Dr Arjun Chandna
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Arjun Chandna
BA MBBS DPhil MRCP AFHEA
Research Physician
- Post-doctoral clinical researcher
PREDICTION OF DISEASE SEVERITY
Arjun is a post-doctoral clinical researcher in the Cambodia Oxford Medical Research Unit (COMRU). He has worked for the MORU Tropical Health Network since 2018 and completed his DPhil, supported by a Wellcome Trust Doctoral Training Fellowship, between 2019-2023. He is a Specialty Registrar in Infectious Diseases & Medical Microbiology, and interested in developing capacity for clinical infection services in resource-limited settings.
His research focuses on the syndromic management of febrile illness, and specifically around the early recognition of children at risk of progression to sepsis. The overarching ambition is to develop and evaluate pragmatic, context-appropriate, prognostic tools that can help healthcare providers better identify children whom may benefit from facility-based care and those whom can safely be treated in the community. Work is conducted in collaboration with Angkor Hospital for Children, Médecins Sans Frontières and the Department of Primary Care Health Sciences at the University of Oxford.
Arjun is a member of the team leading the South and Southeast Asian Community-based Trials Network (SEACTN) project, part of the Wellcome Trust’s ‘Innovation in LMICs’ Flagship.
Recent publications
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Defining the role of host biomarkers in the diagnosis and prognosis of the severity of childhood pneumonia: a prospective cohort study.
Chandna A. et al, (2023), Scientific reports, 13
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The feasibility of novel point-of-care diagnostics for febrile illnesses at health centres in Southeast Asia: a mixed-methods study
Adella FJ. et al, (2023), Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
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Tackling post-discharge mortality in children living in LMICs to reduce child deaths.
Akech S. et al, (2023), The Lancet. Child & adolescent health, 7, 149 - 151
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Point-of-care prognostication in moderate Covid-19: Analytical validation and prognostic accuracy of a soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR) rapid test.
Chandna A. et al, (2023), PLOS global public health, 3
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Defining the role of host biomarkers in the diagnosis and prognosis of childhood pneumonia – a prospective cohort study
Chandna A. et al, (2022)