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Comment: Not yet notable per WP:NAUTHOR. I propose redirecting to his notable book, Pathogenesis: A history of the world in eight plagues. Safari ScribeEdits! Talk! 08:31, 11 October 2024 (UTC)
Jonathan Kennedy is a British writer and academic who works at Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London.[1] He has a PhD in sociology from the University of Cambridge, and his research uses insights from sociology, political economy, anthropology, and international relations to analyse important public health problems.[2]
Kennedy is the author of Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues (UK subtitle: How germs made history), which was published by Penguin in 2023.[3][4] The Observer referred to Kennedy as "the man rewriting history from the perspective of germs",[5] and Haaretz called him "The Professor Who Says Yuval Noah Harari Is Wrong".[6] Pathogenesis was a national bestseller in the USA and UK.[7][8] It featured in The Sunday Times' Best science and environment books of 2023,[9] and Amazon's Best science books of 2023.[10] It was also nominated in the Goodreads Choice Awards 2023 under the History and Biography category.[11] The book was serialised on BBC Radio 4's Book of the Week.[12]
Kennedy's academic research explores the link between politics and health. An influential study published in the European Journal of Public Health demonstrates that EU countries with the highest levels of support for populist political parties also have the highest levels of vaccine hesitancy.[13][14][15][16][17][18] Another study published in Lancet Global Health explores the 2016–2022 Yemen cholera outbreak, showing that the infection rate and case fatality rate were significantly higher in areas controlled by Houthi rebels due to the Saudi-led coalition's strategy of blockading and bombing civilian infrastructure in these areas.[19][20][21] His research on farmers' suicides in India demonstrates that farmers who grow cash crops, have small landholdings, and high levels of indebtedness are most likely to take their own lives.[22][23][24]
Kennedy regularly writes about the link between public health and politics in the media, including in The Guardian,[25] London Review of Books,[26] Al Jazeera,[27] Project Syndicate,[28] and El País.[29][30]
- ^ Queen Mary University of London. "Dr Jonathan Kennedy, PhD". www.qmul.ac.uk.
- ^ Fulbright Commission. "Jonathan Kennedy". fulbright.org.uk.
- ^ Penguin (4 April 2024). Pathogenesis – via www.penguin.co.uk.
- ^ Penguin Random House. "Pathogenesis" – via www.penguinrandomhouse.com.
- ^ Cooke, Rachel (April 2, 2023). "'We're in a golden age for microbes': the man rewriting history from the perspective of germs". Observer.
- ^ Yoked, Tzach (May 21, 2023). "The Professor Who Says Yuval Noah Harari Is Wrong". Haaretz.
- ^ "Bestseller List for April 10, 2024". www.bookweb.org.
{{cite web}}:|first=missing|last=(help) - ^ "Amazon Charts: The Top 20 Most Sold & Most Read Books of the Week". www.amazon.co.uk.
{{cite web}}:|first=missing|last=(help) - ^ Sunday Times (November 24, 2023). "19 best science and environment books of 2023". Sunday Times.
- ^ Amazon (2023). "Best science books of 2023". Amazon.com.
- ^ Goodreads (2023). "Best History & Biography". Goodreads.com.
- ^ Kennedy, Jonathan (May 29, 2023). "Pathogenesis: How Germs Made History". BBC.
- ^ Boseley, Sarah (February 25, 2019). "Vaccine scepticism rises in line with votes for populists study finds". The Guardian.
- ^ The Economist (December 12, 2020). "Why is europe so riddled with vaccine scepticism". The Economist.
- ^ Shukman, Harry (November 16, 2019). "Antivax GP shows parents how to avoid jabs". The Times.
- ^ Khazan, Olga (December 6, 2021). "What's Really Behind Global Vaccine Hesitancy". The Atlantic.
- ^ el-Showk, Sedeer (November 27, 2019). "Don't demonize parents who are hesitant to vaccinate — discuss their worries instead". Nature. 575 (7784): S57. Bibcode:2019Natur.575S..57E. doi:10.1038/d41586-019-03641-x. PMID 31776500.
- ^ Mahase, Elisabeth (April 26, 2019). "Measles: low uptake blamed on "incredulity and hostility" towards doctors". BMJ. 365: l1932. doi:10.1136/bmj.l1932. PMID 31028094.
- ^ Reinl, James (August 27, 2017). "Yemen: Cholera death rates soar in rebel-held areas". Al Jazeera.
- ^ Middle East Eye (September 6, 2017). "Yemeni civilians bear brunt of 'man-made catastrophe', says UN". Middle East Eye.
- ^ Bergendorff, Johan (October 20, 2017). "Största kolerautbrottet i modern tid". Sveriges Radio.
- ^ Gohain, Manash Pratim (April 17, 2014). "New evidence of suicide epidemic among India's 'marginalized' farmers". Times of India.
- ^ Sonwalkar, Prasun (April 19, 2014). "Gujarat has lowest farmer suicide rate: UK study". Hindustan Times.
- ^ University of Cambridge (April 17, 2014). "New evidence of suicide epidemic among India's 'marginalised' farmers". University of Cambridge.
- ^ "Jonathan Kennedy". The Guardian.
{{cite web}}:|first=missing|last=(help) - ^ London Review of Books. "Jonathan Kennedy". London Review of Books (blog).
- ^ "Jonathan Kennedy". www.aljazeera.com.
- ^ "Jonathan Kennedy". Project Syndicate.
- ^ Kennedy, Jonathan and Domna Michailidou (November 12, 2015). "El islamismo militante y el escepticismo sobre la vacunas". El País – via elpais.com.
- ^ Kennedy, Jonathan and Domna Michailidou (April 7, 2016). "Aspectos políticos de la erradicación de la polio". El País – via elpais.com.