Enitan Carrol

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Enitan Carrol
Alma mater University of Aberdeen
Scientific career
Institutions University of Liverpool

Enitan Carrol FRCPCH is a British physician and Professor of Clinical Infection, Microbiology and Immunology. Carrol studies the mechanisms that underpin bacterial infection. In 2020 she was featured in Nicola Rollock's exhibition Phenomenal Women: Portraits of UK Black Female Professors.

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Early life and education

Carrol studied medicine at the University of Aberdeen. [1]

Research and career

In 2013 Carrol was made a Professor at the University of Liverpool. [2] Her research considers the biological mechanisms that underpin bacterial infections. [3] [4] Carrol has investigated clinic deterioration of children, and looked to understand whether the use of a paediatric early warning score (PEWS) could be used to prevent admission to critical care. [5] In particular, she proposed the use of VitalPAC, an electronic handheld device that healthcare professionals can use to document vital signs and automatically calculate PEWS. Patients with a higher PEWS score require more urgent medical attention, and alert messages are sent to senior nurses and doctors. [5]

She is a member of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) sepsis development group. [6] As part of this work, Carrol has studied the use of antibiotics in treating sepsis. [7] She is interested in whether Procalcitonin (PCT) could be used to improve the assessment and treatment of sepsis. [7] [8] In 2020 Carrol started to work with Imperial College London on the development of rapid diagnostic tests for severe illnesses through the use of gene signatures. [9] Such tests will study the genetic make-up of patient blood samples, and compare them to a comprehensive library of the gene signatures of particular diseases. [9]

Academic service

Carrol is the Knowledge Exchange Lead at the University of Liverpool Institute of Infection and Global Health. [10] As of February 2019, there were only 25 Black women professors in the United Kingdom. [11] She is a member of Iyiola Solanke's Black Female Professor Forum. [11] In 2020 her portrait was included in Nicola Rollock's exhibition, Phenomenal Women: Portraits of UK Black Female Professors. [12] [13]

Publications

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  9. 1 2 "Rapid test could diagnose serious conditions within two hours - University of Liverpool News". News. 2020-01-20. Retrieved 2020-10-05.
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  11. 1 2 "We Urgently Need More Black Female Professors In UK Universities". British Vogue. Retrieved 2020-10-05.
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