Sir Brian Greenwood CBE, FRS, FMedSci

Professor Greenwood is Manson Professor of Clinical Tropical Medicine at LSHTM. Over the last 50 years, he has reinvented field research in tropical medicine and influenced public health policies. His work, some of which was published in Transactions in the 1980s, demonstrated the effectiveness of insecticide-treated nets, now the cornerstone of malaria control throughout Africa. Professor Greenwood was RSTMH President from 2005 to 2007. He was awarded the Chalmers Medal in 1977, the Mackay Medal in 1991 and the Sir Patrick Manson Medal in 2001, the Society's highest honour.