Janet Darbyshire
{{short description|British epidemiologist}}
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| alma_mater = London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, MSc
| occupation = Epidemiologist and science administrator
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| employer = Medical Research Council (Clinical Trials Unit)
| awards = Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences, the Royal College of Physicians, and the Society for Clinical Trials
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Janet Howard Darbyshire is a British epidemiologist and science administrator.
Career
Darbyshire joined the Medical Research Council (MRC) in 1974, first co-ordinating clinical trials and epidemiological studies of tuberculosis, asthma and other respiratory diseases in the UK and East Africa for the MRC Tuberculosis and Chest Diseases Unit. She became the head of the MRC HIV Clinical Trials Centre when it was founded in 1989, designing and co-ordinating multi-centre trials of therapeutics for people with HIV, as well as vaccines and microbicides to prevent infection.
In 1980, Darbyshire was awarded an MSc by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.{{cite web | url = https://iris.ucl.ac.uk/iris/browse/profile?upi=JHDAR91 | title = Janet Darbyshire | work = Institutional Research Information Service | publisher=UCL | accessdate=25 July 2013}}
In 1998, she became head of the new MRC Clinical Trials Unit, established as a centre of excellence for clinical trials, meta-analyses and epidemiological studies in HIV, cancer and other diseases.[http://www.ctu.mrc.ac.uk/History.asp MRC CTU: History] (accessed 6 January 2009) She is also co-director of the UK Clinical Research Network (UKCRN).[http://www.ukcrn.org.uk/index/about/ukcrncc/jdarbyshire.html UKCRN: Professor Janet Darbyshire] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121050217/http://www.ukcrn.org.uk/index/about/ukcrncc/jdarbyshire.html |date=2008-11-21 }} (accessed 6 January 2009) As of 2013, she is on the board of the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine and the Society for Clinical Trials.[http://www.lister-institute.org.uk/organisation.html The Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine: Organisation] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121214064553/http://www.lister-institute.org.uk/organisation.html |date=2012-12-14 }} (accessed 7 January 2013){{Cite web
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Awards and honours
Darbyshire is a fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences,[http://www.acmedsci.ac.uk/p59fid5661.html Academy of Medical Sciences: Fellows: Professor Janet Darbyshire] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130419170819/http://www.acmedsci.ac.uk/p59fid5661.html |date=2013-04-19 }} (accessed 7 January 2013) the Royal College of Physicians{{citation needed|date=January 2013}} and the Society for Clinical Trials.[http://www.sctweb.org/public/about/fellow.cfm?id=48 Society for Clinical Trials: SCT Fellow Profile: Janet Darbyshire] (accessed 7 January 2013)
Already an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE), she was elevated to Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2010 New Year Honours for "services to Clinical Science".{{London Gazette |issue=59282 |date=31 December 2009 |page=7 |supp=y }}
In 2018, Darbyshire was awarded the MRC Millennium Medal for her "world-leading research on clinical trials and epidemiology has prevented disease and saved lives across the world".{{Cite news|url=https://www.insight.mrc.ac.uk/2018/01/31/why-research-has-a-bright-future-in-the-uk/|title=Why research has a bright future in the UK - insight|date=2018-01-31|work=insight|access-date=20 February 2018|archive-date=21 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180221035433/https://www.insight.mrc.ac.uk/2018/01/31/why-research-has-a-bright-future-in-the-uk/|url-status=dead}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20061007042318/http://www.academicmedicine.ac.uk/casestudies/janetdarbyshire.aspx Academy of Medical Sciences interview]
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Category:British public health doctors
Category:British medical researchers
Category:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
Category:Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences (United Kingdom)
Category:Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians
Category:20th-century British women scientists
Category:21st-century British women scientists
Category:Women epidemiologists