Professor Peter MacPherson

  • Clinical Professor / Honorary Consultant (Public Health)

Biography

I am an academic public health physician, specialising in the epidemiology and control of infectious diseases. I have substantial clinical and research experience in global health, and am undertaking a number of studies investigating approaches to improving HIV and TB case-finding, treatment delivery and prevention.

Research interests

Infectious disease, HIV, tuberculosis, alcohol use, injury and road traffic accidents

Publications

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Number of items: 31.

2023

Burke, R. M. et al. (2023) Impact of community-wide tuberculosis active case finding and HIV testing on tuberculosis trends in Malawi. Clinical Infectious Diseases, (doi: 10.1093/cid/ciad238) (PMID:37099318) (Early Online Publication)

Dodd, P. J., Shaweno, D., Ku, C.-C., Glaziou, P., Pretorius, C., Hayes, R. J., MacPherson, P. , Cohen, T. and Ayles, H. (2023) Transmission modeling to infer tuberculosis incidence prevalence and mortality in settings with generalized HIV epidemics. Nature Communications, 14, 1639. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-37314-1)

Burke, R. M., Twabi, H. H., Johnston, C., Nliwasa, M., Gupta-Wright, A., Fielding, K., Ford, N., MacPherson, P. and Corbett, E. L. (2023) Interventions to reduce deaths in people living with HIV admitted to hospital in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review. PLoS Global Public Health, 3(2), e0001557. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0001557)

Mukoka, M. et al. (2023) Utility of Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra and digital chest radiography for the diagnosis and treatment of TB in people living with HIV: a randomised controlled trial (XACT-TB). Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 117(1), pp. 28-37. (doi: 10.1093/trstmh/trac079) (PMID:35963826) (PMCID:PMC9808509)

2022

Majumdar, S. et al. (2022) Accuracy of computer-aided chest X-ray in community-based tuberculosis screening: lessons from the 2016 Kenya National Tuberculosis Prevalence Survey. PLoS Global Public Health, 2(11), e0001272. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0001272) (PMID:36962655) (PMCID:PMC10022380)

Finn McQuaid, C., Henrion, M. Y.R., Burke, R. M., MacPherson, P. , Nzawa-Soko, R. and Horton, K. C. (2022) Inequalities in the impact of COVID-19-associated disruptions on tuberculosis diagnosis by age and sex in 45 high TB burden countries. BMC Medicine, 20(1), 432. (doi: 10.1186/s12916-022-02624-6) (PMID:36372899) (PMCID:PMC9660190)

Rickman, H. M., Kamchedzera, W., Schwalb, A., Phiri, M. D., Ruhwald, M., Shanaube, K., Dodd, P. J., Houben, R. M. G. J., Corbett, E. L. and MacPherson, P. (2022) Know your tuberculosis epidemic–is it time to add Mycobacterium tuberculosis immunoreactivity back into global surveillance? PLoS Global Public Health, 2(10), e0001208. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0001208)

Thindwa, D. et al. (2022) Social mixing patterns relevant to infectious diseases spread by close contact in urban Blantyre, Malawi. Epidemics, 40, 100590. (doi: 10.1016/j.epidem.2022.100590) (PMID:35691100) (PMCID:PMC9176177)

Savage, H. R., Finch, L., Body, R., Watkins, R. L., Hayward, G., Cook, E., Cubas-Atienzar, A. I., Cuevas, L. E., MacPherson, P. and Adams, E. R. (2022) A prospective diagnostic evaluation of accuracy of self-taken and healthcare worker-taken swabs for rapid COVID-19 testing. PLoS ONE, 17(6), e0270715. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0270715) (PMID:35771760) (PMCID:PMC9246218)

Divala, T. H., Lewis, J., Bulterys, M. A., Lutje, V., Corbett, E. L., Schumacher, S. G. and MacPherson, P. (2022) Missed opportunities for diagnosis and treatment in patients with TB symptoms: a systematic review. Public Health Action, 12(1), pp. 10-17. (doi: 10.5588/pha.21.0022) (PMID:35317535) (PMCID:PMC8908873)

Burke, R. M. et al. (2022) Design and protocol for a cluster randomised trial of enhanced diagnostics for tuberculosis screening among people living with HIV in hospital in Malawi (CASTLE study). PLoS ONE, 17(1), e0261877. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0261877) (PMID:35007306) (PMCID:PMC8746787)

