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Koen Pouwels and Cicely Marston join NDPCHS in senior academic roles with Kellogg College and Brian Nicholson is appointed to a senior academic post with St Hugh’s College.

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We are delighted that we have appointed to three new collegiate-affiliated senior academic roles in the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences (NDPCHS).  
 
Dr Koen Pouwels joined us at the start of January from the Nuffield Department of Population Health's Health Economics Research Centre (HERC). His work focuses on infectious disease and antimicrobial resistance modelling, optimising infectious disease surveillance, economic evaluations alongside trials, and comparison of different statistical approaches relevant to infectious disease research. He also is the data and economics expert member of the Government’s Advisory Committee on Antimicrobial Prescribing, Resistance and Healthcare Associated Infection (APRHAI). His work has directly informed national COVID-19 mitigation and testing strategies, vaccination policies against various infectious diseases, as well as national targets for antibiotic prescribing in primary care.

Koen says: 'I am thrilled to join the NDPCHS and contribute to the department's outstanding work. I look forward to exploring common interests and potential collaborations across the department, particularly in infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance, both in high-income and low- and middle-income settings.'

Professor Cicely Marston will join NDPCHS on 1 April from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and has over 25 years of experience of interdisciplinary research into health equity, with a particular focus on sexual and reproductive health. Her work is underpinned by her interest in methodology and translation of evidence into policy and practice. She founded and leads the DEPTH (Dialogue, Evidence, Participation and Translation for Health) research group at LSHTM which brings together scholarship centered on community participation in health. 

Cicely says: I’m delighted to be joining the department, and I’m looking forward to exploring opportunities for new collaborations.’ 

Dr Brian Nicholson is appointed to a Clinical Associate Professorship in association with St Hugh’s College, having completed a Clinical Academic Lectureship and led the Cancer theme at NDPCHS. His research aims to improve the diagnostic process for patients with non-specific or vague symptoms of cancer: investigating weight loss as a feature of cancer in GP patients; novel diagnostic tests and pathways; multidisciplinary models of care; and the role of safety-netting in preventing missed opportunities for diagnosis. He is Early Detection lead for the CRUK Oxford Cancer Centre investigating community-based multi-cancer testing.  

Brian says
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I’m fortunate to work with a talented team in Oxford and, together with colleagues from the wider cancer research community, look forward to us building further momentum to improve the diagnosis of cancer for patients. 

Professor Sir Aziz Sheikh, Head of Department of NDPCHS said: 

 

‘I am thrilled that Koen and Cicely are joining us in these important new senior posts. They bring a wealth of expertise which will further strengthen the research excellence at NDPCHS. I’m also delighted that Brian has been appointed as a Clinical Associate Professor recognising his impactful research in improving diagnostic processes for patients with symptoms of cancer.’ 

NDPCHS will announce appointments to additional senior academic roles later this term.  

 

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