Richard Horton (editor)
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Richard Charles Horton OBE FRCPCH FMedSci (born 29 December 1961) is editor-in-chief of The Lancet, a United Kingdom–based medical journal. He is an honorary professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University College London, and the University of Oslo.
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Born | Richard Charles Horton (1961-12-29) 29 December 1961 (age 62) |
Nationality | British |
Education | Bristol Grammar School |
Alma mater | University of Birmingham (BSc, MB ChB) |
Partner | Separated |
Children | 1 |
Awards | Edinburgh Medal (2007), Friendship Award (China) (2015), Andrija Štampar (2016), Edwin Chadwick (2017), Roux Prize (2019), Physicians for Human Rights (2021) |
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After studying medicine at the University of Birmingham, he joined the liver unit at London's Royal Free Hospital. In 1990, he became assistant editor of The Lancet and five years later became its editor-in-chief in the UK.
He has been a medical writer for The Observer, The Times Literary Supplement and The New York Review of Books. In 2003, he published Second Opinion: Doctors, Diseases and Decisions in Modern Medicine, a book about controversies in modern medicine. In 2005 he wrote "Doctors in society: medical professionalism in a changing world", an inquiry into the future of medical professionalism, for the Royal College of Physicians. He has served in various roles with the World Health Organization (WHO).