{"id":1969,"date":"2025-05-06T12:51:04","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T11:51:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/cirg\/?post_type=people&#038;p=1969"},"modified":"2025-11-13T10:37:40","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T10:37:40","slug":"sarah-clifford","status":"publish","type":"people","link":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/cirg\/people\/sarah-clifford\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr Sarah Clifford"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kb-row-layout-id1969_e71e5f-06 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:center;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id1969_e71e5f-06 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:center;}.kb-row-layout-id1969_e71e5f-06 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);max-width:1520px;padding-top:60px;padding-right:60px;padding-bottom:100px;padding-left:60px;min-height:450px;grid-template-columns:repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));}.kb-row-layout-id1969_e71e5f-06 > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and 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.kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}.kadence-column1969_ff6917-29 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;align-items:flex-start;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column1969_ff6917-29\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><h1 style=\"margin-right:30px;margin-left:30px;\" class=\"has-text-align-left has-link-color alignwide wp-elements-7f0e93526abd321ff1f7582370c35923 wp-block-post-title has-text-color has-standard-white-color\">Dr Sarah Clifford<\/h1>\n\n<div class=\"has-text-align-left has-link-color cirg-screen-excerpt people-excerpt wp-elements-673e67c071a659143e2b05686475d045 wp-block-post-excerpt has-text-color has-standard-white-color\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Consultant Infectious Disease Physician <\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<style>.kb-row-layout-id1969_72c77a-fa > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id1969_72c77a-fa > 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kt-row-valign-top\">\n<style>.kadence-column1969_c97897-4d > .kt-inside-inner-col{display:flex;}.kadence-column1969_c97897-4d > .kt-inside-inner-col{padding-top:35px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:40px;padding-left:30px;}.kadence-column1969_c97897-4d > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column1969_c97897-4d > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:10px;border-top-right-radius:10px;border-bottom-right-radius:10px;border-bottom-left-radius:10px;}.kadence-column1969_c97897-4d > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column1969_c97897-4d > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}.kadence-column1969_c97897-4d > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kt-row-column-wrap > .kadence-column1969_c97897-4d{align-self:center;}.kt-inner-column-height-full:not(.kt-has-1-columns) > .wp-block-kadence-column.kadence-column1969_c97897-4d{align-self:auto;}.kt-inner-column-height-full:not(.kt-has-1-columns) > .wp-block-kadence-column.kadence-column1969_c97897-4d > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}.kadence-column1969_c97897-4d > .kt-inside-inner-col{background-color:#ffffff;}.kadence-column1969_c97897-4d > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column1969_c97897-4d{position:relative;}.kadence-column1969_c97897-4d, .kt-inside-inner-col > .kadence-column1969_c97897-4d:not(.specificity){margin-top:-70px;margin-bottom:15px;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kt-row-column-wrap > .kadence-column1969_c97897-4d{align-self:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kt-inner-column-height-full:not(.kt-has-1-columns) > .wp-block-kadence-column.kadence-column1969_c97897-4d{align-self:auto;}}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kt-inner-column-height-full:not(.kt-has-1-columns) > .wp-block-kadence-column.kadence-column1969_c97897-4d > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column1969_c97897-4d > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kt-row-column-wrap > .kadence-column1969_c97897-4d{align-self:center;}.kt-inner-column-height-full:not(.kt-has-1-columns) > .wp-block-kadence-column.kadence-column1969_c97897-4d{align-self:auto;}.kt-inner-column-height-full:not(.kt-has-1-columns) > .wp-block-kadence-column.kadence-column1969_c97897-4d > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}.kadence-column1969_c97897-4d > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column1969_c97897-4d\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide\">Position:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Consultant Infectious Disease Physician<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide\">Research Interests:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Imported infections <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Asylum Seeker <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Refugee Health Parasitology<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide\">Projects\/Grants:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>GeoSentinel<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide\">Background:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Consultant in Infectious Diseases and Acute medicine appointed in 2024. Established a clinic focussing on the health of Asylum seekers and Refugees new to Scotland. I undertook a MSc in Molecular Biology of Parasites and Disease Vectors followed by the Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, and training in clinical tropical medicine in Peru (The Gorgas Course).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide cirg-key-publications has-light-accent-blue-background-color has-background\" style=\"margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:40px;padding-left:30px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-26a12442 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide publications-header\">Key Publications<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-pb-accordion-item c-accordion__item js-accordion-item no-js\" data-initially-open=\"false\" data-click-to-close=\"true\" data-auto-close=\"true\" data-scroll=\"false\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\"><h2 id=\"at-196926\" class=\"c-accordion__title js-accordion-controller\" role=\"button\">2025<\/h2><div id=\"ac-196926\" class=\"c-accordion__content\">\n<p><strong>Clifford, S. A<\/strong>., Mathers, M., Atkinson, L., &amp; Bulteel, N. S. (2025). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S259017022500113X?via%3Dihub\">Rash in an immunocompromised patient born in the Philippines.