Jeremy Howick
Canadian-UK philosopher of science
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Jeremy Howick is a Canadian-born, British residing clinical epidemiologist and philosopher of science.[1]
Jeremy Howick | |
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| Born | Jeremy Howick |
| Citizenship | Canadian and British |
| Education | Dartmouth College London School of Economics University of Oxford |
| Occupations | Philosopher, Epidemiologist |
| Years active | 2009–present |
| Known for | Doctor You The Philosophy of Evidence-Based Medicine |
| Medical career | |
| Profession | Philosopher, clinical epidemiologist, teacher |
| Institutions | University of Leicester and University of Oxford |
| Sub-specialties | evidence-based medicine, placebo and nocebo effects, empathy in medicine |
| Website | www |
He is a professor and director of University of Leicester's Stoneygate Centre for Empathic Healthcare.[2] He researches evidence-based medicine, clinical empathy and the philosophy of medicine, including the use of placebos in clinical practice and clinical trials.[3]
In 2016, he received the Dawkins & Strutt grant from the British Medical Association to study pain treatment.[4] He is a member of the Sigma Xi research honours society.[5]
Early life and education
Howick, a native of Montreal, Canada, is a graduate of Westmount High School.[6] He 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.[7] His PhD in Philosophy of medicine at the London School of Economics was conducted under the supervision of Nancy Cartwright and John Worrall, with a thesis entitled Philosophical essentials in evidence-based medicine: Evaluating the epistemological role of double blinding and placebo controls, published in 2008.[8] He is the Director of the Oxford Empathy Programme[9] at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford.
As a freshman at Dartmouth College, Howick learned to row. He subsequently competed in internationals for Canada at the 1994 World Championships, and won a silver medal at the 1994 Commonwealth Games.[10] He also competed in The Boat Race 1996 representing Oxford.[11]
Career
Howick has worked at the University of Oxford, including at the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine since 2007. Together with Muir Gray, he founded the Oxford Empathy Programme,[9] and the Oxford Philosophy and Medicine Network.[12] His main post is at the University of Leicester where he is the director of the Stoneygate Centre for Excellence in Empathic Healthcare.[13]
Howick designed a trial of placebo treatments for back pain for a BBC Horizon documentary.[14]
Howick's research combines Philosophy of medicine with medical research (especially Evidence-based medicine.[15] Howick's book, The Philosophy of Evidence-Based Medicine[16] is a critical defense of the Evidence-based medicine Hierarchy of evidence.