Catherine Stevenson Peckham (née King; born 7 March 1937) is a British paediatrician.
Catherine Peckham | |
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| Professor of Paediatric Epidemiology, Institute of Child Health | |
| In office 1985–2002 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Catherine Stevenson King 7 March 1937 London, England |
Peckham was the first Professor of Paediatric Epidemiology in the UK, and established the Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the UCL Institute of Child Health, University College London.[1][2] The Peckham Lecture is given each year at the Institute of Child Health.[3]
Life
editPeckham was born in London, the daughter of Alexander King, and spent her early years in the USA. She was educated at St Paul's Girls' School[4] and at University College London. She was married to Sir Michael Peckham.
Medical career
editAs a clinical epidemiologist Peckham is best known for her work on infections in pregnancy, particularly rubella, cytomegalovirus[5] and HIV, and their impact on the fetus and developing child. She showed that rubella damage caused by exposure to maternal infection during pregnancy could continue after birth.[6] She worked on the early rubella vaccine trials and was instrumental in setting up the National Congenital Rubella Surveillance Programme.[7][8]
In 1986 she founded the multi-centre European Collaborative Study (ECS) on HIV in mothers and children with Carlo Giaquinto.[9][10][11][12] She was instrumental in establishing the national surveillance of HIV infection in pregnancy and childhood.[13] Her study of vaccination for infectious diseases in childhood was published by Action Research as the Peckham Report in 1989.[14] In 1986 she co-founded the British Paediatric Surveillance Unit.[15] From 2005 to 2007 she chaired the Scientific Coordinating Group for the Government's Foresight Programme on the Future Challenge of infectious Diseases.[16]
Peckham has been closely involved in national birth cohort studies[17] and the influence of biological, social and environmental factors in early life on later development has been a central theme in her work.[18]
Awards and honours
edit- CBE for services to child health, 1998
- Harding Award for the prevention of child disability, 1993
- 20th Anniversary Award for Leadership in HIV Child Care, Terence Higgins Trust, 2002
- James Spence Medal, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, 2003
- Founder Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences, 1998
National and international positions
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- Chair, Positive Action for Children Fund, 2010–[19]
- Chair, Medical Research Council Review of Gulf War Related Illness[20]
- Vice-President of Fonds de Solidarite Therapeutique Internationale 1998–2000[21]
- Chair, WHO Epidemiological Research and Forecasting, Global Programme on Aids, 1991–94
- Member then vice-chair, Nuffield Council on Bioethics, 1999–2006[22]
- Chair, Medical Research Council Human Fertilization and Embryology Working Group on children conceived by Assisted Reproduction, 2004[23]
- Chair, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists' Working Party on Termination of Pregnancy for Fetal Abnormality (2008/9)[24]
- US-UK Fulbright Commissioner, Fulbright Commission 1986–1994)
- non-executive director, Advertising Standards Authority 1993–1999
- Vice-Chair, Board of Governors St Paul's Girls' School London, 1993–2006
- Governor of St Paul's School
- Member of Council, Institute of Education 1999–2007
References
edit- ↑ "catherine-peckham". University College London. 14 October 2004. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
- ↑ "Our history and structure". Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
- ↑ "The 2011 Peckham Lecture". Archived from the original on 3 March 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
- ↑ "St Paul's Girls' | London – Inner (London postal codes)". Guide to independent schools. Archived from the original on 2 January 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
- ↑ Peckham, Catherines.; Coleman, Johnc.; Hurley, Rosalinde; Kong Shin Chin; Henderson, Kathy; Preece, Philipm. (1983). "Cytomegalovirus Infection in Pregnancy: Preliminary Findings From A Prospective Study". The Lancet. 321 (8338): 1352–1355. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(83)92138-4. PMID 6134135. S2CID 12597118. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
- ↑ Catherine S. Peckham (1 August 1972). "Clinical and Laboratory Study of Children Exposed in utero to Maternal Rubella – Peckham 47 (254): 571". Archives of Disease in Childhood. 47 (254): 571–577. doi:10.1136/adc.47.254.571. PMC 1648297. PMID 5046774.
- ↑ Tookey, P. A.; Peckham, C. S. (1999). "Surveillance of congenital rubella in Great Britain, 1971–96". BMJ. 318 (7186): 769–770. doi:10.1136/bmj.318.7186.769. PMC 27790. PMID 10082699.
- ↑ "NSHPC Home Page". University College London. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
- ↑ "CV Dr. Carlo Giaquinto". Medkeik.info. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
- ↑ Original TextThe European Collaborative Study 1 (1988). "Mother-To-Child Transmission of Hiv Infection". The Lancet. 332 (8619): 1039–1043. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(88)90063-3. S2CID 54348316. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ Peckham, Catherine; Gibb, Diana (1995). "Mother-to-Child Transmission of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus". New England Journal of Medicine. 333 (5): 298–303. doi:10.1056/NEJM199508033330507. PMID 7596375.
- ↑ "HIV: European Collaborative Study on HIV-infected pregnant women and their children". University College London. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
- ↑ Davison, C.F.; Hudson, C.N.; Ades, A.E.; Peckham, C.S. (1989). "Antenatal Testing For Human Immunodeficiency Virus". The Lancet. 334 (8677): 1442–1444. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(89)92045-X. PMID 2574370. S2CID 44624057. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
- ↑ Peckham, Catherine A. (26 June 1989). The Peckham Report: National Immunisation Study : Factors Influencing Immunisation Uptake in Childhood. Department of Paediatric Epidemiology, Institute of Child Health. ISBN 9780900931376. Retrieved 26 June 2022 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "BPSU". RCPCH. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
- ↑ "Infectious Diseases: preparing for the future. Executive Summary. Office of Science and Innovation" (PDF). London: Foresight. 2006.
- ↑ Peckham, CS (24 May 2012). "A national study of child development (NCDS 1958 cohort). Preliminary findings in a national sample of 11-year-old children". Proc. R. Soc. Med. 66 (7): 701–3. PMC 1645076. PMID 4741414.
- ↑ "Understanding science: 12: Human Reproduction: Selecting for Life: Scientific Basis and Policy Implications". University of Cambridge. Archived from the original on 18 February 2011. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
- ↑ "Board Members". ViiV Healthcare. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ Department of the Official Report (Hansard), House of Lords, Westminster. "Lords Hansard text for 6 Nov 200606 Nov 2006 (pt 0002)". Parliament of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ "Place et rôle du Fonds de solidarité thérapeutique international". Pistes.fr. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
- ↑ "Research in developing countries – About the Working Party | Nuffield Council on Bioethics". Nuffieldbioethics.org. Archived from the original on 24 May 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
- ↑ "Medical Research Council – Document library". Mrc.ac.uk. 18 November 2004. Archived from the original on 4 January 2013. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
- ↑ "Termination of Pregnancy for Fetal Abnormality in England, Scotland and Wales | Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists". Rcog.org.uk. 25 June 2010. Archived from the original on 1 February 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
External links
edit- Catherine Peckham on the History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group website