Alba, S. et al. (2022) TB hackathon: development and comparison of five models to predict subnational tuberculosis prevalence in Pakistan. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 7(1), 13. (doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed7010013) (PMID:35051129) (PMCID:PMC8780063)

2021

Ku, C.-C., MacPherson, P. , Khundi, M., Nzawa Soko, R. H., Feasey, H. R. A., Nliwasa, M., Horton, K. C., Corbett, E. L. and Dodd, P. J. (2021) Durations of asymptomatic, symptomatic, and care-seeking phases of tuberculosis disease with a Bayesian analysis of prevalence survey and notification data. BMC Medicine, 19, 298. (doi: 10.1186/s12916-021-02128-9) (PMID:34753468) (PMCID:PMC8579670)

Burke, R. M. et al. (2021) Incidence of HIV-positive admission and inpatient mortality in Malawi (2012-2019). AIDS, 35(13), pp. 2191-2199. (doi: 10.1097/qad.0000000000003006) (PMID:34172671) (PMCID:PMC7611991)

Schade, A. T., Nyamulani, N., Banza, L. N., Metcalfe, A. J., Leather, A., Madan, J. J., Lallloo, D. G., Harrison, W. J., MacPherson, P. and Thomas, S. A. (2021) Protocol for a prospective cohort study of open tibia fractures in Malawi with a nested implementation of open fracture guidelines. Wellcome Open Research, 6, 228. (doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.17145.1) (PMID:35505977) (PMCID:PMC9034175)

MacPherson, P. et al. (2021) Computer-aided X-ray screening for tuberculosis and HIV testing among adults with cough in Malawi (the PROSPECT study): a randomised trial and cost-effectiveness analysis. PLoS Medicine, 18(9), e1003752. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003752) (PMID:34499665) (PMCID:PMC8459969)

Schade, A. T., Mbowuwa, F., Chidothi, P., MacPherson, P. , Graham, S. M., Martin, C., Harrison, W. J. and Chokotho, L. (2021) Epidemiology of fractures and their treatment in Malawi: results of a multicentre prospective registry study to guide orthopaedic care planning. PLoS ONE, 16(8), e0255052. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0255052) (PMID:34347803) (PMCID:PMC8336825)

Burke, R. M., Rickman, H. M., Singh, V., Corbett, E. L., Ayles, H., Jahn, A., Hosseinipour, M. C., Wilkinson, R. J. and MacPherson, P. (2021) What is the optimum time to start antiretroviral therapy in people with HIV and tuberculosis coinfection? A systematic review and meta‐analysis. Journal of the International AIDS Society, 24(7), e25772. (doi: 10.1002/jia2.25772) (PMID:34289243) (PMCID:PMC8294654)

Khundi, M., Carpenter, J. R., Nliwasa, M., Cohen, T., Corbett, E. L. and MacPherson, P. (2021) Effectiveness of spatially targeted interventions for control of HIV, tuberculosis, leprosy and malaria: a systematic review. BMJ Open, 11, e044715. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-044715) (PMID:34257091) (PMCID:PMC8278879)

Nzawa Soko, R. et al. (2021) Effects of coronavirus disease pandemic on tuberculosis notifications, Malawi. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 27(7), pp. 1831-1839. (doi: 10.3201/eid2707.210557) (PMID:34152962) (PMCID:PMC8237899)

Kamchedzera, W., Maheswaran, H., Squire, S. B., Joekes, E., Pai, M., Nliwasa, M., Lalloo, D. G., Webb, E. L., Corbett, E. L. and MacPherson, P. (2021) Economic costs of accessing tuberculosis (TB) diagnostic services in Malawi: an analysis of patient costs from a randomised controlled trial of computer-aided chest x-ray interpretation. Wellcome Open Research, 6, 153. (doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16683.1)

Morton, B. et al. (2021) Distinct clinical and immunological profiles of patients with evidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in sub-Saharan Africa. Nature Communications, 12, 3554. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-23267-w) (PMID:34117221) (PMCID:PMC8196064)

Mungai, B. N. et al. (2021) 'If not TB, what could it be?' Chest X-ray findings from the 2016 Kenya Tuberculosis Prevalence Survey. Thorax, 76(6), pp. 607-614. (doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2020-216123) (PMID:33504563) (PMCID:PMC8223623)