<\/a>\u00a0<em>Clinical Infection in Practice<\/em>, 100518.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-pb-accordion-item c-accordion__item js-accordion-item no-js\" data-initially-open=\"false\" data-click-to-close=\"true\" data-auto-close=\"true\" data-scroll=\"false\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\"><h2 id=\"at-196927\" class=\"c-accordion__title js-accordion-controller\" role=\"button\">2024<\/h2><div id=\"ac-196927\" class=\"c-accordion__content\">\n<p>Noble R, <strong>Clifford S,<\/strong> Duguid A. <a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC11474318\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC11474318\/\">Circulating plasmablasts in dengue fever. <\/a>EJHaem. 2024 Sep 26;5(5):1080-1081.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-pb-accordion-item c-accordion__item js-accordion-item no-js\" data-initially-open=\"false\" data-click-to-close=\"true\" data-auto-close=\"true\" data-scroll=\"false\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\"><h2 id=\"at-196914\" class=\"c-accordion__title js-accordion-controller\" role=\"button\">2018<\/h2><div id=\"ac-196914\" class=\"c-accordion__content\">\n<p>Betson M,<strong> Clifford S<\/strong>, Stanton M, Kabatereine NB, Stothard JR. <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/29325068\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/29325068\/\">Emergence of Nonfalciparum Plasmodium Infection Despite Regular Artemisinin Combination Therapy in an 18-Month Longitudinal Study of Ugandan Children and Their Mothers.<\/a> J Infect Dis. 2018 Mar 13;217(7):1099-1109.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-pb-accordion-item c-accordion__item js-accordion-item no-js\" data-initially-open=\"false\" data-click-to-close=\"true\" data-auto-close=\"true\" data-scroll=\"false\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\"><h2 id=\"at-196915\" class=\"c-accordion__title js-accordion-controller\" role=\"button\">2015<\/h2><div id=\"ac-196915\" class=\"c-accordion__content\">\n<p>Lewis JM, <strong>Clifford S, <\/strong>Nsutebu E. <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/25969518\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/25969518\/\">Toxoplasmosis in immunosuppressed patients.<\/a> Rheumatology (Oxford). 2015 Nov;54(11):1939-40.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-pb-accordion-item c-accordion__item js-accordion-item no-js\" data-initially-open=\"false\" data-click-to-close=\"true\" data-auto-close=\"true\" data-scroll=\"false\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\"><h2 id=\"at-196916\" class=\"c-accordion__title js-accordion-controller\" role=\"button\">2012<\/h2><div id=\"ac-196916\" class=\"c-accordion__content\">\n<p>Betson M, Sousa-Figueiredo JC, <strong>Clifford S<\/strong>, Atuhaire A, Arinaitwe M, Adriko M, Mwesigwa G, Nabonge J, Kabatereine NB, Sutherland CJ, Stothard JR. <a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC3472645\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC3472645\/\">Artemther-lumefantrine is partially effective for treating chronic multi-species malaria in Ugandan pre-school children.<\/a> Malar J. 2012 Oct 15;11(Suppl 1):P11.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide cirg-all-publications\" style=\"margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:40px;padding-left:30px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-26a12442 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide publications-header\">All Publications<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-pb-accordion-item c-accordion__item js-accordion-item no-js\" data-initially-open=\"false\" data-click-to-close=\"true\" data-auto-close=\"true\" data-scroll=\"false\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\"><h2 id=\"at-196917\" class=\"c-accordion__title js-accordion-controller\" role=\"button\">2024<\/h2><div id=\"ac-196917\" class=\"c-accordion__content\">\n<p>Noble R, <strong>Clifford S,<\/strong> Duguid A. <a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC11474318\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC11474318\/\">Circulating plasmablasts in dengue fever. <\/a>EJHaem. 2024 Sep 26;5(5):1080-1081.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-pb-accordion-item c-accordion__item js-accordion-item no-js\" data-initially-open=\"false\" data-click-to-close=\"true\" data-auto-close=\"true\" data-scroll=\"false\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\"><h2 id=\"at-196918\" class=\"c-accordion__title js-accordion-controller\" role=\"button\">2023<\/h2><div id=\"ac-196918\" class=\"c-accordion__content\">\n<p>Pascall DJ, Vink E, Blacow R, Bulteel N, Campbell A, Campbell R, <strong>Clifford S,<\/strong> Davis C, da Silva Filipe A, El Sakka N, Fjodorova L, Forrest R, Goldstein E, Gunson R, Haughney J, Holden MTG, Honour P, Hughes J, James E, Lewis T, Lycett S, MacLean O, McHugh M, Mollett G, Onishi Y, Parcell B, Ray S, Robertson DL, Shabaan S, Shepherd JG, Smollett K, Templeton K, Wastnedge E, Wilkie C, Williams T, Thomson EC; COVID-19 Genomics UK (COG-UK) Consortium. <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/37053201\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/37053201\/\">The SARS-CoV-2 Alpha variant was associated with increased clinical severity of COVID-19 in Scotland: A genomics-based retrospective cohort analysis. <\/a>PLoS One. 2023 Apr 13;18(4):e0284187.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pascall DJ, Vink E, Blacow R, Bulteel N, Campbell A, Campbell R, <strong>Clifford S,<\/strong> Davis C, da Silva Filipe A, El Sakka N, Fjodorova L, Forrest R, Goldstein E, Gunson R, Haughney J, Holden MTG, Honour P, Hughes J, James E, Lewis T, MacLean O, McHugh M, Mollett G, Nyberg T, Onishi Y, Parcell B, Ray S, Robertson DL, Seaman SR, Shabaan S, Shepherd JG, Smollett K, Templeton K, Wastnedge E, Wilkie C, Williams T; COVID-19 Genomics UK (COG-UK) Consortium; Thomson EC. <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/37270070\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/37270070\/\">Directions of change in intrinsic case severity across successive SARS-CoV-2 variant waves have been inconsistent.<\/a> J Infect. 2023 Aug;87(2):128-135.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-pb-accordion-item c-accordion__item js-accordion-item no-js\" data-initially-open=\"false\" data-click-to-close=\"true\" data-auto-close=\"true\" data-scroll=\"false\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\"><h2 id=\"at-196919\" class=\"c-accordion__title js-accordion-controller\" role=\"button\">2022<\/h2><div id=\"ac-196919\" class=\"c-accordion__content\">\n<p>RECOVERY Collaborative Group. <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/34800427\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/34800427\/\">Aspirin 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