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Dr Hamish McAuley

NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer

School/Department: Respiratory Sciences, Department of

Email: hjcm1@leicester.ac.uk

Profile

My role as an NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer allows me to divide my time equally between clinical practice (and completing specialist training in Respiratory Medicine) and carrying out research.

Prior to this role I attended both Imperial College London to study Physics and subsequently University College London where I obtained my medical degree. I have completed core and physician training in London, Surrey and, more recently, across the Easy Midlands. My PhD was completed during the tumultuous times of COVID-19 and required a significant pivot on my subject matter from my initial plans to identify changes in muscle and physical performance among patient admitted to hospital with acute exacerbations of COPD to investigations sarcopenia and frailty among hospitalised survivors of COVID-19.

Following my appointment as an Academic Clinical Lecturer in 2023 I have returned to investigating muscle in COPD patients where I am seeking to identify phenotypic biomarkers to target both novel pharmacological and established rehabilitative therapies within this population.

Research

My research focuses on improving treatments and outcomes for patients with chronic respiratory conditions including asthma and COPD. Specifically my interest lies in identifying and developing potential interventions targeting frailty, sarcopenia and reduced physical performance within these populations.

Publications

Gaining muscle mass in COPD: a work in progress. Hamish J.C. McAuley, Matthew Maddocks. ERJ Open Research. 10.1183/23120541.00336-2023

Prevalence of physical frailty, including risk factors, up to 1 year after hospitalisation for COVID-19 in the UK: a multicentre, longitudinal cohort study. Hamish J.C. McAuley; Rachael A. Evans; Charlotte E. Bolton; Christopher E. Brightling; James D. Chalmers; Annemarie B. Docherty; Omer Elneima; Paul L. Greenhaff; Ayushman Gupta; Victoria C. Harris et al. eClinicalMedicine. 10.1016/j.eclinm.2023.101896

COPD in the time of COVID-19: an analysis of acute exacerbations and reported behavioural changes in patients with COPD. Hamish McAuley; Kate Hadley; Omer Elneima; Christopher E. Brightling; Rachael A. Evans; Michael C. Steiner; Neil J. Greening. ERJ Open Research. 10.1183/23120541.00718-2020

Extrathoracic muscle wasting in exacerbations of COPD: no longer outside the region of interest. Neil J Greening; Michael I Polkey; Hamish Joseph Cameron McAuley. Thorax. 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2020-216647

Longitudinal changes to quadriceps thickness demonstrate acute sarcopenia following admission to hospital for an exacerbation of chronic respiratory disease. Hamish J C McAuley; Theresa C Harvey-Dunstan; Michelle Craner; Matthew Richardson; Sally J Singh; Michael C Steiner; Neil J Greening. Thorax. 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2020-215949

Supervision

I do not have a current post-graduate supervisory role.

Teaching

I participate in teaching both Leicester University medical students during their respiratory attachments a the Glenfield Hospital and junior doctors working on respiratory teams. I also examine clinical OSCE stations during the medical school examinations.

Press and media

As little as possible please!

Qualifications

BSc, Imperial College London, 2006

MBBS, University College London, 2012

MRCP (UK), Royal College of Physicians London, 2016

PhD, University of Leicester, 2023

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