About EMROx
Emergency Medicine Research in Oxford
The EMROx team aims to foster, develop and promote Emergency Medicine research activity in Oxford, and has expanded since its inception to run a large portfolio of studies. EMROx seeks to actively promote the development and accreditation of skills related to research in the ED workforce, e.g. GCP training, and encourages the active participation of clinicians working in the ED in study administration and recruitment of participants.
The EMROx Team
Professor Alex Novak
Emergency Department Research Lead,
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
BSc (Hons) MBChB MSc MRCGP DRCOG FRCEM
Associate Professor of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine,
Consultant in Emergency Medicine and Ambulatory Care,
Senior Research Fellow in Emergency Medicine.
Sally Beer
Lead Research Nurse for Urgent and Emergency Care
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Sally previously managed the EMROx research delivery team for 10 years,
and now leads research activity and engagement across ED,
Critical Care/Anaesthesia and Acute General Medicine.
Alexis Espinosa
Senior Research Nurse
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Alexis completed her Bachelor of Science in Nursing in the Philippines and was awarded Clinical Excellence in Nursing.
She joined Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in 2002.
In 2013 she joined the Emergency Department Research Team. Since then,
she has earned her Postgraduate Diploma in Health Care and Research Management from Oxford Brookes University.
Dr Vishakha Erasu Prasad
EMROx Senior Team
Consultant in Emergency Medicine
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Vishakha is a Consultant in Emergency Medicine at OUH and joined the EMROx team as a Research Fellow in 2020. She has a keen interest in Trauma & Resuscitation Research. As a research fellow she has led a Cochrane Review of Pharmacological Agents in Resuscitation of Bleeding Trauma Patients.
She is currently a co-investigator in two Major Trauma studies while continuing to support other clinical trials running within the OUH Emergency Department.
Dr Deon Louw
EMROx Senior Team
Consultant in Emergency Medicine
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Deon is a consultant in the Emergency Departments of OUH.
In early 2023 he received NIHR funding to complete the Greenshoots programme. As a member of the EMROx team he has contributed to the delivery of research at OUH, both as PI and through involvement with the EMROx PPI group. As a member of the RCEM mental health subcommittee, Deon has a particular interest in developing mental health research in emergency medicine.
Professor David Metcalfe
EMROx Senior Team
Kadoorie Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
University of Oxford
David is the inaugural Kadoorie Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Oxford and a Consultant in Emergency Medicine at
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
He was previously a Fulbright Scholar at Harvard Medical School, a Clinical Lecturer at the University of Oxford, and was elected Hunterian Professor of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 2020. He currently holds an NIHR Advanced Fellowship. His research aims to improve the early diagnosis of
time-critical conditions and evaluate the effectiveness of interventions used in emergency care.
Dr Nicholas Richens
EMROx Senior Team
Consultant in Paediatric Emergency Medicine
Oxford University Hospitals NHS FT
Nick is a RCPCH-trained Consultant in Paediatric Emergency Medicine with special interests in Clinical Research, Medical Education, Point of Care Ultrasound, Child Safeguarding, and Quality Improvement. He is an Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at Oxford University and a Teaching Associate at
Green-Templeton College, Oxford. In his spare time he can be found holding either a saxophone or a badminton racquet.
Dr Santi Di Pietro
Visiting Research Fellow
Santi is working clinically in the Emergency Department of the John Radcliffe, and gaining experience in running clinical trials while working with the EMROx team.
He is a Visiting Research Fellow of Green Templeton College and NDORMS (Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences), University of Oxford.
He is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Pavia and Consultant in Emergency Medicine at San Matteo University Hospital (Pavia, Italy).
His main research interests include the use of regional anaesthesia in Emergency Departments for pain management, point-of-care ultrasound education, thoracic trauma and strategies to improve doctor-patient communication in the emergency setting.
Research active Principal Investigators:
- Dr Eslam Abdelrehem
- Dr Iain Edgar
- Dr Will Gibbs
- Dr Aqib Hafeez
- Dr Oliver Hawksley
- Dr Laura McCrae
- Dr Faisal Muhammad
- Dr Immanuel Paul
Domonique Georgiou
Research Nurse
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Rufino Roger Magallano
Research Nurse
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Tinelly Sambo
Research Nurse
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Martina Iorio
Research Nurse
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Ralph Houet
Research Assistant
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Alison Monk
Senior Research Administrator
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust