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Dr Sile Johnson

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Collecting COVID: Oral Histories
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Georgina Ferry interviews Sile Johnson, former medical student (Oxford Medical School), 15 December 2022.
Topics discussed include (00:00:12) early interest in medicine and science, studies in Ireland and Masters and PhD in Scotland, accelerated course at Oxford; (00:01:42) entry into clinical practice; (00:02:31) experience at Oxford as a medical student, role as Junior Dean; (00:03:22) interests in sports, including hockey, rugby and Gaelic football; (00:04:15) inequality in access to medical education, including STEP inTO OxMed; (00:10:27) first awareness of COVID-19, including closure of the medical school and impact on studies; (00:14:43) remote lectures and exams, bedside clinical teaching; (00:16:25) call out for volunteer medical students, emergency department assignment; (00:21:58) shift lengths and duration of time as a volunteer; (00:22:46) opportunities that arose after voluntary work, including work with Donal Skelly on taking blood samples from COVID patients to create a profile of how the body responds to COVID [Oxford Protective T cell Immunology for COVID-19, 'OPTIC' trial]; (00:26:19) role within the OPTIC project; (00:28:52) vision for career and future, importance of communication and listening to patients in clinical practice; (00:32:59) medical specialisms of interest for the future; (00:34:03) personal experience of lockdown, including living arrangements, college responsibilities and work with the Oxford Hub; (00:41:20) personal threat from COVID-19; (00:42:35) affect of the pandemic on family; (00:45:05) changes in attitude and approach to career as a result of the pandemic; (00:46:26) hopes for the future and for changes to the medical profession, including staff shortages and treatment.

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Collecting COVID: Oral Histories
People
Sile Johnson
Georgina Ferry
Keywords
medical sciences
Primary Care
covid-19 (disease)
Department: Bodleian Libraries
Date Added: 22/05/2023
Duration: 00:48:44

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Dr Cristian Roman

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Georgina Ferry interviews Cristian Roman, Postdoctoral Research Associate, 14 December 2022.
Topics discussed include (00:00:20) early interest in engineering, studies in France, the U.S.A. and U.K. at Oxford Brookes University, specialism in computer science and telecommunications, scholarship and PhD (00:04:54) move into digital health technologies and work on diabetes project; (00:07:30) outlook on digital health research globally; (00:09:12) joining Lionel Tarassenko's Biomedical Signal Processing & Machine Learning group in 2018; (00:11:51) remote monitoring project with blood pressure monitoring in stroke patients; (00:17:10) first awareness of COVID-19; (00:18:40) vHDU (virtual High-Dependency Unit) project on monitoring vital signs with wearable devices; (00:25:10) wearable devices; (00:30:47) the challenges of setting up the system over a three week time period; (00:34:00) first COVID patient; (00:34:52) communication with nurses from the Critical Care Research Group; (00:36:30) selection of patients to go on the system; (00:37:58) publications and evaluation of the system, including nurse interviews by Sarah Vollam and Peter Watkinson of the Critical Care Research Group; (00:40:00) current use of the system; (00:45:51) remote monitoring of blood pressure in pregnancy and postpartum, including work of Richard McManus and Lucy MacKillop on BUMP and POP-HT trials; (00:46:17) work with commercial company Sensyne Health; (00:48:13) usefulness of remote monitoring; (00:50:17) achievements and impact of work; (00:51:46) current projects; (00:53:30) personal threat from COVID-19; (00:58:02) impact of the project on wellbeing, collaborative work with Mauro Santos and Marco Pimentel; (01:02:40) changes in attitude to the future as a result of the pandemic, new technologies and robotics in healthcare.

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Collecting COVID: Oral Histories
People
Cristian Roman
Georgina Ferry
Keywords
engineering sciences
biomedical engineering
Primary Care
covid-19 (disease)
Department: Bodleian Libraries
Date Added: 22/05/2023
Duration: 01:07:49

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Dr Andrew Kwok

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Georgina Ferry interviews Andrew Kwok, Former PhD student (Functional Genomics in Sepsis), 3 December 2022.
Topics discussed include (00:00:40) early interest in science and immunology, particularly acute situations; (00:02:45) work with Julian Knight's lab on sepsis; (00:04:47) particular components of the immune system studied; (00:06:52) lymphoid and myeloid lineages; (00:10:46) patient recruitment for blood atlas study; (00:12:14) first awareness of COVID-19; (00:15:22) COMBAT consortium [COVID-19 Multi-Omic Blood ATlas]; (00:19:22) set-up of the consortium; (00:21:14) AK's role and involvement in the project; (00:23:01) data analysis; (00:25:46) key findings from the study; (00:29:50) blood atlas study and its impact on the world of research and drug development; (00:34:15) DPhil thesis; (00:34:40) completion of the COVID-19 project; (00:36:03) opportunities afforded by the pandemic to work on the COVID-19 project; (00:37:01) personal experiences during the pandemic and impact on work and home life; (00:41:15) current position at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, including research and clinical work; (00:42:18) switch in focus to neuroscience; (00:43:38) paper in Science on work led by Eddie Cano-Gamez relating to predicting outcomes in sepsis from using data collected during COMBAT; (00:49:09) changes in approach to work as a result of the pandemic.

