Ronan McMullan

Ronan McMullan is a Clinical Professor at the School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences at Queen's University Belfast. His research focuses on novel infection diagnostics in intensive care units to improve outcomes for critically ill patients and combat antibiotic resistance. He leads national multicenter clinical trials in the NHS.

Research Interests: Developing rapid diagnostic tools for infections, optimizing antibiotic treatment durations, sepsis management, and addressing antimicrobial resistance through clinical trials. His work spans

• Clinical microbiology
• Critical care medicine
• Infectious diseases epidemiology
• Biomarker research
• Antifungal stewardship
• Point-of-care diagnostics

Projects:

• R4808CEM: Biomarker-guided antibiotic duration in sepsis (ADAPT Sepsis)
• R4794CEM: Antifungal stewardship in critically ill patients (A-Stop Study)
• R5024CEM: Enteric Multiplex Array development
• R4712CNR: Early oral antibiotic switch in neutropenic sepsis
• R4690CII: Sepsis pathogen detection

Labs & Collaborations: Affiliated with the Wellcome Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine, collaborating with researchers like Daniel McAuley, Michael Clarke, and international teams across the UK and Europe.