Tom Waterfield

Tom Waterfield is Senior Lecturer in Paediatrics and Consultant in Paediatric Emergency Medicine at Queen's University Belfast. His research develops diagnostic biomarkers and decision tools for paediatric infections, particularly sepsis and meningitis.

Key innovations:

• miRNA signatures for infection differentiation
• Proteomic classification of sepsis subtypes
• Point-of-care testing validation

As Chair of PERUKI (Paediatric Emergency Research UK and Ireland), he coordinates multicenter studies on feverish children and leads trials evaluating antimicrobial stewardship strategies.

Awarded the Donald Patterson Award for paediatric research excellence, with publications advancing evidence-based management of childhood infections through biomarker discovery and clinical validation.