Enitan Carrol
{{short description|British physician and Professor}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name = Enitan Carrol
| alma_mater = University of Aberdeen
| workplaces = University of Liverpool
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Enitan Carrol is a British physician and Professor of Clinical Infection, Microbiology and Immunology. Carrol studies the mechanisms that underpin bacterial infection. In 2020 she was featured in Nicola Rollock's exhibition Phenomenal Women: Portraits of UK Black Female Professors.
Early life and education
Research and career
In 2013 Carrol was made a Professor at the University of Liverpool.{{Cite web|title=Enitan Carrol - University of Liverpool|url=https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/infection-and-global-health/staff/enitan-carrol/|access-date=2020-10-05|website=www.liverpool.ac.uk}} Her research considers the biological mechanisms that underpin bacterial infections.{{Cite web|title=Enitan D. Carrol|url=https://eutranslationalmedicine.org/enitan-d-carrol|access-date=2020-10-05|website=European Society for the Translational Medicine (EUSTM)|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=Enitan Carrol - University of Liverpool|url=https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/infection-and-global-health/staff/enitan-carrol/research/|access-date=2020-10-05|website=www.liverpool.ac.uk}} Carrol has investigated clinic deterioration of children, and looked to understand whether the use of a paediatric early warning score (PEWS) could be used to prevent admission to critical care.{{Cite web|title=DETECT study|url=https://www.hra.nhs.uk/planning-and-improving-research/application-summaries/research-summaries/detect-study-2/|access-date=2020-10-05|website=Health Research Authority|language=en-GB}} In particular, she proposed the use of VitalPAC, an electronic handheld device that healthcare professionals can use to document vital signs and automatically calculate PEWS. Patients with a higher PEWS score require more urgent medical attention, and alert messages are sent to senior nurses and doctors.
She is a member of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) sepsis development group.{{Cite journal|last1=Weiss|first1=Scott L.|last2=Peters|first2=Mark J.|last3=Alhazzani|first3=Waleed|last4=Agus|first4=Michael S. D.|last5=Flori|first5=Heidi R.|last6=Inwald|first6=David P.|last7=Nadel|first7=Simon|last8=Schlapbach|first8=Luregn J.|last9=Tasker|first9=Robert C.|last10=Argent|first10=Andrew C.|last11=Brierley|first11=Joe|date=2020-02-01|title=Executive summary: surviving sepsis campaign international guidelines for the management of septic shock and sepsis-associated organ dysfunction in children|journal=Intensive Care Medicine|language=en|volume=46|issue=1|pages=1–9|doi=10.1007/s00134-019-05877-7|pmid=32030528|s2cid=211048766|issn=1432-1238|doi-access=free}} As part of this work, Carrol has studied the use of antibiotics in treating sepsis.{{Cite web|date=2019-11-11|title=£2m trial seeks to inform better use of antibiotics in sepsis|url=https://liverpoolhealthpartners.org.uk/2m-trial-seeks-to-inform-better-use-of-antibiotics-in-sepsis/|access-date=2020-10-05|website=Liverpool Health Partners|language=en-GB}} She is interested in whether Procalcitonin (PCT) could be used to improve the assessment and treatment of sepsis.{{Cite web|title=PRONTO|url=https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/centre-for-trials-research/research/studies-and-trials/view/pronto|access-date=2020-10-05|website=Cardiff University|language=en}} In 2020 Carrol started to work with Imperial College London on the development of rapid diagnostic tests for severe illnesses through the use of gene signatures.{{Cite web|date=2020-01-20|title=Rapid test could diagnose serious conditions within two hours - University of Liverpool News|url=https://news.liverpool.ac.uk/2020/01/20/rapid-test-could-diagnose-serious-conditions-within-two-hours/|access-date=2020-10-05|website=News|language=en}} Such tests will study the genetic make-up of patient blood samples, and compare them to a comprehensive library of the gene signatures of particular diseases.
Academic service
Carrol is the Knowledge Exchange Lead at the University of Liverpool Institute of Infection and Global Health.{{Cite web|title=Stories - Institute of Infection and Global Health - University of Liverpool|url=https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/infection-and-global-health/news/stories/title,647848,en.html|access-date=2020-10-05|website=www.liverpool.ac.uk}} As of February 2019, there were only 25 Black women professors in the United Kingdom.{{Cite web|title=We Urgently Need More Black Female Professors In UK Universities|url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/black-female-professors-uk-universities|access-date=2020-10-05|website=British Vogue|language=en-GB}} She is a member of Iyiola Solanke's Black Female Professor Forum. In 2020 her portrait was included in Nicola Rollock's exhibition, Phenomenal Women: Portraits of UK Black Female Professors.{{Cite web|date=2020-03-09|title=Britain's black female professors celebrated in new exhibition|url=https://universitybusiness.co.uk/news/britains-black-female-professors-celebrated-in-new-exhibition/|access-date=2020-10-05|website=University Business|language=en-GB}}{{Cite news|date=2020-03-09|title=Portraits of Black Female Professors|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-51800467|access-date=2020-10-05}}
Publications
- {{Cite journal|last1=Davila|first1=Sonia|last2=Wright|first2=Victoria J|last3=Khor|first3=Chiea Chuen|last4=Sim|first4=Kar Seng|last5=Binder|first5=Alexander|last6=Breunis|first6=Willemijn B|last7=Inwald|first7=David|last8=Nadel|first8=Simon|last9=Betts|first9=Helen|last10=Carrol|first10=Enitan D|last11=de Groot|first11=Ronald|date=2010|title=Genome-wide association study identifies variants in the CFH region associated with host susceptibility to meningococcal disease|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/ng.640|journal=Nature Genetics|language=en|volume=42|issue=9|pages=772–776|doi=10.1038/ng.640|pmid=20694013|s2cid=5946597|issn=1546-1718|url-access=subscription}}>
- {{Cite journal|last1=Weiss|first1=Scott L.|last2=Peters|first2=Mark J.|last3=Alhazzani|first3=Waleed|last4=Agus|first4=Michael S. D.|last5=Flori|first5=Heidi R.|last6=Inwald|first6=David P.|last7=Nadel|first7=Simon|last8=Schlapbach|first8=Luregn J.|last9=Tasker|first9=Robert C.|last10=Argent|first10=Andrew C.|last11=Brierley|first11=Joe|date=2020-02-01|title=Surviving sepsis campaign international guidelines for the management of septic shock and sepsis-associated organ dysfunction in children|url= |journal=Intensive Care Medicine|language=en|volume=46|issue=1|pages=10–67|doi=10.1007/s00134-019-05878-6|issn=1432-1238|pmc=7095013|pmid=32030529}}
- {{Cite journal|last1=Carrol|first1=Enitan D.|last2=Guiver|first2=Malcolm|last3=Nkhoma|first3=Standwell|last4=Mankhambo|first4=Limangeni A.|last5=Marsh|first5=John|last6=Balmer|first6=Paul|last7=Banda|first7=Daniel L.|last8=Jeffers|first8=Graham|last9=White|first9=Sarah A.|last10=Molyneux|first10=Elizabeth M.|last11=Molyneux|first11=Malcolm E.|date=May 2007|title=High Pneumococcal DNA Loads Are Associated With Mortality in Malawian Children With Invasive Pneumococcal Disease|journal=The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal|volume=26|issue=5|pages=416–422|doi=10.1097/01.inf.0000260253.22994.61|issn=0891-3668|pmc=2810843|pmid=17468652}}
References
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Category:British immunologists
Category:British women medical doctors
Category:21st-century Black British women
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Category:Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians
Category:Alumni of the University of Aberdeen
Category:Black British women scientists