bio—academic
Award winning Oxford philosopher and medical researcher, Dr. Howick combines philosophy of science, ethics, and clinical epidemiology. He is internationally known for his research on evidence-based medicine, placebo effects, and empathy. He has published 3 books including The Philosophy of Evidence-Based Medicine, which came to define a sub-field within philosophy of science, almost 100 peer-reviewed articles, and is the director of the Oxford University Empathy Programme, whose mission is ‘to introduce a dose of empathy into all healthcare consultations.’ He has also promoted medical humanities by founding the Oxford Philosophy and Medicine Network, and introduced the only medical humanities course to the Oxford MSc in Evidence-Based Healthcare. He communicates regularly with the public and has written a book for non-academic audiences called Doctor You (Amazon #1 bestseller). As an expert he has appeared on the BBC, ITV, and Channel 4, and his research has been featured in The Guardian, The Times, Men’s Health, the Daily Mail, the Huffington Post, and The Conversation. He speaks regularly at Oxford and internationally to academics and others about his research, and how it can improve health.
You can purchase is book Doctor You here, and his 8-week wellbeing course here.
bio—academic—short
Award winning Oxford philosopher and medical researcher, Dr. Howick is internationally known for his research on evidence-based medicine, placebo effects, and empathy. He has published 3 books including The Philosophy of Evidence-Based Medicine and Doctor You (Amazon #1 bestseller). As an expert he has appeared on the BBC, ITV, and Channel 4 as well as a number of newspapers including The Guardian, The Times, Men’s Health, and the Daily Mail.
You can purchase is book Doctor You here, and his 8-week wellbeing course here.
bio—public
I’m an Oxford nerd whose mission is to empower people and corporations to be happier and healthier. I direct the Oxford University Empathy Programme, whose mission is to introduce a dose of empathy into all healthcare encounters, I’ve written an Amazon #1 bestseller Doctor You, won a bunch of teaching awards, won a silve medal for Canada at the Commonwealth Games, and I teach yoga. I’ve published 100 academic articles, and recently designed a trial to help reduce back pain that was featured on a BBC Horizon Documentary that had 2 million viewers on its first night. I appear regularly on television (including The Doctors, ITV, and Channel 4, radio (NPR, BBC), and in the press (The Guardian, The Times, Men’s Health, the Daily Mail. I have a monthly blog on Psychology Today, and also writes for the Huffington Post and The Conversation. I give keynote lectures and workshops to corporations, NGOs, and anyone else who wants to hear my message.
You can purchase is book Doctor You here, and his 8-week wellbeing course here.
bio—public—short
I’m an Oxford nerd whose mission is to empower people and corporations to be happier and healthier, and to make healthcare more empathic. I’ve published 3 books including The Philosophy of Evidence-Based Medicine and Doctor You (Amazon #1 bestseller). As an expert I’ve appeared on the BBC, ITV, and Channel 4 as well as a number of newspapers including The Guardian, The Times, Men’s Health, and the Daily Mail.
You can purchase is book Doctor You here, and his 8-week wellbeing course here.
More about Jeremy …
After a successful career rowing at the World Championships and winning a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games, Jeremy spent the next 15 years researching what helped him succeed: the power of belief. His research at the University of Oxford about how placebo effects can improve health, wellbeing, and overall happiness have changed how placebos are used in science and practice around the world.
To get where he is he had to overcome obstacles ranging being cut from the high school basketball team, conquering a rowing coach’s prejudice against small athletes (he is small for a rower), and convincing researchers at Oxford and the London School of Economics that placebo and mind-body research was worthwhile.
He now has done 15 years of research and has published almost 100 scholarly articles and a book. His writings have been published the British Medical Journal, Annals of Internal Medicine, The Lancet, as well as a textbook titled The Philosophy of Evidence-Based Medicine, which is at the forefront of a new sub-discipline, and Doctor You, Revealing the Science of Self-healing. His work has seen him collaborate with the United States Armed Forces, the National Institutes of Health in the U.S.A., the National Institutes of Health Research in the UK, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research in Canada, and Harvard University. His scientific research has shown that placebos work as well as painkillers for mild depression, that empathy has similar benefits to blockbuster drugs for anxiety, and that positive messages can reduce pain. Besides the scientific research, he has won two professional Muay Thai fights in Thailand as a (crazy?) experiment with fear, got a black belt in Tai Kwon Do to see how flexible I could be, and done long fasts and silent meditation retreats to see how much I could focus.
Besides being passionate about his own life, he has always been dedicated to teaching and motivating other people to achieve their dreams. He has coached rowers in Canada, Brazil, and the UK, he has taught hundreds of students, and provided career coaching to top professionals in New York and London.
In his talks he combines his personal experience with his scientific knowledge. He has coached hundreds of athletes from diverse backgrounds, published almost 100 scholarly articles, two books, and has consulted with governments in the US, the UK, and the Netherlands, as well as the US Armed Forces. His experience also includes a black belt in Tae Kwon Do, two professional Muay Thai fights in Thailand, and a Yoga teaching qualification. He has also been involved with and raised thousands of dollars for foster children and the homeless.
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