Dr Richard Brindle

Title:

Dr

First name(s):

Richard

Surname:

Brindle

Medical qualifications:

BM MSc DM MRCPath FRCP DTMH

Current post:

Consultant Microbiologist, Director of Infection Prevention and Control

Secretary's name:

Angela Pollard

Specialties:

Microbiology and Infection

Membership of professional bodies:

Royal Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, British Infection Association, Royal College of Physicians

Special clinical interests:

Cellulitis, Tropical Medicine, Laboratory information systems

Date of registration:

1979

Professional profile/background:

District Medical Officer (DMO), Vanuatu.

General Medicine, Coventry.

Infection Training, Oxford.

Wellcome Trust Researcher, Kenya.

DMO, Northern Territory, Australia.

Consultant in Microbiology and Infection Control, Portsmouth Hospitals.

Visiting Professor, Ross University Medical School, Dominica.

Research topics include:

Legionnaires' Disease, HIV, Tuberculosis, Hepatitis, Malaria, Fungal infections, MRSA and streptococcal infections, antimicrobial stewardship and cellulitis.

Presently running an NIHR-funded multi-site clinical trial on cellulitis.

Web links to any published articles:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=brindle%20rj

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=brindle%20r