David Robert Grimes

David is a scientist, broadcaster, and author.  He is an expert in the public understanding of medical science, and has contributed to outlets including the Guardian, Scientific American, The New York Times, BBC, Financial Times, Sunday Business Post, Irish Times, and morebesides. He appears frequently in the news media on topics and his research focuses on public understanding of science, medical disinformation, research integrity, and mathematical modelling. He was joint recipient of the 2014 Nature/Sense about Science John Maddox Prize for standing up for science and is a fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. He is the author of “The Irrational Ape – Why we fall for disinformation, conspiracy theory, and propaganda” (S&S, 2019).