Christopher C. Butler

Christopher C. Butler, MD, is Professor of Primary Care at the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, United Kingdom, and Professorial Fellow at Trinity College. He is Clinical Director of the University of Oxford Primary Care Clinical Trials Unit, and chairs the Longitude Prize Advisory Panel. Dr. Butler was for many years a general practitioner in South Wales. He was named the Wales Royal College of General Practitioners patient-nominated GP of the Year in 2019 and received the Royal College of General Practitioners Research Paper of the Year Award in 2020. His main research interests are in common infections, and health care communication and behavior change. He has led, or helped lead, over 30 clinical trials and published over 400 peer-reviewed papers.