Richard Beasley (physician)

Charles Richard William Beasley CNZM is a New Zealand academic physician, the founder and Director of the Medical Research Institute of New Zealand,[1] and as of 2019 is a full professor at the Victoria University of Wellington.[2]

Richard Beasley
Beasley in 2008
Born
Charles Richard William Beasley
NationalityNew Zealand
Other namesCharles Richard William Beasley
Alma materUniversity of Otago
Scientific career
FieldsAsthma research
InstitutionsMedical Research Institute of New Zealand
Victoria University of Wellington
University of Otago
University of Southampton

Academic career

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After studying medicine at the University of Otago,[3] Beasley rose to full professor at Victoria University of Wellington, with connections to Wellington Hospital and the universities of Otago and University of Southampton.[2]

Beasley has received multiple grants from the Health Research Council of New Zealand.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]

In the 2008 Queen's Birthday Honours, Beasley was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to medical research, in particular asthma.[13] He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 2015.[14] In 2019, he was awarded the Health Research Council of New Zealand 's Beaven Medal.[15]

Selected works

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  • Masoli, Matthew, Denise Fabian, Shaun Holt, Richard Beasley, and Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) Program. "The global burden of asthma: executive summary of the GINA Dissemination Committee report." Allergy 59, no. 5 (2004): 469–478.
  • Asher, M. I., Ulrich Keil, H. R. Anderson, R. Beasley, J. Crane, Fernando Martinez, E. A. Mitchell, N. Pearce, B. Sibbald, and A. W. Stewart. "International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC): rationale and methods." European respiratory journal 8, no. 3 (1995): 483–491.
  • Beasley, Richard, William R. Roche, J. Alan Roberts, and Stephen T. Holgate. "Cellular events in the bronchi in mild asthma and after bronchial provocation." American Review of Respiratory Disease 139, no. 3 (1989): 806–817.
  • Roche, William R., Julie H. Williams, Richard Beasley, and Stephen T. Holgate. "Subepithelial fibrosis in the bronchi of asthmatics." The Lancet 333, no. 8637 (1989): 520–524.

References

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  1. ^ MRINZ (17 December 2021). "MRINZ annual report 2020" (PDF).
  2. ^ a b "Professor Richard Beasley – Medical Research Institute of New Zealand". Archived from the original on 18 October 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Dr Richard Beasley • Healthpoint". www.healthpoint.co.nz. Archived from the original on 18 October 2019.
  4. ^ "Professor Richard Beasley | Health Research Council". www.hrc.govt.nz. Archived from the original on 18 October 2019.
  5. ^ "Professor Richard Beasley | Health Research Council". www.hrc.govt.nz. Archived from the original on 18 October 2019.
  6. ^ "Professor Richard Beasley | Health Research Council". www.hrc.govt.nz. Archived from the original on 18 October 2019.
  7. ^ "Professor Richard Beasley | Health Research Council". www.hrc.govt.nz. Archived from the original on 18 October 2019.
  8. ^ "Professor Richard Beasley | Health Research Council". www.hrc.govt.nz. Archived from the original on 18 October 2019.
  9. ^ "Professor Richard Beasley | Health Research Council". www.hrc.govt.nz. Archived from the original on 18 October 2019.
  10. ^ "Professor Richard Beasley | Health Research Council". www.hrc.govt.nz. Archived from the original on 13 January 2015.
  11. ^ "Professor Richard Beasley | Health Research Council". Archived from the original on 18 October 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  12. ^ "Professor Richard Beasley | Health Research Council". www.hrc.govt.nz. Archived from the original on 23 January 2016.
  13. ^ "Queen's Birthday honours list 2008". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 2 June 2008. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  14. ^ "List of all Fellows with surnames A–C". Royal Society Te Apārangi. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  15. ^ "2019 Research Honours Aotearoa celebrates achievements by researchers, scholars and innovators".
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