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Commentary: Professor Harry Keen, clinician, epidemiologist, diabetologist, basic scientist and defender of the UK National Health Service

Commentary: Professor Harry Keen, clinician, epidemiologist, diabetologist, basic scientist and... Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Epidemiological Association International Journal of Epidemiology 2014;43:16–18 The Author 2013; all rights reserved. Advance Access publication 30 December 2013 doi:10.1093/ije/dyt254 Commentary: Professor Harry Keen, clinician, epidemiologist, diabetologist, basic scientist and defender of the UK National Health Service R J Jarrett Emeritus Professor of Clinical Epidemiology, University of London, 45 Bishopsthorpe Road, London SE26 4PA. E-mail: graverjarrett@waitrose.com Accepted 22 November 2013 Harry Keen is arguably the grandfather of diabetes epi- Along with the epidemiology, Harry continued with demiology, establishing himself at a time when neither clinical and laboratory research (see below). John specialty was regarded as either interesting or import- Parsons at Mill Hill had started treating patients ant. He was born in 1925 and qualified in medicine from with hypoparathyroidism with subcutaneous infu- St Mary’s Hospital Medical School in 1948, shortly sions of parathyroid hormone, and Harry immediately before the inauguration of the National Health saw the potential in type 1 diabetes. With John Service, for which he acquired and retained a strong Pickup he set up a research programme which even- loyalty. After house jobs and National Service, he em- tually resulted in the present day widespread use http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png International Journal of Epidemiology Oxford University Press

Commentary: Professor Harry Keen, clinician, epidemiologist, diabetologist, basic scientist and defender of the UK National Health Service

Jarrett, R J
International Journal of Epidemiology , Volume 43 (1) – Feb 1, 2014
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Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Epidemiological Association International Journal of Epidemiology 2014;43:16–18 The Author 2013; all rights reserved. Advance Access publication 30 December 2013 doi:10.1093/ije/dyt254 Commentary: Professor Harry Keen, clinician, epidemiologist, diabetologist, basic scientist and defender of the UK National Health Service R J Jarrett Emeritus Professor of Clinical Epidemiology, University of London, 45 Bishopsthorpe Road, London SE26 4PA. E-mail: graverjarrett@waitrose.com Accepted 22 November 2013 Harry Keen is arguably the grandfather of diabetes epi- Along with the epidemiology, Harry continued with demiology, establishing himself at a time when neither clinical and laboratory research (see below). John specialty was regarded as either interesting or import- Parsons at Mill Hill had started treating patients ant. He was born in 1925 and qualified in medicine from with hypoparathyroidism with subcutaneous infu- St Mary’s Hospital Medical School in 1948, shortly sions of parathyroid hormone, and Harry immediately before the inauguration of the National Health saw the potential in type 1 diabetes. With John Service, for which he acquired and retained a strong Pickup he set up a research programme which even- loyalty. After house jobs and National Service, he em- tually resulted in the present day widespread use

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