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Professor Tim Walsh [Research Lead]
Professor Tim Walsh is Consultant and Part-time Senior Lecturer at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary and the University of Edinburgh.
His research interests include oxygen transport, blood transfusion and anaemia. Current active research activity relates to the epidemiology of anaemia during and after critical illness, the red cell storage lesion and the function of red cells during critical illness. He is also co-lead for the ISOC study, a UK wide study of coagulopathy and blood product use in ICUs.
Tim is also researching new methods of monitoring depth of sedation in the critically ill, and is a co-investigator in a study developing methods of tracking sepsis incidence from national morbidity data.
His research interests include oxygen transport, blood transfusion and anaemia. Current active research activity relates to the epidemiology of anaemia during and after critical illness, the red cell storage lesion and the function of red cells during critical illness. He is also co-lead for the ISOC study, a UK wide study of coagulopathy and blood product use in ICUs.
Tim is also researching new methods of monitoring depth of sedation in the critically ill, and is a co-investigator in a study developing methods of tracking sepsis incidence from national morbidity data.
Dr Liz Wilson [Consultant Anaesthetist, ICU]
Liz Wilson is a Consultant Anaesthetist in the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
Dr Alasdair Hay [Consultant Anaesthetist, ICU]
Alasdair Hay is a Consultant in Critical Care and Honorary Senior
Lecturer. He has a Masters in Public Health and has developed an
interest in epidemiological research and medical statistics. He
teaches Evidence-Based Medicine to medical students.
Lecturer. He has a Masters in Public Health and has developed an
interest in epidemiological research and medical statistics. He
teaches Evidence-Based Medicine to medical students.
Dr David Swann [Consultant Anaesthetist, ICU]
Dr David Swann is a consultant and part-time senior lecturer. He has an interest in acquired infections in critical care and their prevention. He teaches about critical care at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
Dr Monika Beatty [Consultant Anaesthetist, ICU]
Monika Beatty is a consultant intensivist at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.
Dr J Kenneth Baillie [Clinical Lecturer]
Kenneth Baillie is a clinical lecturer in intensive care medicine, currently based in the Division of Genetics and Genomics, Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh.
His research focusses on translational genomics applied to intensive care medicine, and applying functional genomics techniques to the search for genes that confer susceptibility to influenza. He runs the GenISIS (Genetics of Influenza Susceptibility in Scotland) study and is active in several projects investigating altitude sickness.
His research focusses on translational genomics applied to intensive care medicine, and applying functional genomics techniques to the search for genes that confer susceptibility to influenza. He runs the GenISIS (Genetics of Influenza Susceptibility in Scotland) study and is active in several projects investigating altitude sickness.
Dr Andrew Conway Morris [Clinical Lecturer]
Andrew Conway Morris is a trainee in Anaesthetics and Intensive Care and a clinical lecturer based in the Centre for Inflammation Research within the University of Edinburgh.
His research interests are nosocomial infection and critical-illness associated immune dysfunction. He is involved in a project examining the immune system in patients with Ventilator Associated Pneumonia, and is currently planning a study to investigate the relationship between neutrophil dysfunction and the acquisition of nosocomial infection.
His research interests are nosocomial infection and critical-illness associated immune dysfunction. He is involved in a project examining the immune system in patients with Ventilator Associated Pneumonia, and is currently planning a study to investigate the relationship between neutrophil dysfunction and the acquisition of nosocomial infection.
Dr Nazir Lone [Clinical Academic Research Fellow]
Naz Lone is a trainee in Respiratory Medicine and Intensive Care Medicine. He currently holds a Clinical Academic Research Fellowship, funded by the Chief Scientist Office, Scotland. He is registered for a PhD at the University of Edinburgh and is based in the Public Health Sciences section.
His research interests include Health Services Research applied to Critical Care. Having completed the MSc in Public Health Research, he is undertaking a study of long term outcomes of survivors of critical illness by linking routinely collected health care data sets.
His research interests include Health Services Research applied to Critical Care. Having completed the MSc in Public Health Research, he is undertaking a study of long term outcomes of survivors of critical illness by linking routinely collected health care data sets.
Dr.Abdul-Muthaleef Shaik-Dawood [Trainee in Anaesthetics and ICU Medicine]
Dr.Abdul-Muthaleef Shaik-Dawood is a trainee in Anaesthetics and Intensive Care Medicine. He currently holds a Edinburgh Critical Care Research Fellowship, funded by the ECCRG,Edinburgh. He is registered for a MD at the University of Edinburgh and is based in the New Royal Infirmary Edinburgh.
