# Richard Peto

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Professor Martin Landray

Georgina Ferry interviews Sir Martin Landray, Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, 27 October 2022. Topics discussed include (00:00:19) early interest in medicine and medical school at University of Birmingham, interest in clinical pharmacology, clinical lectureship at Birmingham and attainment …

Prophylaxis for endocarditis

Richard Peto, renowned epidemiologist at Oxford University, won the BMJ Group lifetime achievement award this week. We hear from him about his work, and some of impact it has had. Also this week, Martin Thornhill, from the University of Sheffield, talks about his research, which shows the effect o…

Chris Price

Georgina Ferry interviews Chris Price, Divisional Registrar and Chief Operating Officer for Medical Sciences, 8 February 2023. Topics discussed include (00:00:34) work at the University of Oxford since 1993, sociology degree, work with Sir Richard Peto and Sir Rory Collins in the Clinical Trial Ser…

Why Blue Whales Don't Get Cancer: Unraveling the Mystery

Blue whales, the largest animals on Earth, possess an extraordinary ability to avoid cancer despite their massive size and long lifespan. This phenomenon, which has puzzled scientists for years, is now shedding light on potential cancer prevention strategies for humans.One might assume that the she…

An Animal’s Size And Its Cancer Risk | Bastetodon, A 30 Million-Year-Old Apex Predator

A study finds that Peto’s Paradox, which states that larger animals are no more likely to get cancer than smaller ones, may not hold up. Also, a nearly complete predator skull was found in the Egyptian desert. Its lineage indicates that it was a top carnivore of the age. What Does An Animal’s Size …

Sir John Bell: Transforming Life Science and Medicine's Future

Audio File Ground Truths can also be found on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube. The UK is the world leader in human genomics, and laid the foundation for advancing medicine with the UK Biobank, Genomes England and now Our Future Health (w/ 5 million participants). Sir John Bell is a major force …

Health 411- Bowhead Whales and Cancer

As one of the world's leading causes of death, cancer does not yet have a cure. It is one of the most studied diseases, however, and researchers have been studying every aspect of cancer that they can. What we do know is that cancer is most often caused by abnormal uncontrolled cell division and re…

What will it take to Educate the World - Sanjaya Lall Visiting Professor Distinguished Panel Lecture 2018

Many developing countries suffer from poorly performing educational systems that fail to equip students with the knowledge and skills necessary to participate productively in the modern economy. How can educational outcomes be improved? To address this question, Esther Duflo draws on path-breaking …

Endocrine-Based Therapy for HR-Positive Breast Cancer — Proceedings from a San Antonio 2025 Symposium Series

Featuring perspectives from Dr Angela DeMichele, Dr Komal Jhaveri, Dr Erica Mayer, Dr Hope S Rugo and Dr Seth Wander, including the following topics: Introduction (0:00) 1985 NCI Consensus Conference on Early Breast Cancer: Sir Richard Peto, FRS (2:01) Current Role of Genomic Assays in Treatm…

20 Questions With Professor Sir Richard Peto

Sir Richard Peto is Emeritus Professor of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology at the University of Oxford. He has helped to reduce the premature deaths of tens of millions of people across the world with his research into smoking, breast cancer, and heart attacks. Here he explains his methods, deta…