Mark Faghy
@profmarkfaghy.bsky.social
Professor of Clinical Exercise Science - Clinical Exercise Physiologist - Researcher in #LongCOVID - Nature Research Award Winner 2024 - Derby UK
We’re really happy to be sharing our work at the @longcovidweb.bsky.social symposia in the wonderful city of St John’s, Newfoundland 🇨🇦
If you’re attending the event either online or in person, please come and say hello!!
If you’re attending the event either online or in person, please come and say hello!!
October 20, 2025 at 5:58 PM
We’re really happy to be sharing our work at the @longcovidweb.bsky.social symposia in the wonderful city of St John’s, Newfoundland 🇨🇦
If you’re attending the event either online or in person, please come and say hello!!
If you’re attending the event either online or in person, please come and say hello!!
Sorry for the silence:
The ERASE-LC trial is making steady progress. All participants have now received their infusions of remdesivir and completed their post-treatment testing.
The ERASE-LC trial is making steady progress. All participants have now received their infusions of remdesivir and completed their post-treatment testing.
October 20, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Sorry for the silence:
The ERASE-LC trial is making steady progress. All participants have now received their infusions of remdesivir and completed their post-treatment testing.
The ERASE-LC trial is making steady progress. All participants have now received their infusions of remdesivir and completed their post-treatment testing.
So good to have you join us for the day!! Lots of great discussions and ideas.. now to find ways to implement them!
So good to spend the day with @profmarkfaghy.bsky.social and his incredible team at the University of Derby plotting #LongCovid research. So much we could do if only we had the funding….
June 24, 2025 at 6:16 AM
So good to have you join us for the day!! Lots of great discussions and ideas.. now to find ways to implement them!
And just like that we have completed ERASE in Derby
A patient-led study with @derbyuni.bsky.social, University Hospitals Derby and Burton, Peninsula CTU and Exeter University to help people with #LongCovid
Thanks to everyone, especially the participants who gave so much to this work.
A patient-led study with @derbyuni.bsky.social, University Hospitals Derby and Burton, Peninsula CTU and Exeter University to help people with #LongCovid
Thanks to everyone, especially the participants who gave so much to this work.
June 19, 2025 at 12:57 PM
And just like that we have completed ERASE in Derby
A patient-led study with @derbyuni.bsky.social, University Hospitals Derby and Burton, Peninsula CTU and Exeter University to help people with #LongCovid
Thanks to everyone, especially the participants who gave so much to this work.
A patient-led study with @derbyuni.bsky.social, University Hospitals Derby and Burton, Peninsula CTU and Exeter University to help people with #LongCovid
Thanks to everyone, especially the participants who gave so much to this work.
Reposted by Mark Faghy
Exercise-induced Changes in Microclotting and Cytokine Levels Point to Vascular Injury and Inflammation in People with #LongCOVID.
Important preprint work from our Team Clots:
@profmarkfaghy.bsky.social and @resiapretorius.bsky.social
👏👏
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-6...
Important preprint work from our Team Clots:
@profmarkfaghy.bsky.social and @resiapretorius.bsky.social
👏👏
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-6...
Exercise-induced Changes in Microclotting and Cytokine Levels Point to Vascular Injury and Inflammation in People with Long COVID
Background: Long COVID is a persistent and episodic multi-system condition that impacts quality of life and functional status. Underlying pathologies include viral persistence, endothelial dysfunction...
www.researchsquare.com
May 26, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Exercise-induced Changes in Microclotting and Cytokine Levels Point to Vascular Injury and Inflammation in People with #LongCOVID.
Important preprint work from our Team Clots:
@profmarkfaghy.bsky.social and @resiapretorius.bsky.social
👏👏
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-6...
Important preprint work from our Team Clots:
@profmarkfaghy.bsky.social and @resiapretorius.bsky.social
👏👏
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-6...
Reposted by Mark Faghy
Our global effort to raise the urgency of research into Long Covid in children published in The ERJ ⬇️
Huge thanks to @buonsenso.bsky.social and @laelyonker.bsky.social for leading on this.
#longcovidkids
@longcovidkids.bsky.social
publications.ersnet.org/content/erj/...
