Philippe Guérin
Kasia Stepniewska
Prabin Dahal

Dr James Wilson is an infectious diseases and internal medicine physician in the UK. In October 2022 he started a PhD with the Infectious Diseases Data Observatory and the Oxford Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health. Under the supervision of Professor Philippe Guerin, Dr Kasia Stepniewska and Dr Prabin Dahal, his PhD will explore clinical trial data in visceral leishmaniasis, specifically the application of individual-patient data (IPD) meta-analysis to better understand heterogeneity in patient outcomes.

James obtained his undergraduate degree in physics at Oxford University before completing a masters in medical statistics at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and graduate entry medicine at Warwick University (MbChB). He has subsequently been working as a clinician in London and Manchester, during which time he has completed a diploma in tropical medicine and hygiene (DTM&H) and spent time investigating novel TB diagnostics in Perú.

• Professional Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 2017
• Membership of the Royal College of Physicians, London, 2016
• MBChB Medicine, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, 2013
• MSc Medical Statistics, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 2009
• MPhys Masters in Physics, University of Oxford, 2007

• Foundation Programme and Core Medical Training, London 2013 – 2018
• Research assistant, Innovation for Health and Development, Lima, Peru, August 2018 – July 2019
• Infectious diseases and general medicine specialty training, Manchester, August 2019 – September 2022

Visceral leishmaniasis: identifying host, parasite and treatment factors that influence cure, relapse and mortality

James Wilson introduces his DPhil Thesis: Visceral leishmaniasis: identifying host, parasite and treatment factors that influence cure, relapse and mortality