Robin Basu Roy

Robin Basu Roy is a Clinical Senior Lecturer in Paediatric Infectious Diseases at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) and Honorary Consultant at the Royal London Hospital. Previously, he held roles at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the University of Oxford. He earned a PhD from Imperial College London, focusing on tuberculosis immunity in Gambian children, and an EdM from Harvard University. His research spans paediatric TB diagnostics, host immunity, and medical humanities via film-based public engagement (www.watchtalkthink.com).

Education highlights include:

• PhD in Clinical Research, MRC Unit The Gambia at LSHTM
• EdM in Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education (2008)
• BMBCh (Medicine), BA, and postgraduate medical qualifications

Research interests focus on tuberculosis in children, including TB meningitis diagnostics, immune correlates of protection, and NTM infections. He leads the SURE trial sub-study for TB meningitis treatment and collaborates on global health projects like INTREPID. His educational work includes decolonizing global health curricula at LSHTM.

Key awards include recognitions from HGSE, Harvard Medical School, ASME, and LSHTM. He supervises PhD students in global health and clinical research.