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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Prevalence, risk factors, and impact of long COVID in a socially vulnerable community in Brazil: a prospective cohort study
Azambuja P. et al, (2024), The Lancet Regional Health - Americas, 37
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At-admission prediction of mortality and pulmonary embolism in an international cohort of hospitalised patients with COVID-19 using statistical and machine learning methods.
Mesinovic M. et al, (2024), Scientific reports, 14
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Characteristics and outcomes of COVID-19 patients admitted to hospital with and without respiratory symptoms
Citarella BW. et al, (2024), Heliyon, 10, e29591 - e29591
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Scoping review protocol on research prioritisation for preparedness and response to outbreaks of high consequence pathogens
Antonio E. et al, (2024), Open Research Europe, 3, 16 - 16
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Author Correction: Para-infectious brain injury in COVID-19 persists at follow-up despite attenuated cytokine and autoantibody responses.
Michael BD. et al, (2024), Nature communications, 15