I am a historian of modern Britain. I write about the history of medicine and the environment, politics, and social history.

I trained both in the U.K. and the U.S., holding a Ph.D in Modern European History from New York University (NYU), an MA in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine from King’s College London, and a BA in History from the University of Oxford.

Currently, I am a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at University College London (UCL). Previously, I was the Plumer Junior Research Fellow in History at St Anne’s College, University of Oxford.

I recently published my first book, Our NHS: A History of Britain’s Best-Loved Institution with Yale University Press. The book is currently shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize, the most prestigious award for historical writing in the U.K.

Committed to bringing my work to a public audience, I have featured in The Financial Times, Le Monde, The New York Times, The Guardian, The London Review of Books blog, and Salon. I have appeared on BBC Radio 4’s ‘Start the Week’ alongside podcasts such as History Extra and The Majority Report. My research has been awarded fellowships and grants from institutions that include the New York Academy of Medicine, the American Philosophical Society, and the History & Political Economy Project. I am a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

You can email me at a.seaton@ucl.ac.uk