Richard Eastell MD, FRCP (London, Edinburgh, Ireland),

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, FMedSci is a British medical doctor and Professor of Bone Metabolism at the

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. He was born in Shipley (West Yorkshire) and attended the Salt Grammar School, later graduating from the

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in 1977 with an MB ChB and in 1984 with an MD and achieved prominence as an expert in

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Career

Eastell has pioneered new techniques for measuring calcium uptake and vitamin D conversion and is a leading expert in osteoporosis diagnosis, implementation of bone turnover markers and new osteoporosis treatments. While at the Mayo Clinic, Eastell developed new non-radioactive methods for measuring how calcium was absorbed from the diet and a new technique for measuring 1,25-OH2D3 production as well as refining the use of bone densitometry and a new approach for identifying vertebral fractures on radiographs of the spine. After returning to the UK, Eastell set up a metabolic bone service at the Northern General Hospital. More recent contributions have been within the area of biochemical bone turnover markers and leadership of clinical trials in the osteoporosis area for new osteoporosis treatments. Eastell is Professor of Bone Metabolism at the

and Director of the Mellanby Centre for Musculoskeletal Research. Eastell has supervised the study for 37 doctoral degrees over the past 30 years and published over 550 research papers. In 2005, a report was published in the ''

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'' alleging that Eastell had incorrectly claimed to have had full access to data for a trial of the

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drug Actonel. The report claimed that the analysis for the trial had been carried out by Procter & Gamble and that Eastell did not in fact have complete access to the data. At a

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"fitness to practice" hearing in November 2009, it was determined that Eastell's actions had not been "deliberately misleading or dishonest", although he may have been negligent in making "untrue" and "misleading" declarations.Phil Baty
"Bone professor faces GMC probe"
''Times Higher Education'', 22 September 2009

Recent Awards and Honours

* Linda Edwards Award for Excellence in Osteoporosis Research,

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, 2018 * Clinical Endocrinology Trust Award, European Society for Endocrinology, 2020 * Dent Lecturer, Bone Research Society, 2020 * William F Neuman Award, American Society for Bone and Mineral Research, 2023American Society for Bone and Mineral Research
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References

External links

Academic Unit of Bone Metabolism

Metabolic Bone Centre

The Mellanby Centre at the University of Sheffield
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