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  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Peter J. M. Openshaw is affiliated with Imperial College London in the United Kingdom. Their main field of study is Medicine, with a focus on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Neurology, and Immunology. Their research topics emphasize respiratory viral infections, COVID-19 clinical research, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, long-term effects of COVID-19, pneumonia and respiratory infections, tracheal and airway disorders, and COVID-19 impacts on healthcare.

Notable recent papers include:

  • Features of 20,133 UK patients in hospital with COVID-19 using the ISARIC WHO Clinical Characterisation Protocol: prospective observational cohort study (2020, BMJ)
  • Global, regional, and national disease burden estimates of acute lower respiratory infections due to respiratory syncytial virus in children younger than 5 years in 2019: a systematic analysis (2022, The Lancet)
  • Genetic mechanisms of critical illness in COVID-19 (2020, Nature)
  • Broad and strong memory CD4+ and CD8+ T cells induced by SARS-CoV-2 in UK convalescent individuals following COVID-19 (2020, Nature Immunology)
  • Risk stratification of patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 using the ISARIC WHO Clinical Characterisation Protocol: development and validation of the 4C Mortality Score (2020, BMJ)

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Malcolm G. Semple
  • J. Kenneth Baillie
  • Lance Turtle
  • Annemarie B Docherty
  • Andrew J. Pollard

Common publication venues for their work are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • Nature Communications
  • The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

They have been recognized as a Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom.

Best Publications

  • Features of 20 133 UK patients in hospital with covid-19 using the ISARIC WHO Clinical Characterisation Protocol: prospective observational cohort study.

    Annemarie B Docherty;Ewen M Harrison;Christopher A Green;Hayley E Hardwick

  • Genetic mechanisms of critical illness in Covid-19.

    E. Pairo-Castineira;E. Pairo-Castineira;S. Clohisey;L. Klaric;A. D. Bretherick

  • Risk stratification of patients admitted to hospital with covid-19 using the ISARIC WHO Clinical Characterisation Protocol: development and validation of the 4C Mortality Score.

    Stephen R. Knight;Antonia Ho;Riinu Pius;Iain Buchan

  • Respiratory Syncytial Virus

    Akhilesh Jha;Hannah Jarvis;Clementine Fraser;Peter Jm Openshaw

  • IFITM3 restricts the morbidity and mortality associated with influenza

    Aaron R. Everitt;Simon Clare;Thomas Charles Pertel;Sinu P. John

  • Heterogeneity of intracellular cytokine synthesis at the single-cell level in polarized T helper 1 and T helper 2 populations.

    Peter Openshaw;Erin E. Murphy;Nancy A. Hosken;Vernon Maino

  • Clinical characteristics of children and young people admitted to hospital with covid-19 in United Kingdom: prospective multicentre observational cohort study.

    Olivia V Swann;Olivia V Swann;Karl A Holden;Lance Turtle;Lance Turtle;Louisa Pollock

  • Physical, cognitive, and mental health impacts of COVID-19 after hospitalisation (PHOSP-COVID): a UK multicentre, prospective cohort study.

    Rachael A Evans;Hamish McAuley;Ewen M Harrison;Aarti Shikotra

  • Circulating SARS-CoV-2 spike N439K variants maintain fitness while evading antibody-mediated immunity.

    Emma C. Thomson;Emma C. Thomson;Laura E. Rosen;James G. Shepherd;Roberto Spreafico

  • Cytotoxic T cells clear virus but augment lung pathology in mice infected with respiratory syncytial virus.

    M. J. Cannon;P. J. M. Openshaw;B. A. Askonas

  • Reversibility of T helper 1 and 2 populations is lost after long-term stimulation.

    E Murphy;K Shibuya;N Hosken;P Openshaw

  • Global Disease Burden Estimates of Respiratory Syncytial Virus-Associated Acute Respiratory Infection in Older Adults in 2015: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

    Ting Shi;Angeline Denouel;Anna K Tietjen;Iain Campbell

  • The respiratory syncytial virus vaccine landscape: lessons from the graveyard and promising candidates.

