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{{short description|English statistician and epidemiologist (born 1943)}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1943|5|14}}<ref name=whoswho>{{Who's Who | author=Anon| surname = Peto | othernames = Sir Richard | id = U30686 | year = 2017 | doi =10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.30686 | edition = online [[Oxford University Press]]|location=Oxford}} {{subscription required}}</ref>
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| nationality = British
| field = Medical Statistics, Clinical Trials, Epidemiology of Smoking.
| work_institution = [[University of Oxford]]<br>[[Green Templeton College, Oxford]]
| education = [[Taunton's School]]
| alma_mater = [[University of Cambridge]] (BA)<br>[[Imperial College London]] (MSc)<ref name=whoswho/><!-- queens college doesn't award degrees-->
| known_for = {{Plainlist|
* [[Meta-analysis]]
* [[Peto's paradox]]
* [[Log-rank test]]}}
| prizes = {{Plainlist|
* [[Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine]] (1997)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jeantet.ch/en/prix-louis-jeantet/laureats/1997-en/professeur-richard-peto/|title=Professor Richard PETO &#124; Jeantet|date=1 October 2017}}</ref>
* [[Knight Bachelor]] (1999)
* [[Guy Medal]] (Silver, 1986)
* [[Gairdner Foundation International Award]] (1992)
* [[Prince Mahidol Award]] (2000)
* [[Royal Medal]] (2002)
* [[Weldon Memorial Prize]] (2003)
* [[Heineken Prizes|Heineken Prize for Medicine]] (2008)<ref>{{Cite journal 
| last1 = Knottnerus | first1 = J. A. 
| title = The Dr A.H. Heineken Prize for Medicine 2008 awarded to Sir Richard Peto
| journal = Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde 
| volume = 152 
| issue = 41 
| pages = 2216–2218 
| year = 2008 
| pmid = 19009807
}}</ref>}}
| influences = [[Richard Doll]]
}}
'''Sir Richard Peto''' {{postnominals|FRS}} (born 14 May 1943)<ref name=whoswho/> is an English statistician and epidemiologist who is Professor of Medical [[Statistics]] and [[Epidemiology]] at the [[University of Oxford]], [[England]].<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Mann | first1 = C.| title = Richard Peto: Statistician with a Mission | doi = 10.1126/science.249.4968.479 | journal = Science | volume = 249 | issue = 4968 | page = 479| year = 1990 | pmid =  17735279| url = http://www.legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/mwr78e00| access-date = 2012-08-07}}</ref><ref name=royalsociety>{{Cite web|url=http://www.royalsoc.ac.uk/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqSearch=RefNo=='EC/1989/26'&dsqDb=Catalog|title=Royal Society citation}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4530057.stm|title=Experts Examined - Sir Richard Peto|date=13 June 2005|via=news.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>

==Education==
He attended [[Taunton's School]] in [[Southampton]] and subsequently studied the [[Natural Sciences (Cambridge)|Natural Sciences Tripos]] at [[Trinity College, Cambridge]]{{when|date=December 2017}} followed by a [[Master of Science]] degree in Statistics at [[Imperial College London]].<ref name=whoswho/>{{when|date=December 2017}}

==Career and research==
His career has included collaborations with [[Richard Doll]] beginning at the [[Medical Research Council (UK)|Medical Research Council]] Statistical Research Unit in [[London]]. He set up the [[Clinical Trial Service Unit]] (CTSU) in [[Oxford]] in 1975 and is currently co-director. [[Peto's paradox]] is named after him.

