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Dr Jonathan Livingstone-Banks
Research Member of Common Room
Senior Researcher
Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences
Jonathan’s research is primarily in tobacco control. He is particularly interested in finding the best ways to help people to quit using tobacco. His main research method is evidence synthesis, and he has a research interest in its methods. He is managing editor and information specialist to the Cochrane Tobacco Addiction Group.
He is also a philosopher interested in the philosophy of evidence-based healthcare. He is particularly interested in topics like:
- How we should understand ‘evidence’ and what roles certain kinds of evidence should play in decision making
- the value and methods of evidence synthesis
- who is responsible for people’s health (on both an individual and population scale)
- how we define and classify diseases and how this impacts on healthcare practice and medical research.
He runs a course on the History and Philosophy of Evidence-Based Healthcare where people from mixed backgrounds can explore these issues in depth.
He is proud to be a University of Oxford LGBT+ Ally.