DANIEL D. REIDPATH, Ph.D.

Daniel D. Reidpath, Ph.D. is a Social Epidemiologist in the School of Health Sciences at Deakin University in Australia, and is an honorary Senior Research Fellow at the Key Center for Women’s Health in Society at the University of Melbourne. He is a specialist researcher on issues related to equity and health. These have included work on the validity of the Disability Adjusted Life Year as a measure of the burden of disease, the relationship between social cohesion and health, and ethical issues in clinical research in developing countries. Dr. Reidpath has broad interests in public health, although the general thrust of his research program is around the importance of context as a determinant of health and as a determinant of the impact of health states. He has spoken nationally and internationally on his research program. His most recent publications include:

Reidpath, D. D., Allotey, P. A., Kouame, A., & Cummins, R. (2001). Social Cultural and Environmental Contexts and the Measurement of the Burden of Disease. Melbourne: The Key Centre for Women’s Health in Society, The University of Melbourne. (http://www.kcwh.unimelb.edu.au/BOD%20Report.pdf)

Allotey, P. A., & Reidpath, D. D. (2001). Establishing causes of childhood mortality: the ‘spirit child.’ Social Science and Medicine 52(7) 1007-1012

Reidpath, D. D., & Allotey, P. A. (2001). Data sharing in medical research: an empirical investigation. Bioethics. 15(2) 125-134

Reidpath, D. D., Allotey, P. A., Thomas, J (2000). Ethics and trials in developing countries: Researchers and responsibility. Monash Bioethics Review, 19(3), 53-64