Wingdield, T., Karmadwala, F., MacPherson, P. , Millington, K. A., Walker, N. F., Cuevas, L. E. and Squire, S. B. (2021) Challenges and opportunities to end tuberculosis in the COVID-19 era. Lancet Respiratory Medicine, 9(6), pp. 556-558. (doi: 10.1016/s2213-2600(21)00161-2) (PMID:33773121) (PMCID:PMC7988354)

Burke, R. M. et al. (2021) Community-based active case-finding interventions for tuberculosis: a systematic review. Lancet Public Health, 6(5), e283-e299. (doi: 10.1016/s2468-2667(21)00033-5) (PMID:33765456) (PMCID:PMC8082281)

Sohn, H., Sweeney, S., Mudzengi, D., Creswell, J., Menzies, N.A., Fox, G.J., MacPherson, P. and Dowdy, D.W. (2021) Determining the value of TB active case-finding: current evidence and methodological considerations. International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 25(3), pp. 171-181. (doi: 10.5588/ijtld.20.0565) (PMID:33688805) (PMCID:PMC9333998)

Kirolos, A., Thindwa, D., Khundi, M., Burke, R. M., Henrion, M. Y.R., Nakamura, I., Divala, T. H., Nilwasa, M., Corbett, E. L. and MacPherson, P. (2021) Tuberculosis case notifications in Malawi have strong seasonal and weather-related trends. Scientific Reports, 11, 4621. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-84124-w) (PMID:33633272) (PMCID:PMC7907065)

Feasey, H. R.A. et al. (2021) Tuberculosis diagnosis cascade in Blantyre, Malawi: a prospective cohort study. BMC Infectious Diseases, 21, 178. (doi: 10.1186/s12879-021-05860-y) (PMID:33588804) (PMCID:PMC7883960)

MacPherson, P. , Williams, C. M., Burke, R. M., Barer, M. R. and Esmail, H. (2021) Before the whistle blows: developing new paradigms in tuberculosis screening to maximise benefit and minimise harm. Wellcome Open Research, 6, 8. (doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16506.1)

Khundi, M., MacPherson, P. , Feasey, H. R. A., Nzawa Soko, R., Nliwasa, M., Corbett, E. L. and Carpenter, J. R. (2021) Clinical, health systems and neighbourhood determinants of tuberculosis case fatality in urban Blantyre, Malawi: a multilevel epidemiological analysis of enhanced surveillance data. Epidemiology and Infection, 149, e198. (doi: 10.1017/S0950268821001862) (PMCID:PMC8414598)

2020

Meghji, J. et al. (2020) Patient outcomes associated with post-tuberculosis lung damage in Malawi: a prospective cohort study. Thorax, 75(3), pp. 269-278. (doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2019-213808) (PMID:32102951) (PMCID:PMC7063395)

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Articles

Burke, R. M. et al. (2023) Impact of community-wide tuberculosis active case finding and HIV testing on tuberculosis trends in Malawi. Clinical Infectious Diseases, (doi: 10.1093/cid/ciad238) (PMID:37099318) (Early Online Publication)

Dodd, P. J., Shaweno, D., Ku, C.-C., Glaziou, P., Pretorius, C., Hayes, R. J., MacPherson, P. , Cohen, T. and Ayles, H. (2023) Transmission modeling to infer tuberculosis incidence prevalence and mortality in settings with generalized HIV epidemics. Nature Communications, 14, 1639. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-37314-1)

Burke, R. M., Twabi, H. H., Johnston, C., Nliwasa, M., Gupta-Wright, A., Fielding, K., Ford, N., MacPherson, P. and Corbett, E. L. (2023) Interventions to reduce deaths in people living with HIV admitted to hospital in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review. PLoS Global Public Health, 3(2), e0001557. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0001557)

Mukoka, M. et al. (2023) Utility of Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra and digital chest radiography for the diagnosis and treatment of TB in people living with HIV: a randomised controlled trial (XACT-TB). Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 117(1), pp. 28-37. (doi: 10.1093/trstmh/trac079) (PMID:35963826) (PMCID:PMC9808509)

Majumdar, S. et al. (2022) Accuracy of computer-aided chest X-ray in community-based tuberculosis screening: lessons from the 2016 Kenya National Tuberculosis Prevalence Survey. PLoS Global Public Health, 2(11), e0001272. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0001272) (PMID:36962655) (PMCID:PMC10022380)

