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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Scoping review protocol on research prioritisation for preparedness and response to outbreaks of high consequence pathogens
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Antonio E. et al, (2024), Open Research Europe, 3, 16 - 16
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Improving coherence of global research funding: Pandemic PACT.
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Norton A. et al, (2024), Lancet
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Systematic Review of Scales for Measuring Infectious Disease-Related Stigma.
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Paterson A. et al, (2024), Emerg Infect Dis, 30, 519 - 529
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Core Outcome Measurement Set for Research and Clinical Practice in Post COVID-19 Condition (Long COVID) in Children and Young People: An International Delphi Consensus Study "PC-COS Children".
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Seylanova N. et al, (2024), Eur Respir J
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Event rates and incidence of post-COVID-19 condition in hospitalised SARS-CoV-2 positive children and young people and controls across different pandemic waves: exposure-stratified prospective cohort study in Moscow (StopCOVID).
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Pazukhina E. et al, (2024), BMC Med, 22