    Natalie I Mazur;Deborah Higgins;Marta C Nunes;José A Melero

  • Tracheostomy in the COVID-19 era: global and multidisciplinary guidance.

    Brendan A McGrath;Michael J Brenner;Stephen J Warrillow;Vinciya Pandian

  • Immune Responses and Disease Enhancement during Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection

    Peter J. M. Openshaw;John S. Tregoning

  • DISTINCT TYPES OF LUNG-DISEASE CAUSED BY FUNCTIONAL SUBSETS OF ANTIVIRAL T-CELLS

    W. H. Alwan;W. J. Kozlowska;P. J. M. Openshaw

  • Inhibition of tumor necrosis factor reduces the severity of virus-specific lung immunopathology.

    Tracy Hussell;Alasdair Pennycook;Peter J. M. Openshaw

  • Risk factors for hospitalisation and poor outcome with pandemic A/H1N1 influenza: United Kingdom first wave (May-September 2009).

    J S Nguyen-Van-Tam;P J M Openshaw;A Hashim;E M Gadd

  • Flow cytometric measurement of intracellular cytokines.

    Pietro Pala;Tracy Hussell;Peter J.M. Openshaw

  • Age at First Viral Infection Determines the Pattern of T Cell–mediated Disease during Reinfection in Adulthood

    Fiona J. Culley;Joanne Pollott;Peter J.M. Openshaw

  • Co-infections, secondary infections, and antimicrobial use in patients hospitalised with COVID-19 during the first pandemic wave from the ISARIC WHO CCP-UK study: a multicentre, prospective cohort study.

    Clark D Russell;Cameron J Fairfield;Thomas M Drake;Lance Turtle

  • Impaired Antibody-mediated Protection and Defective IgA B-Cell Memory in Experimental Infection of Adults with Respiratory Syncytial Virus.

    Maximillian S. Habibi;Agnieszka Jozwik;Spyridon Makris;Jake Dunning

  • Human and murine cytotoxic T cells specific to respiratory syncytial virus recognize the viral nucleoprotein (N), but not the major glycoprotein (G), expressed by vaccinia virus recombinants.

    C. R. M. Bangham;P. J. M. Openshaw;L. A. Ball;A. M. Q. King

  • Pulmonary eosinophilic response to respiratory syncytial virus infection in mice sensitized to the major surface glycoprotein G.

    Peter J. M. Openshaw;Sarah L. Clarke;Fiona M. Record

  • CD8+ T cells control Th2-driven pathology during pulmonary respiratory syncytial virus infection.

    Tracy Hussell;Christopher J. Baldwin;Anne O'Garra;Peter J. M. Openshaw

  • Genetic mechanisms of critical illness in Covid-19

    Erola Pairo-Castineira;Sara Clohisey;Lucija Klaric;Andrew Bretherick;Andrew Bretherick

  • Risk stratification of patients admitted to hospital with covid-19 using the ISARIC WHO Clinical Characterisation Protocol: development and validation of the 4C Mortality Score

    Stephen R Knight;Antonia Ho;Riinu Pius;Iain Buchan

Frequent Co-Authors

Tracy Hussell
Tracy Hussell University of Manchester
Jonathan S. Nguyen-Van-Tam
Jonathan S. Nguyen-Van-Tam University of Nottingham
Sebastian L. Johnston
Sebastian L. Johnston Imperial College London
Peter Horby
Peter Horby University of Oxford
Robert C. Read
Robert C. Read University of Southampton
Tom Solomon
Tom Solomon University of Liverpool
Karl G. Nicholson
Karl G. Nicholson University of Leicester
Maria Zambon
Maria Zambon Public Health England
Andrew J. Pollard
Andrew J. Pollard University of Oxford
Jürgen Schwarze
Jürgen Schwarze University of Edinburgh

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