Brian Jarman

Brian Jarman
Personal details
Born July 9, 1933[1]
Alma mater Cambridge University and Imperial College London[1]

Professor Sir Brian Jarman OBE was Professor of Primary Health Care from 1983-98 at Imperial College School of Medicine and President from 2003-4 of the British Medical Association.[1][2]

The Hospital Standardised Mortality Ratio (HSMR) methodology was developed by Jarman, director of the Dr Foster Unit at Imperial College, London.[3] This method was applied by Dr Foster Intelligence.

Education

Jarman originally trained in the natural sciences, graduating from Cambridge in 1954, and completing a PhD in Geophysics at Imperial College in 1960. After working for Shell for three years, Jarman switched to medicine, completing a medical degree at Imperial College in 1969.[1] He was a Clinical Fellow at Harvard in 1970 and later occasional lecturer.

He is an alumnus of Barking Abbey School.[1]

Honours

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Brian Jarman CV, brianjarman.com
  2. Imperial College, Emeritus Professor Brian Jarman
  3. "Explaining differences in English hospital death rates using routinely collected data". BMJ. Retrieved 19 May 1999. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  4. Debretts, Brian Jarman