Martyn Pickersgill
Professor 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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Pandemic preparedness means policy makers need to work with social scientists
In:
The Lancet, vol. 400
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(22)00983-7
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Comment/debate (Published) -
Transforming Primary Care in Scotland: A critical policy analysis
In:
British Journal of General Practice, vol. 72
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp22X71976
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Producing knowledge in a pandemic: accounts of UK-based postdoctoral biomedical scientists of undertaking research during the COVID-19 pandemic
In:
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, vol. 9
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-022-01160-1
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Temporal Imaginaries in Accounts of Parenting Practices: Negotiations of Time, Advice, and Expertise
In:
Catalyst: Feminism, Theory, Technoscience, vol. 8
DOI: https://doi.org/10.28968/cftt.v8i1.36212
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
The benefits, costs and feasibility of a low incidence COVID-19 strategy Health Policy
In:
The Lancet Regional Health Europe, vol. 13, pp. 100294
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanepe.2021.100294
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Addiction Treatment Providers’ Engagements With The Brain Disease Model of Addiction
(294 pages)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003032762-30
Research output: › Chapter (peer-reviewed) (E-pub ahead of print) -
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)