Richard Peto
Sir Richard Peto (born May 14, 1943 ) is a British statistician and epidemiologist .
Career
Peto attended Taunton's College in Southampton before studying science at the University of Cambridge . He received his MSc in Statistics in 1967 from the University of London . He has been at the University of Oxford since 1969 . There he was appointed Professor of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology in 1992.
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Peto made decisive contributions to the development of meta-analysis . For this achievement he became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1989 . The Peto's paradox ("Peto's Paradox") bears his name. Peto worked on the British Doctors Study from 1971 until the end of 2001.
Peto is known for his work against tobacco smoking . For example, Peto has calculated that “the free distribution of cigarettes to British soldiers in World War I cost more victims over the decades than the war itself.” Peto also stated that “Smoking caused more cancer than medicine has ever healed. "
Around 500 publications bear Peto's name. He is among the top 20 most cited medical researchers in the world.
Awards
- 1986: Guy medal in silver
- since 1989: Fellow of the Royal Society
- 1992: Gairdner Foundation International Award
- 1994: Médaille de la Ville de Paris
- 1999: beaten to Knight Bachelor
- 2000: Finnish academic in science (Tieteen akateemikko)
- 2000: Prince Mahidol Prize
- 2002: Royal Medal in Mathematics
- 2002: Charles S. Mott Prize
- 2005: König Faisal Prize
- 2008: AH Heineken Prize for Medicine
- 2009: Charles Rodolphe Brupbacher Prize for Cancer Research together with Nubia Muñoz
- 2013: Pasarow Award
- 2014: Richard Doll Prize in Epidemiology
Web links
- Interview in the Tages-Anzeiger
- Experts Examined - Sir Richard Peto
- BBC interview with Peto (English)
- Laureate for the Heineken Prize (English)
- Sir Richard Peto FRS - Preventing avoidable death
Individual evidence
- ^ Brupbacher Prize to Nubia Muñoz and Sir Richard Peto Science Information Service, February 12, 2009
- ↑ U. Keil: More protection for non-smokers. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung of November 3, 2003
- ↑ Laureate for the Heineken Prize ( Memento of the original from July 6, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on May 20, 2009
- ↑ Queen's Birthday Honors, June 18, 1999
- ↑ Laureates Heineken Prizes announced in 2008. ( Memento of the original from September 30, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 421 kB) accessed on May 20, 2009
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SURNAME | Peto, Richard |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British statistician and epidemiologist |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 14, 1943 |