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From Uganda to the UK: Crossing continents for COVID-19 clinical careFrom Uganda to the UK: Crossing continents for COVID-19 clinical care

From Uganda to the UK: Crossing continents for COVID-19 clinical care

Catriona Waitt is a Reader in Clinical Pharmacology at the University of Liverpool, a Wellcome clinical postdoctoral fellow based at the Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, and an honorary Consultant in Acute Medicine at the Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Peter Waitt is an Acute Physician at Wirral University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and the Infectious Disease Institute as Uganda Clinical Lead on the Joint Mobile Emerging Disease Clinical Capability Project. Here they tell us about balancing work and family life during the pandemic, both in Uganda and in Liverpool.

Posted on: 15 October 2020

Spotlight: Professor Andy Jones - international rice researchSpotlight: Professor Andy Jones - international rice research

Spotlight: Professor Andy Jones - international rice research

This edition of Spotlight focuses on Professor Andy Jones from the Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Systems Biology. Andy is joint Director of the Computational Biology Facility and is one of the founders of the UK Rice Research Consortium (UKRRC).

Posted on: 9 October 2020

Spotlight: Dr Jill Madine - researching dementiaSpotlight: Dr Jill Madine - researching dementia

Spotlight: Dr Jill Madine - researching dementia

This edition of Spotlight focuses on Dr Jill Madine from the Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Systems Biology. Jill has a long-standing interest in the role of amyloid proteins in neurodegenerative and cardiovascular diseases. Her recent research has focussed on the potential role of the previously identified cardiovascular amyloid protein medin in dementia.

Posted on: 11 September 2020

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    From Uganda to the UK: Crossing continents for COVID-19 clinical careFrom Uganda to the UK: Crossing continents for COVID-19 clinical care

    From Uganda to the UK: Crossing continents for COVID-19 clinical care

    Catriona Waitt is a Reader in Clinical Pharmacology at the University of Liverpool, a Wellcome clinical postdoctoral fellow based at the Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, and an honorary Consultant in Acute Medicine at the Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Peter Waitt is an Acute Physician at Wirral University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and the Infectious Disease Institute as Uganda Clinical Lead on the Joint Mobile Emerging Disease Clinical Capability Project. Here they tell us about balancing work and family life during the pandemic, both in Uganda and in Liverpool.

    Posted on: 15 October 2020