Volume 13. 'Population-based Research in South Wales: The MRC Pneumoconiosis Research Unit and the MRC Epidemiology Unit'

  • The Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL
Date:
1994-2002
Reference:
GC/253/A/13
Part of:
Wellcome Witnesses to Twentieth Century Medicine Seminars
  • Archives and manuscripts

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Series consists of papers, correspondence, photographs, cassette tapes and digital material related to the seminar on "The MRC Epidemiology Unit (South Wales)", which was held at the Wellcome Institute on 23 March 1999. In addition the series covers extracts from additional interviews conducted by Andy Ness and some material from an unpublished seminar "Pneumoconiosis in Coal Workers" that took place on 9 November 1994.

The seminars were part of the Wellcome Witnesses to Twentieth Century Medicine meetings also known as the Witness Seminars. The transcript of the seminar on "The MRC Epidemiology Unit (South Wales)", together with the additional interview extracts, plus the selected material from the "Pneumoconiosis in Coal Workers" seminar were published together as Volume 13 of the Witness Seminar series, A.R. Ness, L.A. Reynolds and E.M. Tansey (editors), Population-based Research in South Wales: The MRC Pneumoconiosis Research Unit and the MRC Epidemiology Unit, (London: Wellcome Trust, 2002).

The participants for "The MRC Epidemiology Unit (South Wales)" seminar were; Sir Christopher Booth; Dr Michael Burr; Professor Sir Richard Doll (Chair); Dr Peter Elwood; Dr Joan Faulkner (Lady Doll); Dr Julian Tudor Hart; Nick Henderson; Dr Sheila Howarth (Lady McMichael); Mrs Janie Hughes; Professor Stewart Kilpatrick; Dr Shaun Murphy; Dr Andy Ness; Professor John Pemberton; Dr Stephen Stansfield; Professor David Strachan; Professor George Davey Smith; Dr Hugh Thomas; Dr David Tyrrell; Professor Owen Wade; Professor Estlin Waters; and Dr Jean Weddell.

The editors of the published transcript were A.R. Ness, L.A. Reynolds and E.M. Tansey with an introduction by George Davey Smith.

The organisers of "The MRC Epidemiology Unit (South Wales)" seminar were Dr Andy Ness and Dr E.M. Tansey.

Others present at "The MRC Epidemiology Unit (South Wales)" seminar; Dr Derek Bangham; Dr Yoav Ben-Shlomo; Professor Michael Bloor; Dr Tim Boon; Dr Gordon Cook; Dr Rosemary Elliot; Professor Stephen Frankel; Ceri Hughes; Dr Diana Kuh; Professor Peter Pharoah; Dr Geoffrey Tweedale; and Elizabeth Willis.

Apologies sent by; Sir Donald Acheson; Dr Michael Ashley-Miller, Dr David Bainton; Dr Ian Baker; Professor Hubert Campbell; Professor Sir Iain Chalmers; Professor Gareth Crompton; Dr Peter Graham; Dr David Gunnell; Dr Philip Hugh-Jones; Dr Peter McCarron; Professor Jim McEwen; Dr William Miall; Fred Moore; Dr S.G. Owen; Dr Selwyn St Leger; Peter Sweetnam; Dr J.C. Wagner; Dr Martin Wright; Dr John Yarnell; and Dr Carsten Timmermann.

The additional interviews carried out by Dr Andy Ness were with; Dr David Bainton; Dr Peter Elwood; Dr Julian Tudor Hart; Dr Philip Hugh-Jones; Mrs Janie Hughes; Marion Jones; Professor Stewart Kilpatrick; Dr Bill Miall; Dr Selwyn St Leger; Peter Sweetnam; Mary Thomas (Mrs Hart); Professor Estlin Waters; Dr Martin Wright; Mrs Sheila Wright; and Dr John Yarnell.

Digital material includes recordings, papers and photographs relating to the seminar and can be found under

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1994-2002

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19 files and 3 digital items

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  • 1318
  • 1543