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George Ellison
Professor George Ellison
Expert consultant
Director - Graduate School
London Metropolitan University
166-220 Holloway Road
London N7 8DB, UK
http://www.healthcare.ac.uk/research/staff/George-Ellison/
George Ellison currently works as the director of London Metropolitan University Graduate School. With a background in natural science and public health, he has developed an extensive programme of work examining the operationalisation of race/ethnicity in public policy and biomedical research. He has lived and worked for extensive periods in South Africa, speaks Afrikaans and has a particular interest in the way race/ethnicity was conceptualised and applied in pre- and post-apartheid legislation, and in research into disparities in health and social wellbeing. Together with Alan Goodman (president of the American Anthropological Association) he recently published an edited volume of papers exploring the role of 'difference' within human biology (The Nature of Difference: Science, Society and Human Biology, Taylor & Francis, 2006) and is currently preparing a second volume examining the development of interdisciplinary approaches for exploring variation in health and social care. He was co-applicant on two grants from the Wellcome Trust research programme on biomedical ethics involving projects studying the editorial review of studies using race/ethnicity in genetics journal articles, and its use in biobanks and pharmacogenetics research. He has also recently been awarded a British Council grant with Jo Chataway (Open University) to explore the ethical, legal and social implications of the new genetics and biotechnology throughout Africa. George is a co-applicant on this project and brings expertise in the development of guidelines for academic journals, research ethics committees and institutional review boards to evaluate the inclusion of racial/ethnic data in research proposals. George brings his extensive experience and contacts to support the project across its life-cycle.
Relevant recent publications:
Ellison GTH (2007) 'Health, wealth and IQ in sub-Saharan Africa: Challenges facing the Savanna Principle as an explanation for global inequalities in health' British Journal of Health Psychology 12: 191-227.
Ellison GTH (2006) 'Medicine in black and white: BiDil®, race and the limits of evidence-based medicine.' Significance 3: 118-121.
Outram SM, Ellison GTH (2006). 'Improving the use of race/ethnicity in genetic research: a survey of instructions to authors in genetics journals.' Science Editor 29:78-81.
Ellison GTH (2005). 'Population profiling' and public health risk: when and how should we use race/ethnicity?' Critical Public Health 15: 65-74.
