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John Maddox Prize, the Glossary

Index John Maddox Prize

The John Maddox Prize is an international prize administered by Sense about Science in partnership with Nature.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 41 relations: Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, Anthony Fauci, Bambang Hero Saharjo, Britt Marie Hermes, Carotid artery stenosis, Clinical trial, COVID-19, David Nutt, David Robert Grimes, Deferiprone, Editor-in-chief, Edzard Ernst, Elisabeth Bik, Elizabeth Loftus, Emily Willingham, Eucharia Oluchi Nwaichi, Evidence-based medicine, Fang Zhouzi, Hospital for Sick Children (Toronto), HPV vaccine, John Maddox, Mohammad Razai, Nancy Olivieri, Nature (journal), Naturopathy, Neuropsychopharmacology, New investigator, Olivier Bernard (pharmacist), Riko Muranaka, Salim Abdool Karim, Sense about Science, Simon Wessely, St George's, University of London, Susan Jebb, Terry Hughes (biologist), The Guardian, The Independent, Toronto, University of Exeter, University of Oxford, YouTube.

  2. 2012 establishments
  3. Science communication awards
  4. Scientific research awards

Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs

The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) is a British statutory advisory non-departmental public body, which was established under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971.

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Anthony Fauci

Anthony Stephen Fauci (born December 24, 1940) is an American physician-scientist and immunologist who served as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) from 1984 to 2022, and the chief medical advisor to the president from 2021 to 2022.

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Bambang Hero Saharjo

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Britt Marie Hermes

Britt Marie Hermes (born 1984) is an American former naturopathic doctor who became a critic of naturopathy and alternative medicine.

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Carotid artery stenosis

Carotid artery stenosis is a narrowing or constriction of any part of the carotid arteries, usually caused by atherosclerosis.

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Clinical trial

Clinical trials are prospective biomedical or behavioral research studies on human participants designed to answer specific questions about biomedical or behavioral interventions, including new treatments (such as novel vaccines, drugs, dietary choices, dietary supplements, and medical devices) and known interventions that warrant further study and comparison.

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COVID-19

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.

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David Nutt

David John Nutt (born 16 April 1951) is an English neuropsychopharmacologist specialising in the research of drugs that affect the brain and conditions such as addiction, anxiety, and sleep.

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David Robert Grimes

David Robert Grimes (born 1985) is an Irish science writer with professional training in physics and cancer biology, who contributes to several media outlets on questions of science and society.

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Deferiprone

Deferiprone, sold under the brand name Ferriprox among others, is a medication that chelates iron and is used to treat iron overload in thalassaemia major.

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Editor-in-chief

An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies.

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Edzard Ernst

Edzard Ernst (born 30 January 1948) is a retired British-German academic physician and researcher specializing in the study of complementary and alternative medicine.

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Elisabeth Bik

Elisabeth Margaretha Harbers-Bik (born 1966) is a Dutch microbiologist and scientific integrity consultant.

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Elizabeth Loftus

Elizabeth F. Loftus (born 1944) is an American psychologist who is best known in relation to the misinformation effect, false memory and criticism of recovered memory therapies.

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Emily Willingham

Emily Jane Willingham (born 1968) is an American journalist and scientist.

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Eucharia Oluchi Nwaichi

Eucharia Oluchi Nwaichi is a Nigerian environmental biochemist, soil scientist and toxicologist.

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Evidence-based medicine

Evidence-based medicine (EBM) is "the conscientious, explicit and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients.

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Fang Zhouzi

Fang Shimin, better known by his pen name Fang Zhouzi (born 28 September 1967), is a Chinese popular science writer who is primarily known for his campaign against pseudoscience and fraud in China.

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Hospital for Sick Children (Toronto)

The Hospital for Sick Children (HSC), corporately branded as SickKids, is a major pediatric teaching hospital located on University Avenue in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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HPV vaccine

Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines are vaccines that prevent infection by certain types of human papillomavirus (HPV).

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John Maddox

Sir John Royden Maddox, FRS (27 November 1925 – 12 April 2009) was a Welsh theoretical chemist, physicist, and science writer.

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Mohammad Razai

Mohammad Sharif Razai is a physician, poet, author and researcher.

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Nancy Olivieri

Nancy Fern Olivieri (born 1954) is a prominent Toronto haematologist and researcher with an interest in the treatment of haemoglobinopathies.

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Nature (journal)

Nature is a British weekly scientific journal founded and based in London, England.

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Naturopathy

Naturopathy, or naturopathic medicine, is a form of alternative medicine.

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Neuropsychopharmacology

Neuropsychopharmacology, an interdisciplinary science related to psychopharmacology (study of effects of drugs on the mind) and fundamental neuroscience, is the study of the neural mechanisms that drugs act upon to influence behavior.

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New investigator

Certain scholarly funding agencies make a distinction between investigators and new investigators.

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Olivier Bernard (pharmacist)

Olivier Bernard, known as the Pharmafist (Le Pharmachien), is a Canadian science communicator who uses cartoons to counter pseudo-scientific myths.

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Riko Muranaka

is a medical doctor, journalist and recipient of the 2017 John Maddox Prize for fighting to reduce cervical cancer and countering misinformation about the human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine dominating the Japanese media, despite facing safety threats.

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Salim Abdool Karim

Salim S. Abdool Karim, MBChB, MMed, MS(Epi), FFPHM, FFPath (Virol), DipData, PhD, DSc(hc), FRS is a South African public health physician, epidemiologist and virologist who has played a leading role in the AIDS and COVID-19 pandemic.

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Sense about Science

Sense about Science is a United Kingdom charitable organization that promotes the public understanding of science.

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Simon Wessely

Sir Simon Charles Wessely (born 23 December 1956) is a British psychiatrist.

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St George's, University of London

St George's, University of London, legally St George's Hospital Medical School, is a public university in Tooting, South London, England, and is a member institution of the federal University of London.

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Susan Jebb

Susan Ann Jebb is Chair of the United Kingdom's Food Standards Agency and Professor of Diet and Population Health at the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford.

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Terry Hughes (biologist)

Terence P. Hughes (born 1956, in Dublin, Ireland) is a professor of marine biology at James Cook University in Queensland, Australia.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The Independent

The Independent is a British online newspaper.

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Toronto

Toronto is the most populous city in Canada and the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario.

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University of Exeter

The University of Exeter is a research university in the West Country of England, with its main campus in Exeter, Devon.

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University of Oxford

The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university in Oxford, England.

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YouTube

YouTube is an American online video sharing platform owned by Google.

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See also

2012 establishments

Science communication awards

Scientific research awards

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Maddox_Prize