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Dr Natalie Elkheir

Clinical Research Fellow in Training

United Kingdom

After graduating from Birmingham Medical School in 2013, I started my training in General/Acute Medicine in London. I completed my Diploma in Tropical Medicine & Hygiene in Peru (the Gorgas course) in 2016 and my MSc in Global Health Science at the University of Oxford in 2018, on an scholarship jointly awarded by the Nuffield Department of Population Health and the Medical Research Council (MRC). Following my MSc, I started Public Health specialty training and have gained experience in communicable disease control and health policy at local and national governmental level. In 2021, I was awarded a Centenary Fellowship at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases where I continue to work in the Chagas clinic with Professors David Moore and Peter Chiodini.

I am currently an MRC-funded Clinical Research Fellow. My PhD aims to understand the epidemiology of Chagas disease among Latin American migrants in London, with a view to informing an effective and equitable screening programme. I hold grants from ESCMID, HTD Charitable Fund and LSHTM for Chagas community engagement work with the UK Chagas Hub.

Affiliations

Department of Clinical Research
Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases

Teaching

I lecture on Chagas disease for the London School's DTM&H and MSc, and on screening at UCL.

Research

Chagas disease, neglected tropical diseases, HIV, migrant health, screening, epidemiology

Research Area
Epidemiology
Global health
Parasites
Disease and Health Conditions
Chagas disease
HIV/AIDS
Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs)
Region
Latin America & Caribbean (all income levels)
Europe & Central Asia (all income levels)

Selected Publications

Comparison of new and emerging SARS-CoV-2 variant transmissibility through active contact testing. A comparative cross-sectional household seroprevalence study.
GASKELL, KM; EL KHEIR, N; Mirfendesky, M; Rampling, T; MARKS, M; Houlihan, CF; Lemonge, N; Bristowe, H; Aslam, S; Kyprianou, D; Nastouli, E; Goldblatt, D; FIELDING, K; MOORE, DA J; CONTACT team (field team),;
2023
PloS one
A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF THE EPIDEMIOLOGY AND CLINICAL FEATURES OF HIV AND TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI (CHAGAS DISEASE) CO-INFECTION
ELKHEIR, N; Carter, J; Dominic, C; Lok, P; Fisayo, T; Michelen, M; Wilson-Goldsmith, J; Butler, M; Mehotra, A; De Barros, B; Price, A; Ahmed, N; Chiodini, P; Moore, D;
2021
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE
More than 100 years of neglect: a bibliometric analysis of global research on noma (cancrum oris).
Dominic, C; Farley, E; ELKHEIR, N;
2021
TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE
Characterising long COVID: a living systematic review.
Michelen, M; Manoharan, L; ELKHEIR, N; Cheng, V; Dagens, A; Hastie, C; O'Hara, M; Suett, J; Dahmash, D; Bugaeva, P; Rigby, I; Munblit, D; Harriss, E; Burls, A; Foote, C; Scott, J; Carson, G; Olliaro, P; Sigfrid, L; Stavropoulou, C;
2021
BMJ global health
Chagas disease in non-endemic settings.
ELKHEIR, N; Carter, J; García-Mingo, A; Chiodini, P;
2021
BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL
What is the recovery rate and risk of long-term consequences following a diagnosis of COVID-19? A harmonised, global longitudinal observational study protocol.
Sigfrid, L; Cevik, M; Jesudason, E; Lim, WS; Rello, J; Amuasi, J; Bozza, F; Palmieri, C; Munblit, D; Holter, JC; Kildal, AB; Reyes, LF; Russell, CD; Ho, A; Turtle, L; Drake, TM; Beltrame, A; Hann, K; Bangura, IR; Fowler, R; Lakoh, S; Berry, C; Lowe, DJ; McPeake, J; Hashmi, M; ... Scott, JT.
2021
BMJ open
What are the long-term symptoms and complications of COVID-19: a protocol for a living systematic review.
Michelen, M; Cheng, V; Manoharan, L; ELKHEIR, N; Dagens, D; Hastie, C; O'Hara, M; Suett, JC; Dahmash, D; Bugaeva, P; Rigby, I; Munblit, D; Harriss, E; Burls, A; Foote, C; Scott, J; Carson, G; Olliaro, P; Sigfrid, L; Stavropoulou, C;
2020
F1000Research
Predicting the difficult laparoscopic cholecystectomy: development and validation of a pre-operative risk score using an objective operative difficulty grading system
Nassar, AH M; Hodson, J; Ng, HJ; Vohra, RS; Katbeh, T; Zino, S; Griffiths, EA; Vohra, RS; Kirkham, AJ; Pasquali, S; Marriott, P; Johnstone, M; Spreadborough, P; Alderson, D; Griffiths, EA; Fenwick, S; Elmasry, M; Nunes, QM; Kennedy, D; Khan, RB; Khan, MA S; Magee, CJ; Jones, SM; Mason, D; Parappally, CP; ... Ritchie, J.
2019
Surgical Endoscopy
The development and validation of a scoring tool to predict the operative duration of elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy
Bharamgoudar, R; Sonsale, A; Hodson, J; Griffiths, E; Vohra, RS; Kirkham, AJ; Pasquali, S; Marriott, P; Johnstone, M; Spreadborough, P; Alderson, D; Griffiths, EA; Fenwick, S; Elmasry, M; Nunes, QM; Kennedy, D; Khan, RB; Khan, MA S; Magee, CJ; Jones, SM; Mason, D; Parappally, CP; Mathur, P; Saunders, M; Jamel, S; ... Ritchie, J.
2018
Surgical Endoscopy
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