Finn McQuaid, C., Henrion, M. Y.R., Burke, R. M., MacPherson, P. , Nzawa-Soko, R. and Horton, K. C. (2022) Inequalities in the impact of COVID-19-associated disruptions on tuberculosis diagnosis by age and sex in 45 high TB burden countries. BMC Medicine, 20(1), 432. (doi: 10.1186/s12916-022-02624-6) (PMID:36372899) (PMCID:PMC9660190)

Rickman, H. M., Kamchedzera, W., Schwalb, A., Phiri, M. D., Ruhwald, M., Shanaube, K., Dodd, P. J., Houben, R. M. G. J., Corbett, E. L. and MacPherson, P. (2022) Know your tuberculosis epidemic–is it time to add Mycobacterium tuberculosis immunoreactivity back into global surveillance? PLoS Global Public Health, 2(10), e0001208. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0001208)

Thindwa, D. et al. (2022) Social mixing patterns relevant to infectious diseases spread by close contact in urban Blantyre, Malawi. Epidemics, 40, 100590. (doi: 10.1016/j.epidem.2022.100590) (PMID:35691100) (PMCID:PMC9176177)

Savage, H. R., Finch, L., Body, R., Watkins, R. L., Hayward, G., Cook, E., Cubas-Atienzar, A. I., Cuevas, L. E., MacPherson, P. and Adams, E. R. (2022) A prospective diagnostic evaluation of accuracy of self-taken and healthcare worker-taken swabs for rapid COVID-19 testing. PLoS ONE, 17(6), e0270715. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0270715) (PMID:35771760) (PMCID:PMC9246218)

Divala, T. H., Lewis, J., Bulterys, M. A., Lutje, V., Corbett, E. L., Schumacher, S. G. and MacPherson, P. (2022) Missed opportunities for diagnosis and treatment in patients with TB symptoms: a systematic review. Public Health Action, 12(1), pp. 10-17. (doi: 10.5588/pha.21.0022) (PMID:35317535) (PMCID:PMC8908873)

Burke, R. M. et al. (2022) Design and protocol for a cluster randomised trial of enhanced diagnostics for tuberculosis screening among people living with HIV in hospital in Malawi (CASTLE study). PLoS ONE, 17(1), e0261877. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0261877) (PMID:35007306) (PMCID:PMC8746787)

Alba, S. et al. (2022) TB hackathon: development and comparison of five models to predict subnational tuberculosis prevalence in Pakistan. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 7(1), 13. (doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed7010013) (PMID:35051129) (PMCID:PMC8780063)

Ku, C.-C., MacPherson, P. , Khundi, M., Nzawa Soko, R. H., Feasey, H. R. A., Nliwasa, M., Horton, K. C., Corbett, E. L. and Dodd, P. J. (2021) Durations of asymptomatic, symptomatic, and care-seeking phases of tuberculosis disease with a Bayesian analysis of prevalence survey and notification data. BMC Medicine, 19, 298. (doi: 10.1186/s12916-021-02128-9) (PMID:34753468) (PMCID:PMC8579670)

Burke, R. M. et al. (2021) Incidence of HIV-positive admission and inpatient mortality in Malawi (2012-2019). AIDS, 35(13), pp. 2191-2199. (doi: 10.1097/qad.0000000000003006) (PMID:34172671) (PMCID:PMC7611991)

Schade, A. T., Nyamulani, N., Banza, L. N., Metcalfe, A. J., Leather, A., Madan, J. J., Lallloo, D. G., Harrison, W. J., MacPherson, P. and Thomas, S. A. (2021) Protocol for a prospective cohort study of open tibia fractures in Malawi with a nested implementation of open fracture guidelines. Wellcome Open Research, 6, 228. (doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.17145.1) (PMID:35505977) (PMCID:PMC9034175)

MacPherson, P. et al. (2021) Computer-aided X-ray screening for tuberculosis and HIV testing among adults with cough in Malawi (the PROSPECT study): a randomised trial and cost-effectiveness analysis. PLoS Medicine, 18(9), e1003752. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003752) (PMID:34499665) (PMCID:PMC8459969)

