Derek Sloan, MBChB, BSc, PhD

Biography

Dr Sloan is an Infectious Diseases physician who works at the University of St Andrews and in NHS Fife.

His research interests include clinical trials of new treatments for tuberculosis, collaborating with partners from the PanAfrican Consortium for the Evaluation of Anti-tuberculosis Antibiotics (PanACEA) and the global TB Alliance.

He has worked clinically on TB Control in England and Scotland, and in several African countries (Kenya, South Africa, Malawi and Uganda). He contributes to the British Thoracic Society MDR-TB clinical advisory service and co-chairs Scotland’s multi-disciplinary TB network. He also contributes to humanitarian medical responses with UK-Med, and as part of the UK Emergency Medical Team.

Derek Sloan
Position
University Of St Andrews, United Kingdom