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Dr Jonathan Underwood

Dr Jonathan Underwood

MRC-NIHR Clinical Academic Research Partnership Fellow

Email
underwoodj7@cardiff.ac.uk
Telephone
+44 (0)29 2074 6718
Campuses
A1 corridor, Main Hospital Building, University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff, CF14 4XN

Overview

I am a consultant physician specialising in acute medicine and infectious diseases based at the University Hospital of Wales. I completed a PhD at Imperial College London in 2017 where I studied cognitive impairment in treated HIV-disease. My main research interest is understanding the neurological sequelae of infections.

I have recently been awarded an MRC-NIHR Clinical Academic Research Partnership grant to study blood-brain barrier dysfunction and cognitive outcomes following bloodstream infection. This work is in partnership with Prof Neil Harrison based at CUBRIC and the SAIL Databank at Swansea University and Public Health Wales.

Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic I am currently back working clinically full-time. Additionally, I am the PI for several COVID-19 randomised controlled trials of immunotherapy.

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Teaching

I currently provide educational and clinical supervision to ACCS and infectious diseases trainees. 

I also supervise student SSC projects and teach clinical skills to undergraduates.

Primarily using neuropsychological testing and neuroimaging, I studied cognitive impairment in treated HIV-disease during my PhD at Imperial College London.

I have recently been awarded an MRC-NIHR Clinical Academic Research Partnership grant to study blood-brain barrier dysfunction and cognitive outcomes following bloodstream infection. This work is in partnership with Prof Neil Harrison based at CUBRIC and the SAIL Databank at Swansea University and Public Health Wales.

Supervision

Past projects