Professor
Nicholas
White
Professor of Tropical Medicine
Nick White is a Professor of Tropical Medicine at Mahidol University Thailand and at the University of Oxford, and a consultant physician in acute general medicine at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK. He was Chair of the WWARN Board until 2016, and remains a member of the IDDO Board.
He also co-chaired the World Health Organization antimalarial treatment guidelines committee and the WHO Global Malaria Programme case management cluster. Prof White has served on the editorial advisory boards of international journals including The Lancet and PLoS Medicine. He has contributed to over 1000 peer reviewed scientific publications and has written over 50 book chapters.
Nick White began his work in Thailand in 1980 with the Wellcome Trust Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, a collaborative research programme between Mahidol and Oxford Universities. In 1986 he was appointed as Director of the Thailand Unit, and more recently Chair of the Wellcome Trust SE Asian Tropical Medicine Research Programmes.
Nick White’s contribution to tropical medicine and global health was recognised with a UK Knighthood in 2017. His research interests include the epidemiology, pathophysiology and treatment of malaria, melioidosis, typhoid, leptospirosis, dengue, haemorrhagic fever, Japanese encephalitis and tuberculosis.
All Publications
Artemether bioavailability after oral or intramuscular administration in uncomplicated falciparum malaria.
Silamut, K., Newton, P., Teja-Isavadharm, P., Suputtamongkol, Y., Siriyanonda, D., Rasameesoraj, M., Pukrittayakamee, S., & White, N. (2003). Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 47(12), 3795-3798.
Chloroquine versus sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine for treatment of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Savannakhet Province, Lao People's Democratic Republic: an assessment of national antimalarial drug recommendations.
Mayxay, M., Newton, P., Khanthavong, M., Tiengkham, P., Phetsouvanh, R., Phompida, S., Brockman, A., & White, N. (2003). Clinical Infectious Diseases : An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 37(8), 1021-1028.
Dietary and socio-economic factors associated with beriberi in breastfed Lao infants
Soukaloun, D., Kounnavong, S., Pengdy, B., Boupha, B., Durondej, S., Olness, K., Newton, P., & White, N. (2003). Paediatrics and International Child Health, 23(3), 181-186.
Dietary and socio-economic factors associated with beriberi in breastfed Lao infants.
Soukaloun, D., Kounnavong, S., Pengdy, B., Boupha, B., Durondej, S., Olness, K., Newton, P., & White, N. (2003). Annals of Tropical Paediatrics, 23(3), 181-186.
A selective sweep driven by pyrimethamine treatment in southeast asian malaria parasites.
Nair, S., Williams, J., Brockman, A., Paiphun, L., Mayxay, M., Newton, P., Guthmann, J.-P., Smithuis, F., Hien, T., White, N., Nosten, F., & Anderson, T. (2003). Mol Biol Evol, 20(9), 1526-1536.
Counterfeit artesunate antimalarials in southeast Asia.
Newton, P., Dondorp, A., Green, M., Mayxay, M., & White, N. (2003). Lancet (London, England), 362(9378), 169.
A randomized comparison of oral chloroquine and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine for the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Laos
Mayxay, M., Phetsouvanh, R., Phompida, S., Newton, P., Khanthavong, M., Vannachone, B., Brockman, A., & White, N. (2003). Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 97(3), 343-344.
Diabetes mellitus, insulin, and melioidosis in Thailand.
Simpson, A., Newton, P., Chierakul, W., Chaowagul, W., & White, N. (2003). Clinical Infectious Diseases : An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 36(5), e71 - e72.
Malaria and amphetamine 'horse tablets' in Thailand.
Newton, P., Chierakul, W., Ruangveerayuth, R., Abhigantaphand, D., Looareesuwan, S., & White, N. (2003). Tropical Medicine & International Health : TM & IH, 8(1), 17-18.
Malaria: current status of control, diagnosis, treatment, and a proposed agenda for research and development.
Guerin, P., Olliaro, P., Nosten, F., Druilhe, P., Laxminarayan, R., Binka, F., Kilama, W., Ford, N., & White, N. (2002). Lancet Infect Dis, 2(9), 564-573.
A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of acetazolamide for the treatment of elevated intracranial pressure in cryptococcal meningitis.
