Francois Henry NOSTEN

Biography

Professor in Tropical Medicine, Director of the Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, Group Head / PI, Consultant Physician, Fellow and Unit Director

University of Oxford

Dr Nosten’s work concentrates on uncomplicated malaria and he has conducted the largest ever drug trials in malaria in an area which has the world’s most drug-resistant parasites, including a detailed study of the SPf66 malaria vaccine. Recent studies have concentrated on the efficacy and effectiveness of combination anti malarial therapy. Dr Nosten has also investigated malaria prophylaxis and antimalarial treatment in pregnancy and the identification of thiamine deficiency (beri-beri) as a major cause of infant mortality amongst Karen refugees.