Enitan Carrol

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Enitan Carrol
Alma materUniversity of Aberdeen
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Liverpool

Enitan Carrol

FRCPCH is a British physician and Professor of Clinical Infection, Microbiology and Immunology. Carrol studies the mechanisms that underpin bacterial infection. In 2020 she was featured in Nicola Rollock
's exhibition Phenomenal Women: Portraits of UK Black Female Professors.

Early life and education

Carrol studied medicine at the University of Aberdeen.[1]

Research and career

In 2013 Carrol was made a Professor at the University of Liverpool.[2] Her research considers the biological mechanisms that underpin bacterial infections.[3][4] Carrol has investigated clinic deterioration of children, and looked to understand whether the use of a paediatric early warning score (PEWS) could be used to prevent admission to critical care.[5] In particular, she proposed the use of VitalPAC, an electronic handheld device that healthcare professionals can use to document vital signs and automatically calculate PEWS. Patients with a higher PEWS score require more urgent medical attention, and alert messages are sent to senior nurses and doctors.[5]

She is a member of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) sepsis development group.[6] As part of this work, Carrol has studied the use of antibiotics in treating sepsis.[7] She is interested in whether Procalcitonin (PCT) could be used to improve the assessment and treatment of sepsis.[7][8] In 2020 Carrol started to work with Imperial College London on the development of rapid diagnostic tests for severe illnesses through the use of gene signatures.[9] Such tests will study the genetic make-up of patient blood samples, and compare them to a comprehensive library of the gene signatures of particular diseases.[9]

Academic service

Carrol is the Knowledge Exchange Lead at the University of Liverpool Institute of Infection and Global Health.[10] As of February 2019, there were only 25 Black women professors in the United Kingdom.[11] She is a member of Iyiola Solanke's Black Female Professor Forum.[11] In 2020 her portrait was included in Nicola Rollock's exhibition, Phenomenal Women: Portraits of UK Black Female Professors.[12][13]

Publications

References

  1. ^ "Aberdeen graduation". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 2020-10-05.
  2. ^ "Enitan Carrol - University of Liverpool". www.liverpool.ac.uk. Retrieved 2020-10-05.
  3. ^ "Enitan D. Carrol". European Society for the Translational Medicine (EUSTM). Retrieved 2020-10-05.
  4. ^ "Enitan Carrol - University of Liverpool". www.liverpool.ac.uk. Retrieved 2020-10-05.
  5. ^ a b "DETECT study". Health Research Authority. Retrieved 2020-10-05.
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  7. ^ a b "£2m trial seeks to inform better use of antibiotics in sepsis". Liverpool Health Partners. 2019-11-11. Retrieved 2020-10-05.
  8. ^ "PRONTO". Cardiff University. Retrieved 2020-10-05.
  9. ^ a b "Rapid test could diagnose serious conditions within two hours - University of Liverpool News". News. 2020-01-20. Retrieved 2020-10-05.
  10. ^ "Stories - Institute of Infection and Global Health - University of Liverpool". www.liverpool.ac.uk. Retrieved 2020-10-05.
  11. ^ a b "We Urgently Need More Black Female Professors In UK Universities". British Vogue. Retrieved 2020-10-05.
  12. ^ "Britain's black female professors celebrated in new exhibition". University Business. 2020-03-09. Retrieved 2020-10-05.
  13. ^ "Portraits of Black Female Professors". BBC News. 2020-03-09. Retrieved 2020-10-05.
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