Carina King

Carina King is a PhD student with the Centre for Infection Prevention and Management. Her project, under the supervision of Paul Aylin and Alison Holmes will explore novel uses of existing databases to enhance the surveillance capability of hospital acquired infections and help develop predictive models to identify individuals at risk. This exciting work will seek to exploit the potential benefits of electronic patient records for both operational systems and for medical research

 Carina will be focusing on areas such as readmissions due to healthcare associated infections, identification of high risk populations, and prescribing practices related to antimicrobial resistance. She will be working closely with the Health Protection Agency and the Dr Foster Unit at Imperial on a variety of data sources.

Backgound

Carina’s Masters Degree is in the Control of Infectious Diseases and she studied for this at The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Her dissertation was on the Effects of Leprosy Related Disabilities on Socio-Economic Indicators in Northern Malawi.

Carina was born in Bangkok and grew up in Asia and attended school in Italy and Australia. She read Biology at Worcester College, Oxford