Monty Lyman
Monty Lyman | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 1992 (age 31) |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Oxford Health, University of Oxford (Academic Clinical Fellowship) |
| Website | www.montylyman.com |
Monty Lyman (born October 1992) is a British medical doctor and author.
Education and career
Lyman studied at Imperial College London, University of Oxford and the University of Birmingham, followed by a medical internship at the John Radcliffe Hospital. He is currently a medical doctor and research fellow at the University of Oxford.[1][2]
Books
His first book, The Remarkable Life of the Skin is described by his publisher (Transworld, Penguin Random House) as "the first popular science book to explore our most overlooked organ in all its physical, psychological and social glory".[3] It was published in July 2019. The book was a Sunday Times ‘Must Read’,[4] one of their ‘Best Books of 2019’,[5] and chosen as a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week.[6]
Lyman's second book, The Painful Truth, was published in July 2021 and quickly became a Top 10 bestseller of all books sold on Amazon.[7]
His third book, 'The Immune Mind', was his second to feature as BBC Radio 4's 'Book of the Week' in May 2024.[8]
Awards and nominations
The Remarkable Life of the Skin was shortlisted for the 2019 Royal Society Science Book Prize.[9] Aged 26 at the time, Lyman remains the youngest shortlisted author in the prize’s 36-year history.[10]
While the Wellcome Book Prize paused in 2019, The Remarkable Life of the Skin won the public vote in the unofficial but Wellcome-endorsed #NotTheWellcomePrize.[11]
Lyman’s essay based on The Painful Truth won the 2020 Royal Society of Medicine's Pain Medicine prize.[12]
Media
Lyman has appeared on TV (BBC Breakfast, BBC Morning Live), radio (including BBC Inside Science and BBC World Service),[13] and on podcasts (such as BBC science focus),[14] and has been a keynote speaker at national and international conferences.[15] Lyman has also written articles for newspapers (including The Guardian)[16] and literary journals (for example, Literary Hub).[17]
Personal life
He lives in Oxford, England.
Published works
| Book | Year | Published | Other |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Remarkable Life of the Skin | 2019 | Transworld (Penguin Random House) | ISBN 9781784163525[18] |
| The Painful Truth | 2021 | Transworld (Penguin Random House) | ISBN 9781529176506[19] |
| The Immune Mind | 2024 | Transworld (Penguin Random House) | ISBN 978-1911709169[20] |
References
- ^ "Oxford University Hospitals". www.ouh.nhs.uk.
- ^ "Department Bio". www.psych.ox.ac.uk.
- ^ "Monty Lyman". www.penguin.co.uk.
- ^ Times, The Sunday. "Must reads: the best books of 2019" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
- ^ Bleach, Stephen. "The Sunday Times best science books of the year 2019" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
- ^ "BBC Radio 4 - The Remarkable Life of the Skin, Towards the Light". BBC.
- ^ "Amazon Top 10 Update" – via www.montylyman.com.
- ^ "BBC Radio 4 - The Remarkable Life of the Skin, Towards the Light". BBC.
- ^ "Shortlist for the Royal Society Science Book Prize 2019 revealed | Royal Society". royalsociety.org.
- ^ "Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize: All winners, shortlisted and longlisted". Google Docs.
- ^ "Not The Wellcome Book Prize". bookishbeck.wordpress.com.
- ^ "The Royal Society of Medicine Sleep and Pain Webinar". The Royal Society of Medicine.
- ^ "BBC Radio 4 - BBC Inside Science, Inventing GPS, Carbon nanotube computer, Steven Strogatz and Monty Lyman discuss calculus and skin". BBC.
- ^ "Dr Monty Lyman: What does our skin tell us about ourselves?". BBC Science Focus Magazine.
- ^ "Wound Care Today Twitter Feed". twitter.com.
- ^ "I am a doctor, and having hypnotherapy for IBS has changed my belief about pain". The Guardian.
- ^ "What humanity's newest disease can learn from its oldest". Lithub.
- ^ "The Remarkable Life of the Skin". Transworld.
- ^ "The Painful Truth". Transworld.
- ^ "The Immune Mind". Transworld.