Research

External collaborations

Institute of Child Health, University College London, Professor David Goldblatt. 2008 -

Red Cross Children's Hospital and Institute of Child Health, Professor Heather Zar. 2009 -

Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine (IIDMM) at the University of Cape Town, Professor Mark Nicol. 2005 -

Johns Hopkins University, Dr Susan Dorman, Associate Professor. 2008 -

University of Cambridge, Dr Andres Floto, Senior Wellcome Fellow. 2007 -

Staten Serum Institute Copenhagen, Denmark, Professor Peter Andersen. 2005 -

Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine University of Cape Town, A/Professor Willem Hanekom. 2005 -

Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine University of Cape Town, A/Professor Robert Wilkinson. 2005 -

Fellowships

APA (GB&I), Fellow of the Association of Paediatric Academics. May 2007 -

RSTMH, Fellow of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. May 2007 -

RCPCH, Fellow of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. Mar 2007 -

Guest lectures

Basic research and optimal use of new tools for TB control in children. European Centre for Disease Control International Childhood Tuberculosis Meeting 2011 Stockholm, 17-18 March 2011, Stockholm. 17 Mar 2011. Web link

TB in children: still a difficult task for the clinician?. ERS TB PAN-NET Online Course on Tuberculosis, Update 2011, European Respiratory Society (ERS). 15 Mar 2011. Web link

Can we reduce susceptibility to Tb in children with HIV?. International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (IUATLD) 41st Annual Conference, Berlin. 14 Nov 2010.

Multi-drug resistant TB in children. 2010 Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, Boston,MA USA. 13 Oct 2010.

Paediatric Tuberculosis. European Respiratory Society (ERS) Annual Meeting, Barcelona. 19 Sep 2010.

“All change?” Open for business at the MRC- The Gambia. Wellcome Centre for Clinical Tropical Medicine Annual Centre Meeting, Liverpool. 5 Sep 2010.

Understanding immune responses to tuberculosis in children. Wright-Fleming Institute Infection and Immunity Seminar, Imperial College London. 21 Jun 2010.

Paediatric TB diagnostics studies. Annual Meeting of the Tuberculosis Clinical Diagnostics Consortium (TB-CDRC) Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. 9 Jun 2010.

Tuberculosis in children in Europe - the ptbnet. XIII Taller Internacional sobre Tuberculosis UITB-2009, Barcelona, Barcelona. Dec 2009.

The use of IGRA for the diagnosis of TB in children. World Society of Paediatric Infectious Diseases (WSPID), Buenos Aires. Nov 2009.

Research Staff

Tena-Coki GN; Dr Bamford A; Dr Whittaker E; Dr Jones C; Dr Burl S.

Research Student Supervision

Tena-Coki GN. The impact of ART on reconstitution of immune responses to mycobacteria. (2006, undergraduate: Yes).

Dr Jones C. The influence of maternal TB and HIV on infant responses to BCG. (2008, undergraduate: No).

Dr Bamford A. The correlation of impaired T cell function with B cell memory responses in HIV-infected children. (2009, undergraduate: No).

Dr Whittaker E. The role of IL-17 in childhood tuberculosis. (2010, undergraduate: No).