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 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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- Published on 7/17/2025
Bowhay TR, Myat TO, Oo WT, Mone HK, Sharples KJ, Robinson MT, Mayxay M, Newton PN, Blacksell SD, Tanganuchitcharnchai A, Ussher JE, Murdoch DR, Htike WW, Crump JA. Prevalence and risk factors for murine typhus, scrub typhus and spotted fever group rickettsioses among adolescent and adult patients presenting to Yangon General Hospital, Yangon, Myanmar. Trop Med Int Health. 2025 Sep; 30(9):966-977. PMID: 40671672.
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- Published on 6/20/2025
Nibber A, Wills B, Pettingill P, Fox H, Thuy TTN, Chau NVV, Waters P, Kneen R, Hacohen Y, Uy CE, Rattanavong S, Mayxay M, Dubot-Pérès A, Vongsouvath M, Davong V, Chansamouth V, Phommasone K, Lang B, Newton PN, Solomon T, Vincent A, Irani SR. Evolution and significance of neuronal surface autoantibodies after Japanese encephalitis. J Neuroimmunol. 2025 Sep 15; 406:578671. PMID: 40609371.
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- Published on 6/14/2025
Banerjee S, Mosca S, Legge I, Gangadharan B, Walsby-Tickle J, Arman BY, Stokes R, Bharucha T, Deats M, Merchant HA, McCullagh J, Zitzmann N, Caillet C, Newton PN, Matousek P. Handheld Spatially Offset Raman Spectroscopy for rapid non-invasive detection of ethylene glycol and diethylene glycol in medicinal syrups. J Pharm Biomed Anal. 2025 Nov 15; 265:117031. PMID: 40540818.
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- Published on 5/21/2025
Dubot-Pérès A, Lee SJ, Dance DAB, Satzke C, Moore K, Pell CL, Ortika BD, Nation ML, Dunne EM, Vilivong K, Bounkhoun T, Phommachan S, Lim R, Lai J, Morpeth M, Mayxay M, de Lamballerie X, Newton PN, Russell FM. Pneumococcal density and respiratory co-detection in severe pediatric pneumonia in Laos. Sci Rep. 2025 May 21; 15(1):17708. PMID: 40399319.
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- Published on 5/20/2025
Wasakul V, Verschuuren TD, Thuy-Nhien N, Booth E, Quang HH, Thang ND, Chindavongsa K, Sovannaroth S, Banouvong V, Sengsavath V, Mayxay M, Tuyen NTK, Phuong VNL, Duc Trung P, Gonçalves S, Chen S, Phalivong S, Xayvanghang S, Mahaphontrakoon S, Pearson RD, Newton PN, Maude RJ, Ashley EA, Ariani CV, Simpson VJ, Day NP, Dondorp AM, Miotto O. Genetic surveillance of Plasmodium falciparum populations following treatment policy revisions in the Greater Mekong Subregion. Nat Commun. 2025 May 20; 16(1):4689. PMID: 40394107.
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- Published on 4/15/2025
Perez-Mon C, Hauk C, Roncone A, Bontempo L, Kelly SD, Caillet C, Deats M, Ogden R, Newton PN. Hide and seek with falsified medicines: Current challenges and physico-chemical and biological approaches for tracing the origin of trafficked products. Forensic Sci Int. 2025 May; 370:112474. PMID: 40252581.
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- Published on 1/30/2025
Arman BY, Clarke R, Bharucha T, Fernandez LG, Walsby-Tickle J, Deats M, Mosca S, Lin Q, Banerjee S, Chunekar SR, Patil KD, Gairola S, Dunachie S, Merchant HA, Stokes R, Kuwana R, Maes A, Charrier JP, Probert F, Caillet C, Matousek P, McCullagh J, Newton PN, Zitzmann N, Gangadharan B. Identifying falsified COVID-19 vaccines by analysing vaccine vial label and excipient profiles using MALDI-ToF mass spectrometry. NPJ Vaccines. 2025 Jan 30; 10(1):19. PMID: 39885196.
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