Michael Brown BA BM BCh MRCP PhD DTM&H
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Mike Brown is a physician specialising in Infectious Diseases. He completed his specialist training in North London in 2005, and started a HEFCE "new blood" Clinical Senior Lectureship at the School, with an honorary consultant physician appointment at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases, University College Hospital, where he has clinical sessions in Infectious Diseases, Tropical Medicine, HIV and Acute General Medicine.
Previously he studied for a PhD through the School on a Wellcome Trust Research Training Fellowship in Clinical Tropical Medicine, during which time he spent 2 years at the MRC programme in Entebbe, Uganda.
Affiliation
Teaching
Mike Brown teaches on the DTM&H,the MSc in Tropical Medicine and International Health and the short course in Travel Medicine.
He is Study Unit Organiser for the AIDS module of the Distance Learning MSc in Infectious Diseases, and sits on the exam board for the MSc in Tropical Medicine & International Health
Research
His PhD was on helminth co-infection and HIV progression in Uganda, and explored clinical, epidemiological and immunological aspects of co-infection and antihelminthic treatment in an HIV-infected cohort in Entebbe.
Since arriving at the School and at the Hospital he has been pursuing clinical research diagnosing imported infections in migrants and on immunological aspects of helminth co-infection. He is migrant health lead for UCL Partners
Research areas
- Health services research
- Helminths
Disciplines
- Epidemiology
- Immunology
- Medicine
Disease and Health Conditions
- HIV/AIDS
- Infectious disease
- Tuberculosis
Other interests
- Migrant Health
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Selected publications
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Barriers to targeted HIV testing on an acute admissions unit: evaluation of the UK guideline.
Peck, L.; Ferenczi, E.; Burns, F.; Cosgrove, C.; Brown, M.;
QJM, 2010; 103(3):147-51
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Prospective study of sputum induction, gastric washing, and bronchoalveolar lavage for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in patients who are unable to expectorate.
Brown, M.; Varia, H.; Bassett, P.; Davidson, R.N.; Wall, R.; Pasvol, G.;
Clin Infect Dis, 2007; 44(11):1415-20
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Symptomatic Schistosoma mansoni Infection as an Immune Restoration Phenomenon in a Patient Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy.
de Silva, S.; Walsh, J.; Brown, M.;
Clin Infect Dis, 2006; 42(2):303-4
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SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI, NEMATODE INFECTIONS, AND PROGRESSION TO ACTIVE TUBERCULOSIS AMONG HIV-1-INFECTED UGANDANS.
Brown, M.; Miiro, G.; Nkurunziza, P.; Watera, C.; Quigley, M.A.; Dunne, D.W.; Whitworth, J.A.; Elliott, A.M.;
Am J Trop Med Hyg, 2006; 74(5):819-25
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Helminths and HIV infection: epidemiological observations on immunological hypotheses.
Brown, M.; Mawa, P.A.; Kaleebu, P.; Elliott, A.M.;
Parasite Immunol, 2006; 28(11):613-23
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Treatment of Schistosoma mansoni Infection Increases Helminth-Specific Type 2 Cytokine Responses and HIV-1 Loads in Coinfected Ugandan Adults.
Brown, M.; Mawa, P.A.; Joseph, S.; Bukusuba, J.; Watera, C.; Whitworth, J.A.; Dunne, D.W.; Elliott, A.M.;
J Infect Dis, 2005; 191(10):1648-57
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Helminth Infection Is Not Associated with Faster Progression of HIV Disease in Coinfected Adults in Uganda.
Brown, M.; Kizza, M.; Watera, C.; Quigley, M.A.; Rowland, S.; Hughes, P.; Whitworth, J.A.; Elliott, A.M.;
J Infect Dis, 2004; 190(10):1869-79
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Why Does HIV Infection Not Lead to Disseminated Strongyloidiasis?
Viney, M.E.; Brown, M.; Omoding, N.E.; Bailey, J.W.; Gardner, M.P.; Roberts, E.; Morgan, D.; Elliott, A.M.; Whitworth, J.A.;
J Infect Dis , 2004; 190 (12 ):2175-80
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