Peter Horby
Sir Peter William Horby is a British physician, epidemiologist, Moh Family Foundation Professor of Emerging Infections and Global Health, and Director of the Pandemic Sciences Institute at the University of Oxford. He is the founder, and former director of the Oxford University Clinical Research Unit in Hanoi, Vietnam which was founded in 2006. In 2014, Horby established the Epidemic Research Group Oxford (ERGO). ERGO incorporates a number of international projects such as the European Commission funded PREPARE, the African coaLition for Epidemic Research, Response and Training (ALERRT), and the International Severe Acute Respiratory and emerging Infection Consortium (ISARIC). Since 2016, Horby has been chair and executive director of ISARIC.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. 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. He is the primary author on the published preliminary report.
From 2020 to 2022, Horby was one of the attendees of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) He is the chair of the New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (NERVTAG).
He was knighted in the 2021 Birthday Honours for services to medical research and he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2024. Provided by Wikipedia
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3by Simmons Cameron, Lam Nguyen, Hoa Le Nguyen, Ha Nguyen, Horby Peter, Fox Annette, Farrar Jeremy, Van Kinh Nguyen, Wertheim HeimanGet full text
Published 2010-06-01
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4by Larsson Mattias, Nguyen Lien Ha, Wertheim Heiman FL, Dao Trinh, Taylor Walter, Horby Peter, Nguyen Trung, Nguyen Minh Ha, Le Thuy, Nguyen KinhGet full text
Published 2012-08-01
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5by Leitmeyer Katrin C, Maloney Susan, Shah J Jina, Bausch Daniel G, Montgomery Joel M, Thu Vu Hoang, Anh Bach, Reynolds Mary G, Huy Vu Quang, Horby Peter, Plant Aileen J, Uyeki Timothy MGet full text
Published 2006-08-01
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6by Wertheim Heiman FL, Ngoc Dang Minh, Wolbers Marcel, Binh Ta Thi, Hải Nguyễn Thị Thanh, Loan Nguyễn Quỳnh, Tú Phạm Thanh, Sjodin Andreas, Romanoff Lovisa, Li Zheng, Mueller Jochen F, Kennedy Karen, Farrar Jeremy, Stepniewska Kasia, Horby Peter, Fox Annette, Bao Nguyen DuyGet full text
Published 2012-09-01
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7by Gething, Peter W., Elyazar, Iqbal R., Moyes, Catherine L., Smith, David L., Battle, Katherine E., Guerra, Carlos A., Patil, Anand P., Tatem, Andrew J., Howes, Rosalind E., Myers, Monica F., George, Dylan B., Horby, Peter, Wertheim, Heiman F., Price, Ric N., Mueller, Ivo, Baird, J. Kevin, Hay, Simon I.Get fulltext
Published 2012
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8by Tun, Kyaw MyoOther Authors: “...Day, Nicholas ; Smithius, Frank ; Horby, Peter...”
Published 2015
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9by Vu, HuongOther Authors: “...Hoa Thi Ngo ; Wertheim, Heiman F. L. ; Horby, Peter W....”
Published 2016
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