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'''Fiona Godlee''' (born August 4, 1961) has been [[editor in chief]] of ''[[The BMJ]]'' since 2005; she is the first female editor appointed in the journal's history.<ref name="Press">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=29459&sectioncode=1 |title=Godlee is made BMJ's first woman editor |date=11 February 2005 |magazine=[[Press Gazette]] |accessdate=23 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090902214457/http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=29459&sectioncode=1 |archivedate=September 2, 2009 }}</ref> She is also editorial director.
'''Fiona Godlee''' (born August 4, 1961) was [[editor in chief]] of ''[[The British Medical Journal]]'' from March 2005 until 31 December 2021; she was the first female editor appointed in the journal's history.<ref name="Press">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=29459&sectioncode=1 |title=Godlee is made BMJ's first woman editor |date=11 February 2005 |magazine=[[Press Gazette]] |accessdate=23 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090902214457/http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=29459&sectioncode=1 |archivedate=September 2, 2009 }}</ref> She was also editorial director of the other journals in ''BMJ's'' portfolio.


==Career==
==Career==
Educated at [[Bedales]] and [[Marlborough College]], she qualified as a doctor in 1985 at the University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, having studied at [[Trinity College, Cambridge]], then trained as a general physician in London, and is a Fellow of the [[Royal College of Physicians]].<ref name="Press"/> Since 1990 she has written on a broad range of issues for BMJ, including the impact of environmental degradation on health, the future of the [[World Health Organization]], the ethics of academic publication, and the problems of editorial peer review.<ref name="Press"/>
Fiona Godlee attended [[Bedales]] and [[Marlborough College]] boarding schools. She qualified as a doctor in 1985 at the University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, having studied at [[Trinity College, Cambridge]].{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}


She trained as a general physician in London, and is a Fellow of the [[Royal College of Physicians]].<ref name="Press" /> Since 1990 she has written on a broad range of issues for BMJ, including the impact of [[environmental degradation]] on health, the future of the [[World Health Organization]], the ethics of academic publication, and the problems of editorial peer review.<ref name="Press" />
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In 1994, she spent a year at [[Harvard University]] as a [[Harkness Fellow]] evaluating efforts to bridge the gap between medical research and practice. On returning to the [[UK]], she led the development of BMJ Clinical Evidence, which evaluates the best available evidence on the benefits and harms of treatments.<ref name=BMJ>''BMJ'' [http://www.bmj.com/about-bmj/editorial-staff/fiona-godlee Fiona Godlee]</ref> In 2000, she moved to Current Science Group to help establish the [[open access]] online publisher [[BioMed Central]] as Editorial Director for Medicine.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.the-scientist.com/news/20010823/04/|title=Beware a conflict of interest|date=23 August 2001|publisher=[[The Scientist (magazine)|The Scientist]]|accessdate=23 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110816094853/http://classic.the-scientist.com/news/20010823/04/|archivedate=August 16, 2011}}</ref> In 2003, she returned to the [[BMJ Group]] to head up its new Knowledge division. She has served as President of the [[World Association of Medical Editors]] (from January 2000 to December 2001)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wame.org/wame-history |title=WAME History |publisher=World Association of Medical Editors |accessdate=5 July 2014}}</ref> and Chair of the [[Committee on Publication Ethics]] (from 2004 on)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://publicationethics.org/about/history |title=History of COPE |publisher=[[Committee on Publication Ethics]] |accessdate=5 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/3342867/Is-the-spirit-of-Piltdown-man-alive-and-well.html|title=Is the spirit of Piltdown man alive and well?|date=7 September 2005|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]|accessdate=23 March 2010 | location=London | first=Stephanie | last=de Bono}}</ref> and is co-editor of ''Peer Review in Health Sciences''.From 2003 to 2005 she was head of BMJ Knowledge. She was editorial director, BioMed Central, Current Science Group


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In 1994, she spent a year at [[Harvard University]] as a [[Harkness Fellow]] evaluating efforts to bridge the gap between medical research and practice. On returning to the [[UK]], she led the development of BMJ Clinical Evidence, which evaluates the best available evidence on the benefits and harms of treatments.<ref name=BMJ>''BMJ'' [http://www.bmj.com/about-bmj/editorial-staff/fiona-godlee Fiona Godlee]</ref> In 2000, she moved to Current Science Group to help establish the [[open access]] online publisher [[BioMed Central]] as Editorial Director for Medicine.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.the-scientist.com/news/20010823/04/|title=Beware a conflict of interest|date=23 August 2001|publisher=[[The Scientist (magazine)|The Scientist]]|accessdate=23 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110816094853/http://classic.the-scientist.com/news/20010823/04/|archivedate=August 16, 2011}}</ref> In 2003, she returned to the [[BMJ Group]] to head up its new Knowledge division. She has served as president of the [[World Association of Medical Editors]] (from January 2000 to December 2001)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wame.org/wame-history |title=WAME History |publisher=World Association of Medical Editors |accessdate=5 July 2014}}</ref> and Chair of the [[Committee on Publication Ethics]] (from 2004 on)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://publicationethics.org/about/history |title=History of COPE |publisher=[[Committee on Publication Ethics]] |accessdate=5 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/3342867/Is-the-spirit-of-Piltdown-man-alive-and-well.html|title=Is the spirit of Piltdown man alive and well?|date=7 September 2005|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]|accessdate=23 March 2010 | location=London | first=Stephanie | last=de Bono}}</ref> and is co-editor of ''Peer Review in Health Sciences''. From 2003 to 2005 she was head of BMJ Knowledge. She was editorial director, BioMed Central, Current Science Group.{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}
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Godlee is a director and member of the board of ''BMJ'', a founder and board member of the Climate and Health Council and on the executive committee for the [[UK Health Alliance on Climate Change]].<ref name=BMJ/>

