Sir Richard Doll
Type: Person
As of November 2026, Sir Richard Doll has been mentioned in one podcast episode on The BMJ (Dec 2025). Invoked to reinforce the episode’s normative benchmark: deaths under age 70 are often preventable and should be treated as system failures rather than inevitabilities.
Sir William Richard Shaboe Doll was a British physician who became an epidemiologist in the mid-20th century and made important contributions to that discipline. He was a pioneer in research linking smoking to health problems. With Ernst Wynder, Bradford Hill and Evarts Graham, he was credited with being the first to prove that smoking increased the risk of lung cancer and heart disease.
| Mentioned in | 1 episode on 1 podcast (as of November 2026) |
|---|---|
| First heard | Dec 2025 on The BMJ |
| Role | British epidemiologist (knighted); Professor (historical academic roles) |
| Affiliation | University of Oxford (notably associated later in career) |
Who talks about Sir Richard Doll on podcasts?
Sir Richard Doll came up; the most recent mention was Dec 2025 on The BMJ.