1. 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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Empagliflozin in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 (RECOVERY): a randomised, controlled, open-label, platform trial
RECOVERY Collaborative Group
Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol.
October 18, 2023
DOI: 10.1016/S2213-8587(23)00253-X
Adjunctive Dexamethasone for Tuberculous Meningitis in HIV-Positive Adults
Joseph Donovan, Nguyen D Bang, Darma Imran, Ho D T Nghia, Erlina Burhan, Dau T T Huong, Nguyen T T Hiep, Lam H B Ngoc, Dang V Thanh, Nguyen T Thanh, Anna L S Wardhani, Kartika Maharani, Cakra P Gasmara, Nguyen H H Hanh, Pham K N Oanh, Riwanti Estiasari, Do D A Thu, Ardiana Kusumaningrum, Le T Dung, Do C Giang, Dang T M Ha, Nguyen H Lan, Nguyen V V Chau, Nguyen T M Nguyet, Ronald B Geskus, Nguyen T T Thuong, Evelyne Kestelyn, Raph L Hamers, Nguyen H Phu, Guy E Thwaites; ACT HIV Investigators
N Engl J Med
October 12, 2023
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2216218
Recent advances in the treatment of tuberculosis
Ilaria Motta, Martin Boeree, Dumitru Chesov, Keertan Dheda, Gunar GFCnther, C Robert Horsburgh Jr, Yousra Kherabi, Christoph Lange, Christian Lienhardt, Helen M McIlleron, Nicholas I Paton, Helen R Stagg2, Guy Thwaites, Zarir Udwadia, Reinout Van Crevel, Gustavo E Velsquez, Robert J Wilkinson, Lorenzo Guglielmetti
Clin Microbiol Infect
July 21, 2023
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2023.07.013
Field evaluation of a point-of-care triage test for active tuberculosis (TriageTB)
Tracy R. Richardson, Bronwyn Smith, Stephanus T. Malherbe, Jane Alexandra Shaw, Firdows Noor, Candice MacDonald, Gian D. van der Spuy, Kim Stanley, Alida Carstens, Tarryn-Lee Fisher, Ilana van Rensburg, Marika Flinn, Candice Snyders, Isaac Johnson, Bernadine Fransman, Hazel Dockrell, Guy Thwaites, Nguyen Thuy Thuong Thuong, Claudia Schacht, Harriet Mayanja-Kizza, Mary Nsereko, Elisa M. Tjon Kon Fat, Paul L.A.M. Corstjens, Annemieke Geluk, TrENDx consortium
BMC Infect Dis
July 3, 2023
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-023-08342-5
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