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Details for Professor Robert Heyderman
| Personal details | |
| Name | Professor Robert Heyderman |
| Job title | Visiting Fellow |
| Department | School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine University of Bristol |
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| Qualifications | BSc, MB,BS, PhD(Lond), FRCP(RCP), DTM&H |
| Professional details | |
| Membership of professional bodies | Royal College of Physicians British Infection Society British Society for Immunology American Society for Microbiology |
| Keywords | meningitis meningococcal disease sepsis infectious diseases endothelium inflammation |
| Areas of expertise | I have a broad interest in how infections are caused and how to prevent them. My research focuses on understanding the response of blood vessels to the microbes that cause meningitis and meningococcal disease. We are also studying how the body develops immunity naturally to these microbes in order to develop better vaccines. We have several research projects investigating the treament and care of patients with suspected meningitis. |