His research interests include Outcomes following Critical Care admission and their association with organ failures. He is undertaking two studies including long term outcomes of survivors of critical illness and alcohol related burden for Scottish ICUs by linking routinely collected health care data sets.
Dr Pam Ramsay [Research Fellow]
Pam Ramsay is a Research Coordinator in Critical Care at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.
She has been involved in Critical Care since 1996, and in Critical Care research since 2000.
Since 2005, she has been involved in a multidisciplinary ward-based follow-up service for longer term critical care patients at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.
She is currently completing a PhD at the University of Edinburgh
She has been involved in Critical Care since 1996, and in Critical Care research since 2000.
Since 2005, she has been involved in a multidisciplinary ward-based follow-up service for longer term critical care patients at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.
She is currently completing a PhD at the University of Edinburgh
Ms Kirsty Everingham [Research Coordinator]
Kirsty Everingham is a Research Coordinator in Critical Care at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.
She has worked in Critical Care since 2002.
Before taking up this post Kirsty was an ICU Infection Surveillance Nurse her current interests are sedation monitoring/management and related clinical decision making.
Following the completion of her MSc in Public Health Research she is now undertaking her PhD at the University of Edinburgh.
She has worked in Critical Care since 2002.
Before taking up this post Kirsty was an ICU Infection Surveillance Nurse her current interests are sedation monitoring/management and related clinical decision making.
Following the completion of her MSc in Public Health Research she is now undertaking her PhD at the University of Edinburgh.
Mr David Hope [Research Coordinator]
David Hope is a Research Coordinator in Critical Care at the Royal
Infirmary of Edinburgh. He has been working in Critical care since 2000
and has previously worked in Critical Care Research with post ICU
patients.
Infirmary of Edinburgh. He has been working in Critical care since 2000
and has previously worked in Critical Care Research with post ICU
patients.
Mrs Judith Merriweather [Dietetics]
Judith Merriweather is critical care dietitian at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. She has worked in the critical care setting for 14 years.
She is currently completing an MSc by Research at the University of Edinburgh and then plans to undertake a PhD. Her research interests include rehabilitation following a prolonged critical illness, particularly the factors which impact nutritional recovery.
She is currently completing an MSc by Research at the University of Edinburgh and then plans to undertake a PhD. Her research interests include rehabilitation following a prolonged critical illness, particularly the factors which impact nutritional recovery.
Dr Lisa Salisbury [Post Doctoral Research Fellow, Physiotherapy]
Lisa Salisbury qualified as physiotherapist in 1995 and worked at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary before commencing a full-time PhD that she completed in the area of stroke rehabilitation in 2002.
She was a lecturer in Physiotherapy for three years before starting her current post as a post-doctoral research fellow within the Centre for Integrated Healthcare Research (CIHR) based at Edinburgh University.
Her current research interests include rehabilitation following a prolonged critical illness and evaluation of Physiotherapy within intensive care. In addition she is involved in the evaluation of physiotherapy used during stroke rehabilitation.
She was a lecturer in Physiotherapy for three years before starting her current post as a post-doctoral research fellow within the Centre for Integrated Healthcare Research (CIHR) based at Edinburgh University.
Her current research interests include rehabilitation following a prolonged critical illness and evaluation of Physiotherapy within intensive care. In addition she is involved in the evaluation of physiotherapy used during stroke rehabilitation.
Dawn Campbell [Personal Assistant to Prof Tim Walsh]
Research Team Administrative Assistant. Dawn provides administrative support to Professor Tim Walsh as well as the team members.
Ms Corrienne McCulloch [Critical Care Research Nurse]
Corrienne McCulloch is a Critical Care Research Nurse with the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Clinical Research Facility. In this role she supports the ongoing research programme in critical care. Corrienne has worked in critical care since 2004 as a Staff Nurse and more recently as an ICU Infection Surveillance Nurse.
Ms Jean Antonelli [Critical Care Research Nurse]
Jean Antonelli has been a Critical Care Research Nurse since 2006. She is based in the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Clinical Research Facility (RIECRF) but also works as part of the ECCRG team. The main focus of this post is to support research studies within critical care, but Jean also provides ongoing support to studies from other disciplines through her role as a senior research nurse in the RIECRF.
Jean has been working in the RIECRF since 2004. Previous to this she worked as a Staff Nurse in Critical Care and Acute Medical Admissions.
Jean has been working in the RIECRF since 2004. Previous to this she worked as a Staff Nurse in Critical Care and Acute Medical Admissions.
Marta Seretny
Marta Seretny is a trainee in anaesthesia, based at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.
