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Dr Nuria Sanchez Clemente

Senior Clinical Lecturer
Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology
Infection and Immunity Research Institute
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I am a clinical academic with expertise in emergent congenital infections, neglected tropical diseases, and migrant health.

My work is nested within the Centre for Neonatal and Paediatric Infection and the Migrant Health Research Group at St. George’s where I am currently studying vaccination uptake and infectious diseases outcomes in migrant children using England-wide administrative health datasets.

I am also a collaborator on the LIFE Zika study which is a collaboration between the Microcephaly Epidemic Research Group (MERG), The Centre for Data and Knowledge Integration for Health (CIDACS) in Fiocruz, Brazil and LSHTM looking at the long term consequences for children born with congenital Zika infection in Brazil and the wider impacts on their families and societies.

I am a Senior Lecturer and Paediatric Infectious Diseases consultant at St. George’s University London and Evelina Children’s Hospital. My research aims to reduce the burden of infectious diseases in the most overlooked children.

My current projects include epidemiological research into neglected tropical diseases, with a focus on paediatric and pregnant populations and congenital infections in Latin America and Uganda, and paediatric migrant health in the UK and EU context.

I have an MSc in Tropical Medicine and International Health and Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene from LSHTM during which I led a study in Peru which resulted in the first systematic review on Bartonella bacilliformis.

In 2015, I secured a PhD fellowship from the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) leading a research project in the state Sao Paulo which followed up 750 pregnant women and their children during the Zika virus epidemic in Brazil.

In 2022 I was appointed as NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer at St. George’s and obtained Academy of Medical Science (AMS) funding to study healthcare use and infectious disease diagnoses and outcomes among children who require an interpreter in England using HDR-UK linked primary and secondary care datasets in collaboration with Robert Aldridge and the Data Science team at UCL. I also worked with Doctors of the World, to analyse maternal and postnatal outcomes of undocumented migrants in the UK and with the ‘RESPOND’ Refugee Family Project at UCLH doing qualitative research to inform the design of pathways for newly arrived asylum seeking children and young people..

I recently lead a meta-analysis on paediatric and maternal mpox infection in pregnancy and childhood, together with experts from Rwanda, DRC, Uganda, and WHO and I am currently contributing to the design of maternal mpox vaccine trials in Uganda and DRC.

I am also a collaborator on the PREPARE project which is a large international study which aims to determine correlates of protection and carry out Phase II trials for Group B Strep vaccine candidates. 

 

 

1. Brickley EB, Miranda-Filho DB, Ximenes RAA; MERG, ZBC-Consortium, and LIFE Zika Study members. Preparing for the rapid research response to the possible vertical transmission of Oropouche virus: lessons from a decade of congenital Zika research. Lancet Infect Dis. 2024 Sep 27:S1473-3099(24)00618-2. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(24)00618-2. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39348835.

2. Pepper M, Rebouças P, Falcão IR, Sanchez Clemente N, Lowe R, Schneider R, Pescarini JM, Santos GFD, Andrade RF, Cortes TR, Ranzani OT, Brickley EB, Barreto ML, Paixao ES. Prenatal exposure to ambient air pollution and subsequent risk of lower respiratory tract infections in childhood and adolescence: A systematic review. Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2024 Oct 4;263:114473. doi: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2024.114473. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39368219.

3. Hobart C, Pescarini JM, Evans L, Adil HS, Adil ST, Deal A, Carter J, Matthews PC, Hargreaves S, Clemente NS. Hepatitis B infection and immunity in Migrant Children and Pregnant Persons in Europe: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Travel Med. 2024 Jul 11:taae094. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taae094. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38990201

 

4. Sanchez Clemente N, Coles C, Paixao ES, Brickley EB, Whittaker E, Alfven T, Rulisa S, Agudelo Higuita N, Torpiano P, Agravat P, Thorley EV, Drysdale SB, Le Doare K, Muyembe Tamfum JJ.Paediatric, maternal, and congenital mpox: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet Glob Health. 2024 Apr;12(4):e572-e588. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(23)00607-1. Epub 2024 Feb 21. PMID: 38401556

