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Philip Turner
B.Sc, Ph.D
Manager and Senior Researcher, NIHR Community Healthcare MIC
Biography
Manager and Senior Researcher, NIHR Community Healthcare MIC and Infections and Acute Care Research Group. From Jan 2018
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) Community Healthcare MedTech and In vitro Diagnostic Co-operative (MIC), 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 Community Healthcare MIC. My role incorporates responsibility for liaising with members of the in vitro diagnostics industry and facilitating interactions with the MIC 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.
Key publications
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Evaluation of the diagnostic accuracy of two point-of-care tests for COVID-19 when used in symptomatic patients in community settings in the UK primary care COVID diagnostic accuracy platform trial (RAPTOR-C19)
Journal article
Nicholson BD. et al, (2023), PloS one, 18
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A diagnostic accuracy study to evaluate standard rapid diagnostic test (RDT) alone to safely rule out imported malaria in children presenting to UK emergency departments
Journal article
Bird C. et al, (2023), Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
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At what times during infection is SARS-CoV-2 detectable and no longer detectable using RT-PCR-based tests? A systematic review of individual participant data
Journal article
Mallett S. et al, (2020), BMC Medicine, 18
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Impact of point-of-care C reactive protein in ambulatory care: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Journal article
Verbakel JY. et al, (2019), BMJ Open, 9
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The clinical utility of point-of-care tests for influenza in ambulatory care: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Journal article
Lee JJ. et al, (2019), Clinical Infectious Diseases, 69, 24 - 33
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Is stratification testing for treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations cost-effective in primary care? an early cost-utility analysis
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Abel L. et al, (2019), International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 35, 116 - 125
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Common evidence gaps in point-of-care diagnostic test evaluation: A review of horizon scan reports
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Verbakel JY. et al, (2017), BMJ Open, 7
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Frequencies and patterns of laboratory test requests from general practice: A service evaluation to inform point-of-care testing
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Fanshawe TR. et al, (2018), Journal of Clinical Pathology, 71, 1065 - 1071
Recent publications
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A high-resolution melt curve toolkit to identify lineage-defining SARS-CoV-2 mutations
Journal article
Fraser AJ. et al, (2023), Scientific Reports, 13
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A diagnostic accuracy study to evaluate standard rapid diagnostic test (RDT) alone to safely rule out imported malaria in children presenting to UK emergency departments
Journal article
Bird C. et al, (2023), Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
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Diagnostic accuracy of a point-of-care urine tenofovir assay, and associations with HIV viraemia and drug resistance among people receiving dolutegravir and efavirenz-based antiretroviral therapy
Preprint
Dorward J. et al, (2023)
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Evaluation of the diagnostic accuracy of two point-of-care tests for COVID-19 when used in symptomatic patients in community settings in the UK primary care COVID diagnostic accuracy platform trial (RAPTOR-C19)
Journal article
Nicholson BD. et al, (2023), PloS one, 18
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Multicenter Diagnostic Evaluation of a Novel Coronavirus Antigen Lateral Flow Test among Symptomatic Individuals in Brazil and the United Kingdom
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Faffe DS. et al, (2022), Microbiology Spectrum, 10
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The Impact of Point-of-Care Blood C-Reactive Protein Testing on Prescribing Antibiotics in Out-of-Hours Primary Care: A Mixed Methods Evaluation
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Dixon S. et al, (2022), Antibiotics, 11
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The Comparative Interrupted Time Series design for assessment of diagnostic impact: methodological considerations and an example using point-of-care C-Reactive Protein testing
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FANSHAWE T. et al, (2022), Diagnostic and Prognostic Research
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Mental healthcare clinician engagement with point of care testing; a qualitative study
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Butler J. et al, (2021), BMC Psychiatry, 21