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Dr Thomas Waterfield

School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences

Dr Thomas Waterfield

School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences
I am a Paediatric Emergency Medicine Consultant and Clinical Lecturer in Paediatrics. My research interests include paediatric emergency research, infectious diseases, molecular diagnostics, proteomics and biomarkers. 

Contact info

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  • askmhls@qub.ac.uk
  • 078 7299 0521

Research Interests

Open to PhD applications in the field of

  • Paediatric emergency medicine
  • Paediatric infection
  • Molecular diagnostics
  • Biomarker discovery
  • Clinical decision tool derivation and validation

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Public outreach & key achievements

  • Vice-Chair of the Paediatric Emergency Research UK and Ireland (PERUKI)
  • Research network Associate Editor (Archives of Disease in Childhood)
  • Donald Patterson Prize Winner (RCPCH 2021)

Research students

PhD Title Paediatric multi-system Inflammatory Syndrome - Temporally associated with SARS-CoV-2
   
PhD Title Febrile Infants - Diagnostic assessment and Outcome
   
PhD Title Systematic review and meta-analysis of Procalcitonin in the diagnosis of serious bacterial infections in infants.

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  • Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences

  • School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences

  • https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Thomas-Waterfield 

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