===Awards and honours===
He was elected a [[Fellow of the Royal Society]] in 1989 for his contributions to the development of [[meta-analysis]]. He is a leading expert on deaths related to [[tobacco]] use. "When Sir Richard Peto began work with the late Richard Doll fifty years ago, the UK had the worst death rates from smoking in the world. Smoking was the cause of more than half of all premature deaths of British men."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0003zth|title=The Life Scientific - Richard Peto on why smoking kills but quitting saves lives - BBC Sounds|website=bbc.co.uk}}</ref> He was knighted for his services to epidemiology and to cancer prevention in 1999, and he received an honorary Doctor of Medical Sciences degree from [[Yale University]] in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sir Richard Peto|url=http://www.cardioscience.ox.ac.uk/bhf-centre-of-research-excellence/researcher-profiles/sir-richard-peto|publisher=University of Oxford|access-date=26 December 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Yale University: Honorary Degrees|url=http://ris-systech2.its.yale.edu/hondegrees/hondegrees.asp|publisher=[[Yale University]]|location=USA|access-date=26 December 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150521015848/http://ris-systech2.its.yale.edu/hondegrees/hondegrees.asp|archive-date=21 May 2015}}</ref>

==Personal life==
His brother [[Julian Peto]], with whom he has published work in mathematical statistics (e.g. on the [[logrank test]]), is also a distinguished epidemiologist. His family runs a [[Thai cuisine|Thai]] restaurant in the [[Covered Market, Oxford]], of whose parent company he is a director.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sasi's Thai|url=http://listings.findthecompany.co.uk/l/167620808/Sasi-s-Thai-Ltd-in-Oxford-United-Kingdom|website=Find The Company | location=UK |access-date=24 May 2015}}</ref>

==References==
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===Selected publications===
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* {{cite journal | last1 = Gribbin | first1 = B | last2 = Pickering | first2 = TG | last3 = Sleight | first3 = P | last4 = Peto | first4 = R | date = Oct 1971 | title = Effect of age and high blood pressure on baroreflex sensitivity in man | journal = Circ. Res. | volume = 29 | issue = 4| pages = 424–31 | pmid = 5110922 | doi=10.1161/01.res.29.4.424| doi-access = free }}
* {{cite journal | last1 = Peto | first1 = R | last2 = Peto | first2 = J | year = 1972 | title = Asymptotically efficient rank invariant test procedures | journal = J R Stat Soc Ser A | volume = 135 | issue = 2| pages = 185–207 | doi=10.2307/2344317 | jstor=2344317| hdl = 10338.dmlcz/103602 | hdl-access = free }}
* {{cite journal | last1 = Doll | first1 = R | last2 = Peto | first2 = R | date = Dec 1976 | title = Mortality in relation to smoking: 20 years' observations on male British doctors | journal = Br Med J | volume = 2 | issue = 6051| pages = 1525–36 | pmid = 1009386 | pmc=1690096 | doi=10.1136/bmj.2.6051.1525}}
* {{cite journal | last1 = Peto | first1 = R | last2 = Pike | first2 = MC | last3 = Armitage | first3 = P | last4 = Breslow | first4 = NE|author-link4=Breslow NE | last5 = Cox | first5 = DR | last6 = Howard | first6 = SV | last7 = Mantel | first7 = N | last8 = McPherson | first8 = K | last9 = Peto | first9 = J | last10 = Smith | first10 = PG | date = Dec 1976 | title = Design and analysis of randomized clinical trials requiring prolonged observation of each patient. I. Introduction and design | journal = Br J Cancer | volume = 34 | issue = 6| pages = 585–612 | doi = 10.1038/bjc.1976.220 | pmid = 795448 | pmc=2025229}}
* {{cite journal | last1 = Peto | first1 = R | last2 = Pike | first2 = MC | last3 = Armitage | first3 = P | last4 = Breslow | first4 = NE | last5 = Cox | first5 = DR | last6 = Howard | first6 = SV | last7 = Mantel | first7 = N | last8 = McPherson | first8 = K | last9 = Peto | first9 = J | last10 = Smith | first10 = PG | date = Jan 1977 | title = Design and analysis of randomized clinical trials requiring prolonged observation of each patient. II. Analysis and examples | journal = Br J Cancer | volume = 35 | issue = 1| pages = 1–39 | doi = 10.1038/bjc.1977.1 | pmid = 831755 | pmc=2025310}}
* {{cite journal | last1 = Peto | first1 = R | last2 = Doll | first2 = R | last3 = Buckley | first3 = JD | last4 = Sporn | first4 = MB | date = Mar 1981 | title = Can dietary beta-carotene materially reduce human cancer rates? | journal = Nature | volume = 290 | issue = 5803| pages = 201–8 | pmid = 7010181 | doi=10.1038/290201a0| bibcode = 1981Natur.290..201P | s2cid = 43042899 }}
* {{cite journal | last1 = Doll | first1 = R | last2 = Peto | first2 = R | date = Jun 1981 | title = The causes of cancer: quantitative estimates of avoidable risks of cancer in the United States today | url = https://semanticscholar.org/paper/cc58e150f2f34cfd254df7163dfc0f6812027f64| journal = J Natl Cancer Inst | volume = 66 | issue = 6| pages = 1191–308 | pmid = 7017215 | doi=10.1093/jnci/66.6.1192| s2cid = 36210635 }}
* Peto R, Schneiderman M, eds. Quantification of occupational cancer. Cold Spring Harbor, NY: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 1981. {{ISBN|0-87969-208-1}}.
