Staff Profile

Introduction

I am a respiratory specialty registrar doctor and graduate of Newcastle University medical school currently undertaking doctoral research into GM-CSF and alveolar macrophage function, including the effects of ageing and critical illness, and contributing to other work on innate immunity. Our research includes the administration of targeted therapeutic interventions with the aims of obtaining mechanistic data that could potentially inform future work on pneumonia and infection prevention, treatment and antimicrobial stewardship. I work as part of the PRINCIPLE group (Paediatric, Respiratory and INtensive Care Immunity and PuLmonary Epithelium group).

Qualifications

MBBS, Newcastle University, 2013

MRCP(UK), Royal College of Physicians, 2017

Specialty Certificate in Respiratory Medicine, 2022

Memberships

British Thoracic Society (BTS)

European Respiratory Society (ERS)

Royal College of Physicians

• Articles

  • Davidson R, Carling M, Jackson K, Aujayeb A. Indwelling pleural catheters: evidence for and management. Postgraduate Medical Journal 2023, 99(1171), 416–422.
  • Harvey M, Weston KL, Gray WK, O'Callaghan A, Oates LL, Davidson R, Walker RW. High-intensity interval training in people with Parkinson’s disease: a randomized, controlled feasibility trial. Clinical Rehabilitation 2019, 33(3), 428-438.

• Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)

  • Ong WH, Lane N, Messer B, Tedd H, Armstrong A, Davidson R, Ireland P, Rodger J, George K, Cattermole K. Transcutaneous CO2 measurement in a long term ventilation (LTV) service. In: British Thoracic Society Winter Meeting 2022. 2022, London: BMJ Group.

• Letter

  • Jackson K, Davidson R, Aujayeb A. Hepatic hydrothorax in the management of cirrhosis. Gut 2022, 71(2), 446-447.