Dr LEON PETO
Research groups
Leon Peto
DPhil, MRCP, FRCPath
Senior Clinical Research Fellow
Leon Peto is a Senior Clinical Research Fellow at Oxford Population Health, and an honorary consultant in Infectious Diseases and Microbiology at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust.
He joined the department in late 2020 to work on the RECOVERY trial, which is testing treatments for patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19.
Recent publications
Sotrovimab versus usual care in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 (RECOVERY): a randomised, controlled, open-label, platform trial.
Journal article
RECOVERY Collaborative Group ., (2026), Lancet Infect Dis, 26, 34 - 45
The impact of different antimicrobial exposures on the gut microbiome in the ARMORD observational study.
Preprint
Peto L. et al, (2025)
The impact of different antimicrobial exposures on the gut microbiome in the ARMORD observational study
Journal article
Peto L. et al, (2025), eLife, 13
Platform Trials to Assess Therapeutics in Patients Hospitalized With Influenza.
Journal article
Waite AAC. et al, (2025), J Infect Dis, 232, S254 - S261
Molnupiravir or nirmatrelvir-ritonavir plus usual care versus usual care alone in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 (RECOVERY): a randomised, controlled, open-label, platform trial.
Journal article
RECOVERY Collaborative Group ., (2025), Lancet Infect Dis, 25, 1000 - 1010