Dr Christopher Duncan

Clinical Fellow/Honorary Consultant in Infectious Diseases

Email: christopher.duncan@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0)191 2082796
Fax: +44 (0) 191 2085455
Address: Room M3.121
3rd Floor, Leech Building
Medical School
Newcastle University
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE2 4HH
United Kingdom

Background

Roles

Clinical Fellowship, Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University
Honorary Consultant in Infectious Diseases, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Previous Positions

NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer in Infectious Diseases, Newcastle University, 2014-2016
Specialty Registrar in Infectious Diseases and G(I)M, Northern Deanery, 2013-2017
Welcome Trust Research Training Fellowship for Clinicians, University of Oxford 2010-2013
Phizackerley Senior Scholarship, Balliol College Oxford 2012-2013
Clinical Research Fellow, University of Oxford, 2009-2010
Specialty Registrar in Infectious Diseases and G(I)M, West of Scotland Deanery, 2007-2013

Qualifications

BMed Sci (1st Class Hons.) University of Aberdeen, 2001
MB ChB (Distinction) University of Aberdeen, 2003
DPhil University of Oxford, 2014

Professional Responsibilities

Sample access committee, Newcastle Academic Health Partners Bioresource
Joint Research Scientific Executive Committee
Member, Genomics England Clinical Interpretation Partnership (GeCIP)
Member: BIA, BSI, NIAAD
Peer reviewer (NEJM, BMJ etc.)

Research

Interests

My research aims to define the contribution of innate immunity to the pathogenesis of severe viral disease and immunopathology. I seek mechanistic insight through the detailed analysis of monogenic viral susceptibility variants at the cellular and molecular level, and via targeted genetic perturbation of primary cells with the CRISPR/Cas9 system.

I work closely with Professor Sophie Hambleton's Primary Immunodeficiency Group: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/icm/people/profile/sophie.hambleton

I have a clinical interest in severe manifestations of viral infection, including in the immunocompromised host.

Funding

British Infection Association, Research Fellowship (2017-2018, £70,000)
Academy of Medical Sciences, Starter Grant for Clinical Lecturers (2014-2016, £30,000)
British Infection Association, Project Grant (2014-2016, £25,000)

Teaching

I am responsible for coordinating Infectious Diseases teaching for the Physician Associate PG Diploma.

I supervise MRes and PhD students, and welcome enquiries.