Huge thanks to @buonsenso.bsky.social and @laelyonker.bsky.social for leading on this.
#longcovidkids
@longcovidkids.bsky.social
publications.ersnet.org/content/erj/...
May 23, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Our global effort to raise the urgency of research into Long Covid in children published in The ERJ ⬇️
Huge thanks to @buonsenso.bsky.social and @laelyonker.bsky.social for leading on this.
#longcovidkids
@longcovidkids.bsky.social
publications.ersnet.org/content/erj/...
Huge thanks to @buonsenso.bsky.social and @laelyonker.bsky.social for leading on this.
#longcovidkids
@longcovidkids.bsky.social
publications.ersnet.org/content/erj/...
We’re recruiting a fixed term (3 years) researcher in clinical exercise science and Long COVID. If you want to join a team that is at the forefront of the pathophysiology/lived experience research then please get in touch.
Please share with your network!
www.derby.ac.uk/jobs/current...
Please share with your network!
www.derby.ac.uk/jobs/current...
Researcher in Clinical Exercise Science (Long COVID)
Exciting opportunity to contribute to impactful Long COVID research.
www.derby.ac.uk
May 18, 2025 at 9:27 AM
We’re recruiting a fixed term (3 years) researcher in clinical exercise science and Long COVID. If you want to join a team that is at the forefront of the pathophysiology/lived experience research then please get in touch.
Please share with your network!
www.derby.ac.uk/jobs/current...
Please share with your network!
www.derby.ac.uk/jobs/current...
54 Patients..
270 infusion days..
A whole lot of tea and biscuits..
@derbyuni.bsky.social and @UHDBTrust are completing their last round of ERASE infusions today!
Great teamwork from all involved, and big thanks to the participants for making the last 8 months so enjoyable.
270 infusion days..
A whole lot of tea and biscuits..
@derbyuni.bsky.social and @UHDBTrust are completing their last round of ERASE infusions today!
Great teamwork from all involved, and big thanks to the participants for making the last 8 months so enjoyable.
May 16, 2025 at 9:56 AM
54 Patients..
270 infusion days..
A whole lot of tea and biscuits..
@derbyuni.bsky.social and @UHDBTrust are completing their last round of ERASE infusions today!
Great teamwork from all involved, and big thanks to the participants for making the last 8 months so enjoyable.
270 infusion days..
A whole lot of tea and biscuits..
@derbyuni.bsky.social and @UHDBTrust are completing their last round of ERASE infusions today!
Great teamwork from all involved, and big thanks to the participants for making the last 8 months so enjoyable.
Reposted by Mark Faghy
Reposted by Mark Faghy
University of Derby: 'University embarks on ground-breaking long Covid research project'
'The £1.25 million trial, which is the first of its kind in the UK, is exploring whether anti-viral medications can be used as an effective treatment option...'
www.marketingderby.co.uk/news/univers...
'The £1.25 million trial, which is the first of its kind in the UK, is exploring whether anti-viral medications can be used as an effective treatment option...'
www.marketingderby.co.uk/news/univers...
University embarks on ground-breaking long Covid research project - Marketing Derby
A ground-breaking research project led by the University of Derby, which aims to find a treatment for symptoms of long Covid, is underway...
www.marketingderby.co.uk
April 28, 2025 at 12:42 PM
University of Derby: 'University embarks on ground-breaking long Covid research project'
'The £1.25 million trial, which is the first of its kind in the UK, is exploring whether anti-viral medications can be used as an effective treatment option...'
www.marketingderby.co.uk/news/univers...
'The £1.25 million trial, which is the first of its kind in the UK, is exploring whether anti-viral medications can be used as an effective treatment option...'
www.marketingderby.co.uk/news/univers...
Reposted by Mark Faghy
#LongCovid
@profmarkfaghy.bsky.social
@lindsayskipper.bsky.social
@sarahbarleymc.bsky.social
@longcovidadvoc.com
@mikster-derby.bsky.social
@michaeltikus.bsky.social
@profmarkfaghy.bsky.social
@lindsayskipper.bsky.social
@sarahbarleymc.bsky.social
@longcovidadvoc.com
@mikster-derby.bsky.social
@michaeltikus.bsky.social
University of Derby: 'University embarks on ground-breaking long Covid research project'
'The £1.25 million trial, which is the first of its kind in the UK, is exploring whether anti-viral medications can be used as an effective treatment option...'
www.marketingderby.co.uk/news/univers...