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Collecting COVID: Oral Histories
People
Andrew Kwok
Georgina Ferry
Keywords
medical sciences
Primary Care
immunology
covid-19 (disease)
Department: Bodleian Libraries
Date Added: 22/05/2023
Duration: 00:52:08

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Dr Janelle Winters

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Georgina Ferry interviews Janelle Winters, Postdoctoral Research Associate (Faculty of History), 2 December 2022.
Topics discussed include (00:00:23) early interest in population health, including bachelor's in history of science and biology, master's in epidemiology, teaching experience in Bangladesh, master's at University of Newcastle in history of medicine, PhD studies, work at the National Academy of Sciences and Medicine in Washington DC, and work at the University of Oxford as the COPCOV trial historian; (00:04:55) first awareness of COVID-19; (00:08:05) origin of the role of COPCOV historian, involvement of Nick White, William Schilling and Mark Harrison; (00:11:43) background of the COPCOV trial; (00:14:46) design of the COPCOV trial; (00:16:09) recruitment of healthcare workers for the trial; (00:21:00) impact on the trial owing to the profile owing to the politics around the drug hydroxychloroquine; (00:26:25) results of the RECOVERY trial and findings relating to hydroxychloroquine; (00:28:00) World Health Organisation guidance in March 2021; (00:30:10) global impact of decisions made by organisations such as the MHRA, including issues of transparency; (00:32:19) travel to Thailand to sit on the COPCOV investigator's meeting; (00:34:47) 'vampire research' and use of samples, material transfer agreements; (00:38:31) major research questions as a result of the trial; (00:41:04) methods for collecting information and research, including Freedom of Information requests and oral histories, interviews with stakeholders; (00:48:53) issues with sources and themes in contemporary history, creation of archives including oral histories, news sources, advisory groups; (00:51:42) study of the clinical trial as an object, including issues of bureaucracy and risk aversion; (00:55:59) impact of COVID-19 on career, particularly relating to opportunities in global health and pandemic preparedness; (00:58:15) personal impact of COVID-19, including life in Washington DC in March 2020, impact on family; (01:02:58) personal threat from COVID-19; (01:05:10) changes in approach to work as a result of the pandemic, including issues around early career roles and women in STEM.

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Collecting COVID: Oral Histories
People
Janelle Winters
Georgina Ferry
Keywords
humanities
clinical trials
covid-19 (disease)
Department: Bodleian Libraries
Date Added: 22/05/2023
Duration: 01:08:39

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Emma Bolam

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Georgina Ferry interviews Emma Bolam, Head of Production (Clinical BioManufacturing Facility), 24 November 2022.
Topics discussed include (00:00:30) early interest in science, interest in natural history, studies at Oxford Brookes University, NHS work as a laboratory assistant, Therapeutic Antibody Centre and work as a production technician as part of the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, and later takeover by a team from the Jenner Institute to work on the manufacture of viral vector vaccines; (00:04:37) professional learning and development through career, work in laboratories and eventual progression as Head of Production; (00:06:50) vaccine projects at the Clinical BioManufacturing Facility [CBF]; (00:09:40) work in 2019 on an Ebola vaccine; (00:10:49) first awareness of COVID-19; (00:11:47) involvement in the planning for work on COVID-19, including postponement of the Ebola vaccine manufacture; (00:13:22) work to begin the manufacture of COVID-19 vaccine; (00:16:00) safety procedures implemented onsite; (00:16:49) atmosphere during this time amongst the team and those working to manufacture the vaccine; (00:17:55) communications with Phase II trial manufacturer Advent; (00:18:40) ability to slow down work after the first clinical trials in April 2020, involvement of AstraZeneca; (00:19:40) resuming of Ebola vaccine project; (00:20:16) unusual nature of the Clinical BioManufacturing Facility in an academic setting; (00:20:50) viral vectors used for vaccines; (00:21:45) press exposure and scrutiny during the pandemic, including interviews in Welsh and for Welsh media; (00:24:06) collaborative nature of the work on the COVID-19 vaccine, involvement of Professors Sarah Gilbert and Teresa Lambe in designing the vaccine; (00:25:30) benefits of collaboration for future work with other groups; (00:27:13) personal response to the threat of infection by COVID-19; (00:29:07) impact of the work on personal mental wellbeing and that of the team at the CBF; (00:31:21) sense of satisfaction from working on a high quality and safe vaccine during the pandemic, including donations of food and support from the community; (00:32:40) the nature of the team at the CBF; (00:34:11) changes in approach as a result of the pandemic experience; (00:35:03) plans for the future.

