Peter Kopelman
Peter Graham Kopelman
Background
The elder son of Harry Kopelman
Kopelman had a long-standing interest in diabetes care and initiated a district-wide scheme for integrated care in east London. Kopelman chaired the Clinical Examining Board of the Royal College of Physicians (UK) and the NHIR Academic Careers Panel. He was chairman of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society Faculty & Education Board and Health Education England’s Oversight Board for Medical Associate Professionals.[citation needed]
Kopelman’s major research interest was in the field of obesity, in particular endocrine aspects and possible genetic determinants. He was also interested in the pathophysiology of associated complications and their management. He was a Past Chairman of the Association for the Study of Obesity, President of the European Association for the Study of Obesity,[6] a Trustee of the International Association for the Study of Obesity and a member of the Department of Health and Food Standards Agency Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition. He was a member of the Chief Medical Officer’s Working Group on physical activity. He was chairman of the Royal College of Physicians Committee on Nutrition[7] and chaired the College’s Working Party on the management of obesity with particular reference to drug therapy.[8] He also chaired the College’s Working Party on nutritional care of patients that resulted in the publication of a report entitled Nutrition and Patients – a Doctor’s Responsibility.[9]
Family
Kopelman married Susan Lewis in 1981, and they had two daughters and a son.
See also
- Vice-Chancellors of the University of London
References
- ^ "Talks intensify with St George's, University of London", Times of Malta, 15 June 2008.
- ^ "St George's, University of London names new principal". Times Higher Education (THE). 9 July 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
- ^ "Obituary: Professor Peter Kopelman 1951-2021". St George's, University of London. 13 July 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
- ^ www.rcplondon.ac.uk
- ^ Alumni Felstedienses (1930–2000)
- ^ "First tobacco, now the food police" - Independent Online
- ^ "More than half of adults are too fat and getting fatter, say doctors", The Telegraph.
- ^ Sarah Boseley and Patrick Wintour, "Doctors call for joined up strategy on obesity", The Guardian, 12 February 2004.
- ^ "Doctors fear fat epidemic" - London Evening Standard Archived 6 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
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