{{Short description|British parasitologist (born 1943)}} {{Hatnote|For the British Labour politician, see David Molyneux (politician)}} {{Hatnote|For the Manx sidecar racer, see Dave Molyneux}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} thumb|right|David Molyneux in 2010 '''David Hurst Molyneux''' CMG<ref name=ChesLieut /> (born 1943)<ref name=Hay+McHugh>{{citation |title=Presidential addresses of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene: 1907–2013 |author=Simon I. Hay |author2=Gerri M. McHugh |journal=Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene |year=2013 |volume=107 |issue=10 |pages=603–07 |doi=10.1093/trstmh/trt066 |pmid=24026462 |pmc=3892027 |doi-access=free }}</ref> is a British parasitologist who served as the director of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (1991–2000), where, as of 2018, he is an emeritus professor.<ref name=LSTH_Int_Health /> He previously held the Chair of Biological Sciences at the University of Salford (1977–91), where he also served as Dean of the Faculty of Science. His research and advocacy have focused on what are now known as neglected tropical diseases,<ref name=Kirby_Lancet /> and Michael Barrett credits him (with Alan Fenwick and Peter Hotez) as among the earliest advocates of the campaign to focus international attention on this group of diseases in the early-to-mid 2000s.<ref>{{citation |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/world/africa/2019/08/how-world-winning-fight-against-neglected-tropical-diseases |title=How the world is winning the fight against neglected tropical diseases |author=Michael Barrett |journal=New Statesman |date=27 August 2019 }}</ref>
==Biography== Molyneux was born in Northwich in Cheshire in 1943, and educated at Denstone College, Staffordshire (1956–62). He attended Emmanuel College of the University of Cambridge, gaining a degree in zoology (1965) and a PhD in parasitology (1969).<ref name=LJMU_Sanderson>{{citation |url=https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/about-liverpool-john-moores-university/fellows/honorary-fellows-2010/david-molyneux |title=David Molyneux: Oration |author=Frank Sanderson |publisher=Liverpool John Moores University |year=2010 |access-date=7 February 2020 }}</ref><ref name=SGUGaz>{{citation |url=https://baysgu35.sgu.edu/calendars/sgugazette.nsf/GazetteFullStoryPast?readform&LookupKey=02/06/2003--%3E2 |title=WINDREF Lecture: Professor David Molyneux, MA, PhD, DSc, FIBiol |journal=SGU Gazette |date=6 February 2003 |access-date=8 February 2020 }}</ref> He received a DSc from the University of Salford (1992).<ref name=LJMU_Sanderson />
His earliest position was as a lecturer in parasitology at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM; 1968–75), interrupted by a stint at the Nigerian Institute of Trypanosomiasis Research (1970–72); his research focus was ''Leishmania''. In 1975, he joined the World Health Organization (WHO), working on African trypanosomiasis in Burkina Faso (then Upper Volta). In 1977, he was appointed the Chair of Biological Sciences at the University of Salford, and subsequently Dean of the university's Faculty of Science; his research focus was onchocerciasis. In 1991, he returned to the LSTM as its director, a position he held until 2000. His work there focused on filariasis. In 1997, he established what later became the WHO Global Alliance for the Elimination of Filariasis, then funded by the Department for International Development and GlaxoSmithKline, who provided the antiparasitic albendazole.<ref name=Kirby_Lancet>{{citation |title=David Molyneux: raising the profile of neglected tropical diseases |author=Tony Kirby |journal=The Lancet |volume=375 |page=21 |year=2010 |issue=9708 |doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(09)62174-7|pmid=20109847 |s2cid=46362598 |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref name=LJMU_Sanderson /> He served as the Alliance's executive secretary (2006–10) and directed the Lymphatic Filariasis Support Centre at LSTM (2000–08). He also held a professorship in tropical health sciences at the University of Liverpool.<ref name=LSTM_bio /><ref name=WHO_bio>{{citation |url=https://www.who.int/neglected_diseases/molyneux_stag/en/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150826224159/http://www.who.int/neglected_diseases/molyneux_stag/en/ |archive-date=August 26, 2015 |title=Prof. David H. Molyneux |publisher=World Health Organization |access-date=8 February 2020 }}</ref> He performed various part-time roles at LSTM until September 2018, when he retired from the institute.<ref name=LSTM_bio>{{citation |url=https://www.lstmed.ac.uk/about/people/professor-david-molyneux-cmg |title=Professor David Molyneux CMG: Emeritus Professor |publisher=Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine |access-date=8 February 2020}}</ref><ref name=UtCNTD>{{citation |url=https://unitingtocombatntds.org/news/tropical-diseases-pioneer-retires-or-does-he/ |title=Tropical diseases pioneer retires – or does he? |work=Uniting to Combat NTDs |publisher=Uniting to Combat Neglected Tropical Diseases |date=10 September 2018 |access-date=8 February 2020 }}</ref>
