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Austin Bradford Hill
Biostatistics · Biostatistics
London, United Kingdom
35 H-Index
920 Citations
441 Total Impact
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Overview
Austin Bradford Hill is a biostatistics specialist at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Based in London.
For Patients
- Pioneered 2 medical techniques including Randomized controlled trial and Bradford Hill criteria for causation
- Research was cited 920 times by other doctors and scientists
- Based at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in London, United Kingdom
Biography
Austin Bradford Hill was a British epidemiologist and statistician who designed the first modern randomized controlled trial and established the Bradford Hill criteria for causation.
Affiliations & Institutions
Research Impact
10 Publications
920 Total Citations
Publication Timeline
Published In
BMJNew England Journal of MedicineThe Milbank Memorial Fund QuarterlyJournal of Dairy ResearchEpidemiology and Infection
Key Publications
Medical Ethics and Controlled Trials
The Clinical Trial
The mortality of doctors in relation to their smoking habits: a preliminary report: (Reprinted from <i>Br Med J</i> 1954:ii;1451-5)
Cerebrovascular Disease: Trial of Long-term Anticoagulant Therapy
A Study of the Aetiology of Carcinoma of the Lung
Areas of Expertise
Pioneering Techniques
Medical Specialties
Clinical Knowledge & Procedures
Legacy Timeline
The life and contributions of Austin Bradford Hill
1948
First randomized controlled trial
Designed the streptomycin trial for tuberculosis, the first modern RCT
1965
Bradford Hill criteria
Published the criteria for establishing causation in epidemiology
