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Brian Greenwood

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Sir Brian Mellor Greenwood (born 1938) is a British physician, biomedical research scientist, academic, and recipient of the first Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize.

Greenwood is the Manson Professor of Clinical Tropical Medicine, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.Greenwood, Brian. [http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/328/7439/534?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=1&andorexacttitle=and&andorexac "Editorial: Treating Malaria in Africa,"] British Medical Journal – BMJ 2004;328:534–535 (6 March), {{doi|10.1136/bmj.328.7439.534}}.Greenwood, Brian M. (1992). [https://books.google.com/books?id=pCzdWxcE4REC&q=Brian+M.+Greenwood "Malaria chemoprophylaxis in endemic regions,"] Malaria: Waiting for the Vaccine, G.A.T. Target, ed. London: John Wiley and Sons. {{ISBN|0-471-93100-4}}__________________. [https://web.archive.org/web/20080503024154/http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/86/5/08-053348/en/index.html "A global action plan for the prevention and control of pneumonia], Bulletin of the World Health Organization. Vol. 86, No. 5, May 2008, 321–416.

Malaria research and mitigation

Greenwood's career has focused on mitigating the effects of malaria and pertinent research. In his ten years experience working in Nigeria, and his fifteen years as the head of the Medical Research Council Laboratories in the Gambia, his main research interests were malaria and infections caused by capsulated bacteria such as the meningococcus (Neissera meningitidis).Dawood, Richard M. (2003). [https://books.google.com/books?id=LWTibZ1fRbsC&dq=Brian+M.+Greenwood&pg=PA110 Travellers' Health: How to Stay Healthy Abroad, p. 110.]

Malaria's stubborn resistance to control and treatment has been demonstrated in his West African clinical experience.Greenwood, Brian M. (1992). [https://books.google.com/books?id=pCzdWxcE4REC&dq=Brian+M.+Greenwood&pg=PA83 "Malaria chemoprophylaxis in endemic regions," Malaria: Waiting for the Vaccine, pp. 83]-101. Setbacks in a series of promising drug treatments have proven frustrating.French, Howard W. [https://www.nytimes.com/1994/09/22/world/scientist-says-tests-show-new-vaccine-may-prevent-malaria.html "Scientist Says Tests Show New Vaccine May Prevent Malaria,"] The New York Times. 22 September 1994; French, Howard W. [https://www.nytimes.com/1994/09/25/weekinreview/sept-18-24-hope-in-africa-anti-malarial-vaccine-may-be-breakthrough.html "Hope in Africa; Anti-Malarial Vaccine May Be Breakthrough,"] New York Times. 15 September 1994.

Although successes in research for a reliable vaccine have continued to prove elusive, Dr. Greenwood has also persisted in promoting a simpler preventive approach. He has been in the forefront of those who are encouraging the use of chemically treated mosquito nets to shield sleeping villagers from attack by the malaria-infected insects.[https://www.nytimes.com/1991/07/16/science/nets-cut-malaria-deaths-study-says.html "Nets Cut Malaria Deaths, Study Says,"] The New York Times. 16 July 1991.

Greenwood was knighted in the 2012 New Year Honours for services to malaria research in Africa.{{London Gazette |issue=60009 |date=31 December 2011 |page=2 |supp=y }}

Honours

  • 1977 – Chalmers Medal, Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (RSTMH).[http://www.rstmh.org/winners.asp RSTMH, Chalmers Medal.] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080419030200/http://www.rstmh.org/winners.asp |date=19 April 2008 }}
  • 1987 – Appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Queen's Birthday Honours.{{London Gazette|issue=50948|supp=y|page=15|date=12 June 1987}}
  • 1991 – Donald Mackay Medal, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.US/National Institutes of Health: [http://nihrecord.od.nih.gov/newsletters/03_18_2003/story02.htm Gorgas Lecture (2003)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070827121033/http://nihrecord.od.nih.gov/newsletters/03_18_2003/story02.htm |date=27 August 2007 }}
  • 1993 – an honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Science and Mathematics at Uppsala University, Sweden{{Cite web|url=http://www.uu.se/en/about-uu/traditions/prizes/honorary-doctorates/|title = Honorary doctorates - Uppsala University, Sweden}}
  • 1995 – Adesuyi Prize, West African Health Community (1995).
  • 2001 – Manson Medal, Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.{{cite web|title=List of past medal holders|url=http://www.rstmh.org/awards/medals/list-past-medal-holders#Manson|publisher=The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene|access-date=6 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110910123308/http://www.rstmh.org/awards/medals/list-past-medal-holders#Manson|archive-date=10 September 2011|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}
  • 2008 - Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize in the Medical Research category
  • 2011 – Appointed Knight Bachelor in the Queen's New Year Honours
  • 2012 – John Dirks Canada Gairdner Global Health Award

=Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize=

The Japanese Government established the Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize in July 2006 as a new international medical research and services award. The announcement of tentative plans for the prize were timed to mark the official visit to by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to Africa in May 2006. The announcement also marked the 80th anniversary of Dr. Noguchi's death.Japan Science and Technology Agency: [http://sciencelinks.jp/content/blogcategory/30/246/ " Commemorative Lecture: The First Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize,"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080428152905/http://sciencelinks.jp/content/blogcategory/30/246/ |date=28 April 2008 }} Science Links Japan web site. The Prize aims to honour individuals with outstanding achievements in combating various infectious diseases in Africa or in establishing innovative medical service systems.Rockefeller Foundation: [http://www.rockfound.org/about_us/news/2006/072506noguchi.shtml Noguchi Prize, history] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070523172141/http://www.rockfound.org/about_us/news/2006/072506noguchi.shtml |date=23 May 2007 }}

The inaugural presentation ceremony and the initial laureate lectures coincide with the Fourth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD), which was held in Yokohama in late April 2008.Japan, Cabinet Office: [http://www.cao.go.jp/noguchisho/english/keii/keii.html Noguchi Prize, chronology] This year's conference venue was moved from Tokyo to Yokohama as another way of honouring the man after whom the prize was named. In 1899, Dr. Noguchi worked at the Yokohama Port Quarantine Office as an assistant quarantine doctor.Hideyo Noguchi Memorial Museum: [http://www.town.inawashiro.fukushima.jp/eng/main_eng_noguchi.html Noguchi, life events] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100824071844/http://www.town.inawashiro.fukushima.jp/eng/main_eng_noguchi.html |date=24 August 2010 }}

Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda made the actual award presentation; and the Emperor and Empress were present at the 2008 ceremony along with a large number of African heads of state.[http://uzimafoundation.org/main/2008/05/29/mama-miriam-receives-the-hideyo-noguchi-prize/ "Mama Miriam receives the Hideyo Noguchi Prize,"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828015447/http://uzimafoundation.org/main/2008/05/29/mama-miriam-receives-the-hideyo-noguchi-prize/ |date=28 August 2008 }} UZIMA Foundation News. 29 May 2008; [http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5irVga8h6hn421DTP4i63b5ejJzFw "Japan awards Kenyan, Briton new Africa health prize"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520135629/http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5irVga8h6hn421DTP4i63b5ejJzFw |date=20 May 2011 }} (Agence France Press). 28 May 2008.

Greenwood was honoured in the Medical Research category; and his announced laureate lecture topic was "Malaria elimination – Is it possible?"Japan, Cabinet Office: [http://www.cao.go.jp/noguchisho/gaiyo-e.html Noguchi Prize, fact sheet.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080506064444/http://www.cao.go.jp/noguchisho/gaiyo-e.html |date=6 May 2008 }}

The first awards of this international prize—consisting of a citation, a medal and an honorarium of 100 million yen (US$843,668) were only intended to be the first in a continuing series; and subsequently the Prize is expected to be awarded every five years.World Health Organization: [http://www.afro.who.int/press/2007/pr20070430.html Noguchi Prize, WHO/AFRO involved] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100130024613/http://www.afro.who.int/press/2007/pr20070430.html |date=30 January 2010 }} The prize has been made possible through a combination of government funding and private donations.[http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20080330TDY03103.htm "Noguchi Africa Prize short by 70% of fund target,"] Yomiuri Shimbun (Tokyo). 30 March 2008.

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External links

  • Audio interview: [http://www.audiomedica.com/global-health-issues/lshtm/tropical-health-research-london-scientist-honored/ Dr. Greenwood discusses Noguchi Prize and his research background in Africa]
  • Japanese Government Internet TV: [http://nettv.gov-online.go.jp/eng/prg/prg1143.html streaming video, "Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize," 2007/04/26 (5 mins.)]
  • Development Gateway Foundation: [http://topics.developmentgateway.org/poverty/news/showNewsItemDetails.do?activeNewsItem=36810&foo= Noguchi Prize, Greenwood bio]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  • Gates Malaria Partnership: [https://web.archive.org/web/20070901203703/http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/gmp/staff.htm Greenwood, director]
  • Malaria Advisory Group (MAG): [http://www.madnessagainstmalaria.com/en/aboutus_mag.aspx Greenwood, adviser]
  • Japan Society for the Promotion of Science: [http://www.jsps.go.jp/english/e-noguchiafrica/index.html Purpose and Description of the Noguchi Prize]
  • University of London, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine: [https://web.archive.org/web/20080416125408/http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/news/2008/hideyo-noguchiPrize.html Noguchi prize announcement]

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