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Mrs Helen Brotherton

Clinical Assistant Professor

MRC Unit The Gambia
Atlantic Road
Banjul
United Kingdom

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Dr Brotherton is a Clinical Assistant Professor at MRC Unit The Gambia at LSHTM and a Consultant Paediatrician/Neonatologist at NHS Fife. After completing General Paediatric speciality training in Edinburgh (2015) she undertook a Wellcome Trust Research Training Fellowship and PhD with LSHTM (2016 - 2022), focused on preterm care and KMC. She is currently combining clinical UK neonatal work with part-time research in The Gambia, supporting outputs from the PregnAnZI-2 clinical trial and leading a pilot study to understand within-host diversity of Klebsiella pneumoniae

Affiliations
MRC Unit The Gambia at LSHTM

Teaching

I have been a distance learning tutor on IDM301 (Epidemiology & Control of Infectious Diseases) from Dec 2018 to 2021. I am also a Master Trainer on Helping Babies Breathe (MRC Unit The Gambia / Imperial College Hospital) and was Faculty on the East African Diploma in Tropical Medicine (eaDTM), Maternal & Neonatal Module, 2018. I am certified Neonatal Life Support instructor.

Research

Neonatal & preterm health, Kangaroo mother care, neonatal infection, hospital acquired infections, AMR, Klebsiella pneumoniae

Research Area
Clinical trials
Drug resistance
Neonatal health
Medicine
Qualitative research
Randomised controlled trials
Disease and Health Conditions
Hospital acquired infection
Sepsis
Country
Gambia
Region
Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only)

Selected Publications
Impact of early kangaroo mother care versus standard care on survival of mild-moderately unstable neonates <2000 grams: A randomised controlled trial.
BROTHERTON, H; Gai, A; Kebbeh, B; Njie, Y; Walker, G; Muhammad, AK; DARBOE, S; Jallow, M; Ceesay, B; Samateh, AL; TANN, CJ; COUSENS, S; ROCA, A; LAWN, JE;
2021
EClinicalMedicine
Acquisition and carriage of genetically diverse multi-drug resistant gram-negative bacilli in hospitalised newborns in The Gambia.
Bah, SY; Kujabi, MA; DARBOE, S; Kebbeh, N; Kebbeh, BF K; Kanteh, A; Bojang, R; Lawn, JE; KAMPMANN, B; SESAY, AK; De Silva, TI; BROTHERTON, H;
2023
Communications medicine
Adeno-associated virus 2 infection in children with non-A-E hepatitis.
Ho, A; Orton, R; Tayler, R; Asamaphan, P; Herder, V; Davis, C; Tong, L; Smollett, K; Manali, M; Allan, J; Rawlik, K; McDonald, SE; Vink, E; Pollock, L; Gannon, L; Evans, C; McMenamin, J; Roy, K; Marsh, K; Divala, T; Holden, MT G; Lockhart, M; Yirrell, D; Currie, S; O'Leary, M; ... Thomson, EC.
2023
Nature
Circulation of respiratory viruses during the COVID-19 pandemic in The Gambia
JARJU, S; Senghore, E; BROTHERTON, H; Saidykhan, A; Jallow, S; Krubally, E; Sinjanka, E; Ndene, MN; Bajo, F; Sanyang, MM; Saidy, B; Bah, A; MOHAMMED, NI; FORREST, K; Clarke, E; Dalessandro, U; Sesay, AK; Usuf, E; CERAMI, C; Roca, A; KAMPMANN, B; De Silva, TI;
2023
Gates Open Research
Circulation of respiratory viruses during the COVID-19 pandemic in The Gambia
JARJU, S; Senghore, E; BROTHERTON, H; Saidykhan, A; Jallow, S; Krubally, E; Sinjanka, E; Ndene, MN; Bajo, F; Sanyang, MM; Saidy, B; Bah, A; MOHAMMED, NI; FORREST, K; Clarke, E; Dalessandro, U; Sesay, AK; Usuf, E; CERAMI, C; Roca, A; KAMPMANN, B; De Silva, TI;
2023
Gates Open Research
Prevention and treatment for COVID-19 associated severe pneumonia in the Gambia (PaTS-COVID-19), a single-blinded randomized clinical trial: study protocol
USUF, E; BROTHERTON, H; Nadjm, B; MOHAMMED, N; Gai, A; Sillah, F; Johnson, MG; Jones, CJ; Sarr, C; Babatunde, HE; Mohammad, AK; Dibba, B; Ndure, E; Bojang, L; Darboe, S; Bah, A; Bojang, A; Forrest, K; Nwakanma, D; Roberts, C; Mustapha, B; D’Alessandro, U; Roca, A;
2023
International Journal of Clinical Trials
Circulation of respiratory viruses during the COVID-19 pandemic in The Gambia.
JARJU, S; Senghore, E; BROTHERTON, H; Affleck, L; Saidykhan, A; Jallow, S; Krubally, E; Sinjanka, E; Ndene, MN; Bajo, F; Sanyang, MM; Saidy, B; Bah, A; MOHAMMED, NI; FORREST, K; CLARKE, E; DALESSANDRO, U; SESAY, AK; USUF, E; CERAMI, C; ROCA, A; KAMPMANN, B; De Silva, TI;
2022
Gates open research
Circulation of respiratory viruses during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Gambia
JARJU, S; Senghore, E; BROTHERTON, H; Saidykhan, A; Jallow, S; Krubally, E; Sinjanka, E; Ndene, MN; Bajo, F; Sanyang, MM; Saidy, B; Bah, A; MOHAMMED, NI; FORREST, K; CLARKE, E; DALESSANDRO, U; Sesay, AK; USUF, E; CERAMI, C; ROCA, A; KAMPMANN, B; De silva, T;
2022
Open Science Framework
Barriers and enablers to kangaroo mother care prior to stability from perspectives of Gambian health workers: A qualitative study.
Cho, YC; Gai, A; DIALLO, BA; Samateh, AL; LAWN, JE; MARTINEZ-ALVAREZ, M; BROTHERTON, H;
2022
Frontiers in Pediatrics
Early Kangaroo mother care for mild-moderately unstable neonates <2000g in The Gambia
BROTHERTON, HC;
2022
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
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Atlantic Road
Banjul
United Kingdom

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