Dr Robin Basu Roy
Clinical Senior Lecturer in Paediatric Infectious Diseases
Queen Mary University of London
Blizard Institute
Blizard Institute
Research
Tuberculosis, Paediatrics, Non-tuberculous mycobacteria
Interests
Host-pathogen interactions and Host-directed Therapies for mycobacterial diseases and respiratory infections.Publications
2026
Protocol for a biomarker discovery study to identify correlates of risk for future tuberculosis disease progression in South African children (INTREPID)Hamilton MS, Derks IP, Kaforou M, Dunbar R, McNamara RP, Fortune SM, Basu-Roy R, van Deventer A et al.
Bmj Open, Bmj vol. 16 (2)
01-02-2026
Nobody can be immune to the deaths of this girl, her family, and the paramedics who tried to save herKaturji Z, Ali A, Khalife M, Basu Roy R
The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, Elsevier vol. 10 (3)
19-01-2026
2025
Quantitative measures of human Cytomegalovirus infection and their associations with tuberculosis disease progression and Mycobacterium tuberculosis infectionStockdale L, Martins VT, Asiki G, Sambou B, Sissoko M, Egere U, Sillah A, Kampmann B et al.
Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society B Biological Sciences, The Royal Society vol. 380 (1938)
06-11-2025
Diagnostic Performance of Host-based Gene Expression Diagnostics in Children With Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis: A Systematic ReviewSiu MC, Selinopoulou M, Abarca Salazar S, Sturgeon JP, Huynh J, Basu Roy R
The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, Wolters Kluwer vol. 45 (2), 140-146.
24-09-2025
A vaccine emergency—when to overrule parental refusal of vaccination at birth for prevention of vertical transmission of hepatitis B virus?Roy RB, Paulus S, Kelly DF, Brrang H, Taylor A, Tudor-Williams G, Nastouli E, Banerjee A et al.
Archives of Disease in Childhood, Bmj vol. 110 (12), 940-945.
08-09-2025
A clinical practice guideline for tuberculous meningitisDonovan J, Cresswell FV, Tucker EW, Davis AG, Rohlwink UK, Huynh J, Solomons R, Seddon JA et al.
The Lancet Infectious Diseases, Elsevier vol. 26 (2), e96-e111.
18-08-2025
Clinical presentation, diagnostics, and outcomes of infants with congenital and postnatal tuberculosis: a multicentre cohort study of the Paediatric Tuberculosis Network European Trials Group (ptbnet)Götzinger F, Caprile AA, Noguera-Julian A, Vecchio AL, Baquero-Artigao F, del Rosal T, Brinkmann F, Mouchet F et al.
The Lancet Regional Health - Europe, Elsevier vol. 53
19-04-2025
Effectiveness and safety of shortened intensive treatment for children with tuberculous meningitis (SURE): a protocol for a phase 3 randomised controlled trial evaluating 6 months of antituberculosis therapy and 8 weeks of aspirin in Asian and African children with tuberculous meningitisHuynh J, Chabala C, Sharma S, Choo L, Singh V, Sankhyan N, Mujuru H, Nguyen N et al.
Bmj Open, Bmj vol. 15 (4)
01-04-2025
2024
Is d-dimer a Useful Diagnostic Tool for Identifying Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children in Critically Unwell Children?Duret A, Patel H, Lakkineni L, Roy RB, Mitting R, Whittaker E
The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, Wolters Kluwer vol. 43 (9), e339-e340.
05-06-2024
Infecting Minds Project ReportBasu Roy R
In The Past, Present and Future of Vaccine Hesitancy in The Uk and South Africa, Figshare
10-03-2024
2023
Immunoglobulin, glucocorticoid, or combination therapy for multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children: a propensity-weighted cohort studyChannon-Wells S, Vito O, McArdle AJ, Seaby EG, Patel H, Shah P, Pazukhina E, Wilson C et al.
The Lancet Rheumatology, Elsevier vol. 5 (4), e184-e199.
14-02-2023
2022
“You have not remained the same, nor have I”Golwala Z, Pandey A, Roy RB
The Lancet, Elsevier vol. 400 (10351), 485-486.
01-08-2022
2021
Understanding the interaction between cytomegalovirus and tuberculosis in children: The way forwardOlbrich L, Stockdale L, Roy RB, Song R, Cicin-Sain L, Whittaker E, Prendergast AJ, Fletcher H et al.
Plos Pathogens, Public Library of Science (Plos) vol. 17 (12)
09-12-2021
Treatment and Outcome in Children With Tuberculous Meningitis: A Multicenter Pediatric Tuberculosis Network European Trials Group StudyThee S, Basu Roy R, Blázquez-Gamero D, Falcón-Neyra L, Neth O, Noguera-Julian A, Lillo C, Galli L et al.
Clinical Infectious Diseases, Oxford University Press (Oup) vol. 75 (3), 372-381.
27-11-2021
Vitamin D in Gambian children with discordant tuberculosis (TB) infection status despite matched TB exposure: a case control studyStockdale L, Sambou B, Sissoko M, Egere U, Sillah AK, Kampmann B, Basu Roy R
European Journal of Pediatrics, Springer Nature vol. 181 (3), 1263-1267.
13-10-2021
The words we choose matter: recognising the importance of language in decolonising global healthHommes F, Monzó HB, Ferrand RA, Harris M, Hirsch LA, Besson EK, Manton J, Togun T et al.
The Lancet Global Health, Elsevier vol. 9 (7), e897-e898.
01-07-2021
Treatment of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in ChildrenMcArdle AJ, Vito O, Patel H, Seaby EG, Shah P, Wilson C, Broderick C, Nijman R et al.
The New England Journal of Medicine, Massachusetts Medical Society vol. 385 (1), 11-22.
16-06-2021
Defeating Paediatric Tuberculous Meningitis: Applying the WHO “Defeating Meningitis by 2030: Global Roadmap”Roy RB, Bakeera-Kitaka S, Chabala C, Gibb DM, Huynh J, Mujuru H, Sankhyan N, Seddon JA et al.
Microorganisms, Mdpi vol. 9 (4)
16-04-2021
2020
“You said the hospital can't be bombed”García-Mingo A, Abbara A, Roy RB
The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, Elsevier vol. 4 (11), 804-805.
02-10-2020
The Ethics of Overruling Parental Refusal of Neonatal Hepatitis B Vaccination for Babies Born to Mothers with Hepatitis B Virus InfectionBasu Roy R, Paulus S, Kelly DF, Brrang H, Taylor A, Parker E, Tudor-Williams G, Banerjee A et al.
04-09-2020
Protection against mycobacterial infection: A case-control study of mycobacterial immune responses in pairs of Gambian children with discordant infection status despite matched TB exposureRoy RB, Sambou B, Sissoko M, Holder B, Gomez MP, Egere U, Sillah AK, Koukounari A et al.
Ebiomedicine, Elsevier vol. 59
13-07-2020
Recent Developments in Tuberculous Meningitis Pathogenesis and DiagnosticsCresswell FV, Davis AG, Sharma K, Roy RB, Ganiem AR, Kagimu E, Solomons R, Wilkinson RJ et al.
Wellcome Open Research, F1000research vol. 4
06-07-2020
Projections of pregnancy: art as the voice for the unheardWhite R, Roy RB
The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, Elsevier vol. 4 (7), 492-493.
01-07-2020
Performance of metabonomic serum analysis for diagnostics in paediatric tuberculosisAndreas NJ, Basu Roy R, Gomez-Romero M, Horneffer-van der Sluis V, Lewis MR, Camuzeaux SSM, Jiménez B, Posma JM et al.
Scientific Reports, Springer Nature vol. 10 (1)
29-04-2020
Performance of immune-based and microbiological tests in children with tuberculosis meningitis in Europe: a multicentre Paediatric Tuberculosis Network European Trials Group (ptbnet) studyRoy RB, Thee S, Blázquez-Gamero D, Falcón-Neyra L, Neth O, Noguera-Julian A, Lillo C, Galli L et al.
European Respiratory Journal, European Respiratory Society (Ers) vol. 56 (1)
16-04-2020
2019
Tuberculosis Disease in Children and Adolescents on Therapy With Antitumor Necrosis Factor-ɑ Agents: A Collaborative, Multicenter Paediatric Tuberculosis Network European Trials Group (ptbnet) StudyNoguera-Julian A, Calzada-Hernández J, Brinkmann F, Roy RB, Bilogortseva O, Buettcher M, Carvalho I, Chechenyeva V et al.
Clinical Infectious Diseases, Oxford University Press (Oup) vol. 71 (10), 2561-2569.
04-12-2019
A prescription for cinematic lenses on child and adolescent healthRoy RB
The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, Elsevier vol. 3 (10), 681-682.
01-10-2019
Prevalence of Panton-Valentine Leukocidin (PVL) and Antimicrobial Resistance in Community-Acquired Clinical Staphylococcus aureus in an Urban Gambian Hospital: A 11-Year Period Retrospective Pilot StudyDarboe S, Dobreniecki S, Jarju S, Jallow M, Mohammed NI, Wathuo M, Ceesay B, Tweed S et al.
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, Frontiers vol. 9
22-05-2019
An Auto-luminescent Fluorescent BCG Whole Blood Assay to Enable Evaluation of Paediatric Mycobacterial Responses Using Minimal Blood VolumesRoy RB, Sambou B, Uhía I, Roetynck S, Robertson BD, Kampmann B
Frontiers in Pediatrics, Frontiers vol. 7
30-04-2019
2018
Tuberculosis susceptibility and protection in childrenBasu Roy R, Whittaker E, Seddon JA, Kampmann B
The Lancet Infectious Diseases, Elsevier vol. 19 (3), e96-e108.