* {{cite journal | last1 = Yusuf | first1 = S | last2 = Peto | first2 = R | last3 = Lewis | first3 = J | last4 = Collins | first4 = R | last5 = Sleight | first5 = P | date = Mar–Apr 1985 | title = Beta blockade during and after myocardial infarction: an overview of the randomized trials | journal = Prog Cardiovasc Dis | volume = 27 | issue = 5| pages = 335–71 | doi = 10.1016/S0033-0620(85)80003-7 | pmid = 2858114 }}
* Peto R, zur Hausen H, eds. Viral etiology of cervical cancer. Cold Spring Harbor, NY: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 1986. {{ISBN|0-87969-221-9}}.
* {{cite journal | last1 = MacMahon | first1 = S | last2 = Peto | first2 = R | last3 = Cutler | first3 = J | last4 = Collins | first4 = R | last5 = Sorlie | first5 = P | last6 = Neaton | first6 = J | last7 = Abbott | first7 = R | last8 = Godwin | first8 = J | last9 = Dyer | first9 = A | last10 = Stamler | first10 = J | date = Mar 1990 | title = Blood pressure, stroke, and coronary heart disease. Part 1, Prolonged differences in blood pressure: prospective observational studies corrected for the regression dilution bias | journal = Lancet | volume = 335 | issue = 8692| pages = 765–74 | pmid = 1969518 | doi=10.1016/0140-6736(90)90878-9| s2cid = 25998460 }}
* {{cite journal | last1 = Collins | first1 = R | last2 = Peto | first2 = R | last3 = MacMahon | first3 = S | last4 = Hebert | first4 = P | last5 = Fiebach | first5 = NH | last6 = Eberlein | first6 = KA | last7 = Godwin | first7 = J | last8 = Qizilbash | first8 = N | last9 = Taylor | first9 = JO | last10 = Hennekens | first10 = CH | date = Apr 1990 | title = Blood pressure, stroke, and coronary heart disease. Part 2, Short-term reductions in blood pressure: overview of randomised drug trials in their epidemiological context | journal = Lancet | volume = 335 | issue = 8693| pages = 827–38 | pmid = 1969567 | doi=10.1016/0140-6736(90)90944-Z| s2cid = 11916390 }}
* Peto R, Imperial Cancer Research Fund (Great Britain), World Health Organization, et al. Mortality from smoking in developed countries, 1950–2000: indirect estimates from national vital statistics. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 1994. {{ISBN|0-19-262619-1}}.
* {{cite journal | last1 = Hennekens | first1 = CH | last2 = Buring | first2 = JE | last3 = Manson | first3 = JE | last4 = Stampfer | first4 = M | last5 = Rosner | first5 = B | last6 = Cook | first6 = NR | last7 = Belanger | first7 = C | last8 = LaMotte | first8 = F | last9 = Gaziano | first9 = JM | last10 = Ridker | first10 = PM | last11 = Willett | first11 = W | last12 = Peto | first12 = R | date = May 1996 | title = Lack of effect of long-term supplementation with beta carotene on the incidence of malignant neoplasms and cardiovascular disease | journal = N Engl J Med | volume = 334 | issue = 18| pages = 1145–9 | pmid = 8602179 | doi=10.1056/NEJM199605023341801| s2cid = 17357275 | url = https://semanticscholar.org/paper/c6eb406a65ab824c505949654e6e44e0d691c913 }}
* {{cite journal | last1 = Thun | first1 = MJ | last2 = Peto | first2 = R | last3 = Lopez | first3 = AD | last4 = Monaco | first4 = JH | last5 = Henley | first5 = SJ | last6 = Heath | first6 = CW Jr | last7 = Doll | first7 = R | date = Dec 1997 | title = Alcohol consumption and mortality among middle-aged and elderly U.S. adults. | journal = N Engl J Med | volume = 337 | issue = 24| pages = 1705–14 | doi = 10.1056/NEJM199712113372401 | pmid = 9392695 }}
* {{cite journal | last1 = Danesh | first1 = J | last2 = Collins | first2 = R | last3 = Appleby | first3 = P | last4 = Peto | first4 = R | date = May 1998 | title = Association of fibrinogen, C-reactive protein, albumin, or leukocyte count with coronary heart disease: meta-analyses of prospective studies | journal = JAMA | volume = 279 | issue = 18| pages = 1477–82 | pmid = 9600484 | doi=10.1001/jama.279.18.1477}}
