Nick White

Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Thailand

Nicholas White

Academic positions:
- Professor, Mahidol University
- Professor, Oxford University
- Honorary Consultant Physician at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford
- Chairman of the Oxford University - Wellcome Trust South-east Asian Units
- Director, Wellcome Trust Mahidol University Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Programme (1986-2001)
- Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow
- Senior Lecturer, Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford and Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
- Member of the Steering Committee of the NIH - Wellcome Trust avian influenza research collaboration.

All industry positions (in last five years):
None declared

Research interests:
Professor White's diverse interests include the epidemiology, pathophysiology and management of uncomplicated and severe malaria, meliodosis, enteric fever, tetanus, dengue haemorrhagic fever, Japanese encephalitis and tuberculosis. His particular interests at present include the pathophysiology and treatment of severe malaria and the prevention of antimalarial drug resistance using artemisinin-based combinations.

Any other information:
The contribution of Professor White to the field of infectious diseases has led to widespread recognition. He is a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Academy of Medical Sciences and Royal Society of London. He was also awarded the Order of the British Empire for his research work on tropical illnesses in South-east Asia.

Society memberships include:
British Society for the Study of Infection
American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene (Honorary member)
British Medical Association
British Pharmacological Society
American Society of Microbiology
Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases (Honorary life member)

He is a member of several WHO advisory panels, and is on the International Editorial Advisory boards of several international journals including The Lancet and the Journal of Infectious Diseases. Professor White has contributed to over 500 peer reviewed scientific publications and has written over 30 book chapters.

What I think of the idea behind F1000M:
I really like the website! This is a tool that most clinicians and scientists will find extremely useful to keep abreast with the rapid advances in our fields. And it will make this easy, interesting and fun!

Any competing interests declared are displayed with individual evaluations.

Head of Faculty: Infectious Diseases (since 16 November 2005)

Nick White is a Head of Faculty for the INFECTIOUS DISEASES Faculty. The role of a Head of Faculty is to help divide the Faculty (specialty) into Sections (sub-specialty areas), nominate leaders in those areas as Section Heads, and offer ongoing advice on the strategic direction of the service. They are not asked to evaluate articles, although we do, of course, welcome them.

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