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Dr Derek Sloan

Reader/Consultant in Infectious Diseases

Phone

+44 (0)1334 46 3577

Email

djs26@st-andrews.ac.uk

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Research areas

Dr Sloan is an academic Infectious Diseases clinician, leading his own independent research group at the University of 58³Ô¹Ï. ÌýHe has worked in both high and low income countries, accruing extensive experience in the management of infectious diseases, particularly tuberculosis (TB), and continues to have extensive collaborative links with partners around the world. His research funding comes from external sources including the Wellcome Trust, UKRI / MRC (UK) and the Europe and Developing Countries Clinical Trial Partnership (EDCTP).

In additional to his role at the University of 58³Ô¹Ï, he works with Radboudumc in The Netherlands as international co-ordinator of UNITE4TB, a large public-private partnership consortium working to develop new treatments for TB, with 30 partner institutions and clinical trials sites 13 countries on 3 continents.

He has supervised 8 successful PhD students, and has five PhD students under current supervision.

Dr Sloan is also a practicing physician in NHS Fife, and has an interest in the acute management of infectious disease outbreaks and has supported humanitarian responses to Ebola Virus Disease (Sierra Leone, 2015 and preparedness deployments to Rwanda in 2018 and 2019), diphtheria (displaced Rohingya population in Bangladesh, 2018), HIV (Ukraine, 2022), and cholera (Malawi, 2023). He is the UK-Med and UK Emegency Medical Team technical referent for Infectious Diseases.Ìý

Year	My role	Funding source
2016-2019	Co-investigator	EDCTP HIV/TB diagnostics; a one-stop shop for the same day diagnosis and management of TB and HIV
2015-2018	Supervisor/ Advisor	Commonwealth PhD Scholarship/ Epistem Optimizing the Diagnosis and Management of Tuberculosis (TB) and Diabetes Mellitus (DM) among HIV Patients in a high TB and HIV burden setting (student: Rotimi Owolabi)
2015-2018	Primary Supervisor	Wellcome Trust Clinical PhD Fellowship awarded to Dr Andrew McCallum
2015-2017	Principal Investigator	British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy Effect of MIC distribution on clinical PK-PD modelling to predict treatment outcome in pulmonary TB patients from Blantyre, Malawi
2015-2017	Principal Investigator	Wellcome Trust Institutional Strategic Support Fund Grant to LSTM Drug resistance in TB: Microbiological & pharmacological variability influencing outcomes
2015-2017	Co-investigator	Wellcome Trust Institutional Strategic Support Fund Grant to LSTM Rational development of an optimal treatment regimen for isoniazid mono-resistant TB
2010-2012	Co-investigator & collaborator	Wellcome Trust Masters Training Fellowship awarded to Mr David Mzinza
2008-2012	Principal Investigator	Wellcome Trust Clinical PhD Fellowship
2008	Principal Investigator	LSTM Equipment Grant (Awarded to set up a mycobacterial liquid culture facility in BSL3 laboratory)

PhD supervision

• MugeÌýCevik
• KatherineÌýHill
• Eva AgnesÌýLaker Odongpiny
• TiongeÌýSikwese

Selected publications

• Open access
  Mlyuka, H. J., Liyoyo, A., Nyaulingo, B., Mpolya, E., Kaswaga, O. L., Semvua, H., Lwambura, S., McHugh, T. D., Wildner, L., Sabiiti, W., Adegbite, B. R., Nliwasa, M., Khosa, C., Mbelele, P., Mbeya, B., Jeremiah, K., Boeree, M. J., Gillespie, S. H., Sloan, D. J. & Mpagama, S. G. & 1 others, SimpliciTB Consortium, 25 Feb 2026, In: Trials. 27, p. 1-14 14 p., 182.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access
  Rivas Ramos, J. E., Johnston, P. R., Hammond, R. J. H., Holden, M. T. G., Sloan, D. J. & Haag, A. F., 28 Jan 2026, In: Access Microbiology. 8, 1, p. 1-4 4 p., 001110.v3.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access
  Hill, K. J., Mbabazi, I., Scopazzini, M. S., Warner, B., Sekaggya Wiltshire, C., Mills, S., Mpagama, S., Stagg, H. R. & Sloan, D. J., 1 Jun 2026, In: BMJ Global Health. 11, 6, p. 1-15 15 p., e020365.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

• Open access
  Odongpiny, E. L. A., Otaalo, B., Musaazi, J., Nalugga, E. A., Kiguba, R., Ngabirano, D., Ddungu, A., Owarwo, N., Kesby, M., Holden, M., Castelnuovo, B., Semeere, A., Sloan, D. J. & Sekaggya, C., 7 May 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: AIDS. Ahead of Print

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access
  Dombay, E., Sabiiti, W., Alferes de Lima Headley, D., Légrády, M. B., van Campen, N., Zweijpfennig, S., Boeree, M. J., Sloan, D. J. & Gillespie, S. H., 8 Apr 2026, In: Frontiers in Antibiotics. 5, 12 p., 1760862.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access
  Otaalo, B., Musaazi, J., Nabisere-Arinaitwe, R., Babirye, S., Sloan, D. J., Ssengooba, W., Nakiyingi, L., Reynolds, S. J., Castelnuovo, B., Manabe, Y. C. & Sekaggya-Wiltshire, C., 11 Mar 2026, In: BMC Research Notes. 19, 1, 112.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access
  Dixon, E. G., Biraua, E., Brencsēns, E., Pašuks, V., Riekstina, V., Šperberga, A., Muckian, M. D., Dear, J. W., Kuksa, L., Sloan, D. J. & Stagg, H. R., 11 Aug 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. Early View, p. 1-10 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access
  Dufault, S. M., Davies, G. R., Svensson, E. M., Sloan, D. J., McCallum, A. D., Patel, A., Van Brantegem, P., Denti, P. & Phillips, P. P. J., Feb 2025, In: International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents. 65, 2, p. 1-7 7 p., 107404.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access
  Laker Odongpiny, E. A., Nicol, M., Katana, E., Owori, J., Buzibye, A., Sedan, K., Kesby, M., Holden, M., Owarwo, N., Meya, D., Castelnuovo, B., Sloan, D. J. & Sekaggya, C., 24 Jan 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: HIV Medicine. Early View, 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access
  Koele, S. E., Stoycheva, K., Mtweve, C., Manyama, C., Mpagama, S., Mhimbira, F., Wallis, R., Ntinginya, N. E., Liyoyo, A., Huglin, B., Minja, L. T., Wagnerberger, L., Zumba, T., Noreña, I., Peter, D. D., Beattie, T., Makkan, H., Sloan, D. J., Te Brake, L. & Aarnoutse, R. E. & 9 others, McHugh, T. D., Wildner, L., Schildkraut, J., Aldana, B. H., Phillips, P. P. J., Hoelscher, M., Svensson, E. M., Heinrich, N. & PanACEA Consortium, Aug 2025, In: Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 80, 8, p. 2305-2313 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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