Martyn Pickersgill
Personal Chair of the Sociology of Science and Medicine
- Usher Institute
- College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Contact details
Address
- Street
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Old Medical School
Teviot Place - City
- Edinburgh
- Post code
- EH8 9AG
Background
Professor Martyn Pickersgill is a sociologist of science and medicine. Martyn is currently engaged in research on biomedicine and society in the UK and the US, and with collaborators in the context of Australia, China, Japan, and Malawi.
Martyn holds a Personal Chair in the Sociology of Science and Medicine, and conducts research, teaching, and engagement in the social dimensions of biomedicine. He is also Co-Director of Research in the Medical School's Usher Institute. In 2020, Martyn became Co-Director of a new £5.3m Wellcome Trust PhD Programme in 'One Health Animal Models of Disease: Science, Ethics and Society', which brings together expertise from the social and biomedical sciences. In 2018, he co-founded the Centre for Biomedicine, Self & Society through seed and continuing funding totalling over £1.9m from the Wellcome Trust, where he remains an Associate Director.
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Temporal Imaginaries in Accounts of Parenting Practices:: Negotiations of Time, Advice, and Expertise
In:
Catalyst: Feminism, Theory, Technoscience
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Accepted/In press) -
Governing through imaginaries: On the place and role of constructions of Japan within UK policy discourse regarding science, technology, and innovation
In:
Journal of Law and the Biosciences, vol. 8
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jlb/lsaa007
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Towards a European strategy to address the COVID-19 pandemic
In:
The Lancet, vol. 398, pp. 838-839
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(21)01808-0
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Letter (Published) -
A Consideration of the Social Dimensions and Implications of Neuroimaging Research in Global Health, as Related to the Theory-Ladened and Theory-Generating Aspects of Technology
In:
NeuroImage, vol. 236
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118086
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
A look into the future of the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe:: an expert consultation
In:
The Lancet regional health. Europe, vol. 8
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanepe.2021.100185
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Developing Biopsychosocial Research on Maternal Mental Health in Malawi: Community Perspectives and Concerns
In:
Ethics And Human Research, vol. 43, pp. 11-19
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/eahr.500095
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Expertise from the humanities and social sciences is essential for governmental responses to COVID-19
(3 pages)
In:
Journal of Global Health, vol. 11
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7189/jogh.11.03081
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Negotiating Novelty: Constructing the Novel within Scientific Accounts of Epigenetics
In:
Sociology, vol. 55, pp. 600-618
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0038038520954752
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Experiences of Ethics, Governance and Scientific Practice in Neuroscience Research
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108620024.038
Research output: › Chapter (peer-reviewed) (Published) -
Children's Understanding of Epilepsy: A Qualitative Study
In:
Epilepsy & Behavior, vol. 120
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yebeh.2021.107994
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print)