Clinical Research Fellow
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and King's College, London, United Kingdom
Dr Blair Merrick is an Infectious Diseases and General Internal Medicine clinician in London, UK currently taking time out of clinical training to work as a Clinical Research Fellow at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, and undetake a PhD at King's College, London. His research interests involve microbiota manipulation using faecal microbiota transplantation to treat Clostridioides difficile infection, combat antimicrobial resistance and improve outcomes in patients with chronic liver disease. During the Covid-19 pandemic he helped develop and role out antibody testing and lateral flow assays to aid the diagnosis of post Covid-19 syndromes and improve patient flow through secondary care.