5. Knights F, Carter J, Deal A, Crawshaw A, Bouaddi O, Sanchez-Clemente N, Seedat F, Vanderslott S, Eagan R, Holt DE, Ciftci Y, Orcutt M, Seale H, Severoni S, Hargreaves S. Strengthening life-course immunisation in migrant populations: access, equity, and inclusion. Lancet Reg Health Eur. 2024 May 28;41:100806. doi: 10.1016/j.lanepe.2023.100806. PMID: 39119098; PMCID: PMC11306209.

6. Pescarini JM, Falcao IR, Reboucas P, Paixao ES, Sanchez-Clemente N, Goes EF, Abubakar I, Rodrigues LC, Brickley EB, Smeeth L, Barreto ML. Perinatal health outcomes of international migrant women in Brazil: A nationwide data linkage study of the CIDACS birth cohort (2011-2018). Travel Med Infect Dis. 2024 Jan-Feb;57:102672. doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2023.102672. Epub 2023 Nov 29. PMID: 38036158

 

7. Deal A, Crawshaw AF, Salloum M, Hayward SE, Carter J, Knights F, Seedat F, Bouaddi O, Sanchez-Clemente N, Muzinga Lutumba L, Mimi Kitoko L, Nkembi S, Hickey C, Mounier-Jack S, Majeed A, Hargreaves S. Understanding the views of adult migrants around catch-up vaccination for missed routine immunisations to define strategies to improve coverage: A UK in-depth interview study. Vaccine. 2024 May 10;42(13):3206-3214. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.04.005. Epub 2024 Apr 16. PMID: 38631950

8. Cherri Z, Lau K, Nellums LB, Himmels J, Deal A, McGuire E, Mounier-Jack S, Norredam M, Crawshaw A, Carter J, Seedat F, Clemente NS, Bouaddi O, Friedland JS, Edelstein M, Hargreaves S. The immune status of migrant populations in Europe and implications for vaccine-preventable disease control: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Travel Med. 2024 Feb 29:taae033. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taae033. Online ahead of print.PMID: 38423523

9. Lam T, Saso A, Torres Ortiz A, Hatcher J, Woodman M, Chandran S, Thistlethwayte R, Best T, Johnson M, Wagstaffe H, Mai A, Buckland M, Gilmour K, Goldblatt D, Grandjean L COVID-19 Staff Testing of Antibody Responses (Co-STARs) Study Team.; Socioeconomic and Demographic Risk Factors for SARS-CoV-2 Seropositivity Among Healthcare Workers in a UK Hospital: A Prospective Cohort Study. Clin Infect Dis. 2024 Mar 20;78(3):594-602. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciad522. PMID: 37647517

10. Sanchez Clemente N, Cinardo P, Ward A, Longley N, Harkensee C, Eisen S. A Whole-child, whole-family approach to health assessments for asylum-seeking children. BMJ Paediatr Open. 2022 Nov;6(1):e001575. doi: 10.1136/bmjpo-2022-001575. PMID: 36645766

11. Sanchez-Clemente N, Eisen S, Harkensee C, Longley N, O'Grady R, Ward A. Beyond arrival: safeguarding unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in the UK. Arch Dis Child. 2023 Mar;108(3):160-165. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2021-323648. Epub 2022 Jun 21. PMID: 35728940

12. Sanchez Clemente N, Penner J, Breuer J, Ip W, Booth C. Case Report: A Severe Paediatric Presentation of COVID-19 in APDS2 Immunodeficiency. Front Immunol. 2022 May 30;13:881259. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.881259. eCollection 2022. PMID: 35707532