* {{cite journal | last1 = Peto | first1 = R | last2 = Darby | first2 = S | last3 = Deo | first3 = H | last4 = Silcocks | first4 = P | last5 = Whitley | first5 = E | last6 = Doll | first6 = R | date = Aug 2000 | title = Smoking, smoking cessation, and lung cancer in the UK since 1950: combination of national statistics with two case-control studies | journal = BMJ | volume = 321 | issue = 7257| pages = 323–9 | doi = 10.1136/bmj.321.7257.323 | pmid = 10926586 | pmc=27446}}
* {{cite journal | last1 = Collins | first1 = R | last2 = Armitage | first2 = J | last3 = Parish | first3 = S | last4 = Sleigh | first4 = P | last5 = Peto | first5 = R | last6 = Heart Protection | first6 = Study Collaborative Group | date = Jun 2003 | title = MRC/BHF Heart Protection Study of cholesterol-lowering with simvastatin in 5963 people with diabetes: a randomised placebo-controlled trial | journal = Lancet | volume = 361 | issue = 9374| pages = 2005–16 | pmid = 12814710 | doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(03)13636-7| s2cid = 28111189 }}
* {{cite journal | last1 = Halliday | first1 = A | last2 = Mansfield | first2 = A | last3 = Marro | first3 = J | last4 = Peto | first4 = C | last5 = Peto | first5 = R | last6 = Potter | first6 = J | last7 = Thomas | first7 = D | date = May 2004 | title = Prevention of disabling and fatal strokes by successful carotid endarterectomy in patients without recent neurological symptoms: randomised controlled trial | journal = Lancet | volume = 363 | issue = 9420| pages = 1491–502 | pmid = 15135594 | doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(04)16146-1| s2cid = 22814764 }}
* {{cite journal | last1 = Doll | first1 = R | last2 = Peto | first2 = R | last3 = Boreham | first3 = J | last4 = Sutherland | first4 = I | date = Jun 2004 | title = Mortality in relation to smoking: 50 years' observations on male British doctors | journal = BMJ | volume = 328 | issue = 7455| page = 1519 | doi = 10.1136/bmj.38142.554479.AE | pmid = 15213107 | pmc=437139}}
* {{cite journal | last1 = Baigent | first1 = C | last2 = Keech | first2 = A | last3 = Kearney | first3 = PM | last4 = Blackwell | first4 = L | last5 = Buck | first5 = G | last6 = Pollicino | first6 = C | last7 = Kirby | first7 = A | last8 = Sourjina | first8 = T | last9 = Peto | first9 = R | last10 = Collins | first10 = R | last11 = Simes | first11 = R | date = Oct 2005 | title = Efficacy and safety of cholesterol-lowering treatment: prospective meta-analysis of data from 90,056 participants in 14 randomised trials of statins | journal = Lancet | volume = 366 | issue = 9493| pages = 1267–78 | pmid = 16214597 | doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(05)67394-1| s2cid = 10716362 }}
* {{cite journal | last1 = Clarke | first1 = M | last2 = Collins | first2 = R | last3 = Darby | first3 = S | last4 = Davies | first4 = C | last5 = Elphinstone | first5 = P | last6 = Evans | first6 = E | last7 = Godwin | first7 = J | last8 = Gray | first8 = R | last9 = Hicks | first9 = C | last10 = James | first10 = S | last11 = MacKinnon | first11 = E | last12 = McGale | first12 = P | last13 = McHugh | first13 = T | last14 = Peto | first14 = R | last15 = Taylor | first15 = C | last16 = Wang | first16 = Y | last17 = Early Breast | first17 = Cancer Trialists' Collaborative Group | date = Dec 2005 | title = Effects of radiotherapy and of differences in the extent of surgery for early breast cancer on local recurrence and 15-year survival: an overview of the randomised trials | journal = Lancet | volume = 366 | issue = 9503| pages = 2087–106 | pmid = 16360786 | doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(05)67887-7| s2cid = 14628726 }}

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[[Category:Fellows of Green Templeton College, Oxford]]
[[Category:Members of the French Academy of Sciences]]
[[Category:Donald Reid Medalists]]
[[Category:Royal Medal winners]]
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[[Category:Tobacco researchers]]
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