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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Real-time investigation of a Burkholderia cenocepacia bacteraemia outbreak in a Vietnamese Intensive Care Unit
Anh T K Nguyen, Vo Kim Phuong Linh, Dang Thao Huong, Pham Tieu Kieu, Voong Vinh Phat, Ha Thanh Tuyen, Quynh Nguyen, Nguyen Huu Hien, Nguyen Thi Diem Trinh, Huynh Ngoc Hon, Nguyen Thien Binh, Pham Thi Phuong Thao, Tang Quang, Nguyen Thi Thu Van, Pham Thi Ngoc Lan, Yin Mo, David L Paterson, Guy Thwaites, Louise Thwaites, Pham Thanh Duy
J Hosp Infect
July 1, 2025
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2025.04.003
Pre-treatment untargeted cerebrospinal fluid metabolomic profiling in tuberculous meningitis uncovers pathways associated with mortality
Thanh Hoang Nhat Le, Kirsten C J van Abeelen, Edwin Ardiansyah, Julian Avila-Pacheco, Sofiati Dian, Gesa Carstens, Lara Schramke, Hoang Thanh Hai, Tran Binh Minh Nguyen, Thai Minh Triet, Amy Deik, Jesse Krejci, Jeff Pruyne, Lucas Dailey, Bachti Alisjahbana, Mihai G Netea, Riwanti Estiasari, Trinh Thi Bich Tram, Joseph Donovan, Dorothee Heemskerk, Thi Hong Chau Tran, Nguyen Duc Bang, Ahmad Rizal Ganiem, Raph L Hamers, Rovina Ruslami, Darma Imran, Kartika Maharani, Vinod Kumar, Reinout van Crevel, Guy Thwaites, Clary B Clish, Nguyen Thuy Thuong Thuong, Arjan van Laarhoven
Med.
May 23, 2025
DOI: 10.1016/j.medj.2025.100703
Myeloid cell genome-wide screen identifies variants associated with Mycobacterium tuberculosis-induced cytokine transcriptional responses
Joshua J Ivie, Kimberly A Dill-McFarland, Jason D Simmons, Glenna J Peterson, Penelope H Benchek, Harriet Mayanja-Kizza, Lily E Veith, Moeko Agata, Dang TM Ha, Ho DT Nghia, W Henry Boom, Catherine M Stein, Chiea C Khor, Guy E Thwaites, Hoang T Hai, Nguyen TT Thuong, Xuling Chang, Sarah J Dunstan, Thomas R Hawn.
J Clin Invest
May 22, 2025
DOI: 10.1172/JCI179822
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