Oliver Gillie

Oliver J. Gillie (born 31 October 1937)[1] is a British journalist and scientist. He previously served as the medical correspondent for The Sunday Times, and later as medical editor for The Independent. He holds a BSc and PhD in genetics, both from Edinburgh University, where he studied at the Institute of Animal Genetics under Conrad H. Waddington.[2] His PhD thesis was "Growth and genetic control of enzyme level in Neurospora".[3] Among his more notable journalistic work has been being the first to publicly accuse Cyril Burt of scientific fraud. In 1976, Gillie published an article claiming that Burt had fabricated much of the data he had included in his publications, as well as two women whom Burt claimed had been his research assistants, but whom Gillie concluded had never existed. He reached this conclusion after investigating to find evidence that either woman (Margaret Howard and Jane Conway) had ever existed, talking to people who had known Burt for many years. He had also talked to human intelligence researchers who told him that Burt's data was suspect.[4][5] He has also researched the adverse health effects of vitamin D deficiency, specifically, that caused by insufficient exposure to sunlight.[6][7][8]

Oliver Gillie
Born (1937-10-31) 31 October 1937
NationalityUnited Kingdom
EducationUniversity of Edinburgh
Scientific career
FieldsGenetics
ThesisGrowth and genetic control of enzyme level in neurospora (1965)
Academic advisorsConrad H. Waddington

In 2014 he was awarded the Medical Journalists' Association Lifetime Achievement Award for his work to raise awareness of the importance of vitamin D.[9]

References
  1. "Gillie, Oliver". Library of Congress Name Authority File. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  2. "The Author - Sunlight Robbery". Health Research Forum. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  3. Gillie, Oliver (1965). "Growth and genetic control of enzyme level in Neurospora". Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. Hart, Chris (13 January 2005). Doing Your Masters Dissertation. SAGE. pp. 293–4. ISBN 9780761942177.
  5. "Human Intelligence: The Cyril Burt Affair". www.intelltheory.com. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  6. "Poor health 'due to wet climate'". 15 September 2008. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  7. Curtis, Polly (29 March 2005). "Parasols at dawn?". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  8. Morrison, Lesley (1 December 2008). "Book review: Scotland's Health Deficit: An Explanation and a Plan". British Journal of General Practice. 58 (557): 897–897. doi:10.3399/bjgp08X376410. ISSN 0960-1643. PMC 2593555.
  9. Editor, Content (27 November 2014). "Winners of the Medical Journalists' Association award for Lifetime Achievement". Medical Journalists' Association. Retrieved 27 November 2019.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.