Peter C. Gøtzsche

Biography

Professor Peter C Gøtzsche graduated as a Master of Science in biology and chemistry in 1974 and as a physician 1984. He is a specialist in internal medicine; worked with clinical trials and regulatory affairs in the drug industry 1975-1983, and at hospitals in Copenhagen 1984-95. With about 80 others, he helped start The Cochrane Collaboration in 1993 with the founder, Sir Iain Chalmers, and established The Nordic Cochrane Centre the same year. He became professor of Clinical Research Design and Analysis in 2010 at the University of Copenhagen. Peter has published more than 70 papers in “the big five” (BMJ, Lancet, JAMA, Ann Intern Med and N Engl J Med) and his scientific works have been cited over 15,000 times. Peter is also the author of the following books: Deadly psychiatry and organised denial (2015), Deadly medicines and organised crime: How big pharma has corrupted health care (2013, winner of the British Medical Association’s Annual Book Award in the category Basis of Medicine in 2014), Mammography screening: truth, lies and controversy (2012), Rational diagnosis and treatment: evidence-based clinical decision-making (2007)

Research Interest

Psychology