| ProfessorAlan EmondFRCP FRCPCH FHEA | |
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| Born | Alan M. Emond 1953 |
Alan M. Emond (born 1953) is a British paediatrician and professor emeritus in Child Health at Bristol Medical School at the University of Bristol. 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.
Life
Emond studied philosophy and religious studies before graduating from Cambridge University in 1977.
Between 1982 and 1987, Emond attained the Doctor of Medicine with a thesis titled: The Spleen in Sickle Cell Disease in Childhood under Graham Serjeant at the University of the West Indies, Jamaica.
Career
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.
Awards and honours
- 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.
Bibliography
- 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
- "Professor Alan Emond". Bristol Medical School: Population Health Sciences. University of Bristol. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
- ^ "Professor Alan Emond". The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
- ^ "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.