Peter Horby
Peter Horby | |
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Born | Peter William Horby |
Alma mater | University College London (MBBS) London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (PhD) |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | University of Oxford |
Thesis | Avian, inter-pandemic, and pandemic influenza in Vietnam |
Doctoral advisor | Neal Alexander |
Website | www |
Sir Peter William Horby is a British
Horby specialises in emerging and epidemic infectious diseases. He is the co-chief investigator of the RECOVERY Trial into drugs for COVID-19 (the largest clinical trial of COVID-19 in the world) alongside Martin Landray.[1][2][3] In June 2020, he gave a statement at 10 Downing Street alongside the Prime Minister and Chief Scientific Adviser announcing the first positive trial results of the first life-saving COVID-19 drug, Dexamethasone.[4][5] He is the primary author on the published preliminary report.[6]
From 2020 to 2022, Horby was one of the attendees of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) [7] He is the chair of the New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (NERVTAG).[8][7]
He was knighted in the 2021 Birthday Honours for services to medical research.[9]
References
- ^ "ISRCTN - ISRCTN50189673: A randomised trial of treatments to prevent death in patients hospitalised with COVID-19 (coronavirus)". www.isrctn.com. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
- ^ "Large-scale trial for coronavirus drugs launches in UK". Clinical Trials Arena. 6 April 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
- ^ "Managing clinical trials during the pandemic — Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences". www.ndorms.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
- ^ "Low-cost dexamethasone reduces death by up to one third in hospitalised patients with severe respiratory complications of COVID-19 | University of Oxford". www.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
- ^ "Prime Minister's statement on coronavirus (COVID-19): 16 June 2020". GOV.UK. 16 June 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
- PMID 32678530.
- ^ a b Sample, Ian (24 April 2020). "Who's who on secret scientific group advising UK government?". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
- ^ "New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group". gov.uk. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
- ^ "No. 63377". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 June 2021. p. B2.