Virginia Berridge, (born 1946) is a British academic historian and

public health Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals". Analyzing the det ...

expert. Berridge has a first degree and a PhD in history, both from the University of London, and is a Professor of History and Director of the Centre for History in Public Health at the

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is a public research university in Bloomsbury, central London, and a member institution of the University of London that specialises in public health and tropical medicine. The inst ...

. She worked in the Addiction Research Unit of the

Institute of Psychiatry The Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN) is a research institution dedicated to discovering what causes mental illness and diseases of the brain. In addition, its aim is to help identify new treatments for them and ways ...

from 1974 to 1979 and at the

Economic and Social Research Council The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), formerly the Social Science Research Council (SSRC), is part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). UKRI is a non-departmental public body (NDPB) funded by the UK government. ESRC provides fundi ...

from 1986–1987. From 1979 to 88 she was at the

Institute of Historical Research The Institute of Historical Research (IHR) is a British educational organisation providing resources and training for historical researchers. It is part of the School of Advanced Study in the University of London and is located at Senate Hous ...

University of London The University of London (UoL; abbreviated as Lond or more rarely Londin in post-nominals) is a federal public research university located in London, England, United Kingdom. The university was established by royal charter in 1836 as a degree ...

Selected works

* ''Opium and the People: Opiate Use in Nineteenth-Century England'' (1987) * ''AIDS in the UK: The Making of Policy, 1981–1994'' (1996) * ''Marketing health: Smoking and the discourse of public health, 1945–2000'' (2007) * ''Demons: Our Changing Attitudes to Alcohol, Tobacco, and Drugs'' (2014) * ''Public Health: A Very Short Introduction'' (2016) * ''The Internationalisation of Tobacco Control, 1950-2010'' (2016) * ''Infiltrating history into the public health curriculum'' (2018)

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