Laura Merson
IDDO ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
IDDO
Laura Merson joined ERGO and IDDO in 2015 to support new platform initiatives for emerging infections and neglected tropical diseases, including coordination of the Ebola Data Sharing Platform. This joint position integrates many of Laura’s research interests including exploring issues in sharing biomedical research data and in changing the paradigm of clinical research in outbreaks to enable rapid research response to emerging infections. As an executive member of the International Severe Acute Respiratory and Emerging Infections Consortium (ISARIC), Laura has contributed to the development of standardized, open-access research protocols designed for outbreak response in collaboration with the World Health Organization. Before moving to Oxford, Laura spent more than six years building capacity in research design, implementation and ethics across Asia and Africa as Head of Clinical Trials for the Oxford University Clinical Research Unit Viet Nam.
Collaborations
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Recent publications
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Correction: A randomised double blind placebo controlled phase 2 trial of adjunctive aspirin for tuberculous meningitis in HIV-uninfected adults.
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Mai NTH. et al, (2023), Elife, 12
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Characteristics and outcomes of an international cohort of 600 000 hospitalized patients with COVID-19.
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Kartsonaki C. et al, (2023), Int J Epidemiol
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[MOSAIC: a European cohort study of human Mpox - the challenges of clinical research in outbreaks].
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Kali S. et al, (2023), Virologie (Montrouge), 27, 23 - 26
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MOSAIC: a European cohort study of human Mpox - the challenges of clinical research in outbreaks.
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Kali S. et al, (2023), Virologie (Montrouge), 27, 12 - 15
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A cohort study of Post COVID-19 Condition across the Beta, Delta and Omicron waves in South Africa: 6-month follow up of hospitalised and non-hospitalised participants.
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Jassat W. et al, (2022), International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases