Sir Brian Mellor Greenwood, CBE, FRCP, FRS (born 1938) is a British physician, biomedical research scientist, academic, and recipient of the first Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize. Greenwood is the Manson Professor of Clinical Tropical Medicine, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Malaria research and mitigation Greenwood's career has focused on mitigating the effects of malaria and research. In his ten years experience working in Nigeria, and his fifteen years as the head of the Medical Research Council Laboratories in the Gambia, his main research interests were malaria and infections caused by capsulated bacteria such as the meningococcus (Neissera meningitidis). Malaria's stubborn resistance to control and treatment has been demonstrated in his West African clinical experience. Setbacks in a series of promising drug treatments have proven frustrating. Although successes in research for a reliable vaccine have continued to prove elusive, Dr. Greenwood has also persisted in promoting a simpler preventive approach. He has been in the forefront of those who are encouraging the use of chemically treated mosquito nets to shield sleeping villagers from attack by the malaria-infected insects. Greenwood was knighted in the 2012 New Year Honours for services to malaria research in Africa. Honours 1977 – Chalmers Medal, Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (RSTMH). 1987 – Appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Queen's Birthday Honours. 1991 – Donald Mackay Medal, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 1993 – an honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Science and Mathematics at Uppsala University, Sweden 1995 – Adesuyi Prize, West African Health Community (1995). 2001 – Manson Medal, Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2008 - Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize in the Medical Research category 2011 – Appointed Knight Bachelor in the Queen's New Year Honours 2012 – John Dirks Canada Gairdner Global Health Award Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize The Japanese Government established the Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize in July 2006 as a new international medical research and services award. The announcement of tentative plans for the prize were timed to mark the official visit to by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to Africa in May 2006. The announcement also marked the 80th anniversary of Dr. Noguchi's death. The Prize aims to honour individuals with outstanding achievements in combating various infectious diseases in Africa or in establishing innovative medical service systems. The inaugural presentation ceremony and the initial laureate lectures coincide with the