Teaching
Current PhD students
Geraldine Sefton; Critical Deterioration in Hospitalised Children –Primary Supervisor Simon Leigh; Measuring the economic impact of paediatric febrile illness. An economic-evaluation of strategies to improve the efficiency of NHS emergency departments in the management of the febrile child- Primary Supervisor Laura Thompson; Personalising sepsis therapy through improved mechanistic understanding of phagocytic killing- Secondary Supervisor Musa Aliyumah; A laboratory-based algorithm for umbilical cord blood combination biomarkers(Procalcitonin, Neutrophil Gelatinase Associated Lipocalin, Presepsin and C-Reactive Protein concentrations) for predicting early-onset neonatal sepsis-- Primary Supervisor Maryke Nielsen; (Wellcome Trust Clinical PhD) Risk Factors and Biomarkers for Neonatal Sepsis in Malawi –Secondary Supervisor Emily Silburn; (ESRC Case studentship) Improving knowledge and support for parents of infants for routine and emergency health care- Secondary Supervisor
Development of the NIHR NWC CRN Research Scholars Programme
The Research Scholars Programme (RSP) is designed to develop ‘research-interested’ individuals in the earlier phase of their clinical research careers. Such individuals may not have previously been involved in NIHR portfolio research or they may have had some involvement in delivery of NIHR trials but not in a significant leadership role. The RSP is open to medical consultants and General Practitioners in the first five years (career breaks excluded) of their careers as well as established colleagues from across other clinical professions such as Allied Health Professionals and Nursing, Physiotherapy, Occupational therapy, Radiography and Pharmacy. The aim of the programme is to provide successful applicants with remunerated time to enable recruitment into NIHR research studies and establish themselves as Principal Investigators / future Chief Investigators. The RSP provides protected time to support the generation of research outputs including trial delivery and the development of research collaborations / future NIHR grant submissions. Successful scholars are allocated a two-year award to support research career development and NIHR research delivery from NIHR CRN NWC I developed all the programme content myself, invited a range of speakers from academia and the NHS, who had experience of successful research and leadership and set up a scholars mentorship scheme.
Liverpool Neurological Infectious Diseases Course
Co-course convenor https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/neuroidcourse/about/
Supervised Theses
- Application of analytical chemistry methods based on metabolomics for antimicrobial resistance diagnostics in sepsis
- Clinical Characterisation, epidemiological trends and risk factors for early-onset neonatal sepsis in Malawi
- The socio-economic value of diagnostic innovation - managing paediatric fever in the Emergency Department