Sir Bradford Hill

Sir Bradford Hill was a British epidemiologist who established a set of criteria to help determine if a link between a factor and a disease is likely to be causal, meaning one causes the other. These criteria include factors like strength of the association, consistency across studies, and biological plausibility. His work helps scientists assess whether a suspected cause truly contributes to a health condition, guiding evidence-based conclusions in public health and medicine. Hill's principles remain important tools for evaluating causal relationships in scientific research today.