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Oct 16, 2013 · David Barker was one of the most influential clinical epidemiologists of our time. He challenged the idea that chronic disorders such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease are explained only by ...
- Cyrus Cooper
- cc@mrc.soton.ac.uk
- 2013
Oct 5, 2013 · David Barker experienced the power of epidemiology first-hand in the late 1960s, when he was living in Uganda and studying the disfiguring mycobacterial infection known as Buruli ulcer disease. It was 7 years after he had qualified as a doctor, and a grant from the UK's Medical Research Council had taken him to Makerere University in Kampala to study the disease, which received wisdom said was ...
David Barker was a British physician and epidemiologist who proposed the Barker Hypothesis, linking foetal and infant conditions to chronic diseases later in life. He worked in Uganda, Southampton and London, and received many awards and honors for his research.
Sep 19, 2013 · David Barker was a physician and one of the most influential epidemiologists of our time. His “fetal programming hypothesis” (known as the “Barker hypothesis”) transformed thinking about the causes of diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and cancer. He challenged the idea that they are explained by a combination of bad genes and unhealthy ...
- Jan Barker, Mary Barker, Caroline Fall, Clive Osmond, Cyrus Cooper
- 2013
Aug 7, 2019 · Early days. Science was the driving force in David James Purslove Barker's life. His scientific journey began at Oundle School, Northamptonshire, where his interest in the natural world was sparked by an exceptional and enlightened biology teacher, Ioan Thomas, who spotted his interests and abilities and gave David freedom to roam the countryside around the school, discovering and developing ...
- Mary Barker, Caroline H. Fall, Clive Osmond, Cyrus Cooper, Tom P. Fleming, Kent L. Thornburg, Graham...
- 2019
David Barker. Physician and epidemiologist who helped show that chronic diseases have origins in the womb. Born in London, UK, on June 29, 1938, he died of a cerebral haemorrhage in Winchester, UK, on Aug 27, 2013, aged 75 years. David Barker experienced the power of epidemiology fi rst-hand in the late 1960s, when he was living in Uganda and ...
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