David Hunter (epidemiologist)
David Hunter Harvard School of Public Health | |
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Alma mater | University of Sydney Medical School |
Known for | Dean of the Faculty at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health |
Children | 1 |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Epidemiology, Oncology |
Institutions | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, University of Oxford |
David John Hunter
Early life and education
David Hunter was born in London, England and while a young child moved with his family to Sydney, Australia, where he earned his medical degree (MBBS) in 1982. He then moved to the United States for graduate study at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, where he earned both a master's degree (MPH, 1985) and a doctorate (ScD, 1988) in public health.
Career
Hunter spent 33 years at Harvard where he was Acting Dean of the Faculty and before that Dean for Academic Affairs at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School in Boston. He is Vincent L. Gregory Professor in Cancer Prevention, Emeritus.
As of 2023[update] he is Richard Doll Professor of Epidemiology and Medicine at the University of Oxford.[1]
In 2021, he was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedSci).[3]
Research
Hunter's principal career research interests are the aetiology of various cancers, particularly breast, colorectal, and skin cancers, and prostate cancer in men. He was an investigator on the
Cancer Consortia
Until 2012, Hunter was co-chair of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Breast and Prostate Cancer Cohort Consortium and co-director of the NCI Cancer Genetic Markers of Susceptibility (CGEMS) Special Initiative. These projects are large collaborative consortia in order to obtain the necessarily large sample sizes and to assess consistency of results across studies.
HIV research and global health
In the 1980s and 1990s, he collaborated with investigators in
University of Oxford
In 2017, Hunter moved to the University of Oxford as the Richard Doll Professor of Epidemiology and Medicine in the Nuffield Department of Population Health, and as a Governing Board Fellow of Green Templeton College. He directs a Unit focused on translating disease risk information into population health and clinical practice.
As of 2023[update] he is Chief Science Advisor to Our Future Health a major initiative of the UK Government.[4] In 2021, he was elected as a Fellow by distinction of the UK Faculty of Public Health, and elected as a Fellow of the UK Academy of Medical Sciences.
Publications
- January 26, 2015, Most cancers not just "bad luck"
- NCBI publications for Dr. David Hunter
- Publications (Since 2012) for David Hunter
Honours
Hunter was appointed as a
References
- ^ a b "David Hunter". www.ndph.ox.ac.uk. Oxford Population Health. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
- ^ DFCI/Harvard Cancer Center Profile for David Hunter
- ^ "Professor David Hunter". acmedsci.ac.uk. The Academy of Medical Sciences. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
- ^ "Our leadership team". Our Future Health. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
- ^ "King's Birthday 2023 Honours - the full list". Sydney Morning Herald. Nine Entertainment Co. 11 June 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2023.