John Davis (paediatrician)
John Allen Davis FRCP | |
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Born | Newcastle upon Tyne, England | 6 August 1923
Nationality | British |
Education | University of London |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Pediatrics oncology |
Institutions | Paddington Green Children's Hospital |
John Allen Davis
Life
Davis is the son of Major H.E. Davis, MC.[citation needed]
Davis took his clinical education the University of London, and was awarded a London University Gold Medal at graduation. After working with the British Army in Germany, Davis started his career at St Mary's Hospital, London, specialising in paediatrics.[2][3] Further experience was gained in Paddington Green Children's Hospital in the hospitals Home Care Scheme.[3] At Paddington, Davis worked with Donald Winnicott, who was to have a great influence on him.[3]
Davis was married to Madeleine Vinicombe Davis née Ashlin (died 1991),[citation needed] who became an editor, and principal member of the Winnicott Publications Committee, established to edit Donald Winnicott papers, for posthumous publication.[2]
Career
Davis was a Nuffield Research Fellow in Oxford, and conducted major research into newborn physiology, particularly related to the understanding of apnoea. As a senior lecturer and later reader at Hammersmith Hospital, Davis worked to improve and develop neonatal intensive care.[2] Davis eventually became Professor of Child Health in Manchester, and after twelve years, he moved to Cambridge, becoming Foundation Professor of paediatrics at the University of Cambridge.[1] Davis opened the Winnicott Research unit, named after Donald Winnicott in 1989.[2]
Awards
Davis was awarded the prestigious James Spence Medal in 1991.[3]
Bibliography
- Scientific foundations of paediatrics, John A Davis; John Dobbing. Baltimore: University Park Press, 1982
References
- ^ ISBN 978-1-78220-342-1. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
- ^ PMID 1929485.
- ^ a b c d "Emeritus Professor John Allen Davis". The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. 28 February 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2017.