
Dr Thomas Roberts
MBChB, PhD
Current positions
NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer in Emergency Medicine
Bristol Medical School (THS)
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Research interests
I am an Emergency Medicine doctor and clinical academic focused on improving the quality and equity of emergency care through high-impact research.
I am Co–Chief Investigator of CoMiTED-2, a £2.8 million multicentre RCT evaluating chest drain strategies in traumatic injury.
My research has a strong focus on trauma care and injury prevention, alongside a growing programme of work addressing serious youth violence, exploring the role of Emergency Departments as key sites for early intervention.
My broader portfolio includes research in anaphylaxis, acute headache, e-scooter injuries, doctors’ psychological wellbeing, drink spiking, and cross-cultural adaptation of research tools.
Across these areas, I am particularly interested in how research can be delivered effectively and equitably in emergency settings.
I am committed to building research capacity within Emergency Care by supporting collaboration and developing the next generation of researchers.
Over the next five years, my work will focus on advancing evidence in traumatic chest injury management, developing interventions to prevent serious youth violence and improving the treatment of patients with life-threatening anaphylaxis.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Identification And Evaluation Of A+E Navigator Services
Principal Investigator
Description
Funded by the Youth Endowment FundManaging organisational unit
School for Policy StudiesDates
01/01/2025 to 31/05/2025
Publications
Selected publications
21/11/2024Subarachnoid haemorrhage in the emergency department (SHED)
Emergency Medicine Journal
Recent publications
25/03/2026Childhood Violence Across Distinct, Overlapping, and Concurrent Contexts: Polyvictimization, Polyperpetration, and Missed Interventions Points among Child Knife Crime Fatalities in England
Frontiers in Medical Sociology
Corridor care, responsibility and red lines
European Journal of Emergency Medicine
Pre-Injury, injury and post-injury factors leading to death in children and young people who were victims of knife crime in England between 2019-2024
Emergency Medicine Journal
Going Beyond ‘Safer Streets’: Reducing Fatal Knife Injuries among Children and young people in England
Policy Bristol
Review of current practice in A&E Navigator programmes for youth violence prevention in England and Wales
Review of current practice in A&E Navigator programmes for youth violence prevention in England and Wales




