1. Jeremy Howick is a Canadian-born, British residing clinical epidemiologist and philosopher of science.
13 Facts About Jeremy Howick
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Jeremy Howick researches evidence-based medicine, clinical empathy and the philosophy of medicine, including the use of placebos in clinical practice and clinical trials.
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Jeremy Howick is the author of over 100 peer-reviewed papers, as well as two books, The Philosophy of Evidence-Based Medicine in 2011, and Doctor You in 2017.
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Jeremy Howick publishes in Philosophy of Medicine and medical journals.
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Jeremy Howick is a member of the Sigma Xi research honours society.
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Jeremy Howick holds a Bachelor of Arts in Engineering from the Dartmouth College, and graduate degrees from The London School of Economics and the University of Oxford.
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Jeremy Howick is the Director of the Oxford Empathy Programme at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford.
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Jeremy Howick subsequently competed in internationals for Canada at the 1994 World Championships, and won a silver medal at the 1994 Commonwealth Games.
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Jeremy Howick competed in The Boat Race 1996 representing Oxford.
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Jeremy Howick has worked at the University of Oxford, including at the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine since 2007.
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Jeremy Howick designed a trial of placebo treatments for back pain for a BBC Horizon documentary.
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Jeremy Howick recently conducted a study showing that the definition of empathy is not as confusing as previously assumed.
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Jeremy Howick's research has been translated for popular audiences in his book Doctor You.