David Lissauer
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| Alma mater | University of Birmingham |
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David Michael Lissauer gained a 1st class BMedSci degree at the University of Birmingham in 2001 and an MBChB with honours in 2004.[1] During his undergraduate studies he received the Vice Chancellor's Prize, the Sir Arthur Thomson Gold Medal, the Ingelby Scholarship for Obstetrics and Gynaecology, the Sir Arthur Thomson Prize and the Sands-Cox scholarship. David shared the University Vice-Chancellors Prize with Samantha Pollock who he would later marry.[2]
Early in his medical training David spent a year working as a junior doctor on the maternity unit at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital; he then returned to the UK to complete a PhD in maternal immunology at the University of Birmingham.[1] He completed a Wellbeing of Women funded research training fellowship investigating the maternal cellular immune response to fetal antigens, for which he was awarded his PhD (2012).[3]
Career
David combined clinical training and research as a clinical lecturer at Birmingham Women's Hospital until he qualified as an obstetrician and a sub-specialist in Fetal and Maternal Medicine.[1] In December 2020, David was awarded an NIHR Research Professorship to continue his research on maternal infections in Africa. He was appointed Professor of Global Maternal and Fetal Health at the University of Liverpool.[4][5] Shortly thereafter David moved with his family to work in Malawi, where he acted as deputy director of the Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust research institute and worked clinically at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi. David led the Maternal Health Research Group and Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health Theme at the Institute.[6] With colleagues in Malawi, he co-led the "Safe Motherhood" NIHR Global Health Research Group.[7]
In 2024, David returned to the UK to work at the University of Liverpool and take up the role as site lead for Women's Health.[8][9]
Personal life
Lissauer married paediatrician and ultrarunner Samantha (nee Pollock) in 2007; they have 2 sons and a daughter.[10][11]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Dr David Lissauer". University of Birmingham. Retrieved 2024-10-09.
- ↑ "David Lissauer, - eMedEvents". www.emedevents.com. Retrieved 2024-10-09.
- ↑ Lissauer, David Michael (December 2012). The biological and clinical significance of the maternal immune response to fetal antigens (PhD thesis). University of Birmingham.
- ↑ "Current NIHR Research Professors | NIHR". www.nihr.ac.uk. Retrieved 2024-10-09.
- ↑ "3m funding to address the global burden of sepsis". University of Liverpool. June 23, 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
- ↑ "Professor David Lissauer – Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Programme". Retrieved 2024-10-09.
- ↑ "Search - NIHR Funding and Awards". fundingawards.nihr.ac.uk. Retrieved 2024-10-09.
- ↑ "MLW's Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health Theme Bids Farewell to Lissauer – Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Programme". Retrieved 2024-10-09.
- ↑ "David Lissauer". University of Liverpool. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
- ↑ "A decade of winners" (PDF). Medlines. 2014: 14. 2014 – via University of Birmingham.
- ↑ "grough — Leaders set blistering pace in Spine Race after front runners retire". www.grough.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-10-09.
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