Paul Newton, BSc, BM BCh, D.Phil, MRCP, DTM&H
Adjunct Professor, Global Health - Boston University School of Public Health
Biography
Paul Newton is an infectious disease doctor and Director of the Lao-Oxford-Mahosot-Wellcome Trust Research Unit (LOMWRU), Microbiology Laboratory, Mahosot Hospital in Vientiane, Laos, within the Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Health Network, core funded by the Wellcome Trust. He is also head of the Medicine Quality Scientific Group of the Infectious Diseases Data Observatory. After a DPhil in field zoology research he read clinical medicine and qualified in 1989 and MRCP in 1992 and DTM&H in 1996. He was lecturer to Professor Sir Nicholas White 1996-2001 in Mahidol University, Bangkok, and moved to Laos in 2002.
His main research interests are on the epidemiology and detection of substandard and falsified medical products and on the diversify of fevers, especially rickettsial pathogens, in rural Asia and their epidemiology and how they can be diagnosed and managed.
Other Positions
- Professor of Tropical Medicine & Honorary Consultant Physician, Churchill Hospital - University of Oxford
- Honorary Professor of Tropical Medicine - National University of Laos
- Honorary Professor, Faculty of Infectious & Tropical Diseases - London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Education
- Oxford University, DPhil Field of Study: Zoology
- University of East Anglia, BSc Field of Study: Biology
- Oxford University, BMBCh Field of Study: Medicine-Surgery
Publications
- Published on 2/17/2026
Srisutham S, Suwannasin K, Saejeng A, Khantikul N, Sugaram R, Phyo AP, Proux S, Pongvongsa T, Nguon C, Tripura R, Chau NH, Lek D, Dang Trung NH, Peto TJ, Callery JJ, van der Pluijm RW, Amaratunga C, Dhorda M, von Seidlein L, Mayxay M, Thuy-Nhien NT, Newton PN, Day NPJ, Ashley EA, Nosten FH, Smithuis FM, White NJ, Dondorp AM, Imwong M. Changing genetic profiles of Plasmodium falciparum piperaquine resistance in Southeast Asia over 25 years. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2026 Apr; 70(4):e0111725. PMID: 41700869.
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- Published on 1/17/2026
Crump JA, Mogeni P, Ajanovic SA, Bramugy JM, Chimenya M, Green EW, Lal S, Mabey DCW, Mayxay M, Newton PN, Olaru ID, Hopkins H, Picardeau M. Leptospirosis Prevalence and Risk Factors Among Patients Presenting With Fever to 4 Healthcare Sites in Sub-Saharan Africa and South East Asia: An International Multisite Observational and Nested Case-Control Study. J Infect Dis. 2026 Jan 17; 233(1):e259-e270. PMID: 41099521.
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- Published on 12/29/2025
Keeratipusana C, Phuklia W, Phommadeechack V, Thaipadungpanit J, Chansamouth V, Phommasone K, Rattanavong S, Moore CE, Robinson MT, Richards AL, Newton PN, Batty EM. Complete genomes of Rickettsia typhi reveal a clonal population. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2025 Dec; 19(12):e0013828. PMID: 41460881.
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- Published on 12/11/2025
Arman BY, Magri A, Barbaglia MN, Petherbridge L, Brook J, Bharucha T, Legge I, Walsby-Tickle J, Deats M, Banerjee S, Mosca S, Jena R, Ranade DS, Chunekar SR, Patil KD, Gairola S, Merchant HA, Stokes R, Kuwana R, Maes A, James T, Green C, McCullagh J, Matousek P, Caillet C, Newton PN, Zitzmann N, Gangadharan B. Ensuring vaccine cold chain integrity: A rapid and low-cost test for identifying heat-exposed sucrose-containing vaccines. Int J Pharm X. 2026 Jun; 11:100467. PMID: 41509516.
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- Published on 12/3/2025
Arman BY, Legge I, Walsby-Tickle J, Bharucha T, Gabel J, Gnegel G, Deats M, Banerjee S, Stokes R, Merchant HA, Matousek P, McCullagh J, Caillet C, Newton PN, Zitzmann N, Gangadharan B. Rapid screening of ethylene glycol and diethylene glycol in raw materials and medicinal syrups using low-cost field deployable assays. Sci Rep. 2025 Dec 03; 15(1):39737. PMID: 41339403.
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- Published on 11/20/2025
Perez-Mon C, Roncone A, Abrahim A, Islam M, Hauk C, Caillet C, Merchant HA, Farzand R, Bontempo L, Kelly SD, Blessborn D, Tarning J, Kline R, Nicheva V, Kurian DT, Newton PN, Ogden R. Pharmabiome analyses in tandem with chemometrics can help trace the provenance of falsified medicines: A proof-of-concept study. Forensic Sci Int Genet. 2026 Feb; 81:103392. PMID: 41274226.
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- Published on 10/11/2025
Roberts T, Chansamouth V, Rattanavong S, Davong V, Vongsouvath M, Mayxay M, Neihus R, Dance DAB, Cooper BS, Newton PN. Spatio-temporal distribution of extended spectrum ß-lactamase producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae blood stream infections in Laos. JAC Antimicrob Resist. 2025 Oct; 7(5):dlaf180. PMID: 41079145.
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- Published on 8/18/2025
Toh ZQ, Tang KX, Vilivong K, Lai J, Bounkhoun T, Chanthaluanglath V, Chanthongthip A, Balloch A, Newton PN, Dubot-Pérès A, Dance DAB, Licciardi PV, Russell FM. IgG Antibodies to Pneumococcal Serotypes 1 and 5 in Relation to PCV13 Vaccination Status in Children Aged Under 5 Years in Lao PDR: A Cross-Sectional Survey. Vaccines (Basel). 2025 Aug 18; 13(8). PMID: 40872958.
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- Published on 8/1/2025
Roberts T, Douangnouvong A, Robinson MT, Phommasone K, Phaxayaseng S, Keoluangkhot V, Vongphayloth K, Adsamoud A, Rasphone O, Yang L, Phoumin P, Simmalavong M, Christensen P, Hughes T, Temmerath A, Inthavong A, Inthapanya P, Punyasith S, Phommachanh P, Theppangna W, Khounsy S, Vongphachanh S, Blacksell SD, Newton PN, Mayxay M, Ashley EA. Screening for visceral leishmaniasis in humans and animals in Laos. Trop Med Health. 2025 Aug 01; 53(1):101. PMID: 40751215.
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- Published on 7/22/2025
Oo WT, Bowhay TR, Myat TO, Htike WW, Lwin KT, Blacksell SD, Tanganuchitcharnchai A, Mayxay M, Newton PN, Robinson MT, Ussher JE, Murdoch DR, Win HH, Crump JA. Estimating scrub typhus and murine typhus incidence among adolescents and adults in Yangon, Myanmar. Trop Med Int Health. 2025 Sep; 30(9):978-986. PMID: 40693720.
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