He has been the editor-in-chief of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene's journal, ''International Health'', since 2018.<ref name=LSTH_Int_Health>{{citation |url=https://www.lstmed.ac.uk/news-events/news/professor-david-molyneux-announced-as-editor-in-chief-of-international-health-the |title=Professor David Molyneux announced as Editor-in-Chief of International Health, the journal of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene |publisher=Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine |date=13 April 2018 |access-date=7 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{citation |url=https://academic.oup.com/inthealth/pages/Editorial_Board |title=''International Health'': Editorial Board |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2020 |access-date=7 February 2020 }}</ref> In 2010, he edited a series of articles on neglected tropical diseases for ''The Lancet''.<ref name=Kirby_Lancet />
Molyneux is married to Anita; they have two children.<ref name=SGUGaz /><ref name=UtCNTD /> As of 2020, he lives in Kingsley in Cheshire.<ref name=ChesLieut />
==Awards and honours== Molyneux served as president of the British Society for Parasitology (BSP; 1992–94)<ref>{{citation |url=http://bsp.uk.net/about/who-we-are/ |title=Council Members |work=The British Society For Parasitology |publisher=British Society for Parasitology |year=2020 |access-date=7 February 2020 |archive-date=24 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170324084119/http://bsp.uk.net/about/who-we-are/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> and of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (RSTMH; 2007–09).<ref name=Hay+McHugh /><ref>{{citation |url=https://rstmh.org/about-us/our-presidents |title=Our Presidents |work=Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene |date=10 December 2018 |publisher=Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene |access-date=7 February 2020 |archive-date=22 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200422051055/https://rstmh.org/about-us/our-presidents |url-status=dead }}</ref> His awards include the Chalmers Medal (1987),<ref name=RSTMH_awards /> the BSP's C. A. Wright Memorial Medal (1989),<ref>{{citation |url=https://bsp.uk.net/awards-grants/c-a-wright-memorial-medal/ |title=C A Wright Memorial Medal |publisher=British Society for Parasitology |year=2020 |access-date=7 February 2020 }}</ref> the Donald Mackay Medal (2007)<ref name=RSTMH_awards /> and the Sir Patrick Manson Medal, the RSTMH's highest award (2013).<ref name=RSTMH_awards>{{citation |url=https://rstmh.org/awards/previous-medal-winners |title=Previous medal winners |publisher=Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene |access-date=7 February 2020 |archive-date=23 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170123204106/http://rstmh.org/awards/previous-medal-winners }}</ref> He is an elected fellow of the Institute of Biology (1984), an honorary fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and of Liverpool John Moores University (2010), and has received honorary degrees from Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. (2010)<ref name=LJMU_Sanderson /> and the University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ghana (2019).<ref>{{citation |url=https://www.uhas.edu.gh/en/public/news/uhas-confers-honorary-doctorate-degree-on-professor-david-molyneux.html |title=UHAS Confers Honorary Doctorate Degree on Professor David Molyneux |publisher=University of Health and Allied Sciences |date=12 April 2019 |access-date=12 February 2020 }}</ref> In the New Year Honours of 2020, he was awarded the Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) for "services to Controlling Neglected Tropical Diseases".<ref name=ChesLieut>{{citation |url=https://www.cheshirelieutenancy.org.uk/cheshire-residents-included-in-the-new-year-honours-list/ |title=Cheshire Residents Included in the New Year Honours List |publisher=Cheshire Lieutenancy |year=2020 |access-date=7 February 2020 }}</ref>
==Selected publications== *{{citation |author=Peter J. Hotez |author2=Alan Fenwick |author3=Lorenzo Savioli |author4=David H. Molyneux |title=Rescuing the bottom billion through control of neglected tropical diseases |journal=The Lancet |volume=373 |pages=1570–1575 |year=2009 |issue=9674 |doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60233-6|pmid=19410718 |s2cid=18371227 }} *{{citation |author=Peter J. Hotez |author2=David H. Molyneux |author3=Alan Fenwick |author4=Jacob Kumaresan |author5=Sonia Ehrlich Sachs |author6=Jeffrey D. Sachs |author7=Lorenzo Savioli |title=Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases |journal=New England Journal of Medicine |volume=357 |pages=1018–27 |year=2007 |issue=10 |doi= 10.1056/NEJMra064142 |pmid=17804846 |doi-access=free }} *{{citation |author=Peter J. Hotez |author2=David H. Molyneux |author3=Alan Fenwick |author4=Eric Ottesen |author5=Sonia Ehrlich Sachs |author6=Jeffrey D. Sachs |title=Incorporating a Rapid-Impact Package for Neglected Tropical Diseases with Programs for HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria: A comprehensive pro-poor health policy and strategy for the developing world |journal=PLOS Medicine |volume=3 |page=e102 |year=2006 |issue=5 |doi=10.1371/journal.pmed.0030102 |pmid=16435908 |pmc=1351920 |doi-access=free }} *{{citation |author=David H. Molyneux |author2=Peter J. Hotez |author3=Alan Fenwick |title="Rapid-Impact Interventions": How a Policy of Integrated Control for Africa's Neglected Tropical Diseases Could Benefit the Poor |journal=PLOS Medicine |volume=2 |page=e336 |year=2005 |issue=11 |doi=10.1371/journal.pmed.0020336 |pmid=16212468 |pmc=1253619 |doi-access=free }}
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