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Dr Sara Hope Browne Research Associate in Medical Sciences
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Academic Background
I am an NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer and Specialist Registrar (ACL ST7) in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. I am the Deputy Director of the Surgical Interventional Trials Unit (SITU) at the Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences (NDORMS), University of Oxford. I am currently funded via an NIHR Development and Skills Enhancement (NIHR DSE) award. My research focuses on surgical trials in plastic surgery, hand trauma, and reconstruction, including mitigation of surgical site infection and effectiveness of antimicrobial interventions. In 2023, I completed a full-time DPhil in Musculoskeletal Sciences, funded via the NIHR Doctoral Research Fellowship programme. Prior to my DPhil, I completed an NIHR Academic Clinical Fellowship in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at NDORMS, University of Oxford, and Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust. My undergraduate training took place at the University of East Anglia, where I attained my MB/BS and Master of Health Research (MRes) with distinction. I undertook my foundation years and core surgical training in London at St. Mary’s Hospital, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, and Great Ormond Street Hospital.
I have published 104 peer-reviewed papers and have received major research awards from the NIHR, RCS, BSSH and BAPRAS. I am the Trainee Lead for the Reconstructive Surgery Trials Network and an Associate Surgical Specialty Lead for Plastic and Hand Surgery for the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Previously, I was the Clinical Teaching Associate for Surgery at St. John’s College, Oxford. I am the Patient and Public Involvement Lead for the BSSH and am a member of the BAPRAS Research Committee.
Undergraduate Teaching
- Surgery
- Medicine
- Anatomy
Postgraduate Teaching
- Clinical Research Methods
- Critical Appraisal
- Randomised Controlled Trials in Surgery
- Systematic Review
- Meta-Analysis
- Network Meta-Analysis
Research Interests
Reconstructive surgery following trauma and cancer, hand surgery, burns, soft-tissue infection, and skin cancer.
Publications
- Protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis of the use of prophylactic antibiotics in hand trauma surgery. C Zhang, SM Yusuf, S Farag, RG Wade, JCR Wormald. Systematic Reviews 13 (1), 157. 2024
- Surgical site infection and patient reported outcomes in surgically treated soft tissue facial injury A Meta-Analysis. ZY Wong, M Richards, JCR Wormald. Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery. 2024
- Systematic review of treatment for pyogenic flexor tenosynovitis of the hand. BH Forder, M Hennessy, B Turner, J Wormald. Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery. 2024
- Toxin for Treating Raynaud Conditions in Hands (The TORCH Study): A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. E Geary, JCR Wormald, KJ Cronin, HP Giele, L Durcan, O Kennedy, … Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery–Global Open 12 (6), e5885. 2024
- Hand and Wrist trauma: Antimicrobials and Infection Audit of Clinical Practice (HAWAII ACP) protocol. SQ Shafi, R Yoshimura, CJ Harrison, RG Wade, AV Shaw, JP Totty, … Bone & Joint Open 5 (4), 361-366. 2024
- Acute hand injury in surfing: a case report. R Yoshimura, R Kamble, R Dunlop, J Wormald. Wilderness & Environmental Medicine 35 (1), 74-77. 2024
- The Hand and Wrist: AntImicrobials and Infection (HAWAII) trial. JCR Wormald, J Rodrigues, R Bheekharry, N Riley, S Tucker, D Furniss, … British Journal of Surgery 110 (12), 1774-1784
- Surgical site infection following surgery for hand trauma: a systematic review and meta-analysis. JC Wormald, AJ Baldwin, H Nadama, A Shaw, RG Wade, … Journal of Hand Surgery (European Volume) 48 (10), 998-1005. 2023
- Plate fixation versus flexible intramedullary nails for management of closed femoral shaft fractures in the pediatric population: A systematic review and meta-analysis of the … A Singh, W Bierrum, J Wormald, M Ramachandran, G Firth, D Eastwood. Journal of Children’s Orthopaedics 17 (5), 442-452. 2023
- Research in hand surgery: types of study design. LJ Peck, JN Rodrigues, JCR Wormald. Journal of Hand Surgery (European Volume) 48 (9), 953-958. 2023
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Links
Subject notes for courses taught at Jesus College:
See also Mr Wormald’s departmental profile and Medical School’s website.