12-10-2018
Increased detection of human parechovirus infection in infants in England during 2016: epidemiology and clinical characteristicsFerreras Antolín L, Kadambari S, Braccio S, Tang JW-T, Xerry J, Allen DJ, Ladhani SN
Archives of Disease in Childhood, Bmj vol. 103 (11)
05-06-2018
01 / PERFORMANCE OF IMMUNE-BASED AND MICROBIOLOGICAL TESTS IN CHILDREN WITH TB MENINGITIS - A MULTI-CENTRE PAEDIATRIC TUBERCULOSIS NETWORK EUROPEAN TRIALS GROUP (PTBNET) STUDYBasu Roy R
, Morressier
22-05-2018
Evaluating UK National Guidance for Screening of Children for Tuberculosis. A Prospective Multicenter StudyKampmann B, Seddon JA, Paton J, Nademi Z, Keane D, Williams B, Williams A, Liebeschutz S et al.
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Oxford University Press (Oup) vol. 197 (8), 1058-1064.
15-04-2018
2017
Linezolid for Children With Tuberculous MeningitisRoy RB, Seddon JA
The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, Wolters Kluwer vol. 36 (4)
01-04-2017
Diagnostic Performance of Tuberculosis-Specific IgG Antibody Profiles in Patients with Presumptive Tuberculosis from Two ContinentsBroger T, Roy RB, Filomena A, Greef CH, Rimmele S, Havumaki J, Danks D, Schneiderhan-Marra N et al.
Clinical Infectious Diseases, Oxford University Press (Oup) vol. 64 (7), 947-955.
25-01-2017
2016
Why the Convention on the Rights of the Child must become a guiding framework for the realization of the rights of children affected by tuberculosisBasu Roy R, Brandt N, Moodie N, Motlagh M, Rasanathan K, Seddon JA, Detjen AK, Kampmann B
Bmc Public Health, Springer Nature vol. 16 (1)
01-12-2016
Plasma Membrane Profiling Reveals Upregulation of ABCA1 by Infected Macrophages Leading to Restriction of Mycobacterial GrowthLong J, Roy RB, Zhang YJ, Antrobus R, Du Y, Smith DL, Weekes MP, Javid B
Frontiers in Microbiology, Frontiers vol. 7
12-07-2016
2015
Nosocomial Neonatal Listeria monocytogenes Transmission by StethoscopeFullerton L, Norrish G, Wedderburn CJ, Paget S, Roy RB, Cane C
The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, Wolters Kluwer vol. 34 (9), 1042-1043.
01-09-2015
2013
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in UK children: presentation, management and outcomeWilliams B, Ramroop S, Shah P, Anderson L, Das S, Riddell A, Liebeschuetz S, Roy RB et al.
European Respiratory Journal, European Respiratory Society (Ers) vol. 41 (6), 1456-1458.
31-05-2013
How to use: interferon γ release assays for tuberculosisPollock L, Roy RB, Kampmann B
Archives of Disease in Childhood Education & Practice, Bmj vol. 98 (3)
11-04-2013
TuberculosisRoy RB, Rubin E
In The Prokaryotes, Springer Nature 133-146.
01-01-2013
2012
High fidelity and fun: but fallow ground for learning?Roy RB, McMahon GT
Medical Education, Wiley vol. 46 (11), 1022-1023.
18-10-2012
Identifying Predictors of Interferon-γ Release Assay Results in Pediatric Latent Tuberculosis: A Protective Role of Bacillus Calmette-Guérin?: A pTB-NET Collaborative StudyRoy RB, Sotgiu G, Altet-Gómez N, Tsolia M, Ruga E, Velizarova S, Kampmann B
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Oxford University Press (Oup) vol. 186 (4), 378-384.
15-08-2012
Current understanding of the immune response to tuberculosis in childrenRoy RB, Whittaker E, Kampmann B
Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases, Wolters Kluwer vol. 25 (3), 250-257.
01-06-2012
Video‐based cases disrupt deep critical thinking in problem‐based learningRoy RB, McMahon GT
Medical Education, Wiley vol. 46 (4), 426-435.
16-03-2012
2011
The Situation of HIV/M. tuberculosis Co-Infection in EuropeGiehl C
The Open Infectious Diseases Journal, Bentham Science Publishers vol. 5 (1), 21-35.
06-07-2011
2009
Grants
Identifying correlates of risk for future tuberculosis disease progression in children - GRANT TRANSFER FROM IMPERIALRobin Basu Roy
£101,838 National Institutes of Health - USA
05-05-2023 - 30-04-2026
SURE+DP: Improving Diagnosis and Prognosis for paediatric tuberculous meningitis through the SURE treatment trialRobin Basu Roy
£13,000 Meningitis Now
08-03-2022 - 31-08-2026
Immunising Pregnant women and infants networkRobin Basu Roy
£12,000 MRC Medical Research Council
06-01-2025 - 31-08-2025
Skills Training and Development AwardRobin Basu Roy
£5,000 Medical Research Foundation
01-02-2024 - 31-01-2026