Andrew Conway Morris

Medical Research Council Clinician Scientist & Honorary Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, University of Cambridge, UK

Qualifications

BSc (Hons) | MB ChB (Hons) | PhD | MRCP | FRCA | FFICM

Biography

Andy trained in Glasgow and Edinburgh, before undertaking a PhD in the Centre for Inflammation Research at the University of Edinburgh with Professors John Simpson and Timothy Walsh.  His research is centred around nosocomial infection in intensive care and the immune defects found in critical illness.  During his PhD, he identified C5a as a key mediator of neutrophil dysfunction in critically ill patients and demonstrated how this may lead to secondary infections such as ventilator-associated pneumonia. He moved to Cambridge to complete his training in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, and continue his research into the mechanisms which underpin innate immune dysfunction in critical illness.

Current projects

  • Mechanisms of C5a-mediated neutrophil dysfunction
  • Neutrophil-Treg interactions
  • Developing rapid diagnostics for nosocomial infections
Lectures by Andrew Conway Morris

Pneumonia in Critical Care: Part 1

Definitions, epidemiology and microbiology

Critical Care Nursing / Lung

Pneumonia in Critical Care: Part 2

Diagnosis

Critical Care Nursing / Lung

Pneumonia in Critical Care: Part 3

severity scoring, antimicrobial therapy and adjuvant therapies

Critical Care Nursing / Lung

Pneumonia in Critical Care: Part 1

Definitions, epidemiology and microbiology

Critical Care Medicine / Lung

Pneumonia in Critical Care: Part 2

Diagnosis

Critical Care Medicine / Lung

Pneumonia in Critical Care: Part 3

severity scoring, antimicrobial therapy and adjuvant therapies

Critical Care Medicine / Lung

Pneumonia in Critical Care: Part 1

Definitions, epidemiology and microbiology

Emergency Medicine / Lung

Pneumonia in Critical Care: Part 2

Diagnosis

Emergency Medicine / Lung

Pneumonia in Critical Care: Part 3

severity scoring, antimicrobial therapy and adjuvant therapies

Emergency Medicine / Lung

Pathophysiology of Sepsis and Septic Shock

A review

Sepsis / Pathophysiology

The Forgotten Organ Failure

Immune Failure in Sepsis, Opening the Door to Nosocomial Infection

Sepsis / Pathophysiology

Sepsis Triggers: Pneumonia

A review

Sepsis / Sepsis Triggers