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Dr Arjun Chandna

Clinical Assistant Professor - NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer

United Kingdom

I am a Clinical Lecturer at LSHTM and a Specialist Registrar in Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology with the UK National Health Service. I am passionate about using research to develop capacity for clinical infection services.

 

My research focuses on the syndromic management of febrile illness and specifically early recognition of children at risk of progression to sepsis. Between 2019-2023 I was based at the Cambodia Oxford Medical Research Unit within Angkor Hospital for Children in Siem Reap, where I completed my DPhil, supported by a Wellcome Trust Doctoral Training Fellowship.

 

I continue as an Honorary Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Oxford and am a member of the team leading the South and Southeast Asian Community-based Trials Network (SEACTN), which aims to develop and evaluate pragmatic, context-appropriate tools to help healthcare providers better manage patients with febrile illnesses and guide resource stewardship. I work in close collaboration with colleagues across the MORU Tropical Health Network, Médecins Sans Frontières, and the Department of Primary Care Health Sciences at the University of Oxford.

Affiliations

Department of Clinical Research
Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases

Teaching

I have completed the Developing Learning and Teaching programme at the University of Oxford and am an Associate Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy (AFHEA).

 

I teach on the Diploma in Tropical Medicine & Hygiene (DTM&H) course and Diagnostic Bacteriology module at LSHTM. I am currently cosupervising two doctoral students and a paediatric research fellow.

Research

  • Febrile illness
  • Sepsis
  • Triage
  • Clinical prediction models
  • Diagnostics
  • Melioidosis
Research Area
Diagnostics
Clinical medicine
Disease and Health Conditions
Melioidosis
Sepsis
Fever
Infectious diseases
Country
Cambodia
Bangladesh
Laos
Vietnam
Thailand
Indonesia
Region
South Asia
East Asia & Pacific (developing only)

Selected Publications

Predicting referral need for febrile children in low-resource community settings in South and Southeast Asia.
CHANDNA, A; Koshiaris, C; Mahajan, R; Ahmad, RA; Thi Van Anh, D; Choudhury, KS; Keang, S; Phung, NT N; Rattanavong, S; Vannachone, S; Spot Sepsis Investigator Group,; Painter, C; Yosia, M; Waithira, N; Abdad, MY; Thaipadungpanit, J; Turner, P; Phuc, PH; Mondal, D; Mayxay, M; Liem, BT; Ashley, EA; Arguni, E; Perera-Salazar, R; Richard-Greenblatt, M; ... BURZA, S.
2026
Nature medicine
Lessons from the field: implementing an electronic clinical decision support app for acute febrile illness in rural Cambodia
Mishra, A; Wynberg, E; Liverani, M; Vanna, M; Chanpheakdey, P; Nguon, C; Callery, JJ; Adhikari, B; Tripura, R; CHANDNA, A; Fegan, G; Waithira, N; Peto, TJ; Voeurng, B; Davoeng, C; Rekol, H; Dysoley, L; Day, NP J; Lubell, Y; Chew, R;
2026
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Estimating enteric fever seroincidence in rural western Cambodia: findings from a population-based cross-sectional serosurvey.
Zhang, M; Saiprom, N; Tripura, R; Dysoley, L; Chanpheakdey, P; Moul, V; CHANDNA, A; Batty, EM; Lee, SJ; Maude, RJ; Day, NP; Peto, TJ; Chantratita, N; Charles, R; Lubell, Y; Aiemjoy, K;
2026
medRxiv
Rapid diagnosis of skin and soft tissue melioidosis in children.
Suy, K; Bott, S; Leng, N; Sar, V; Soeng, S; Real, S; DANCE, DA; Lee, SJ; Turner, P; Ling, CL; CHANDNA, A;
2026
PLoS neglected tropical diseases
Impact of an electronic clinical decision support algorithm (eCDSA) on antibiotic prescribing in primary care in Cambodia: A cluster randomised controlled trial.
Wynberg, E; Mishra, A; LIVERANI, M; Vanna, M; Chanpheakdey, P; Chaikul, K; Suy, K; Bory, S; Voeurng, B; Callery, JJ; CHANDNA, A; Adhikari, B; Chamsukhee, V; Waithira, N; Tubprasert, J; Poonchai, A; Davoeung, C; Rekol, H; Nguon, C; Dysoley, L; Day, NP J; Fegan, G; Peto, TJ; Lubell, Y; Chew, R;
2026
International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases
Causes of death in rural southeast Asia by electronic verbal autopsy: a population-based observational study.
Htun, NS N; Phommasone, K; Perrone, C; Phyo, AP; Sen, A; Vanna, M; Tripura, R; Kabir, N; Islam, MA; Wirachonphaophong, J; Panyadee, P; CHANDNA, A; Boonyoung, S; Lek, D; Pongvongsa, T; Mayxay, M; Kamadod, R; Day, NP J; Morris, SK; Ashley, EA; Jha, P; Lee, SJ; Lubell, Y; Peto, TJ;
2025
The Lancet. Global health
Risk stratification of childhood infection using host markers of immune and endothelial activation in Asia (Spot Sepsis): a multi-country, prospective, cohort study.
Chandna, A; Koshiaris, C; Mahajan, R; Ahmad, RA; Van Anh, DT; Choudhury, KS; Keang, S; Nguyen, PN T; Rattanavong, S; Vannachone, S; Spot Sepsis Investigator Group,; Yosia, M; Waithira, N; Abdad, MY; Thaipadungpanit, J; Turner, P; Phuc, PH; Mondal, D; Mayxay, M; Liem, BT; Ashley, EA; Arguni, E; Perera-Salazar, R; Richard-Greenblatt, M; Lubell, Y; ... Burza, S.
2025
The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health
Development and validation of a novel clinical risk score to predict hypoxaemia in children with pneumonia using the WHO PREPARE dataset.
Tan, R; CHANDNA, A; Colbourn, T; Hooli, S; King, C; Lufesi, N; McCollum, ED; Mwansambo, C; Mathew, JL; Cutland, CL; Madhi, SA; Nunes, M; Basnet, S; Strand, TA; O'Grady, K-AF; Gessner, B; Addo-Yobo, E; Chisaka, N; Hibberd, P; Jeena, PM; Lozano, JM; MaLeod, WB; Patel, A; Thea, DM; Nguyen, NT V; ... World Health Organization PREPARE study group,
2025
BMJ global health
Acute febrile illness in remote and rural communities: Perspectives of health providers and managers in Chattogram, Bangladesh.
LIVERANI, M; Ahmed, S; Sen, A; Chew, R; CHANDNA, A; Islam, S; Maude, RJ; Islam, A; Lubell, Y;
2025
SSM - Health Systems
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