Newton, P., Thai, L., Tip, N., Short, J., Chierakul, W., Rajanuwong, A., Pitisuttithum, P., Chasombat, S., Phonrat, B., Maek-A-Nantawat, W., Teaunadi, R., Lalloo, D., & White, N. (2002). Clinical Infectious Diseases : An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 35(6), 769-772.
Retinal haemorrhage in P falciparum malaria.
Newton, P., Michelson, G., Ruangveerayuth, R., & White, N. (2002). Lancet (London, England), 360(9332), 515.
Central role of the spleen in malaria parasite clearance.
Chotivanich, K., Udomsangpetch, R., McGready, R., Proux, S., Newton, P., Pukrittayakamee, S., Looareesuwan, S., & White, N. (2002). J Infect Dis, 185(10), 1538-1541.
Murder by fake drugs.
Newton, P., White, N., Rozendaal, J., & Green, M. (2002). BMJ (Clinical Research Ed.), 324(7341), 800-801.
Comparison of oral artesunate and dihydroartemisinin antimalarial bioavailabilities in acute falciparum malaria.
Newton, P., van Vugt, M., Teja-Isavadharm, P., Siriyanonda, D., Rasameesoroj, M., Teerapong, P., Ruangveerayuth, R., Slight, T., Nosten, F., Suputtamongkol, Y., Looareesuwan, S., & White, N. (2002). Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 46(4), 1125-1127.
A comparison of oral artesunate and artemether antimalarial bioactivities in acute falciparum malaria.
Suputtamongkol, Y., Newton, P., Angus, B., Teja-Isavadharm, P., Keeratithakul, D., Rasameesoraj, M., Pukrittayakamee, S., & White, N. (2001). British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 52(6), 655-661.
Contribution of humoral immunity to the therapeutic response in falciparum malaria.
Mayxay, M., Chotivanich, K., Pukrittayakamee, S., Newton, P., Looareesuwan, S., & White, N. (2001). Am J Trop Med Hyg, 65(6), 918-923.
A comparison of the in vivo kinetics of Plasmodium falciparum ring-infected erythrocyte surface antigen-positive and -negative erythrocytes.
Newton, P., Chotivanich, K., Chierakul, W., Ruangveerayuth, R., Teerapong, P., Silamut, K., Looareesuwan, S., & White, N. (2001). Blood, 98(2), 450-457.
Oral quinine pharmacokinetics and dietary salt intake.
Newton, P., Simpson, A., Wanwimolruk, S., Maliakal, P., Villegas, L., Kuypers, D., & White, N. (2001). Eur J Clin Pharmacol, 57(2), 111-113.
Melioidosis and Pandora's box in the Lao People's Democratic Republic.
Phetsouvanh, R., Phongmany, S., Newton, P., Mayxay, M., Ramsay, A., Wuthiekanun, V., & White, N. (2001). Clinical Infectious Diseases : An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 32(4), 653-654.
A comparison of artesunate alone with combined artesunate and quinine in the parenteral treatment of acute falciparum malaria.
Newton, P., Chierakul, W., Ruangveerayuth, R., Silamut, K., Teerapong, P., Krudsood, S., Looareesuwan, S., & White, N. (2001). Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg, 95(5), 519-523.
Parasite multiplication potential and the severity of Falciparum malaria.
Chotivanich, K., Udomsangpetch, R., Simpson, J., Newton, P., Pukrittayakamee, S., Looareesuwan, S., & White, N. (2000). J Infect Dis, 181(3), 1206-1209.
Antimalarial bioavailability and disposition of artesunate in acute falciparum malaria
Newton, P., Suputtamongkol, Y., Teja-Isavadharm, P., Pukrittayakamee, S., Navaratnam, V., Bates, I., & White, N. (2000). Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 44(4), 972-977.
Pharmacokinetics of quinine and 3-hydroxyquinine in severe falciparum malaria with acute renal failure.
Newton, P., Keeratithakul, D., Teja-Isavadharm, P., Pukrittayakamee, S., Kyle, D., & White, N. (1999). Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 93(1), 69-72.
Malaria: new developments in treatment and prevention
Newton, P., & White, N. (1999). Annu Rev Med, 50, 179-192.