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Collecting COVID: Oral Histories
People
Emma Bolam
Georgina Ferry
Keywords
medical sciences
vaccines
astrazeneca (firm)
covid-19 (disease)
Department: Bodleian Libraries
Date Added: 22/05/2023
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Professor Matthew Snape

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Georgina Ferry interviews Matthew Snape, Visiting Professor (University of Oxford Department of Paediatrics), 22 November 2022
Topics discussed include (00:00:30) early interest in medicine, medical school studies in Melbourne, interest in paediatrics, work overseas in London at St Mary's children's intensive care unit, focus on vaccines to treat meningitis; (00:02:40) work at Oxford at the Oxford Vaccine Group, focus on MenB vaccine; (00:03:51) special issues involved in administering vaccines to children through clinical trials; (00:06:10) introduction and licencing of vaccine for MenB disease; (00:07:25) work on other vaccines including for swine flu; (00:10:50) Ebola vaccine studies; (00:11:55) first awareness of COVID-19, vaccine development at Oxford, work on the delivery of the clinical trial; (00:17:46) serology study, What's the Story? [Serum Test Of Representative Youngsters]; (00:25:03) Com-Cov study [Comparing COVID-19 Vaccine Schedule Combinations]; (00:33:50) results of the study; (00:35:55) work with Oxford Immunotec on processing T cell samples; (00:37:59) reactions owing to mixed combinations of vaccines; (00:39:44) replication of study with additional vaccines, including Moderna and Novavax; (00:40:33) Com-Cov3 study and immunisation of teenagers; (00:42:23) vaccination of children and response to this; (00:44:15) ethics of immunising children; (00:45:45) herd immunity; (00:48:38) extra testing during Com-Cov3 study; (00:49:45) outcome of Com-Cov3 study; (00:53:40) move to Moderna and current work as Vice President, Paediatric and Maternal Vaccines; (00:59:25) differences between academic and industry environments; (01:03:04) personal response to COVID-19 and the threat of infection; (01:07:42) working on-site during the pandemic; (01:08:40) recruitment for the Com-Cov study; (01:10:45) mental health and wellbeing; (01:11:35) changes in approach to work as a result of the pandemic; (01:14:59) flexibility around vaccine use during a pandemic and lessons for the future; (01:17:53) preparedness for a future pandemic.

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Collecting COVID: Oral Histories
People
matthew snape
Georgina Ferry
Keywords
medical sciences
vaccines
astrazeneca (firm)
covid-19 (disease)
Department: Bodleian Libraries
Date Added: 22/05/2023
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Dr Stephanie Tierney

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Georgina Ferry interviews Stephanie Tierney, Health Services Researcher, Departmental Lecturer, 15 November 2022.
Topics discussed include (00:00:47) early background and studies in journalism, master's study in disability studies, PhD studies at the University of Exeter, work as a researcher at the University of Manchester relating to long-term health conditions, work at the University of Warwick and research in compassion in healthcare and later work at the University of Oxford relating to social prescribing; (00:04:20) social prescribing; (00:06:55) services and patient referrals; (00:08:26) realist research and realist review; (00:13:40) first awareness of COVID-19; (00:14:49) impact of the pandemic on research; (00:15:45) primary data collection, work with social prescribing link workers; (00:18:13) project relating to implementation of link workers in primary care; (00:21:00) findings relating to link worker study; (00:22:46) collaboration with Gardens, Libraries and Museums (GLAM) on a study relating to isolation of the older generation during COVID-19; (00:29:20) future research; (00:31:15) attitudes to social prescribing in healthcare settings; (00:33:21) collaborators, including work with Helen Chatterjee, Kerryn Husk, and Geoff Wong; (00:37:00) changes to daily work as a result of the pandemic, particularly relating to teaching; (00:40:46) personal threat from COVID-19; (00:42:45) impact of remote working on wellbeing; (00:44:30) changes in attitude to work as a result of the pandemic.

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Series
Collecting COVID: Oral Histories
People
Stephanie Tierney
Georgina Ferry
Keywords
medical sciences
Primary Care
covid-19 (disease)
Department: Bodleian Libraries
Date Added: 22/05/2023
Duration:

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