Publications

Duncan CJA, Mohamad SMB, Young DF, Skelton AJ, Leahy TR, Munday DC, Butler KM, Morfopoulou S, Brown JR, Hubank M, Connell J, Gavin PJ, McMahon C, Dempsey E, Lynch NE, Jacques TS, Valappil M, Cant AJ, Breuer J, Engelhardt KR, Randall RE, Hambleton S. Human IFNAR2 deficiency: lessons for antiviral immunity. Science Translational Medicine 2015, 7(307), 307ra154.
Duncan CJA, Hambleton S. Varicella zoster virus immunity: A primer. Journal of Infection 2015, 71(Suppl. 1), S47-S53.
Duncan CJA, Schmid ML, Schwab U, Price DA, Ong E. Futility of CD4+ monitoring in HIV-1 patients with CD4+ cell count above 350 cells/[mu]l on suppressive antiretroviral therapy. AIDS 2014, 28(17), 2638-2639.
Duncan CJA, Hambleton S. Host genetic factors in susceptibility to mycobacterial disease. Clinical Medicine 2014, 14(Suppl. 6), s17-s21.
Duncan C, Mohamad S, Young D, Skelton A, Leahy R, Munday D, Butler K, Morfopoulou S, Brown J, Hubank M, Connell J, Gavin P, McMahon C, Dempsey E, Lynch N, Jacques T, Valappil M, Cant A, Engelhardt K, Breuer J, Randall R, Hambleton S. Human IFNAR2 Deficiency: Lessons For Antiviral Immunity. In: UKPIN 2015 Meeting. 2015, Belfast, Northern Ireland: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Dixon J, Duncan CJA. Importance of antimicrobial stewardship to the English National Health Service. Infection and Drug Resistance 2014, 7, 145-152.
Duncan CJA, Charlton F, Bower M, Price DA. The unholy trinity of human herpesvirus 8-associated malignancy in a person living with HIV-1. AIDS 2018, 32(3), 404–406.
Duncan CJA, Dinnigan E, Theobald R, Grainger A, Skelton AJ, Hussain R, Willet JDP, Swan DJ, Coxhead J, Thomas MF, Thomas J, Zamvar V, Slatter MA, Cant AJ, Engelhardt KR, Hambleton S. Early-onset autoimmune disease due to a heterozygous loss-of-function mutation in TNFAIP3 (A20). Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 2017, Epub ahead of print.
Bliss CM, Drammeh A, Bowyer G, Sanou GS, Jagne YJ, Ouedraogo O, Edwards NJ, Tarama C, Ouedraogo N, Ouedraogo M, NjieJobe J, Diarra A, Afolabi MO, Tiono AB, Yaro JB, Adetifa UJ, Hodgson SH, Anagnostou NA, Roberts R, Duncan CJ, Cortese R, Viebig NK, Leroy O, Lawrie AM, Flanagan KL, Kampmann B, Imoukhuede EB, Sirima SB, Bojang K, Hill AV, Nebie I, Ewer KJ. Viral Vector Malaria Vaccines Induce High-Level T Cell and Antibody Responses in West African Children and Infants. Molecular Therapy 2017, 25(2), 547-559.
Afolabi MO, Tiono AB, Adetifa UJ, Yaro JB, Drammeh A, Nebie I, Bliss C, Hodgson SH, Anagnostou NA, Sanou GS, Jagne YJ, Ouedraogo O, Tamara C, Ouedraogo N, Ouedraogo M, Njie-Jobe J, Diarra A, Duncan CJ, Cortese R, Nicosia A, Roberts R, Viebig NK, Leroy O, Lawrie AM, Flanagan KL, Kampman B, Bejon P, Imoukhuede EB, Ewer KJ, Hill AV, Bojang K, Sirima S. Safety and Immunogenicity of ChAd63 and MVA ME-TRAP in West African Children and Infants. Molecular Therapy 2016, 24(8), 1470–1477.
Elias SC, Choudhary P, deCassan SC, Biswas S, Collins KA, Halstead FD, Bliss CM, Ewer KJ, Hodgson SH, Duncan CJ, Hill AV, Draper SJ. Analysis of human B-cell responses following ChAd63-MVA MSP1 and AMA1 immunization and controlled malaria infection. Immunology 2014, 141(4), 628-644.
Walker KM, Okitsu S, Porter DW, Duncan C, Amacker M, Pluschke G, Cavanagh DR, Hill AV, Todryk SM. Antibody and T-cell responses associated with experimental human malaria infection or vaccination show limited relationships. Immunology 2014, 145(1), 71-81.
Biswas S, Choudhary P, Elias SC, Miura K, Milne KH, deCassan SC, Collins KA, Halstead FD, Bliss CM, Ewer KJ, Osier FH, Hodgson SH, Duncan CJ, O'Hara GA, Long CA, Hill AV, Draper SJ. Assessment of humoral immune responses to blood-stage malaria antigens following ChAd63-MVA immunization, controlled human malaria infection and natural exposure. PLoS One 2014, 9(9), e107903.
Duncan CJ, Williams JP, Schiffner T, Gartner K, Ochsenbauer C, Kappes J, Russell RA, Frater J, Sattentau QJ. High-multiplicity HIV-1 infection and neutralizing antibody evasion mediated by the macrophage-T cell virological synapse. Journal of Virology 2014, 88(4), 2025-2034.
Baxter AE, Russell RA, Duncan CJ, Moore MD, Willberg CB, Pablos JL, Finzi A, Kaufmann DE, Ochsenbauer C, Kappes JC, Groot F, Sattentau QJ. Macrophage Infection via Selective Capture of HIV-1-Infected CD4⁺ T Cells. Cell Host and Microbe 2014, 16(6), 711-721.
Kimani D, Jagne YJ, Cox M, Kimani E, Bliss CM, Gitau E, Ogwang C, Afolabi MO, Bowyer G, Collins KA, Edwards N, Hodgson SH, Duncan CJ, Spencer AJ, Knight MG, Drammeh A, Anagnostou NA, Berrie E, Moyle S, Gilbert SC, Soipei P, Okebe J, Colloca S, Cortese R, Viebig NK, Roberts R, Lawrie AM, Nicosia A, Imoukhuede EB, Bejon P, Chilengi R, Bojang K, Flanagan KL, Hill AV, Urban BC, Ewer KJ. Translating the immunogenicity of prime-boost immunization with ChAd63 and MVA ME-TRAP from malaria naive to malaria-endemic populations. Molecular Therapy 2014, 22(11), 1992-2003.