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Dr

David Lawrence

Clinical Research Physician

Clinical Research

Orcid identifier0000-0002-5439-4039
  • Clinical Research Physician
    Clinical Research

BIO

My work spans multiple disciplines (clinical trials, epidemiology, diagnostics, health economics, anthropology) but is unified by an unwavering drive to reduce mortality and morbidity from advanced HIV disease.

I joined the Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases in 2017 and was based in Gaborone, Botswana for four years where I worked as the Lead Clinician for the AMBIsome Therapy Induction OptimisatioN (AMBITION) trial. AMBITION was a phase III randomised controlled trial of a single, high-dose liposomal amphotericin regimen for HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis and recruited patients from six sites across five countries in Southern Africa.

I returned to the UK in 2021 and following the success of the trial I am co-investigator on a number of research and non-research grants aimed at maximising the impact of the AMBITION regimen in routine care settings and applying research advances in cryptococcal meningitis to other HIV-associated fungal infections.

Alongside research I work two-days a week for the NHS as a HIV and Sexual Health doctor.

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Research Associate
    Botswana Harvard AIDS Institute Partnership, Gaborone, Botswana1 Jun 2017 - present
  • Honorary Associate Professor
    University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa1 Mar 2024 - present

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • HIV and Sexual Health Doctor
    King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom1 Oct 2021 - present

DEGREES

  • PhD
    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom3 Jan 2023 - present
  • MSc
    Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom1 Jan 2012 - present
  • MBChB
    University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom1 Jun 2012 - present

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Diploma in HIV
    Worshipful Society of Apothecaries, London, United Kingdom1 Oct 2024 - present
  • Diploma in Genitourinary Medicine
    Worshipful Society of Apothecaries, London, United Kingdom1 Aug 2022 - present
  • Diploma in the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Health
    Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Health1 Aug 2022 - present
  • Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
    Royal College of Physicians, London, United Kingdom1 Jun 2018 - present
  • Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy
    Higher Education Academy, York, United Kingdom1 Dec 2022 - present
  • MRCP(UK)
    Royal College of Physicians, London, United Kingdom1 Mar 2016 - present

REGIONS & COUNTRIES

  • Botswana
  • Malawi
  • South Africa
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels)
  • Uganda
  • United Kingdom
  • Zimbabwe
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Guinea
  • Mozambique
  • Vietnam

TOPICS & DISCIPLINES