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Biography
Professor Harish Nair is Co-Director of the Centre for Global Health and Co-Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre on Population Health Research and Training. He leads the Respiratory Viral Epidemiology research programme at the University of Edinburgh. He has led several large collaborative projects on global child health and infectious diseases. He currently leads (and is the co-ordinator of) the Preparing for RSV Immunisation and Surveillance in Europe (PROMISE), REspiratory Syncytial virus Consortium in EUrope (RESCEU) and the Respiratory Virus Global Epidemiology Network (RSV GEN). He also leads the Infectious Diseases Research Programme in the NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Respiratory Health (RESPIRE). He is a co-founder of ReSViNET. In 2019, Professor Nair was awarded the Principal’s Medal for Exceptional Service by the University of Edinburgh; and the Hind Rattan (Jewel of India) Award by the NRI Society of India.
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Qualifications
MBBS, DCH, MSc, PhD, FRSE, FRCPE, FFPH, FHEA
Research Interests
Professor Nair’s research focuses on child pneumonia. He has received over £62 million (£58.5 million as PI / Work Package Leader) in grant funding from the Innovative Medicines Initiative, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, NIHR, World Health Organisation, UNICEF and Sanofi Pasteur.
He has led studies that reported the first and most widely cited disease burden estimates for RSV, influenza, human metapneumovirus and human parainfluenza virus related child pneumonia. The updated current estimates are regarded as the most comprehensive and respected in the field. He has also led the most comprehensive estimates of RSV burden in older adults. Apart from his main interest in child pneumonia epidemiology, he has a strong interest in refugee health and gender inequities in child health and has contributed to internationally leading research on neonatal health, maternal health and health sector reforms.
Teaching
Undergraduate teaching
Professor Nair is involved in supervision MBChB students doing an intercalated (BMedSci) degree in Epidemiology and Global Health. Previously, he supervised 4-6 MBChB Student Selected Component (SSC) year 5 projects each year. He generally encourages all his students to take their work to publication and to date over 70 of the student projects have been published in leading peer-reviewed journals including Lancet journals.
Postgraduate teaching
Professor Nair leads the elective course “Epidemiology for Public Health” within the Master of Public Health (MPH) programme. He supervises MPH student dissertations every year.
Professor Nair has supervised 12 PhD students who have successfully defended their PhDs on Respiratory Viral Infections, Child Pneumonia, Gender Inequity in Child Health and Refugee Health. He is currently supervising 4 PhD students in Edinburgh on various topics related to his research interests.
Research Groups
Professor Harish Nair’s projects include work on child pneumonia, RSV, influenza and other infectious diseases like pneumococcus, meningococcus and Clostridium difficile.
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Project list on Edinburgh Research Explorer
Keywords
- RJ101 Child Health. Child health services
- RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
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External validation of the discriminative validity of the ReSVinet score & development of simplified ReSVinet scores in secondary care
PROMISE Investigators, Sheikh, Z., Potter, E., Li, Y., Drysdale, S. B., Wildenbeest, J. G., Robinson, H., McGinley, J., Lin, G-L., Öner, D., Justicia-Grande, A. J., Martinón-Torres, F., Pollard, A. J., Bont, L. & Nair, H., 15 Sept 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 18 p., jiad388.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Reflections on the multi-sectoral response to COVID-19 in Bangladesh's Rohingya refugee camps
Palattiyil, G., Islam Limon, T., Jubayer, F., Rahman, H., Sultana, I., Uddin Ahmed, M., Sidhva, D. & Nair, H., 24 Jul 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Asian and Pacific Migration Journal.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Under-ascertainment of Respiratory Syncytial Virus infection in adults due to diagnostic testing limitations: A systematic literature review and meta-analysis