13. Power GM, Vaughan AM, Qiao L, Sanchez Clemente N, Pescarini JM, Paixão ES, Lobkowicz L, Raja AI, Portela Souza A, Barreto ML, Brickley EB. Socioeconomic risk markers of arthropod-borne virus (arbovirus) infections: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis. BMJ Glob Health. 2022 Apr;7(4):e007735. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2021-007735. PMID: 35428678

14. Grandjean L, Saso A, Torres Ortiz A, Lam T, Hatcher J, Thistlethwayte R, Harris M, Best T, Johnson M, Wagstaffe H, Ralph E, Mai A, Colijn C, Breuer J, Buckland M, Gilmour K, Goldblatt D; COVID-19 Staff Testing of Antibody Responses Study (Co-Stars) team. Long-Term Persistence of Spike Protein Antibody and Predictive Modeling of Antibody Dynamics After Infection With Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2. Clin Infect Dis. 2022 Apr 9;74(7):1220-1229. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciab607. PMID: 34218284
 
 
  1. NS Clemente, J Pang, C Rodrigues, P Aurora, J Breuer. Case Report: severe paediatric COVID-19 pneumonitis treated with remdesivir and nitazoxanide. Wellcome Open Research 6 (329), 329

 

  1. de Barros Miranda-Filho D, Brickley EB, Ramond A, Martelli CMT, Sanchez Clemente N, Velho Barreto de Araújo T, Rodrigues LC, Montarroyos UR, de Souza WV, de Albuquerque MFPM, Ventura LO, Marques ETA, Leal MC, Eickmann SH, Wanderley Rocha MA, Sobral da Silva PF, Gomes Carvalho MDC, Ramos RCF, da Silva Oliveira DM, Xavier MDN, Vasconcelos RAL, Veras Gonçalves A, Brainer AM, Tenório Cordeiro M, Arraes de Alencar Ximenes R, On Behalf Of The Microcephaly Epidemic Research Group. The Microcephaly Epidemic Research Group Paediatric Cohort (MERG-PC): A Cohort Profile. Viruses. 2021 Apr 1;13(4):602. doi: 10.3390/v13040602. PMID: 33916084; PMCID: PMC8067191.
  2. Qiao L, Martelli CMT, Raja AI, Sanchez Clemente N, de Araùjo TVB, Ximenes RAA, Miranda-Filho DB, Ramond A, Brickley EB. Epidemic preparedness: Prenatal Zika virus screening during the next epidemic. BMJ Glob Health. 2021 Jun;6(6):e005332. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2021-005332. PMID: 34117012.
  3. Sanchez Clemente N, Brickley EB, Furquim de Almeida M, Witkin SS, Duarte Passos S, Jundiai Zika Cohort Group T. Can Zika Virus Infection in High Risk Pregnant Women Be Differentiated on the Basis of Symptoms? Viruses. 2020 Nov 5;12(11):1263. doi: 10.3390/v12111263.PMID: 33167566 [1]
  4. Power GM, Francis SC, Sanchez Clemente N, Vasconcelos Z, Brasil P, Nielsen-Saines K, Brickley EB, Moreira ME. Examining the Association of Socioeconomic Position with Microcephaly and Delayed Childhood Neurodevelopment among Children with Prenatal Zika Virus Exposure. 2020 Nov 23;12(11):1342. doi: 10.3390/v12111342.PMID: 33238584 [1]
  5. Clemente NS, Ramond A, Turchi Martelli CM, Brickley EB. Geographies of risk: Emerging infectious diseases and travel health data.Travel Med Infect Dis. 2020 Jul-Aug;36:101806. doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2020.101806. Epub 2020 Jun 25.PMID: 32592905 [2]
  6. Ramond A, Lobkowicz L, Clemente NS, Vaughan A, Turchi MD, Wilder-Smith A, Brickley EB. Postnatal symptomatic Zika virus infections in children and adolescents: A systematic review. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2020 Oct 2;14(10):e0008612. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008612. eCollection 2020 Oct.PMID: 33006989 [3]
