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Edward Pochin

Sir Edward Eric Pochin CBE FRCP (22 September 1909 – 29 January 1990) was a British physician, a specialist in the dangers of ionizing radiation.[1] From 1946 to 1974, he directed the Medical Research Council's department of clinical research.

Edward Pochin
Born22 September 1909
Died29 January 1990

Biography edit

Edward E.Pochin attended St.John's College, Oxford, and qualified in medicine at University College Hospital (UCL), London, in 1935.[2]

He directed the Medical Research Council's department of clinical research from 1946 to 1974.[3] At UCL he worked with Keith Halnan.[4]

Pochin served as advisor to the leading counsel for the British Government and expert witness at the Royal Commission into British nuclear tests in Australia in 1984–1987.[5]

Personal and family edit

He married Constance Margaret Julia Tilly in 1940. They had two children. His wife died in 1971.[2]

Awards and recognition edit

He was appointed a CBE in 1959, and appointed Knight Bachelor in 1975.[3] In 1982 he was awarded Gold Medal for Radiation Protection.[6]

Selected publications edit

  • "Radioiodine and thyroid hormone in the treatment of thyroid carcinoma". Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental. 7 (2): 184. March 1958. ISSN 0026-0495. PMID 13516471. (Co-author)
  • Edward Pochin, 1983, Nuclear Radiation: Risks and Benefits, Clarendon Press, Oxford

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Clarke, R. H. (2006). "Pochin, Sir Edward Eric (1909–1990)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/40078.
  2. ^ a b . history.rcplondon.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 27 August 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Obituary". British Medical Journal. 300 (6723): 531–533. 24 February 1990. doi:10.1136/bmj.300.6723.531. ISSN 0959-8138. S2CID 220185573.
  4. ^ . Archived from the original on 29 August 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  5. ^ "ParlInfo - British Nuclear Tests in Australia - Royal Commission (President: Mr Justice J.R. McClelland) - Report, dated 20 November 1985 - Volume 1". parlinfo.aph.gov.au. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  6. ^ "ICRP". www.icrp.org. Retrieved 7 January 2022.

Further reading edit

  • "Radiation in MRC supported research in the 1950s and 1960s. Report of a Committee of Enquiry. 1998. PP.19-20

External links edit

  • "POCHIN EE - Search Results - PubMed". PubMed.


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