Prof. Virginia Berridge

BIOGRAPHY

Virginia Berridge is a professor of the history of public health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). She is also a Fellow of the Academy of Social Science and honorary Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health and of the Royal College of Physicians. Her research focuses on smoking policy, drug policy (illicit), alcohol policy, the role of the media, and HIV/AIDS policy. Her current research encompasses both the epidemic and chronic disease histories of public health.