Curriculum Vitae : Dr Laurie Alexandra Tomlinson
25 Wordsworth Street,
Hove,
East Sussex,
BN3 5BG
07720285672
Nationality: British
Date of Birth: 9.11.72
GMC No. 4532631
MDU No. 294804G
laurie.tomlinson@lshtm.ac.uk
Background:
I am a Wellcome intermediate Clinical Fellow at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical
Medicine working on a project called “drug-associated acute kidney injury, who gets it, when and
why?” My research focuses on the epidemiology of acute kidney injury in large population
databases, and the role that infections and medications play in its development. The aim is to
develop primary care interventions to modify prescribing and to reduce the risk of this important
and serious condition. In addition I work as an honorary consultant nephrologist at Brighton and
Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust.
My other research interests concern the crossover between chronic kidney disease and
cardiovascular disease. I have been involved in many observational studies of arterial disease
including setting up and running a cohort of people with CKD, examining the role that measures of
arterial health play in the development of renal disease progression and mortality. I am a principle
investigator of the multi-centre British Heart Foundation funded EARNEST study which is
investigating the impact of kidney donation on cardiovascular health.
Education and Qualifications
2012
2011
2009
2008
2006
2006
2001
1998
1995
MSc Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Certificate of Completion of Training, Nephrology, JRCPTB
PhD, Brighton and Sussex Medical School
Postgraduate Certificate in Research Methodology, University of Brighton
Postgraduate Certificate of Nephrology, University of Brighton
Postgraduate Certificate of Clinical Sciences, University of Leicester
Member of the Royal College of Physicians
MBBS (Hons) St George’s Hospital Medical School, London
Distinctions in Clinical Pharmacology, Pathology and Surgery
Intercalated BSc, University of London, Class 2:1
Physiology with Basic Medical Sciences
Employment History
2013-now
2014-now
2012-2013
2009-2012
2005-2008
2002-2009
1998-2002
Lecturer, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Honorary Consultant Nephrologist, Brighton and Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust
Honorary Consultant/Senior Research Associate, University of Cambridge
Clinical Lecturer in Translational Medicine, University of Cambridge
Research Fellow and Doctoral Student, Brighton and Sussex Medical School
Specialist Registrar in Nephrology, South Thames rotation
Basic Medical Training
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Curriculum Vitae : Dr Laurie Alexandra Tomlinson
Positions Held
2014
2013-2017
2013-present
2011-present
2011-2012
2011-2012
2010-2012
Expert advisor to the Scientific Advisory Group, European Medicines Agency
Wellcome-Beit Prize Fellowship
Member of steering group, the Renal Clinical Research Skills Forum
Associate Editor, PLoS Medicine
Wellcome Caliber Scholar, LSHTM
Scholarship, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
Supervisor (Pharmacology), Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
Publications (10 most relevant)
1. Selvarajah V, Pasea L, Ojha S, Wilkinson IB, Tomlinson LA. Blood pressure-variability is
independently associated with all-cause mortality in haemodialysis patients. PLoS One In
press
2. WE Moody, LA Tomlinson, CJ Ferro, RP Steeds, IB Wilkinson, JN Townend. Effect of A
Reduction in glomerular filtration rate after NEphrectomy on arterial STiffness and central
hemodynamics: Rationale and design of the EARNEST study. Am Heart J Am Heart J 2014
Feb;167(2):141-149.e2. Epub 2013 Nov 6.
3. LA Tomlinson, RA Payne, GA Abel, AN Chaudhry, Riding AM, CR Tomson, IB Wilkinson, MO
Roland. ACE Inhibitor and Angiotensin Receptor-II Antagonist Prescribing and Hospital
Admissions with Acute Kidney Injury: A Longitudinal Ecological Study. PLoS One 2013 Nov
6;8(11):e78465.
4. Smith ER, Ford ML, Tomlinson LA, Bodenham E, McMahon LP, Rajkumar C, Holt SG, Pasch
A. Prediction of vascular stiffening and all-cause mortality using indices of calcification
propensity in Stage 3 and 4 CKD. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2013 Oct 31 [Epub ahead of print]
5. LA Tomlinson, AM Riding, RA Payne, GA Abel, CR Tomson, IB Wilkinson, MO Roland, AN
Chaudhry. The accuracy of diagnostic coding for acute kidney injury in England – a single
centre study. BMC Nephrol 2013 Mar 13;14:58.
6. Nitsch D, Tomlinson LA. Is co-prescription of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs with
diuretics and/or angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors or angiotensin receptor blockers
safe? BMJ 2013 Jan 8;346:e8713
7. ER Smith, LA Tomlinson, ML Ford, LP McMahon, C Rajkumar, SG Holt. Elastin degradation is
associated with progressive aortic stiffening and all-cause mortality in pre-dialysis CKD.
Hypertension 2012 May;59(5):973-8.
8. Tomlinson LA, Holt SG. Is the kidney just a modified blood vessel? Unravelling the direction
of causality the between cardiovascular and renal disease. Atherosclerosis 2011
Jun;216(2):275-6.
9. Ford ML, Tomlinson LA, Rajkumar C, Chapman TPE, Holt SG. Aortic Stiffness is
independently associated with rate of decline of renal function in patients with chronic
kidney disease stages 3 and 4. Hypertension 2010 May;55(5):1110-5.
10. Tomlinson LA, Leslie A, Holt S, Rajkumar C. Prevalence of ambulatory hypotension in elderly
patients with CKD stages 3-4. NDT 2009 Dec;24(12):3751-5.
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