Top Researchers
Top Medicine Researchers at University of Birmingham for 2026
The University of Birmingham’s recent Medicine research spans clinical care, methods, and applied health studies, reflecting a broad and active research community. Across the last year, the institution’s output shows work that moves between patient-facing questions, analytical tools, and disease-specific investigation.
Below, you’ll find a selection of researchers whose recent publications point to where this activity is concentrated, from statistical approaches in healthcare data to studies in cardiology, endocrinology, infectious diseases, and rehabilitation.
Featured Researchers
Deborah Falla
Deborah Falla’s recent work at the University of Birmingham spans motor rehabilitation, musculoskeletal recovery, and Achilles tendinopathy, with publications that also touch augmented and mixed reality in clinical care.
Activity over the last year: 30 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Emerging Applications of Augmented and Mixed Reality Technologies in Motor Rehabilitation: A Scoping Review (Mar 2025)
- Experiences, views and perceptions of recovery following musculoskeletal trauma of patients and physiotherapists: a qualitative study (May 2025)
- Load and muscle‐dependent changes in triceps surae motor unit firing properties in individuals with non‐insertional Achilles tendinopathy (May 2025)
Paulus Kirchhof
Paulus Kirchhof has focused on atrial fibrillation research, including antithrombotic therapy after catheter ablation, genetic risk, and the clinical challenges of recent-onset disease.
Activity over the last year: 28 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
Yemisi Takwoingi
Yemisi Takwoingi’s recent publications connect diagnostic accuracy, prostate cancer imaging, postpartum haemorrhage testing, and pressure injury prediction tools.
Activity over the last year: 22 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
Susan P. Mollan
Susan P. Mollan’s recent output centers on idiopathic intracranial hypertension, covering its pathophysiology alongside treatment, monitoring, and drug evaluation.
Activity over the last year: 18 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Current Understanding of the Pathophysiology of Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension (Apr 2025)
- A randomized sequential cross‐over trial evaluating five purportedly ICP ‐lowering drugs in idiopathic intracranial hypertension (Jan 2025)
- Treatment and Monitoring of Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension (Jun 2025)
Katie Scandrett
Katie Scandrett’s work brings together infectious diseases, reproductive medicine, and nephrology, with recent studies on pressure injury risk tools and primary care service delivery.
Activity over the last year: 25 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Accuracy and clinical effectiveness of risk prediction tools for pressure injury occurrence: An umbrella review (Feb 2025)
- Supply-side and demand-side factors affecting allopathic primary care service delivery in low-income and middle-income country cities (Apr 2025)
- Policy and service delivery proposals to improve primary care services in low-income and middle-income country cities (Apr 2025)
Richard D Riley
Richard D Riley’s publications focus on prediction model methodology, including PROBAST+AI, nonlinear healthcare data, and sample size issues for machine learning in oncology.
Activity over the last year: 20 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- PROBAST+AI: an updated quality, risk of bias, and applicability assessment tool for prediction models using regression or artificial intelligence methods (Mar 2025)
- Dealing with continuous variables and modelling non-linear associations in healthcare data: practical guide (Jul 2025)
- Larger sample sizes are needed when developing a clinical prediction model using machine learning in oncology: methodological systematic review (Jan 2025)
Punith Kempegowda
Punith Kempegowda’s recent research covers androgen excess, diabetic ketoacidosis care, and SGLT2 inhibitor–associated DKA in type 2 diabetes.
Activity over the last year: 16 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Society for Endocrinology Clinical Practice Guideline for the Evaluation of Androgen Excess in Women (May 2025)
- DEKODE—A cloud‐based performance feedback model improved DKA care across multiple hospitals in the UK (Feb 2025)
- Clinical characteristics and outcomes of diabetes‐related ketoacidosis ( DKA ) in sodium‐glucose co‐transporter‐2 inhibitor ( SGLT2i ) users with type 2 diabetes (Sep 2025)
Cristina L. Ronchi
Cristina L. Ronchi’s recent studies examine adrenal disease and endocrine oncology, including ARMC5 mutations, adrenocortical carcinoma survival prediction, and stem/progenitor cell markers.
Activity over the last year: 18 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- The mutational landscape of ARMC5 in Primary Bilateral Macronodular Adrenal Hyperplasia: an update (Feb 2025)
- Machine Learning–Based Survival Prediction Tool for Adrenocortical Carcinoma (Feb 2025)
- Dlk1 is a novel adrenocortical stem/progenitor cell marker that predicts malignancy in adrenocortical carcinoma (Mar 2025)
What University of Birmingham's Medicine Community Is Working On
Across the featured researchers, the most common subfields point to a community working at the intersection of statistical methods, infectious diseases, reproductive medicine, and endocrine disorders. That mix suggests a strong emphasis on how evidence is generated and applied in clinical settings, whether through diagnostic evaluation, prediction modelling, service delivery, or disease-specific treatment questions. Pharmacology also appears, reinforcing the range of translational and applied work represented here.- Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty - seen across 2 of the featured researchers
- Infectious Diseases - seen across 2 of the featured researchers
- Reproductive Medicine - seen across 2 of the featured researchers
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism - seen across 2 of the featured researchers
- Pharmacology - seen across 1 of the featured researchers
Taken together, these researchers show how medicine at the University of Birmingham combines careful clinical inquiry with strong methodological work. If you’d like to keep exploring, browse more of the institution’s recent output and consider using Resub to support citation discovery, manuscript formatting, and submission preparation for your own projects.
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