| Activity | Education:
St. John's College, Southsea, Hants (1961-1968); Guy's Hospital Medical School, King's College London (1968-74); BSc Pharmacology, University of London (1971); MB, BS University of London Honours in Medicine, Surgery, Pathology and Applied Pharmacology and Therapeutics University Gold Medal (1974)
Career:
Britain Nepal Medical Trust, Chainpur, Nepal (1974); House Physician, Professorial Unit of Medicine, Guy's Hospital, London (1974-1975); House Surgeon, Mr Lawrie, Guy's Hospital, London (1975); SHO Gastroenterology & General Medicine, Royal Postgraduate Medical
School, Hammersmith Hospital, London (1976); SHO Cardiology, Brompton Hospital, London (1976-1977); SHO Neurology, National Hospital for Nervous Diseases, Queen Square, London (1977); Medical Registrar, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of
Oxford, Radcliffe Infirmary and John Radcliffe Hospitals, Oxford (1977-1979); Senior Registrar, MRC Department of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Oxford (1979-1980); Lecturer, Wellcome Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand and Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford (1980-83); Senior Fellow, Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington, Seattle (1984-1985); Professor Tropical Medicine, University of Oxford; Chairman, Wellcome Trust SE Asian Units (1986-1996): Chairman; Oxford University Tropical Medicine Network (2004-2008); Chairman; Worldwide Antimalarial Resistance Network (2009); Professor of Tropical Medicine, University of Oxford and Mahidol University, Bangkok (2026); Consultant Physician, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford (2026).
Awards/Medals:
OBE
Awarded Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) in New Year Honours List 2017. 'For services to tropical medicine and global health'.
Memberships:
Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Derrick Dunlop Travelling Fellowship 1983
MRC Travelling Fellowship 1984/85
Wellcome Trust Principal Fellowship 1991
Academy of Medical Sciences 2001
British Society for the Study of Infection
American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene (Honorary member)
British Medical Association
British Pharmacological Society
American Society of Microbiology
Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases (Honorary life member)
Federation of Infectious Diseases Societies of South Africa (Honorary member) |
| OtherInfo | Played a key role in ensuring the global recommendation of artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) as the most effective treatment for malaria caused by the Plasmodium falciparum parasite. His research and advocacy transformed the prospects of millions of people, especially children, living in malaria-endemic countries in Africa and Southeast Asia.
Working in Thailand, Nick established research networks tackling tropical infections that include dengue fever and tuberculosis, as well as malaria. Through trials conducted by these networks, Nick was successful in demonstrating the effectiveness against malaria of artemisinin, a plant derivative developed in China, as well as the need to combine it with other drugs to avoid the development of resistance.
Nick continued to work on drug resistance and the pathophysiology of severe malaria. He advised the World Health Organization on malaria treatment, and advocated the development of research laboratories and public health surveillance in tropical countries. |