Dr Louise Sigfrid
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Louise Sigfrid
ERGO Clinical Research Fellow
Louise Sigfrid is a Clinical Research Fellow and Public Health Specialist, with a main focus to strengthen preparedness to (re-) emerging infectious diseases through clinical research and capacity building.
Louise main focus is the PREPARE (Platform for European Preparedness Against (Re-) emerging Epidemics) project, studying incidence risk factors and clinical impact of infections with epidemic potential in Europe with a focus on acute respiratory infections, central nervous system infections, arbovirus and haemorrhagic fever syndromes in hospitalized and primary care patients.
Additionally, Louise supports the International Severe Acute Respiratory and Emerging Infection Consortium (ISARIC) developing harmonised clinical research tools for characterization of emerging infections globally, including COVID-19.
Louise is lead for the Masters module in Health Protection at Brighton & Sussex Medical School and Honorary Academic Public Health Consultant at PHE.
Recent publications
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The value of open-source clinical science in pandemic response: lessons from ISARIC
Abbas A. et al, (2021), The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 21, 1623 - 1624
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Long Covid in adults discharged from UK hospitals after Covid-19: A prospective, multicentre cohort study using the ISARIC WHO Clinical Characterisation Protocol
Sigfrid L. et al, (2021), Lancet Reg Health
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Characterising long COVID: a living systematic review
Michelen M. et al, (2021), BMJ Global Health, 6, e005427 - e005427
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Evidence of lung perfusion defects and ongoing inflammation in an adolescent with post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Buonsenso D. et al, (2021), The Lancet. Child & adolescent health, 5, 677 - 680
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Long Covid in adults discharged from UK hospitals after Covid-19: A prospective, multicentre cohort study using the ISARIC WHO Clinical Characterisation Protocol.
Sigfrid L. et al, (2021), The Lancet regional health. Europe