Richard Horton, BSc, MB, FRCP, FMedSci

Editor-in-Chief, The Lancet

Richard Horton is Editor-in-Chief of The Lancet.  He was born in London and is half Norwegian. He qualified in physiology and medicine from the University of Birmingham in 1986. He joined The Lancet in 1990, moving to New York as North American Editor in 1993. He was the first President of the World Association of Medical Editors and is a Past-President of the US Council of Science Editors.  He is an honorary professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University College London, and the University of Edinburgh. He has received Honorary Doctorates in Medicine from the University of Birmingham, UK, and the University of Umea, Sweden. He is also a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and a Founder Fellow of the UK’s Academy of Medical Sciences. He is a Council Member of the UK’s Academy of Medical Sciences and chairs the Board of the Health Metrics Network. In 2004, The Lancet won the UK’s Medical Publication of the Year. He has a strong interest in issues of global health. A book about controversies in modern medicine, Health Wars, was published in 2003.