Guy Thwaites
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Full name | Guy Edward Thwaites | ||||||||||||||
Born | Brighton, Sussex, England | 19 January 1971||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
Relations | Ian Thwaites (father) | ||||||||||||||
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1991–1992 | Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 26 January 2022 |
Guy Edward Thwaites
Early life and education
Guy Thwaites was born in Brighton in January 1971, to cricketer and physician Ian Thwaites.[1] He was educated at Eastbourne College, before going up to Girton College, Cambridge.[1] There he completed his pre-clinical years before doing a year in art history.[2][3] While studying at Cambridge, Thwaites played first-class cricket for Cambridge University Cricket Club in 1991 and 1992, making four appearances.[4] He scored 68 runs in his four first-class matches at an average of 11.33, with a highest score of 32.[5] Subsequently, he gained admission to study medicine at the United Medical and Dental Schools of Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals, from where he graduated.[2]
While a student, with a friend doing a history PhD, he came across the story of
Career
Thwaites trained in infectious diseases and microbiology at
Thwaites was later appointed professor of infectious diseases at the University of Oxford, and focuses on severe bacterial infections, including meningitis and Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection, and tuberculosis.[8] In 2013 he returned to Vietnam as director of the OUCRU,[8][9] replacing Farrar.[2] In January 2021 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic he said "vaccination is the only long term strategy".[10]
Honours
In 2018 he was elected a Fellow of the
Selected publications
- Thwaites, Guy; Taviner, Mark; Gant, Vanya (20 February 1997). "The English Sweating Sickness, 1485 to 1551". New England Journal of Medicine. 336 (8): 580–582. PMID 9023099.
- Taviner, Mark; Thwaites, Guy; Ganz, Vanya (1998). "The English Sweating Sickness, 1485-1551: A Viral Pulmonary Disease?". Medical History. 42 (1): 96–98. PMID 9536626.
- Thwaites, Guy E; Hien, Tran Tinh (1 March 2005). "Tuberculous meningitis: many questions, too few answers". The Lancet Neurology. 4 (3): 160–170. S2CID 23446784.
- Thwaites, Guy E.; Day, Nicholas P.J. (9 February 2017). "Approach to Fever in the Returning Traveler". New England Journal of Medicine. 376 (6): 548–560. S2CID 205117277.
- Turner, Hugo C.; Thwaites, Guy E.; Clapham, Hannah E. (1 September 2018). "Vaccine-preventable diseases in lower-middle-income countries". The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 18 (9): 937–939. S2CID 52099770.
References
- ^ ISBN 9780521597623.
- ^ S2CID 36105649.
- S2CID 54252263.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Guy Thwaites". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ^ "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Guy Thwaites". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-4456-4410-3.
- ^ "Biography for Guy Thwaites". World Health Organization.
- ^ a b "Guy Thwaites – Professor of Infectious Diseases". www.ndm.ox.ac.uk. Nuffield Department of Medicine. Archived from the original on 11 October 2021. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
- ^ a b c "Prof. Guy Thwaites". www.oucru.org. Oxford University Clinical Research Unit. Archived from the original on 7 January 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
- ^ a b Dung, Thuy (26 July 2021). "Oxford Professor: Vaccination is by far best protection against COVID-19". en.baochinhphu.vn (in Vietnamese). Archived from the original on 31 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
- ^ "Professor Guy Thwaites | The Academy of Medical Sciences". acmedsci.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 January 2022.