Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Robert Read

Chair of Infectious Diseases
Connect with Robert

Email: R.C.Read@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor Chris Byrne

Professor of Endocrinol & Met
Connect with Chris

Email: C.D.Byrne@soton.ac.uk

Professor Cyrus Cooper

Prof Rheumatology Clinical Epidemiology
Research interests
  • Key research contributions have been:
  • discovery of the developmental influences which contribute to the risk of osteoporosis and hi…
  • demonstration that maternal vitamin D insufficiency is associated with sub-optimal bone miner…
Connect with Cyrus

Email: cc@mrc.soton.ac.uk

Professor Philip Calder

Professor In Nutritional Immunology
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Email: P.C.Calder@soton.ac.uk

Professor Ratko Djukanovic

Professor of Medicine
Research interests
  • Professor Djukanovic has a lifelong interest in asthma, especially its severe forms. where hi…
  • Underlying mechanisms of asthma: Professor Djukanovic has conducted pioneer studies into the …
  • Stratification of asthma into clinical phenotypes and mechanism-based endotypes: Professor Dj…
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Email: rd1@soton.ac.uk

Professor Keith Godfrey

Associate Dean Enterprise
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Email: kmg@mrc.soton.ac.uk

Professor Hasan Arshad

Prof in Allergy & Clinical Immunology
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Email: S.H.Arshad@soton.ac.uk

Dr Stephen Wootton PhD FAfN OBE

Associate Professor
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Email: S.A.Wootton@soton.ac.uk

Professor Graham Roberts

Prof in Paed. Allergy & Resp. Medicine
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Email: g.c.roberts@soton.ac.uk

Professor Saul Faust MBBS, PhD, FRCPCH, FFPM(Hon), FHEA, OBE

Professor Paediatric Immunology & Infect
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Email: s.faust@soton.ac.uk

Research outputs

FebriDx host response point-of-care testing improves patient triage for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the emergency department
Christopher Mansbridge, Alex Tanner, Kate Beard, Florina Borca, Hang Thi Thu Phan, Nathan Brendish, Stephen Poole, Christopher Hill, Michael Kuber, Robert Crouch, Waddington Daniel & Tristan Clark, 2022, Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 43(8), 979-986
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2021.531
Type: article
Maternal and fetal genetic variation in vitamin D metabolism and umbilical cord blood 25-hydroxyvitamin D
Rebecca Moon, Laura, Diana Frances Cooke, Stefania D'angelo, Elizabeth Curtis, Philip Titcombe, Justin Davies, Keith Godfrey, Jane Cleal, Rohan Lewis, Cyrus Cooper & Nicholas Harvey, 2022, Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 107(8), E3403-E3410
DOI: 10.1210/clinem/dgac263
Type: article
Resolution of, and risk of incident non-alcoholic fatty liver disease with changes in serum 25-hydroxy vitamin D status
Yejin Kim, Yoosoo Chang, Seungho Ryu, In Young Cho, Min-Jung Kwon, Won Sohn, Mi Kyung Kim, Sarah H. Wild & Christopher Byrne, 2022, Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 107(8), e3437-e3447
DOI: 10.1210/clinem/dgac255
Type: article
Vulnerability to acid reflux of the airway epithelium in severe asthma
Jeanne-Marie Perotin, Gabrielle Wheway, Kamran Tariq, Adnan Azim, Robert A Ridley, Jonathan A Ward, James Pr Schofield, Clair Barber, Peter Howarth, Donna E Davies & Ratko Djukanovic, 2022, The European respiratory journal, 60(2)
DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01634-2021
Type: article
Breastfeeding may benefit cardiometabolic health of children exposed to increased gestational glycemia in utero
Yi Ying Ong, Wei Wei Pang, Jonathan Y. Huang, Izzuddin M. Aris, Suresh Anand Sadananthan, Tint Mya, Wen Lun Yuan, Ling-Wei Chen, Yiong Huak Chan, Neerja Karmani, Sendhil Velan, Marielle V. Fortier, Jonathan T.L. Choo, Lieng Hsi Ling, Lynette Shek, Kok Hian Tan, Peter D. Gluckman, Fabian Yap, Yap-Seng Chong, Keith Godfrey, Mary F.F. Chong, Shiao-Yng Chan, Johan G. Eriksson, Mary E. Wlodek, Yung Seng Lee & Navin Michael, 2022, European Journal of Nutrition, 61(5), 2383-2395
DOI: 10.1007/s00394-022-02800-7
Type: article
Compassionate use of Pulmonary Vasodilators in Acute Severe Hypoxic Respiratory Failure due to COVID-19
Lewis Matthews, Laurence Baker, Matteo Ferrari, Weronika Sanchez, John Pappachan, Mike Pw Grocott, Ahilanandan Dushianthan, Thomas Wilkinson, Hannah Burke, Anna Freeman, Michael Celinski, Saul Faust, Gareth Thomas & Christopher Kipps, 2022, Journal of Intensive Care Medicine, 37(8), 1101-1111
DOI: 10.1177/08850666221086521
Type: article
Improved fracture risk prediction by adding VFA-identified vertebral fracture data to BMD by DXA and clinical risk factors used in FRAX
Lisa Johansson, H. Johansson, Kristian F. Axelsson, H. Litsne, Nicholas Harvey, E. Liu, W.D. Leslie, Lisbeth Vandenput, Eugene McCloskey, J. A. Kanis & M. Lorentzon, 2022, Osteoporosis International, 33(8), 1725-1738
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-022-06387-x
Type: article