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'''Richard Horton''', FRCP FRCPCH FMedSci, is editor of [[The Lancet]] since 1990.<ref>[http://www.thelancet.com/lancet/about The Lancet - About]</ref><ref>[http://www.who.int/woman_child_accountability/ierg/members/horton/en/ World Health Organization]</ref> | '''Richard Horton''', FRCP FRCPCH FMedSci, is the editor-in-chief of [[The Lancet]] since 1990.<ref>[http://www.thelancet.com/lancet/about The Lancet - About]</ref><ref>[http://www.who.int/woman_child_accountability/ierg/members/horton/en/ World Health Organization]</ref> | ||
== Education == | == Education == |
Revision as of 21:59, January 31, 2018
Richard Horton, FRCP FRCPCH FMedSci, is the editor-in-chief of The Lancet since 1990.[1][2]
Education[edit | edit source]
- Qualified in physiology and medicine from the University of Birmingham.
Honorary professor and other honors[edit | edit source]
- Honorary professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University College London, and the University of Oslo
- Honorary doctorates in medicine from the University of Birmingham, UK, and the Universities of Umea and Gothenburg in Sweden
Other academic positions[edit | edit source]
The World Health Organization (WHO) lists the following:[3]
- First President of the World Association of Medical Editors
- Council member of both the UK's Academy of Medical Sciences and the University of Birmingham
- Senior Associate of the UK health-policy think-tank, the Nuffield Trust
- Foreign Associate of the US Institute of Medicine, elected 2011
PACE trial[edit | edit source]
The Lancet published the PACE trial results but has not released the data. A UK Tribunal has ordered the release of this data.[4]
In a radio interview, Dr. Horton "called the critics “a fairly small, but highly organized, very vocal and very damaging group of individuals who have, I would say, actually hijacked this agenda and distorted the debate so that it actually harms the overwhelming majority of patients.” He didn’t address the substance of the criticisms."[5] As of September 6, 2016, 12,233 people signed the petition Misleading PACE claims should be retracted[6] and the petition, when over 11,000 signatures, was delivered to The Lancet and made the Wall Street Journal.[7]
Richard Horton has refused to engage with scientist such as Dr David Tuller over the PACE trial and ignored requests of a response to the PACE trial scandal. Many have tried to contact him regarding the trial but he has also refused to respond and blocked them on Twitter [8].
Open letters to Richard Horton and/or The Lancet RE: PACE trial[edit | edit source]
PACE trial headings will have Open letters from:
- List of open letters from researchers (PACE trial section)
- List of open letters from patient advocates and advocacy organizations (PACE trial section)
- List of open letters from other interested parties (PACE trial section)
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ The Lancet - About
- ↑ World Health Organization
- ↑ World Health Organization
- ↑ UK: Tribunal Orders Release of Withheld Data
- ↑ Slate - Health and Science - By Julie Rehmeyer
- ↑ Misleading PACE claims should be retracted - #MEAction
- ↑ #MEAction delivers Lancet PACE petition, makes Wall Street Journal - MEAction
- ↑ https://mobile.twitter.com/johnthejack/status/936300924556988417