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I was educated at Latymer Upper School, London, and at the University of Nottingham where I eventually joined the academic staff. After 41 years service, I retired from the Chair of Organisational Psychology in 2012.During my time at Nottingham, I became Head of what was then the Department of Psychology (1994-1998). In 1999, I established the Institute of Work, Health & Organisations as a new international postgraduate research school. The Institute was formally recognised by the WHO as a Collaborating Centre in Occupational Health. I stood down as its Founding Director in 2010 and took a year’s sabbatical before retiring from the University in 2012 to join Birkbeck University of London as its new Chair of Occupational Health Psychology & Management. I resigned from Birkbeck in 2020.
I was awarded a CBE in the New Years Honours List 2000 for services to occupational health. This award was largely related to my role in the development of the Management Standards approach to work-related stress and psychosocial risks to employee health. The following year, 2003, I was made an Honorary Fellow of both the Faculty of Occupational Medicine, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (Dublin) and of the Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors. In 2008, I was presented with an award for a Distinguished Contribution to Occupational Health Psychology jointly by the American Psychological Association, the US National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and the US Society for Occupational Health Psychology.
In 2012, I was awarded an Honorary Chair in Psychosocial Oncology by the University of Aberdeen and an Emeritus Chair by the University of Nottingham.
I founded the journal Work & Stress in the late 1980s with my colleague, Professor Phillip Dewe, and stood down as its Managing Editor some 27 years later at the end of 2013. I remain its Emeritus Editor.
You can find more information on me and my connections on Linkedin and see me on You Tube.
Tom Cox
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View my Alec Rodger Memorial Lecture "Resilience, People, Organisations and their Communities" on YouTube.CSWL
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The Centre for Sustainable Working Life (CSWL) was formally established in the School of Business, Economics & Informatics at Birkbeck University of London on 25th June 2013.I remain its first Director. Professor Phillip Dewe was its Deputy Director until his retirement in 2015. The future of the Centre is currently under review after being moved to the Department of Organisational Psychology.
METIS
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I hold an Honorary Chair in Psychosocial Oncology at the University of Aberdeen. This position supports my role in the METIS Collaboration which is an initiative of the Academic Urology Unit in the Institute of Applied Health Sciences, School of Medicine & Dentistry.METIS is concerned with the psychosocial, organisational and economic perspectives on the patient’s journey through cancer. It is also concerned with the rerad across from our knowledge of cancer survivorship and work to other long term conditions. My contribution is currently in relation to cancer survivorship, working life and work participation.
It has been funded by UCAN, Macmillan in Scotland, NHS Grampian and the ESRC.
At present, METIS is based around a collaboration between the Universities of Aberdeen and Birkbeck University of London.
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NOVEMBER: COLLEGE FELLOWSHIP
AWARD OF COLLEGE FELLOWSHIP TO PHILIP DEWE BY BIRKBECK UNIVERSITY OF LONDON A Fellowship of the College is one of the oldest and highest honours that Birkbeck University of London can bestow on one of its members. It has awarded … Continue reading
NOVEMBER: NEW PUBLICATION
EXPLORING THE LACK OF INTEREST IN GERIATRIC MEDICINE Our empirical paper describing a qualitative study of recently qualified doctors and their apparent lack of interest in geriatric medicine is being published in Medical Teacher. The journal has a 2013 impact factor of 2.045 and a 5-Year impact factor … Continue reading
NOVEMBER: FIREWORKS
BONFIRE NIGHT FIREWORKS AT KINGS COLLEGE SCHOOL WIMBLEDON As an aside from research and professional matters, last Saturday evening (8th November) we went to Kings College School Wimbledon for its annual firework display. The fireworks were provided by Toby Alloway, … Continue reading
NOVEMBER: THE METIS COLLABORATION
FIRST METIS AWAY DAY: EDINBURGH 2014 The Stoics spoke of Metis as the embodiment of “prudence”, “wisdom” or “wise counsel”. Members of The METIS Collaboration met in Edinburgh on 6th November at the group’s first Away Day. The meeting was supported by Macmillan Cancer Support in Scotland which provided the … Continue reading
NOVEMBER: NEW BOOK on RAMAZZINI
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Nicholas Grey has sustained a vital interest in Occupational Health and Safety throughout his working life. So it is not surprising that in retirement he chose to write a book of tribute to Bernadino Ramazzini, the…
OCTOBER: NEW PUBLICATION BY LRHS AUSTRALIA
RETURNING HOME: PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE DURING THE RE-ENTRY PHASE OF CANCER SURVIVORSHIP IN RURAL AUSTRALIA Janice Pascal and her colleagues, at La Trobe Rural Health School, Victoria, have just published an interesting paper in the European Journal of Cancer Care on the psychosocial care offered … Continue reading
OCTOBER: OH PUBLICATION & NEWS
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH [AT WORK] JOURNAL http://www.atworkpartnership.co.uk/occupationalhealthatwork/ Occupational Health [at Work] is a unique on-line publication designed to bring together all the occupational health disciplines by offering a dependable single source of expertly written legal, practical and management occupational health information. It is published … Continue reading
SEPTEMBER: INTERESTING PAPER
GIVING UP WORK COMPLETELY ON RETIREMENT COULD BE BAD FOR YOUR HEALTH I found this study by chance but it is interesting and of personal relevance. The study is of a nationally representative sample of 12,189 retirees from the first … Continue reading
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