Ben Goldacre

Ben Goldacre

OBE
Ben Goldacre; OBE
	Goldacre in 2009
Born	Ben Michael Goldacre; 20 May 1974; London, United Kingdom
Education	Magdalen College School, Oxford
Alma mater	Magdalen College, Oxford (BA); University College London (MB BS); King's College London (MA);
Occupation(s)	Author, journalist, physician, science writer and scientist
Employers	Institute of Psychiatry; University of Milan; London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine; University of Oxford;
Known for	Bad Science (2008); Bad Pharma (2012); AllTrials.net; Opentrials.net;
Parent(s)	Michael Goldacre; Susan Goldacre (née Traynor)
Awards	ABSW best feature (2003, 2005); Statistical Excellence In Journalism Award of the Royal Statistical Society (2007);
Website	badscience.net

Ben Michael Goldacre OBE (born 20 May 1974) is a British physician, academic and science writer. He is the first Bennett Professor of Evidence-Based Medicine and director of the Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science at the University of Oxford. He is a founder of the AllTrials campaign and OpenTrials to require open science practices in clinical trials.

Goldacre is known in particular for his Bad Science column in The Guardian, which he wrote between 2003 and 2011, and is the author of four books: Bad Science (2008), a critique of irrationality and certain forms of alternative medicine; Bad Pharma (2012), an examination of the pharmaceutical industry, its publishing and marketing practices, and its relationship with the medical profession; I Think You'll Find It's a Bit More Complicated Than That, a collection of his journalism; and Statins, about evidence-based medicine. Goldacre frequently delivers free talks about bad science; he describes himself as a "nerd evangelist".

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