Aubrey Sheiham (12 September 1936 – 24 November 2015)[1] was born in Graaff-Reinet, South Africa and became a British academic, a dental epidemiologist[2] and emeritus professor of Dental Public Health, School of Life and Medical Sciences at University College London.[3] He was an inspiring lecturer and opened out and developed the field of public oral health and dentistry. He graduated from the University of Witwatersrand in 1957.[3]
He was the spouse of the British philosopher Helena Cronin. Sheiham died of mesothelioma.[3]
The Audrey Sheiham Evidence-Based Health Care in Africa Leadership Award has been granted annually by the Cochrane Collaboration since 2001 to a researcher from a low to middle income country.[4] The funding for the award comes from an endowment by Sheiham and Cronin.[3]