Alan M. Emond FRCP FRCPCH FHEA (born 1953) is a British paediatrician and professor emeritus in Child Health at Bristol Medical School at the University of Bristol.[1] Emond is most notable for research into child and adolescent injury, epidemiology and health service evaluation as well as the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children.[2]
Life
[edit]Emond studied philosophy and religious studies[3] before graduating from Cambridge University in 1977.[4]
Between 1982 and 1987, Emond attained the Doctor of Medicine with a thesis titled: The Spleen in Sickle Cell Disease in Childhood[5] under Graham Serjeant at the University of the West Indies, Jamaica.
Career
[edit]In 2003, Emond established the Centre for Child and Adolescent Health, a joint academic centre between the University of Bristol and the University of the West of England to bring different disciplines together to promote child health.[3][6]
Awards and honours
[edit]- In 2019 he was awarded the James Spence Medal, the highest honour given by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, for his extensive and wide-ranging research work.[2]
Bibliography
[edit]- Lingam, R.; Hunt, L.; Golding, J.; Jongmans, M.; Emond, A. (30 March 2009). "Prevalence of Developmental Coordination Disorder Using the DSM-IV at 7 Years of Age: A UK Population-Based Study". Pediatrics. 123 (4): e693–e700. doi:10.1542/peds.2008-1770. PMID 19336359. S2CID 21956911.
- Emond, A.M.; Collis, R.; Darvill, D.; Higgs, D.R.; Maude, G.H.; Serjeant, G.R. (August 1985). "Acute splenic sequestration in homozygous sickle cell disease: Natural history and management". The Journal of Pediatrics. 107 (2): 201–206. doi:10.1016/S0022-3476(85)80125-6. PMID 4020541.
- Emond, Alan M. (1 November 1980). "Priapism and Impotence in Homozygous Sickle Cell Disease". Archives of Internal Medicine. 140 (11): 1434–7. doi:10.1001/archinte.1980.00330220022011. PMID 6159833.
- Emond, A.; Emmett, P.; Steer, C.; Golding, J. (19 July 2010). "Feeding Symptoms, Dietary Patterns, and Growth in Young Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders". Pediatrics. 126 (2): e337–e342. doi:10.1542/peds.2009-2391. PMID 20643716. S2CID 45969561.
References
[edit]- ^ "Professor Alan Emond". Bristol Medical School: Population Health Sciences. University of Bristol. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
- ^ a b "Professor Alan Emond". The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
- ^ a b "An interview with… Alan Emond". Bristol Institute of Learning and Teaching. Bilt Online. 17 June 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
- ^ Overy, C; Reynolds, LA; Tansey, EM. "History of the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children , C 1980-2000". Queen Mary University of London. History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
- ^ Overy, C; Reynolds, LA; Tansey, EM. "History of the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children , C 1980-2000". Queen Mary University of London. History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group: 96. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
- ^ "About us". Centre for Academic Child Health. University of Bristol. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
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