Sir Richard Peto, FRS

Emeritus Professor of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, University of Oxford, UK.

Richard Peto has collaborated for decades with major epidemiological studies in China, India, the Americas and Europe, with close attention to the details of how epidemiological evidence and trial evidence should be interpreted. This has substantially increased the estimated importance of major avoidable causes of cancer and of vascular disease such as tobacco, blood pressure, blood lipids, adiposity, and diabetes.

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Halving premature deaths

Listen to Sir Richard on the ‘Science with Sanjula’ podcast, where he describes half a century of research seeking moderate reductions in big causes of death.

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Celebrating 100 Years of Life-Changing Discoveries | The Dangers of Smoking from Doll to Peto

Exploring the work of Sir Richard Doll (Epidemiology) through to Sir Richard Peto (Epidemiology), part of the MRC series to celebrate 100 years of life-changing discoveries.

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Mortality in relation to smoking: 50 years’ observations on male British doctors

This academic paper investigates the long-term hazards of cigarette smoking in British men, analyzing data from 34,439 male doctors over a 50-year period.