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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Thrombotic and hemorrhagic complications of COVID-19 in adults hospitalized in high-income countries compared with those in adults hospitalized in low- and middle-income countries in an international registry.
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Griffee MJ. et al, (2023), Research and practice in thrombosis and haemostasis, 7
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Association of Country Income Level With the Characteristics and Outcomes of Critically Ill Patients Hospitalized With Acute Kidney Injury and COVID-19.
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Wainstein M. et al, (2023), Kidney international reports
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Major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) in patients with severe COVID-19 registered in the ISARIC WHO clinical characterization protocol: A prospective, multinational, observational study.
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Reyes LF. et al, (2023), Journal of critical care, 77
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A Path to Real-World Evidence in Critical Care Using Open-Source Data Harmonization Tools.
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Heavner SF. et al, (2023), Crit Care Explor, 5
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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), International journal of epidemiology, 52, 355 - 376