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The Faculty of Medicine’s Inaugural Lecture Series presents Professor Tristan Clark
Title: ” Something is happening here, and you don’t know what it is: the true value of Point-of-Care testing for infection. “
Speaker: Professor Tristan Clark
Biography of speaker:
Tristan Clark is Professor and Honorary consultant in Infectious Diseases at the University of Southampton and University Hospitals Southampton NHS trust. His research involves the assessment of novel rapid diagnostic tests for infection. He has been an NIHR Post-Doctoral Fellowship holder and has been awarded grant funding from NIHR, Research Councils, and the EU and has strong links with the diagnostics industry. He has over 100 publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals including New England Journal of Medicine and Lancet series journals. During the COVID-19 pandemic he was scientific advisor to UK DHSC on rapid diagnostic testing. He is a member of the British Infection Association Scientific Affairs Committee, an Editor for Journal of Infection, a panel member of the NIHR Doctoral Fellowship selection committee and a council member for the International Society for Respiratory Viruses. His research aims to improve patient outcomes and experience through the evidence-based use of rapid diagnostics.
Synopsis of Presentation:
In my lecture I will describe my personal journey to becoming Professor of Infectious Diseases at the University of Southampton. This will include my time as a medical student at Southampton and my clinical training in various locations, including my time with Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) in Africa. I will also describe my academic journey, starting off with performing Avian influenza vaccine trials whilst undertaking my clinical Infectious Diseases training in Leicester, and then designing and performing Point-of-Care test impact trials here in Southampton. I will summarise the research my team and I have done to date including during the Covid-19 pandemic and the impact that rapid testing has had both locally and nationally. I will talk about and thank all the people that have been involved in the research so far and will conclude the lecture by discussing my predictions about the future of Point-of-Care tests for infection.
Date and time: Thursday 17 July 2025 16:45-19:00 (Lecture 17.15-18.15)
Venue: Lecture Theatre 2, Level B, South Academic Block, Southampton General Hospital
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