Kevin Marsh (researcher)

Kevin Marsh
At the Prince Mahidol Award Ceremony 2010 at the Chakri Maha Prasat Throne Hall Inside the Royal Palace
Born (1954-08-23) August 23, 1954 (age 70)
NationalityBritish
Occupation(s)Malariologist, academic and researcher
AwardsChalmers Medal, Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Prince Mahidol Award for Medicine
Drexel Prize for Infectious Diseases
Academic background
EducationMB.Ch.B
MRCP
DTM & H
Alma materLiverpool University
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Oxford

Kevin Marsh is a British Malariologist, academic and a researcher. He is a professor of Tropical Medicine and Director of Africa Oxford Initiative at University of Oxford. He is also a senior advisor at African Academy of Sciences.[1]

Marsh has authored around 500 research publications on malarial immunity and pathogenesis.[2] His research is focused in clinical, epidemiological and immunological aspects of malaria. He has also conducted extensive work on developing and strengthening scientific research in Africa.[3]

Marsh chaired the WHO Malaria Policy Advisory Committee from 2012 till 2019 and is a member of numerous international committees relating to malaria and to global health research.[4] He is a Fellow of St Cross College[5] and a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Academy of Medical Sciences,[6] European Academy of Sciences and Arts, African Academy of Sciences[7] and World Academy of Sciences.[8]

  1. ^ "Kevin Marsh — Nuffield Department of Medicine". www.ndm.ox.ac.uk.
  2. ^ "Kevin Marsh". scholar.google.com.
  3. ^ "Kevin Marsh Wins 2017 Drexel Prize in Infectious Disease | The AAS". www.aasciences.africa.
  4. ^ "WHO | An inside look at how WHO develops global malaria guidance". WHO. Archived from the original on May 11, 2017.
  5. ^ "Professor Kevin Marsh". www.stx.ox.ac.uk.
  6. ^ "Professor Kevin Marsh | The Academy of Medical Sciences". acmedsci.ac.uk.
  7. ^ "Marsh Kevin | The AAS". www.aasciences.africa.
  8. ^ "Marsh, Kevin". TWAS.