Onwuchekwa, C., Moreo, L. M., Menon, S., Machado, B., Curcio, D., Kalina, W., Atwell, J. E., Gessner, B. D., Siapka, M., Agarwal, N., Rubbrecht, M., Nair, H., Rozenbaum, M., Aponte-Torres, Z., Vroling, H. & Begier, E., 14 Jul 2023, In: The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 228, 2, p. 173-184 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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End-user acceptability of a prototype digital stethoscope to diagnose childhood pneumonia: A qualitative exploration from Sylhet, Bangladesh
Joarder, T., Tune, S. N. B. K., Islam, ASMD. A., Islam, A., Roy, A. D., D.McCollum, E., Nair, H., Cunningham, S., McLane, I. M., Shahidullah, M., H.Baqui, A. & Ahmed, S., 13 Jul 2023, In: BMC Digital Health. 1, 11 p., 26.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Value profile for respiratory syncytial virus vaccines and monoclonal antibodies
Fleming, J. A., Baral, R., Higgins, D., Khan, S., Kochar, S., Li, Y., Ortiz, J. R., Cherian, T., Feikin, D., Jit, M., Karron, R. A., Limaye, R. J., Marshall, C., Munywoki, P. K., Nair, H., Newhouse, L. C., Nyawanda, B. O., Pecenka, C., Regan, K., Srikantiah, P., & 3 others, 6 Jul 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Vaccine. 34 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Burden of human metapneumovirus associated acute respiratory infections in older adults aged >60 years
1/10/22 → 30/09/25
Project: Research
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PRomISE: Preparing for RSV Immunization and Surveillance in Europe
Nair, H., Campbell, H. & Cunningham, S.
1/11/21 → 30/04/24
Project: Research
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Considerations of the role of RSV seasonality on country planning of introduction of RSV prevention strategies
15/11/18 → 30/06/19
Project: Research
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RESPIRE: Exploiting IT to Reduce Morbidity and Mortality from Asthma, COPD, Bacterial Pneumonia, Influenze and RSV in Low- and Middle- Income Countries
Sheikh, A., Campbell, H., Grant, L., McKinstry, B., Morris, A., Nair, H., Pinnock, H., Rudan, I., Simpson, C., Sridhar, D. & Weller, D.
1/08/17 → 30/09/22
Project: Research
Datasets
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Global, regional, and national disease burden estimates of acute lower respiratory infections due to respiratory syncytial virus in young children in 2019: a systematic analysis
Li, Y. (Creator) & Nair, H. (Creator), Edinburgh DataShare, 31 Dec 2022
DOI: 10.7488/ds/3138
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Global burden of acute lower respiratory infection associated with human parainfluenza virus in children under five years for 2018: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Wang, X. (Creator) & Nair, H. (Creator), Edinburgh DataShare, 1 Jul 2022
DOI: 10.7488/ds/2879
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Epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 infections in people aged <19 years
Nair, H. (Creator), Farhana Ismail, N. (Creator) & Kulkarni, D. (Creator), Edinburgh DataShare, 18 Aug 2023
DOI: 10.7488/ds/7504
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Cost of Respiratory Syncytial Virus-Associated Acute Lower Respiratory Infection Management in Young Children at the Regional and Global Level: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Nair, H. (Creator) & Wang, X. (Creator), Edinburgh DataShare, 20 Jun 2020
DOI: 10.7488/ds/2775
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Costs of management of acute respiratory infections in older adults: extracted cost data
Zhang, S. (Creator) & Nair, H. (Creator), Edinburgh DataShare, 16 Aug 2022
DOI: 10.7488/ds/3500
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Press/Media
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Covid-19 models show how to avoid future lockdowns...
24/11/20
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Closing schools and banning mass meetings can already have a major impact on Coronation rates within six days
29/10/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Corona pandemic: what is the benefit of a "Lockdown light"?
29/10/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Closed schools, telework, curfews: how effective against the epidemic ? To slow down the virus, we need to reduce the opportunities for contamination, so our social contacts.
28/10/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Ban on public events can bring down COVID-19 transmission rate by 24%: study
28/10/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research