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Charlotte Summers
@charlottesummers.bsky.social
Director of @vpd-hlri.bsky.social & Professor of Intensive Care Medicine @cam.ac.uk

Trustee of @smclondon.bsky.social & @pvrinstitute.bsky.social

Fellow & DoS in Clinical Medicine @selwyn1882.bsky.social

Views shared are mine alone.
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Children and young people faced higher and longer-lasting risks of rare heart complications after #COVID19 infection than after vaccination, say @vpd-hlri.bsky.social researchers.

Find out more about this study 👇
bit.ly/43BmUof 🧪
Risk of rare heart complications in children higher after COVID-19 infection than after vaccination
Children and young people faced long-lasting and higher risks of rare heart and inflammatory complications after COVID-19 infection, compared to before or
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November 6, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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❤️ Today is #restarttheheartday

When was the last time you refreshed your CPR?
October 16, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Fantastic to play our part in this year’s Cambridge Alumni Festival - welcoming visitors for talks and tours of the VPD-HLRI.
@charlottesummers.bsky.social
@lukeflower.bsky.social
September 26, 2025 at 2:08 PM
@drkevinfong.bsky.social, Tim Cook & I have contributed to the Discussion of ‘Some statistical aspects of the Covid-19 response' by Wood et al url: academic.oup.com/jrsssa/artic...
Kevin Fong, Tim Cook and Charlotte Summers’ contribution to the Discussion of ‘Some statistical aspects of the Covid-19 response' by Wood et al
Kevin J Fong, Tim Cook, Charlotte Summers; Kevin Fong, Tim Cook and Charlotte Summers’ contribution to the Discussion of ‘Some statistical aspects of the C
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July 26, 2025 at 9:13 AM
I have been reading some of the important reports published recently and decided to write a few reflections:
www.linkedin.com/posts/prof-c...
Lots of important reports published recently, so these are some personal reflections on some of what has been written… | Charlotte Summers
Lots of important reports published recently, so these are some personal reflections on some of what has been written… In previous Guardian articles, I described health as being inextricable linked t...
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July 17, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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🎉 Congrats to Prof. Ziad Mallat!
winner of the 2025 Louis & Artur Lucian Award for his groundbreaking work in cardiovascular immunology — a top international honour in circulatory disease research.
@medcambridge.bsky.social

Read more ⬇️
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News | The Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Heart & Lung Research Institute
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July 16, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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Congratulations! 🎉 @vpd-hlri.bsky.social Today marks 3ys since the Research Institute first opened! A collaboration between @royalpapworth.bsky.social @cuh.nhs.uk @thebhf.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk & others, it seeks to 'improve cardiovascular and lung health for everyone' @charlottesummers.bsky.social
July 11, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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NEWSFLASH, any reviewer for BMJOpenRespRes gets a 25% discount on the APC for manuscripts submitted to BMJOpenRespRes within 12 months.
There maybe further positive moves in future #SmallSteps. #GettingThere 🙏🙏
July 8, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Sad to miss this today due to being in Oxford, but will catch up via YouTube afterwards.
Do join this fab seminar in person or online if you can!
We are back!

Join us at 4pm on Monday 30th for the VPD–HLRI Monthly Seminar Series at the VPD–HLRI (Room 88/89, Ground Floor) - No booking needed!

Can't make it in person?

Stream it live or watch it back via our new YouTube channel:
youtube.com/@HLRI_Cambri...

@medcambridge.bsky.social
June 30, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Excited to be in Oxford for the International Pandemic Sciences Conference 2025. #PandemicSciences25
June 30, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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Funding cuts could result in one million deaths in the next year, warns Tim Harford.

Read his column on the unfolding tragedy of ending US aid: https://on.ft.com/4k9ECnZ
June 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Please do have a read of this!
“On Not Betraying Our Trainees, Especially Now”

I won an Extraordinary Achievement Award from the Critical Care Assembly last month

The @atscommunity.bsky.social premier journal @atsblueeditor.bsky.social TODAY published the remarks I made on that occasion

www.atsjournals.org/doi/10.1164/...
On Not Betraying Our Trainees, Especially Now | American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine | Articles in Press
www.atsjournals.org
June 26, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Today is Declaration Ceremony Day and I am a very proud Director of Studies - six new members of the medical profession!
@selwyn1882.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk
June 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
There are much worse ways to spend a day than at Lords, in the sunshine, with two of my favourite people (Alastair Proudfoot & Rasha Al Lamee).
June 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
There are much worse ways to spend a day than at Lords, in the sunshine, with two of my favourite people (Alastair Proudfoot & Rasha Al Lamee).
June 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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🌈This Pride Month, we sat down with @lukeflower.bsky.social proud member of the LGBTQ+ community, to hear his story.

At the VPD-HLRI, we’re proud to celebrate voices like Luke’s and to stand for inclusion, visibility, and equality every day of the year. 🏳️‍🌈
#PrideMonth #Pride2025
June 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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R&D spending is in the headlines today on the back of a breathless press release.

Enthusiastic coverage is always welcome, but

- Pretty much flat in real terms
- No info on whether increases are backloaded
- Could still be tough for UKRI

Need the detail on Weds www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Ministers commit to £86bn for ‘breakthrough’ UK science and tech R&D
Mayors welcome £500m set aside for regional authorities to target investment locally
www.theguardian.com
June 8, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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In the USA, a recent series of Executive Actions pose a substantial threat to the nation's health and health equity.

In our latest issue, a new Comment highlights why and how academic medicine must champion diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility.

Read this & more ▶️ tinyurl.com/6fn6uvr7
June 6, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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Just truly brilliant slide by Chris Seymour of Pitt about evolution of sepsis subtyping #Prato2025
June 4, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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🌍 Today is World Environment Day - a moment to reflect on how we care for our planet and each other.

👉 Watch the video and let me know what sustainable actions you’re most proud of at your workplace.

#WorldEnvironmentDay #Sustainability #GreenResearch
June 5, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Watch Immunologist Prof @clarebryant.bsky.social from the University of Cambridge discuss what becoming a new Academy Fellow means to her.

Congratulations, Clare! 🎉
#AcademyFellows #VeterinaryMedicine
Big news!
Prof @clarebryant.bsky.social has just been elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences 🎉
@acmedsci.bsky.social
May 27, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Absolutely delighted and privileged to have been appointed as a new group leader at @thecimr.bsky.social this week. The Dickens lab will be up and running later this year, continuing to understand mechanisms of disease in genetic forms of pulmonary fibrosis.
May 23, 2025 at 7:26 PM