Summary
MRC/DFID Clinical Research Training Fellow - Imperial College London/MRC Gambia
Dr. Robin Basu Roy is a Paediatrics Specialty Trainee working in childhood tuberculosis research with Professors Beate Kampmann and Elaine Holmes.
His PhD research is into paediatric immunity to M. tuberculosis infection using epidemiological, functional, cellular and molecular techniques to explore protection against tuberculosis.
He previously spent six months with Prof. Eric Rubin at the Harvard School of Public Health in 2010-11. He trained at Cambridge and Oxford Universities and has a Masters of Education Degree from Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Robin's publications are listed on PubMed / ResearchGate / Google Scholar.
He is now a Clinical Lecturer in Paediatrics at the University of Oxford:
https://www.paediatrics.ox.ac.uk/team/robin-basu-roy
Robin also has an interest in using the power of film to engage with the public and stimulate interdisciplinary discussion about child well-being. He has worked with Adam Dawtrey, producer of Mark Cousins' acclaimed documentary "A Story of Children & Film" and the "Cinema of Childhood" season, to combine screenings of great films with panel discussions and Q&A sessions about childhood, health, and the arts.
The project continues with Watch Talk Think hosted by the V&A Museum of Childhood:
Details of the most recent screenings: www.vam.ac.uk/moc/events/watch-talk-think-film-season-2/
@watchtalkthink, www.facebook.com/watchtalkthink
Publications
Journals
Olbrich L, Stockdale L, Basu Roy R, et al., 2021, Understanding the interaction between cytomegalovirus and tuberculosis in children: The way forward, Plos Pathogens, Vol:17, ISSN:1553-7366, Pages:1-21
Thee S, Basu Roy R, Blázquez-Gamero D, et al., 2021, Treatment and outcome in children with tuberculous meningitis - a multi-centre Paediatric Tuberculosis Network European Trials Group study., Clin Infect Dis
Stockdale L, Sambou B, Sissoko M, et al., 2021, Vitamin D in Gambian children with discordant tuberculosis (TB) infection status despite matched TB exposure: a case control study, European Journal of Pediatrics, Vol:181, ISSN:0340-6199, Pages:1263-1267
Hommes F, Monzo HB, Ferrand RA, et al., 2021, The words we choose matter: recognising the importance of language in decolonising global health, Lancet Global Health, Vol:9, ISSN:2214-109X, Pages:E897-E898
McArdle AJ, Vito O, Patel H, et al., 2021, Treatment of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, New England Journal of Medicine, Vol:385, ISSN:0028-4793, Pages:11-22