Carl Heneghan | |
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| Born | January 23, 1968 UK |
| Nationality | British |
| Known for | epidemiology |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Medicine, epidemiology |
| Institutions | University of Oxford, Kellogg College Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine |
Carl James Heneghan (born January 1968) is a British general practitioner physician, a clinical epidemiologist and a Fellow of Kellogg College.[1][2] He is the director of the University of Oxford's Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine and former Editor-in-Chief of BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine.[3]
Heneghan is a Professor of Evidence-based medicine at the University of Oxford, NHS Urgent Care General Practitioner, and co-director of the Global Centre for Healthcare and Urbanisation.[4] Heneghan's work includes investigating the evidence for approval of drugs and devices, assessing health claims, and researching common presenting conditions in the community.[5] He has expertise in medical device regulations, diagnosis, screening and avoidable harms: including analyses of antiviral medication Tamiflu, acute respiratory infections and the transmission of SARs-CoV-2.[6][7][8]
Professor Heneghan is the Director of Programs in Evidence-Based Health Care at the University of Oxford, running since 2000 as the largest part time program in the Medical Sciences Division.[9] Heneghan writes regularly in the media, including at the Spectator and, along with Tom Jefferson, created the substack Trust the Evidence.[10][11]