Professor Sir Richard Peto wins the BMJ Group Lifetime Achievement Award.
Professor Sir Richard Peto's outstanding career in medical research has been recognised by the 2011 Lifetime Achievement Award from the BMJ Group at a ceremony in London last night, following a vote by the British Medical Journal 's readers. The award seeks to recognise a unique and substantial contribution to improving health. His work has contributed to reduced death rates in many areas of the world by demonstrating the effectiveness of some widely practicable treatments, the hazards of smoking and, in particular, the benefits of stopping smoking. Dr Ann McPherson of the Department of Primary Health Care was another Oxford winner at the awards dinner, being named as the Communicator of the Year. Lifetime achievement Professor Peto, an epidemiologist and statistician, is codirector with Sir Rory Collins of the Clinical Trial Service Unit (CTSU) at the University of Oxford, which conducts large studies of the causes and treatment of disease worldwide. In collaboration with Sir Richard Doll, Professor Peto demonstrated the extraordinary hazards of persistent cigarette smoking, which exceed those from all the other known causes of cancer put together. He also showed the substantial benefits of stopping smoking, directly influencing public policy in many countries.
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