Summary
Dr Richard Szydlo sadly passed away on 18 December 2023 after period of ill-health. In memory of Richard a tribute page has been setup to donate to Cancer Research UK and Imperial Health Charity.
Richard's biography in his own words:
Having studied biology (PhD in pharmacokinetics) I then completed an MSc at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and thus became a medical statistician. It is in this role that I contribute to the substantial academic output of the department.
For a number of years the main research focus of the department has been Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia, and specifically its treatment with stem cell transplantation (SCT). I have been involved in many studies that have sought to identify prognostic factors associated with survival, disease relapse, transplant related mortality and graft versus host disease post SCT.
More recently, wider departmental interests have fostered collaborations with a number of colleagues studying the biological processes, as well as treatment options, for a variety of diseases, including Multiple Myeloma, Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, Dyskaratosis Congenita and Amyloidosis.
The sum of all these research studies has resulted in being an author or co-author in over 160 peer-reviewed publications in journals ranging from Nature Genetics and the Lancet, to the Journal of Clinical Oncology and Blood, to the British Journal of Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation.
I also provide teaching support in key areas of good research practice: A) Experimental study design, B.) Data collection, and C.) Appropriate statistical analysis. Using workshops and individual tuition, expert knowledge is shared not only with departmental researchers and undergraduate medical students, but also with the Europe wide haematological community as part of the remit of the Statistical Committee of the European Bone Marrow Transplant Registry.
Alongside (or in addition to) my scientific career, I have always had a strong interest in photography, and am delighted to be able to display a selection of my prints in the Department of Haematology in the Commonwealth Building at the Hammersmith Hospital. Some of these can also be viewed at www.rsimages.smugmug.com
Publications
Journals
Stefani S, Buti N, Hart ACJ, et al. , 2024, Safety and efficacy of SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in patients with immune thrombocytopenia: A two-centre review., Br J Haematol, Vol:204, Pages:324-328
Arachchillage DJ, Weatherill A, Rajakaruna I, et al. , 2023, Thrombosis, major bleeding, and survival in COVID-19 supported by VV- ECMO in the first vs second wave- multicentre observational study in the UK, Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Vol:21, ISSN:1538-7836, Pages:2735-2746
Ros-Soto J, Pryce A, Zoubek E, et al. , 2023, Favorable recovery profiles and good reliability among youngest unrelated stem cell donors supports lowering the minimum donor registration age, Journal of Clinical Apheresis, Vol:38, ISSN:0733-2459, Pages:562-572
Simini G, Akor F, Szydlo R, et al. , 2023, Safety and Efficacy of Therapeutic Anticoagulation with Subcutaneous Unfractionated Heparin in Patients with Renal Failure, Seminars in Thrombosis and Hemostasis, ISSN:0094-6176
Conference
Thomas B, Palanicawandar R, Whittaker S, et al. , 2023, Non-myeloablative allogeneic stem cell transplantation using TSEBT, TLI and ATG for mycosis fungoides and Sezary syndrome: results from a large single centre cohort, ELSEVIER SCI LTD, Pages:S23-S23, ISSN:0959-8049