Austin Bradford Hill

Austin Bradford Hill was a British epidemiologist known for his significant contributions to public health and medical research. He is best recognized for establishing the Bradford Hill criteria in 1965, a set of nine principles that help determine whether a cause-and-effect relationship exists between a risk factor and a disease. His work, particularly in the fields of smoking and lung cancer, helped shape modern epidemiology and contributed to our understanding of how lifestyle choices impact health. Hill's rigorous approach emphasizes the importance of evidence in establishing medical findings, influencing public health policies globally.