Schade, A. T., Mbowuwa, F., Chidothi, P., MacPherson, P. , Graham, S. M., Martin, C., Harrison, W. J. and Chokotho, L. (2021) Epidemiology of fractures and their treatment in Malawi: results of a multicentre prospective registry study to guide orthopaedic care planning. PLoS ONE, 16(8), e0255052. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0255052) (PMID:34347803) (PMCID:PMC8336825)

Burke, R. M., Rickman, H. M., Singh, V., Corbett, E. L., Ayles, H., Jahn, A., Hosseinipour, M. C., Wilkinson, R. J. and MacPherson, P. (2021) What is the optimum time to start antiretroviral therapy in people with HIV and tuberculosis coinfection? A systematic review and meta‐analysis. Journal of the International AIDS Society, 24(7), e25772. (doi: 10.1002/jia2.25772) (PMID:34289243) (PMCID:PMC8294654)

Khundi, M., Carpenter, J. R., Nliwasa, M., Cohen, T., Corbett, E. L. and MacPherson, P. (2021) Effectiveness of spatially targeted interventions for control of HIV, tuberculosis, leprosy and malaria: a systematic review. BMJ Open, 11, e044715. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-044715) (PMID:34257091) (PMCID:PMC8278879)

Nzawa Soko, R. et al. (2021) Effects of coronavirus disease pandemic on tuberculosis notifications, Malawi. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 27(7), pp. 1831-1839. (doi: 10.3201/eid2707.210557) (PMID:34152962) (PMCID:PMC8237899)

Kamchedzera, W., Maheswaran, H., Squire, S. B., Joekes, E., Pai, M., Nliwasa, M., Lalloo, D. G., Webb, E. L., Corbett, E. L. and MacPherson, P. (2021) Economic costs of accessing tuberculosis (TB) diagnostic services in Malawi: an analysis of patient costs from a randomised controlled trial of computer-aided chest x-ray interpretation. Wellcome Open Research, 6, 153. (doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16683.1)

Morton, B. et al. (2021) Distinct clinical and immunological profiles of patients with evidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in sub-Saharan Africa. Nature Communications, 12, 3554. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-23267-w) (PMID:34117221) (PMCID:PMC8196064)

Mungai, B. N. et al. (2021) 'If not TB, what could it be?' Chest X-ray findings from the 2016 Kenya Tuberculosis Prevalence Survey. Thorax, 76(6), pp. 607-614. (doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2020-216123) (PMID:33504563) (PMCID:PMC8223623)

Wingdield, T., Karmadwala, F., MacPherson, P. , Millington, K. A., Walker, N. F., Cuevas, L. E. and Squire, S. B. (2021) Challenges and opportunities to end tuberculosis in the COVID-19 era. Lancet Respiratory Medicine, 9(6), pp. 556-558. (doi: 10.1016/s2213-2600(21)00161-2) (PMID:33773121) (PMCID:PMC7988354)

Burke, R. M. et al. (2021) Community-based active case-finding interventions for tuberculosis: a systematic review. Lancet Public Health, 6(5), e283-e299. (doi: 10.1016/s2468-2667(21)00033-5) (PMID:33765456) (PMCID:PMC8082281)

Sohn, H., Sweeney, S., Mudzengi, D., Creswell, J., Menzies, N.A., Fox, G.J., MacPherson, P. and Dowdy, D.W. (2021) Determining the value of TB active case-finding: current evidence and methodological considerations. International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 25(3), pp. 171-181. (doi: 10.5588/ijtld.20.0565) (PMID:33688805) (PMCID:PMC9333998)

Kirolos, A., Thindwa, D., Khundi, M., Burke, R. M., Henrion, M. Y.R., Nakamura, I., Divala, T. H., Nilwasa, M., Corbett, E. L. and MacPherson, P. (2021) Tuberculosis case notifications in Malawi have strong seasonal and weather-related trends. Scientific Reports, 11, 4621. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-84124-w) (PMID:33633272) (PMCID:PMC7907065)

Feasey, H. R.A. et al. (2021) Tuberculosis diagnosis cascade in Blantyre, Malawi: a prospective cohort study. BMC Infectious Diseases, 21, 178. (doi: 10.1186/s12879-021-05860-y) (PMID:33588804) (PMCID:PMC7883960)

MacPherson, P. , Williams, C. M., Burke, R. M., Barer, M. R. and Esmail, H. (2021) Before the whistle blows: developing new paradigms in tuberculosis screening to maximise benefit and minimise harm. Wellcome Open Research, 6, 8. (doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16506.1)

