medical School: Population Health Sciences. University of Bristol. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Professor Alan Emond". The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  3. ^ a b "An interview with… Alan Emond". Bristol Institute of Learning and Teaching. Bilt Online. 17 June 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  4. ^ Overy, C; Reynolds, LA; Tansey, EM. "History of the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children , C 1980-2000". Queen Mary University of London. History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  5. ^ Overy, C; Reynolds, LA; Tansey, EM. "History of the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children , C 1980-2000". Queen Mary University of London. History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group: 96. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  6. ^ "About us". Centre for Academic Child Health. University of Bristol. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
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