John Duffy
John Duffy is a retired academic and civil servant who is best known for his involvement in controversy over links to the alcohol industry. In 2012 co-wrote a report for the Adam Smith Institute with Christopher Snowdon attacking research from the University of Sheffield which supported Minimum Unit Pricing of alcohol. [1]
Contents
Education
- University of Reading M.Sc. in Biometry 1969-70
- University of Edinburgh B.Sc. Mathematical Science 2nd 1965-69 (1st in class Mathematical Statistics 4) [2] [3]
Career
After an early spell with British Steel Duffy got a job with the Department of Statistics at the University of Edinburgh and the Medical Research Council Unit for Epidemiological Studies in Psychiatry and was based at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital from 1971. He wrote his first peer reviewed journal article on alcohol in 1977.[2] Among his co-authors was the psychiatrist Jonathan Chick with whom he wrote two articles in 1978 and 1986[4]
In 1989 Duffy was a ‘joint grantholder’ with Martin Plant of a five year award from the alcohol industry funded Portman Group for £500,000. Promoted to Senior Lecturer in 1990 he was seconded to the Alcohol Research Group at the Department of Psychiatry to undertake the Portman Group funded work. [2]
Later career
Both his LinkedIn page and his online CV include a period (from November 2003 to August 2009) during which Duffy no employment is listed. After he retired (in 2012) Duffy set up a consultancy firm John C Duffy Statistical Consultants. In 2012 he worked with Christopher Snowdon on a report for the Adam Smith Institute published in November of that year.
Career
- April 2012 - Director at John C Duffy Statistical Consultants[3]
- August 2009 - retired 30 March 2012 Deputy Director Knowledge Management Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council [2]
- May 2001 – Nov 2003 Department of Primary Care University of Birmingham. Head of Statistics
- Nov 1999 - May 2001 Department of Mathematics and Statistics University of Edinburgh. Director of STATLAB and senior lecturer
- Nov 1996 - Nov 1999 Chief Scientist Office Scottish Office Department of Health. Research Manager (NHS Senior Manager Grade 7)
- May 1990 - Oct 1996 Alcohol Research Group Department of Psychiatry University of Edinburgh Director of Statistics and Information Professorial Research Fellow – AR4
- Sept – Nov 1988 Inveresk Research International Full-time Consultant Head of Statistics (secondment)
- Jan 1971 - May 1990 Department of Statistics University of Edinburgh and MRC Unit for Epidemiological Studies in Psychiatry Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Joint appointment as lecturer and research scientist (Promoted to senior lecturer, 1990)
- Oct - Dec 1970 Group Technical Department British Steel Corporation Ravenscraig Motherwell. Statistician
Resources, publications, contact, references
Publications
- John C. Duffy and Christopher Snowdon The Minimal Evidence for Minimum Pricing The fatal flaws in the Sheffield Alcohol Policy Model London: Adam smith Institute, 2012.
Books
- Duffy, J.C., (1992) Alcohol and Illness: the Epidemiological Viewpoint, Edinburgh University Press.
- Duffy, J.C. (1991) Trends in Alcohol Consumption Patterns 1978-89, Henley on Thames: NTC Publications.
- Duffy, J.C. (1989) Generalized Linear Models In Epidemiology, EUSTAT, Vitoria, Spain.
- Buglass, D., Kreitman, N. and Duffy, J.C. (1980) A register of social and medical indices by local government area in Edinburgh and the Lothians - Parts I and II (sep.). Central Research Unit Papers, Scottish Office. ca 150 pp.
Resources
- R. Smith Questioning academic integrity. BMJ. 1994 December 17; 309(6969): 1597–1598.
- J. Bird Academic integrity. Proper review makes funding irrelevant. BMJ. 1995 April 22; 310(6986): 1068–1069. NB:This article has been retracted (See article by N Craft)
- N. Craft Letter fraud. BMJ. 1995 August 26; 311(7004): 523–524.
- John Rae, Academic integrity. Most people are not disgusted by the Portman group. BMJ. 1995 April 22; 310(6986): 1069.
- Martin Plant, Moira Plant and Bryan Vernon Ethics, funding and alcohol research Alcohol and Alcoholism (1996) 31 (1): 17-25.
Contact
- Telephone: 07803582169
- Email: john@jcduffy.eu
- Web: jcduffy.eu
- CV: CV
References
- ↑ John C. Duffy and Christopher Snowdon The Minimal Evidence for Minimum Pricing The fatal flaws in the Sheffield Alcohol Policy Model London: Adam smith Institute, 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 John Duffy CV, accessed 1 November 2013
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 LinkedIn John Duffy, accessed 1 November 2013
- ↑ Chick, J., Lloyd, G., Ritson, B. and Duffy, J.C (1986) Medical admissions in men: the risk among drinkers. Lancet, 1986, 1380-1383.; Chick, J. and Duffy, J.C. (1978) Application to the alcohol dependence syndrome of a method of determining the sequential development of symptoms. Psychological Medicine, 9, 313-319.
