$An Audience with an Ally - Professor Peter C G\u00f8tzsche$

Join AD4E and our ally Professor Peter C Gøtzsche, where you can ask him questions about his work and most recent book.
About this Event

AN AUDIENCE WITH AN ALLY offers an informal, interactive space for you to ask Peter about his work and latest book.

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. Co-founded the Cochrane Collaboration (the founder is Sir Iain Chalmers), and established the Nordic Cochrane Centre in 1993. Became professor of Clinical Research Design and Analysis in 2010 at the University of Copenhagen and has been a member of the Cochrane Governing Board twice. Co-founded Council for Evidence-based Psychiatry in the UK in 2014 and International Institute for Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal in Sweden in 2016. Founded the Institute for Scientific Freedom in 2019 and was visiting professor, University of Newcastle 2019 to 2022. Currently works as researcher, lecturer, author and independent consultant, e.g. in lawsuits.

Peter has given numerous interviews. One, about organised crime in the drug industry, has been seen by over a million on YouTube. Peter was in The Daily Show in New York in 2014 where he played the role of Deep Throat revealing secrets about big pharma. A documentary film about Peter’s reform work, Diagnosing Psychiatry, appeared in 2017, and another, The honest professor and the fall of the Cochrane empire, about his life and the moral collapse of the Cochrane Collaboration, is in production. Donations to the film can be given here. Peter produces films and interviews, in collaboration with filmmaker Janus Bang. Peter has an interest in statistics and methodology. He has co-authored guidelines for good reporting: CONSORT for randomised trials, STROBE for observational studies, PRISMA for systematic reviews and meta-analyses, and SPIRIT for trial protocols. Peter was an editor in the Cochrane Methodology Review Group 1997-2014.

Peter is Protector for the Hearing Voices Network in Denmark.

Websites: scientificfreedom.dk and deadlymedicines.dk.
Twitter: @PGtzsche1
Film and interview channel: https://brokenmedics.com/

Email: [email protected]

Download Peter's most recent book 'Is psychiatry a crime against humanity' here

This event will be recorded for delegates who can't make it live.