Richard Peto

Richard Peto
Born (1943-05-14) 14 May 1943
Nationality United Kingdom
Fields Medical Statistics, Clinical Trials, Epidemiology of Smoking.
Institutions Green Templeton College, Oxford University
Alma mater Queens' College, University of Cambridge
Known for meta-analysis, Peto's paradox, log-rank test, Peto's method
Influences Richard Doll
Notable awards Guy Medal (Silver, 1986)
Prince Mahidol Award (2000)
Royal Medal (2002)
Heineken Prize for Medicine (2008)[1]

Sir Richard Peto FRS (born 14 May 1943) is Professor of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology at the University of Oxford, England.[2]

He attended Taunton's School in Southampton and subsequently studied Natural Sciences at Queens' College, Cambridge University.

His career has included important collaborations with Richard Doll beginning at the Medical Research Council Statistical Research Unit in London.

He set up the Clinical Trial Service Unit (CTSU) in Oxford in 1975 and is currently co-director.

He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1989 for his contributions to the development of meta-analysis. He is a leading expert on deaths related to tobacco use.

He was knighted for his services to epidemiology and to cancer prevention in 1999, and he received an honorary Doctor of Medical Sciences degree from Yale University in 2011.[3] [4]

His brother Julian Peto, with whom he has published work in mathematical statistics (e.g. on the logrank test), is also a distinguished epidemiologist. His family runs a Thai restaurant in Oxford's Covered Market, of whose parent company he is a director.[5]

Peto's paradox is named after him.

References

  1. Knottnerus, J. A. (2008). "The Dr A.H. Heineken Prize for Medicine 2008 awarded to Sir Richard Peto". Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde 152 (41): 2216–2218. PMID 19009807.
  2. Mann, C. (1990). "Richard Peto: Statistician with a Mission". Science 249 (4968): 479–426. doi:10.1126/science.249.4968.479. PMID 17735279. Retrieved 2012-08-07.
  3. "Sir Richard Peto". University of Oxford. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
  4. "Yale University: Honorary Degrees". USA: Yale University. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
  5. "Sasi's Thai". Find The Company. UK. Retrieved 24 May 2015.

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