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Godlee was director and member of the board of ''BMJ'', a founder and board member of the Climate and Health Council and on the executive committee for the [[UK Health Alliance on Climate Change]].<ref name=BMJ/>

At the ''BMJ'' she was succeeded by [[Kamran Abbasi]].<ref name="Kmietowicz2021">{{cite journal |last1=Kmietowicz |first1=Zosia |title=Kamran Abbasi appointed as editor in chief of The BMJ |journal=British Medical Journal |date=15 December 2021 |volume=375 |pages=n3084 |doi=10.1136/bmj.n3084 |pmid=34911730 |s2cid=245132876 |url=https://www.bmj.com/content/375/bmj.n3084 |language=en |issn=1756-1833|doi-access=free }}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
She lives in [[Cambridge]] with her husband and two children. Her paternal grandmother was born Barbara Lodge, youngest of the six daughters of the physicist [[Sir Oliver Lodge]]. On her paternal grandfather's side, she is a great great great grand daughter of [[Joseph Jackson Lister]], pioneer of the compound microscope and father of [[Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister]].<ref>{{cite journal |title=Fiona Godlee| url=http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(05)71125-9/fulltext |journal=[[The Lancet]] |volume=365 | issue=9464 |page=1023 |date=19 March 2005 |doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(05)71125-9| s2cid=54330489 }}</ref>
She lives in [[Cambridge]] with her husband and two children. Her paternal grandmother was born Barbara Lodge, youngest of the six daughters of the physicist [[Sir Oliver Lodge]]. On her paternal grandfather's side, she is a great great great grand daughter of [[Joseph Jackson Lister]], pioneer of the compound microscope and father of [[Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister]].<ref>{{cite journal |title=Fiona Godlee| url=http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(05)71125-9/fulltext |journal=[[The Lancet]] |volume=365 | issue=9464 |page=1023 |date=19 March 2005 |doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(05)71125-9| s2cid=54330489 |url-access=subscription }}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 18:47, 19 October 2024

Fiona Godlee
Born (1961-08-04) August 4, 1961 (age 63)
San Francisco, California
NationalityBritish
American
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge
Scientific career
FieldsMedicine
InstitutionsRoyal College of Physicians

Fiona Godlee (born August 4, 1961) was editor in chief of The British Medical Journal from March 2005 until 31 December 2021; she was the first female editor appointed in the journal's history.[1] She was also editorial director of the other journals in BMJ's portfolio.

Career

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Fiona Godlee attended Bedales and Marlborough College boarding schools. She qualified as a doctor in 1985 at the University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, having studied at Trinity College, Cambridge.[citation needed]

She trained as a general physician in London, and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians.[1] Since 1990 she has written on a broad range of issues for BMJ, including the impact of environmental degradation on health, the future of the World Health Organization, the ethics of academic publication, and the problems of editorial peer review.[1]

In 1994, she spent a year at Harvard University as a Harkness Fellow evaluating efforts to bridge the gap between medical research and practice. On returning to the UK, she led the development of BMJ Clinical Evidence, which evaluates the best available evidence on the benefits and harms of treatments.[2] In 2000, she moved to Current Science Group to help establish the open access online publisher BioMed Central as Editorial Director for Medicine.[3] In 2003, she returned to the BMJ Group to head up its new Knowledge division. She has served as president of the World Association of Medical Editors (from January 2000 to December 2001)[4] and Chair of the Committee on Publication Ethics (from 2004 on)[5][6] and is co-editor of Peer Review in Health Sciences. From 2003 to 2005 she was head of BMJ Knowledge. She was editorial director, BioMed Central, Current Science Group.[citation needed]

Godlee was director and member of the board of BMJ, a founder and board member of the Climate and Health Council and on the executive committee for the UK Health Alliance on Climate Change.[2]

At the BMJ she was succeeded by Kamran Abbasi.[7]

Personal life

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She lives in Cambridge with her husband and two children. Her paternal grandmother was born Barbara Lodge, youngest of the six daughters of the physicist Sir Oliver Lodge. On her paternal grandfather's side, she is a great great great grand daughter of Joseph Jackson Lister, pioneer of the compound microscope and father of Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister.[8]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Godlee is made BMJ's first woman editor". Press Gazette. 11 February 2005. Archived from the original on 2 September 2009. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
  2. ^ a b BMJ Fiona Godlee
  3. ^ "Beware a conflict of interest". The Scientist. 23 August 2001. Archived from the original on 16 August 2011. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
  4. ^ "WAME History". World Association of Medical Editors. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  5. ^ "History of COPE". Committee on Publication Ethics. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  6. ^ de Bono, Stephanie (7 September 2005). "Is the spirit of Piltdown man alive and well?". The Telegraph. London. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
  7. ^ Kmietowicz, Zosia (15 December 2021). "Kamran Abbasi appointed as editor in chief of The BMJ". British Medical Journal. 375: n3084. doi:10.1136/bmj.n3084. ISSN 1756-1833. PMID 34911730. S2CID 245132876.
  8. ^ "Fiona Godlee". The Lancet. 365 (9464): 1023. 19 March 2005. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(05)71125-9. S2CID 54330489.
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