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Details for Professor David Gunnell
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| Name | Professor David Gunnell | ||||||
| Job title | Professor of Epidemiology |
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| Department | School of Social and Community Medicine University of Bristol |
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| Personal web page | http://www.epi.bris.ac.uk/ | ||||||
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| Qualifications | MB,ChB, PhD(Bristol), FFPH, MRCGP, MFPHM | ||||||
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| Membership of professional bodies | MB ChB, MRCGP, MSc (Med Stats) PhD (Epidemiology) FFPHM |
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| Keywords | suicide epidemiology mental health lifecourse epidemiology insulin-like growth factors height and health schizophrenia epidemiology |
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| Areas of expertise | I have a longstanding interest in suicide epidemiology and prevention and am part of the National Suicide Prevention Advisory Group. Interest in lifecourse influences on adult health, in particular schizophrenia, cancer and coronary heart disease risk and particularly the use of anthropometric markers (birthweight / height / leg length) of childhood growth and development in investigations of adult chronic diseases. More recently investigating biological mechanisms, particularly insulin-like growth factors (IGFs), that may mediate associations of childhood exposures with adult chronic disease. |
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| Media experience | Several local and national TV interviews. Pre-recorded and live local and national radio broadcasts. |
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