  7. Sanchez Clemente N, Brickley EB, Paixão ES, De Almeida MF, Gazeta RE, Vedovello D, Rodrigues LC, Witkin SS, Passos SD. Zika virus infection in pregnancy and adverse fetal outcomes in São Paulo State, Brazil: a prospective cohort study. Sci Rep. 2020 Jul 29;10(1):12673. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-69235-0.PMID: 32728054 [14]
  8. Lobkowicz L, Ramond A, Sanchez Clemente N, Ximenes RAA, Miranda-Filho DB, Montarroyos UR, Martelli CMT, de Araújo TVB, Brickley EB. The frequency and clinical presentation of Zika virus coinfections: a systematic review. BMJ Glob Health. 2020 May;5(5):e002350. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2020-002350.PMID: 32381652 [7]
  9. Sanchez Clemente N, Rodrigues M, Pascalicchio AP, Gazeta RE, Vedovello D, Brickley EB, De Almeida MF, Passos SD. Cohort profile: the Jundiaí Zika cohort (JZC), a pregnancy and birth cohort in São Paulo state, Brazil. BMJ Open. 2019 Aug 26;9(8):e027947. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-027947.PMID: 31455701 [10]
  10. Wilder-Smith A, Wei Y, Araújo TVB, VanKerkhove M, Turchi Martelli CM, Turchi MD, Teixeira M, Tami A, Souza J, Sousa P, Soriano-Arandes A, Soria-Segarra C, Sanchez Clemente N, Rosenberger KD, Reveiz L, et al. Understanding the relation between Zika virus infection during pregnancy and adverse fetal, infant and child outcomes: a protocol for a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis of longitudinal studies of pregnant women and their infants and children. Zika Virus Individual Participant Data Consortium. BMJ Open. 2019 Jun 18;9(6):e026092. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-026092.PMID: 31217315 [26]
  11. Soares F, Abranches AD, Villela L, Lara S, Araújo D, Nehab S, Silva L, Amaral Y, Junior SCG, Pone S, Lobkowicz L, Clemente NS, Brasil P, Nielsen-Saines K, Pone M, Brickley E, Moreira ME. Zika virus infection in pregnancy and infant growth, body composition in the first three months of life: a cohort study. Sci Rep. 2019 Dec 16;9(1):19198. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-55598-6. PMID: 31844129; PMCID: PMC6915782. [5]
  12. Buralli R, Canelas T, Carvalho L, Duim E, Itagyba R, Fonseca M, Oliver S, Sanchez Clemente N. Moving towards the Sustainable Development Goals: The UNLEASH Innovation Lab experience. Ambiente e Sociedade. 2018;21:e00010 [8]
  13. An Outbreak of Bartonella bacilliformis in an Endemic Andean Community. Sanchez Clemente N, Ugarte-Gil C, Solorzano N, Maguiña C, Moore D.PLoS One. 2016 Mar 18;11(3):e0150525. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0150525. eCollection 2016.PMID: 26991495 [10]
  14. Sanchez Clemente N. ‘Bartonellosis’ for ‘Clinical Infectious Disease’, 3rd edition. 2022 Editor: David Schlossberg. Oxford University Press.
  15. Sanchez Clemente N. ‘Bartonellosis’ for ‘Clinical Infectious Disease’, 2nd edition. 2015 Editor: David Schlossberg. Cambridge University Press.
  16. Sanchez Clemente N, Alexander S, Self-assessment, Paediatrics and Child Health 23:5 229-235 (2013), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.paed.2013.05.003
  17. Sanchez Clemente N, Ugarte-Gil CA, Solórzano N, Maguiña C, Pachas P, Blazes D, Bailey R, Mabey D, Moore D. Bartonella bacilliformis: a systematic review of the literature to guide the research agenda for elimination. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2012;6(10):e1819. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001819. Epub 2012 Oct 25.PMID: 23145188 [96]
  18. Michie CA, Sanchez N (2011) Mothers, babies and vitamin D: Old disease, new problem. Early Human Development 87:711-714 [8]

 
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