that statins have "virtually no side effects", Goldacre criticized this coverage as inaccurate. For example, he noted that the study relied on data from trial reports, which are likely to be incomplete. Several of Goldacre's articles were assembled into the October 2014 release I Think You'll Find It's a Bit More Complicated Than That. He was appointed Chair of the NHS HealthTech Advisory Board by Matt Hancock in September 2018. Goldacre has also appeared on Geoff Marshall's YouTube channel expressing his love for railways during an episode about the least used station in Oxfordshire, Finstock. Awards and honours Goldacre has won several awards including: Association of British Science Writers (ABSW) award for Best Feature 2003 for his article "Never mind the facts". Association of British Science Writers award for Best Feature 2005 for his article "Don't dumb me down". Freelance of 2006 at the Medical Journalism Awards. The Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSICOP) presented in 2006 the Balles Prize in Critical Thinking award for his column in The Guardian U.K. newspaper, Bad Science Columns include "Dyslexia 'cure' fails to pass the tests", "Bring me a God helmet, and bring it now", "Kick the habit with wacky wave energy", "Brain Gym exercises do pupils no favors" and "Magnetic attraction? Shhhh. It's a secret" The inaugural Statistical Excellence In Journalism Award of the Royal Statistical Society for his article "When the facts get in the way of a story". The HealthWatch Award from HealthWatch. Honorary Doctor of Science at Heriot-Watt University (June 2009). Honorary Doctor of Science at Loughborough University (July 2010). Member of the Order of the British Empire (New Year's Honours List 2018). References External links "Bad Science", Goldacre's column for The Guardian Ben Goldacre part 1 on ABC Radio National's The Science Show], 1 November 2008 (with audio and transcript) Pulse Project podcast, 12 May 2009, Skeptics in the Pub Oxford (radio show with Goldacre) Standup on the placebo effect at Nerdstock, December 2009 (video) Ben Goldacre biography, phc.ox.ac.uk; accessed 27 July 2015. 1974 births Alumni of King's College London Alumni of University College London Alumni of the UCL Medical School Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford British male journalists British people of Australian descent British psychiatrists Critics of alternative medicine English columnists English science writers English sceptics Living people Medical journalists People educated at Magdalen College School, Oxford Science activists Science journalists The Guardian journalists 21st-century British journalists British