معرفی
Kerrie Davies is a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Leeds' School of Medicine and Principal Clinical Scientist at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, leading the multi-institutional Healthcare Associated Infections Research Group. She collaborates with Public Health England on diagnostic innovation and epidemiological surveillance.
Education:
- BSc Medical Microbiology (University of Leeds, 1998)
- MSc Medical and Molecular Microbiology (University of Manchester, 2007)
- PG Diploma in Healthcare Research (2004)
- Current PhD candidate in Clostridium difficile diagnostics (University of Leeds)
Research Focus: Davies specializes in Clostridium difficile laboratory diagnostics, healthcare-associated infection epidemiology, and methodological optimization. Her work has redefined international clinical guidelines through large-scale comparative studies of detection assays and risk factor analysis.
Key Initiatives: She coordinates multinational projects including EUCLID (Europe-wide prevalence tracking), LuCID (diagnostic surveillance), ORCHID (risk modeling), and COMBACTE-CDI (Horizon2020-funded burden assessment across healthcare ecosystems).
