Sir Nicholas J. White KCMG, OBE, FRS, FMedSci

Professor Sir Nicholas White, KCMG, OBE, FRS, FMedSci, is Professor of Tropical Medicine at Oxford and Mahidol University, Thailand, and Chairman of the Wellcome Trust’s South East Asian Research Units.

Professor Sir Nick has played a key role in ensuring the global recommendation of artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) as the most effective treatment for falciparum malaria. His research and advocacy have transformed the treatment approaches to prevent and cure millions of patients from malaria-endemic countries in Africa and Southeast Asia. He continues his efforts on drug resistance and the pathophysiology of severe malaria, championing the use of mass drug administration as a strategy towards malaria elimination, and the use of multiple first line therapies. At New Year’s Honours 2017 he was appointed a KCMG for services to tropical medicine and global health.