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Professor Guy Thwaites

Professor Guy Thwaites

Director of OUCRU

Professor Guy Thwaites, MA (Cantab) MBBS Ph.D. FRCP FRCPath FMedSci MBE, is the Director of the Oxford University Clinical Research Unit & Vietnam Wellcome Africa Asia Programme, Professor of Infectious Diseases, University of Oxford, Honorary Consultant in Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology at Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Tust and Honorary Professor, MRC Clinical Trial Units at University College London.

Expertise

Professor Guy Thwaites qualified from Cambridge University and the United Medical and Dental schools of Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals and trained in Infectious Diseases and Microbiology in Brighton, the Oxford University Clinical Research Unit (OUCRU) in Vietnam, Imperial College London, and the Hospital for Tropical Diseases in London.

His research interests focus on the management of severe bacterial infections, especially those involving the central nervous system. He sits on advisory boards for the WHO and the Australian and UK governments.

 

Timeline

2021

Appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to public health and UK/Vietnam relations.

2018

Elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences in the UK.

2013

Became Director of the Oxford University Clinical Research Unit (OUCRU) and Vietnam Wellcome Africa Asia Programme (AAP).

2004

Obtained PhD from Open University, UK.

Publications

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Diagnostic Prediction Model for Tuberculous Meningitis: An Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis
Anna M Stadelman-Behar, Nicki Tiffin, Jayne Ellis, Fiona V Creswell, Kenneth Ssebambulidde, Edwin Nuwagira, Lauren Richards, Vittoria Lutje, Adriana Hristea, Raluca Elena Jipa, Jose E Vidal, Renata G S Azevedo, Sergio Monteiro de Almeida, Gislene Boto Kussen, Keite Nogueira, Felipe Augusto Souza Gualberto, Tatiana Metcalf, Anna Dorothee Heemskerk, Tarek Dendane, Abidi Khalid, Amine Ali Zeggwagh, Kathleen Bateman, Uwe Siebert, Ursula Rochau, Arjan van Laarhoven, Reinout van Crevel, Ahmad Rizal Ganiem, Sofiati Dian, Joseph Jarvis, Joseph Donovan, Thuong Nguyen Thuy Thuong, Guy E Thwaites, Nathan C Bahr, David B Meya, David R Boulware, Tom H Boyles
Am J Trop Med Hyg
July 16, 2024
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.23-0789
The implementation of whole-genome sequencing for Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Vietnam
D T Huong, T M Walker, D T Ha, K T T Ngoc, V N Trung, L T Nam, P T T Ngoc, L T Nguyet, N T Thanh, N H Minh, N K Cuong, N V Khiem, H V T Ngoc, T T T Bich, H N Hong, P P Trieu, L K Lan, K Lan, N N Hue, N T L Huong, T L T N Thao, N L Quang, T D D Anh, D W Crook, G E Thwaites, N T T Thuong, N B Hoa, D V Luong, N V Hung
IJTLD Open
July 1, 2024
DOI: 10.5588/ijtldopen.24.0147
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