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Our patrons are Baroness Lockwood and Imran Khan.
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Baroness Lockwood Born in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, Baroness Lockwood studied economics and politics at Ruskin College in Oxford. After university she became regional women's organiser for Yorkshire for the Labour Party. She campaigned for equal pay and was involved with the introduction of the Equal Pay Act 1970. Between 1975 and 1983 she served as the first chair of the Equal Opportunities Commission and was chair of the European Advisory Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men from 1982-83. She has received four honorary doctorates, is President of the Yorkshire Arthritis Research Campaign and has now pledged her support to the Born in Bradford project. |
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Imran Khan Imran Khan was born and went to college in Lahore, Pakistan. He was chosen to play for the Pakistan cricket team in 1970 at the age of eighteen and played for his country while studying Economics and Politics at Keble College, Oxford in 1972. He became captain of the Pakistan cricket team in 1981, and led Pakistan to numerous victories; finally winning the World Cup in 1992. Retiring from cricket in 1992, Imran moved into Pakistani politics in 1996, introducing the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI; in English the Pakistani Justice Movement). In 1996 he opened the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Trust (SKMT) Cancer Hospital in memory of his mother. It is now recognised as one of the world's leading institutions for cancer treatment. He is a special representative on behalf of UNICEF and has now pledged his support to the Born in Bradford project. |
"Born in Bradford is one of the biggest and most
important impartial research studies in the UK and I
am very pleased to be one of its patrons."
Imran Khan
“Born in Bradford is an exciting and diverse
research project covering the city’s fast growing,
ethnically and culturally mixed population. It will
help researchers to understand the causes of ill
health and, more importantly, the NHS to find better
ways to improve health."
Sir Liam Donaldson
Chief Medical
Officer
1998-2010
"Born in Bradford is a remarkably thorough and
extensive piece of research which provides valuable
information to help improve the wellbeing of future
Bradfordians; but millions more will also benefit.
Born in Bradford is good news for Bradford, provided
we all learn from it and respond accordingly.
David James - Former Bishop of Bradford (2002-2010)
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