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Staff Profile

Dr Chris Wilkinson

NIHR clinical lecturer in cardiology

Background

I am an NIHR academic clinical lecturer and specialty registrar in cardiology. I am interested in population epidemiology, healthcare quality and reducing inequalities.  In particular, I have recently been looking at improving outcomes for older people with frailty and cardiovascular disease. 

My MD was in cardiovascular epidemiology (University of Leeds). I was also a clinical lecturer and specialty doctor in cardiology at York Hospital and Hull-York Medical School. I have completed a research fellowship at Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, where I was in receipt of an Ionescu Visiting Fellowship.

I currently lead the healthcare quality module on the MPH programme at Newcastle alongside my research. I am a member of Q (Health Foundation) and the British Cardiovascular Society Emerging Leaders programme.


Qualifications

MD, MPH, MBBS, MRCP, FHEA

Post-graduate certificate in clinical education

European Examination in General Cardiology


Other roles

I am a visiting research fellow in the Department for Health Sciences at York University, and at the Leeds Institute for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine, and am an honorary clinical lecturer at Hull-York Medical School.


I provide peer review for journals including Circulation, European Heart Journal, Age and Ageing, EHJ Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes, Quality of Life Research, and Nature Scientific Reports.


Teaching

Module leader: 

  • Healthcare Quality (HSC8048) - Master of Public Health/Health Services Research



Lecturer:

  • Fudamentals of Research (HSC8001) - Master of Public Health/Health Services Research
  • Health and Illness: Professional and Societal Perspectives (BMS3015) - BSc in Biomedical Sciences

 

I hold a post-graduate certificate in clinical education (Newcastle University), and am completing an MSc in Health Professions Education (University of York).

 

I have experience in supervision at Bachelor, Master, and Doctoral level.

Research

My research focuses on using large datasets to identify how cardiovascular care may be improved. Currently, I am investigating how frailty modifies outcomes for older people with cardiovascular disease.

Publications