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Alasdair Bamford
Dr Alasdair Bamford is a consultant in paediatric infectious diseases at Great Ormond Street Hospital and an Honorary Associated Professor at UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health.
Specialisms
His main clinical specialisms include HIV, infectious hepatitis, brain infection and infection in the immunocompromised host.
In addition to work at GOSH, national clinical roles include:
- Children's HIV and AIDS Reporting System - University College London (CHARS) - clinical advisor
- Integrated Screening Outcomes Surveillance Service (ISOSS) - clinical advisor
- NHS Infectious Diseases in Pregnancy Screening (IDPS) Clinical Expert Review (CERP) - member
- National HCV paediatric Multi Disciplinary Team Operational Delivery Network (HCV pODN) - steering committee member
- Hepatitis Infection Paediatric Surveillance Network (HIPSNet) - co-chair
He contributes to a number of national and international guidelines including:
- Penta/EACS guidelines on treatment and prevention of transmission of HIV in Europe
- WHO guidelines for the prevention, diagnosis, care and treatment for people with chronic hepatitis B infection - Guideline Development Group member
- British HIV Association (BHIVA) guidelines on management of HIV in pregnancy and the postpartum period and guideline on the management of opportunistic infection in people living with HIV: considerations in pregnancy paediatric working group member
Qualifications
BA MBBS FRCPCH DTM+H PhD
Dr Bamford completed medical training at University of Cambridge and University College London in 2001. He completed training in paediatric infectious diseases at Great Ormond Street, St Mary’s Hospital and Evelina London Children’s Hospital. He was awarded an NIHR research training fellowship and completed a PhD on paediatric HIV immunology at Imperial College London in collaboration with the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health.
Research
Dr Bamford is a trial clinician at the MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL contributing to multiple international trials and observational studies relating to infection in childhood and is PI or c-PI on a number of studies at GOSH.
He is a member of the Scientific Steering Committee for the Penta ID network where he is co-lead for training and education. Roles with WHO include membership of the Global Accelerator for Paediatric Formulations Network (GAP-f) Clinical Research Working Group as well as the Paediatric Antiretroviral Working Group (PAWG).
A summary of research outputs by Alasdair Bamford Publications.