Dr Tamsyn Derrick

Tamsyn trained as an immunologist in the Clinical Research Department at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). After completing an undergraduate degree in Biology at the University of Bristol in 2010, she studied for a Masters in Immunology of Infectious Diseases at LSHTM. Following this Tamsyn joined the trachoma group at LSHTM to investigate immunofibrogenic host responses to ocular Chlamydia trachomatis infection, completing her PhD in 2016. She then spent four years as a post-doctoral research fellow based at the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre in Moshi, Tanzania, researching the epidemiology, immunology and control of infectious eye diseases. In 2019, Tamsyn left LSHTM and she now works for the Medical Research Council.

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15 Jul 2019

Ocular Immune Responses, Chlamydia trachomatis Infection and Clinical Signs of Trachoma Before and After Azithromycin Mass Drug Administration in a Treatment Naïve Trachoma-Endemic Tanzanian Community.

PLoS Negl Trop Dis

Peer-reviewed article

13 Jun 2019

Conjunctival microbiome-host responses are associated with impaired epithelial cell health in both early and late stages of trachoma

bioRxiv

Peer-reviewed article

19 Jan 2018

Leishmania proteophosphoglycans regurgitated from infected sand flies accelerate dermal wound repair and exacerbate leishmaniasis via insulin-like growth factor 1-dependent signalling

PLOS Pathogens

Peer-reviewed article

31 Aug 2017

Immunofibrogenic Gene Expression Patterns in Tanzanian Children with Ocular Chlamydia trachomatis Infection, Active Trachoma and Scarring: Baseline Results of a Four-Year Longitudinal Study

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Peer-reviewed article

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Dr Tamsyn Derrick

Projects

Publications

Ocular Immune Responses, Chlamydia trachomatis Infection and Clinical Signs of Trachoma Before and After Azithromycin Mass Drug Administration in a Treatment Naïve Trachoma-Endemic Tanzanian Community.

Conjunctival microbiome-host responses are associated with impaired epithelial cell health in both early and late stages of trachoma

Leishmania proteophosphoglycans regurgitated from infected sand flies accelerate dermal wound repair and exacerbate leishmaniasis via insulin-like growth factor 1-dependent signalling

Immunofibrogenic Gene Expression Patterns in Tanzanian Children with Ocular Chlamydia trachomatis Infection, Active Trachoma and Scarring: Baseline Results of a Four-Year Longitudinal Study

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