Dr Fergus Hamilton
PhD
Expertise
I am a clinical academic in infectious disease and medical microbiology. I have a background in statistical genetics and clinical trials.
Current positions
Clinical Research Fellow
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Contact
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Biography
My personal website has my biography and details.
https://gushamilton.github.io/lab/
Research interests
I am interested in infection. My main interests are outcomes from severe infection, differentiating phenotypes of infection, and molecular approaches to diagnosis of infection.
I am currently an NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow at North Bristol NHS Trust, and am due to start a Wellcome GW4 PhD in 2020, looking at host genomic and transcriptomic responses in infection.
My other interest is in drawing causal inference from observational data.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
8539 LITMUS MRC UKRI3636
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Dates
13/06/2026 to 12/06/2031
Lipoproteins in InfecTion: Mapping genetics and drUg targetS (LITMUS)
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
13/06/2026 to 12/06/2031
Lipoproteins in InfecTion: Mapping genetics and drUg targetS (LITMUS)
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
13/06/2026 to 12/06/2031
Publications
Recent publications
22/05/2026An Accurate Genetic Colocalisation Method for the HLA Locus
HLA
Baseline levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) and the incidence and outcome of human sepsis
Nature Communications
Management and prevention of lower leg cellulitis
Internal medicine journal
Statin initiation and risk of serious respiratory infection
Open Forum Infectious Diseases
Altered IL-6 signalling and risk of tuberculosis
The Lancet Microbe
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