Khundi, M., MacPherson, P. , Feasey, H. R. A., Nzawa Soko, R., Nliwasa, M., Corbett, E. L. and Carpenter, J. R. (2021) Clinical, health systems and neighbourhood determinants of tuberculosis case fatality in urban Blantyre, Malawi: a multilevel epidemiological analysis of enhanced surveillance data. Epidemiology and Infection, 149, e198. (doi: 10.1017/S0950268821001862) (PMCID:PMC8414598)

Meghji, J. et al. (2020) Patient outcomes associated with post-tuberculosis lung damage in Malawi: a prospective cohort study. Thorax, 75(3), pp. 269-278. (doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2019-213808) (PMID:32102951) (PMCID:PMC7063395)

This list was generated on Fri Jun 9 22:11:39 2023 BST.

Supervision

Grants aas Principal Investigator

Title

Funder

Role

Start date

End date

Amount

Improving TB diagnosis in high burden countries (under contract negotiation)

UNITAID

Principal Investigator

2022

2026

£11,760,944.00

Assessing the feasibility, safety and effectiveness of offering same-day antiretroviral therapy to persons with HIV and presumptive tuberculosis: A collaborative multi-country research project in Malawi and Lesotho

Swiss National Research Foundation

Co-Principal Investigator

2022

2024

£600,000.00

What is the optimum time to start antiretroviral therapy in people with HIV and tuberculosis coinfection: Systematic reviews to inform WHO guidelines

WHO

Principal Investigator

2020

2020

£15,000.00

Effectiveness of screening for active tuberculosis in the community: systematic reviews to inform WHO guidelines

WHO

Principal Investigator

2020

2020

£15,000.00

A pragmatic randomised study to optimise screening, prevention and care for tuberculosis and HIV in Malawi (PROSPECT)

Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Career Development Fellowship (206575/Z/17/Z)

Principal Investigator (Personal Fellowship)

2017

2022

£1,077,349.00

Male partner-assisted contact tracing for HIV and tuberculosis in Malawi: a multi-arm cluster-randomised trial (mPATCH-TB)

Wellcome/DIFD/MRC JGHT (MR/R019762/1)

Principal Investigator

2018

2020

£112,515.00

A household cluster randomised trial of active case finding for HIV and TB, preventive treatment against TB, and ART initiation to prevent TB disease and transmission.  (The HomeACF Study)

UK/SA MRC Newton Fund (SAMRC96783)

Principal Investigator

2017

2020

£210,116.00

Quality of life in UK adults with multi drug resistant tuberculosis: a prospective cohort study

Academy of Medical Sciences (AMS-SGCL12)

Principal Investigator (Personal Fellowship)

2015

2017

£29,883.00

Investigating delays in equitable access to ART in urban communities in Blantyre, Malawi

Wellcome Trust (08967/B/09/Z)

Principal Investigator (Personal Fellowship)

2009

2013

£352,526.00

A electronic Patient Locator (ePAL) application for remote high- resolution surveillance of disease

Wellcome Institutional Translational Partnership Award

Principal Investigator

2020

2021

£29,500.00

PhD students supervised

Student

Institute

Degree

Role

Start date

End date

Status

Dr Hannah Rickman

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

PhD (Wellcome Trust Clinical PhD Fellow)

Primary supervisor

2021

2024

In progress

Ms Leticia Suwedi

Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

PhD (Commonwealth Scholar)

Secondary supervisor

2021

2024

In progress

Dr Alex Schade

Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

PhD (Wellcome Trust Clinical PhD Fellow)

Primary supervisor

2020

2023

In progress

Dr Nick Riches

Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

PhD (Wellcome Trust Clinical PhD Fellow)

Primary supervisor

2020

2023

In progress

Dr Rachael Burke

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

PhD (Wellcome Trust Clinical PhD Fellow)

Secondary supervisor

2019

2022

In progress

Mr McEwen Khundi

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

PhD

Secondary supervisor

2018

2021

Examination completed

Dr Marriott Nliwasa

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

PhD (Helse Ford PhD Fellowship)

Secondary supervisor

2014

2018

Awarded

Dr Mphatso Phiri

Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

PhD (LIGHT Fellowship)

Primary supervisor

2021

2025

In progress

Dr Helen Savage

Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

PhD (MRC Doctoral Fellowship)

Primary supervisor

2020

2024

In progress