Editor-in-Chief of the Year 2012- 7th Annual BioMed Central Research Awards

Описание: Editor-in-Chief Editor of the Year

Martin Eccles
Implementation Science

Martin Eccles qualified in medicine from Newcastle University, UK in 1978. He trained in general practice and continued to work two sessions a week as a GP in the north east of England up to his retirement from clinical practice at the end of April 2012. Alongside clinical practice he ran a research programme on the implementation of evidence based practices into routine care. He has published over 200 peer reviewed publications, edited three books and written 35 book chapters; his publications include major papers of primary care based trials of behaviour change interventions, Cochrane reviews of behaviour change strategies, the role of theory in implementation and modelling work using theoretical approaches to intervention building. He has also led the development of 10 clinical practice guidelines. He is an NIHR Senior Investigator and Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences and was President of the UK Society of Behavioural Medicine (2007 to 2010). In 2006 he founded Implementation Science as Co-Editor in Chief with Brian Mittman and now runs the journal with Co-Editors in Chief Michel Wensing and Anne Sales.