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Philip Turner
B.Sc, Ph.D
Manager and Senior Researcher, NIHR HRC in Community Healthcare
Biography
Manager and Senior Researcher, NIHR HRC in Community Healthcare and Infections, Respiratory and Acute Care Research Group. From Jan 2024
Manager and Senior Researcher, NIHR Community Healthcare MIC and Infections and Acute Care Research Group. Jan 2018 - December 2023
Researcher and Industry Liaison, NIHR Diagnostics Evidence Cooperative Oxford. Nov 2014 - Dec 2017
Research Scientist, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford. July 2009 - Nov 2014
PhD Cell Physiology, Department of Biology, University of York. Sept 2004 - Sept 2008
BSc (hons) Biological Sciences, School of Biology, University of Newcastle. Sept 1997 - July 2000
Research interests
The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) HealthTech Research Centre in Community Healthcare (HRC), focuses on the robust in-context evaluation and development of diagnostic devices and in vitro diagnostic tests of relevance to community healthcare. I am a diagnostics researcher and Manager of the HRC in Community Healthcare. My role incorporates responsibility for liaising with members of the in vitro diagnostics industry and facilitating interactions with the HRC research team. My research has focussed on the diagnostic needs of clinicians, barriers to implementation, and the identification of evidence gaps which commonly exist in the evidence base for point-of-care diagnostic tests. I have a personal interest in IVDs which could be deployed in resource-limited settings.
My background is in cell physiology, membrane transport processes and signaling. I have a particular interest in the control of ventilation and in particular how humans respond to changes in the partial pressure of inspired oxygen. I have an associated interest in the physiology and medicine of life in remote regions and at high altitude.
Recent publications
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Introduction of point-of-care blood testing in early intervention in psychosis services: effects on physical health screening.
Journal article
Lyman M. et al, (2025), Br J Psychiatry, 1 - 6
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Implementing in-vitro diagnostic point-of-care tests in community health care: how can we make this work?
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Turner PJ. et al, (2025), Br J Gen Pract, 75, 182 - 185
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Accelerating access to diagnostic tools: perspectives from the joint international tropical medicine meeting 2023.
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Kulchaitanaroaj P. et al, (2025), Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg
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plaTform fOr Urinary tract infection diagnostiC evAluatioN (TOUCAN): a protocol for a prospective diagnostic accuracy study of point-of-care testing in patients suspected of acute uncomplicated urinary tract infection in primary care clinics in England.
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Turner PJ. et al, (2025), BMJ Open, 15
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Urine tenofovir and dried blood spot tenofovir diphosphate concentrations and viraemia in people taking efavirenz and dolutegravir-based antiretroviral therapy
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Dorward J. et al, (2024), AIDS, 38, 697 - 702
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Diagnostic accuracy of a point-of-care antigen test for SARS-CoV-2 and influenza in a primary care population (RAPTOR-C19)
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Fanshawe TR. et al, (2024), Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 30, 380 - 386
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Diagnostic accuracy of point-of-care lung ultrasound for community-acquired pneumonia in children in ambulatory settings: A systematic review and meta-analysis
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Hughes-Davies H. et al, (2024), Ultrasound
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Infections diagnosed in children and young people screened for malaria in UK emergency departments: a retrospective multi-centre study
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Bird C. et al, (2024), Paediatrics and International Child Health