Improving clinical temperature measurement

Supervisors: Richard Stevens; Susannah Fleming

Research on the accuracy and predictive value of thermometry in use in the NHS and in homes, which could have important implications for childhood illness, for pandemic preparedness, and for those at risk of sepsis, including chemotherapy patients. The project will include opportunities to collaborate with world-leading thermometry experts at the UK National Physical Laboratory, and/or leading medical physicists in the UK National Body Temperature Measurement Group.

Preferred applicant background / skills: This is expected to be a quantitative project, although there may be scope for a mixed-methods approach, so experience of statistics and data analysis would be beneficial.