'The £1.25 million trial, which is the first of its kind in the UK, is exploring whether anti-viral medications can be used as an effective treatment option...'
www.marketingderby.co.uk/news/univers...
University embarks on ground-breaking long Covid research project - Marketing Derby
A ground-breaking research project led by the University of Derby, which aims to find a treatment for symptoms of long Covid, is underway...
www.marketingderby.co.uk
April 28, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Reposted by Mark Faghy
Access has been a “postcode lottery”, says @profmarkfaghy.bsky.social, an associate professor in respiratory physiology at @derbyuni.bsky.social
and policy advisor for @longcovidkids.bsky.social
He adds that children and young people are at a “disadvantage from the outset”.
and policy advisor for @longcovidkids.bsky.social
He adds that children and young people are at a “disadvantage from the outset”.
April 29, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Access has been a “postcode lottery”, says @profmarkfaghy.bsky.social, an associate professor in respiratory physiology at @derbyuni.bsky.social
and policy advisor for @longcovidkids.bsky.social
He adds that children and young people are at a “disadvantage from the outset”.
and policy advisor for @longcovidkids.bsky.social
He adds that children and young people are at a “disadvantage from the outset”.
Reposted by Mark Faghy
Thank you @profmarkfaghy.bsky.social and your brilliant team 🙌
You might be interested in this, @jonathandaviesmp.bsky.social
#LongCovid #Derbyshire
You might be interested in this, @jonathandaviesmp.bsky.social
#LongCovid #Derbyshire
More media coverage of our #LongCovid research..
Thanks to Ryan for his time and energy in helping with this piece!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Thanks to Ryan for his time and energy in helping with this piece!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'I've had long Covid for years, but I'm hopeful again' - BBC News
Ryan Cawley, who was diagnosed in 2021, has taken part in an anti-viral drug study.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 28, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Thank you @profmarkfaghy.bsky.social and your brilliant team 🙌
You might be interested in this, @jonathandaviesmp.bsky.social
#LongCovid #Derbyshire
You might be interested in this, @jonathandaviesmp.bsky.social
#LongCovid #Derbyshire
More media coverage of our #LongCovid research..
Thanks to Ryan for his time and energy in helping with this piece!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Thanks to Ryan for his time and energy in helping with this piece!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'I've had long Covid for years, but I'm hopeful again' - BBC News
Ryan Cawley, who was diagnosed in 2021, has taken part in an anti-viral drug study.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
More media coverage of our #LongCovid research..
Thanks to Ryan for his time and energy in helping with this piece!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Thanks to Ryan for his time and energy in helping with this piece!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Please if you haven't already consider signing this petition to urge important investment in paediatric research in #longcovid
Without research, we cannot progress the mechanistic knowledge needed to develop diagnostic tests and treatments!
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/in...
Without research, we cannot progress the mechanistic knowledge needed to develop diagnostic tests and treatments!
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/in...
Invest in Long Covid & M.E. Research: Thousands of Children DISABLED, DISCHARGED, & HIDDEN FROM VIEW
• Five years after the start of the Covid pandemic, thousands remain severely ill - Many housebound or often bedbound, unable to attend school, work, or take part in daily life. Disabled, discha...
you.38degrees.org.uk
March 20, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Please if you haven't already consider signing this petition to urge important investment in paediatric research in #longcovid
Without research, we cannot progress the mechanistic knowledge needed to develop diagnostic tests and treatments!
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/in...
Without research, we cannot progress the mechanistic knowledge needed to develop diagnostic tests and treatments!
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/in...
Reposted by Mark Faghy
Scientists are investigating whether anti-viral drugs could provide an effective treatment for LongCovid
“It is vital research for the people who are living with LongCovid now but also the people who will go on to develop LC in the future” @profmarkfaghy.bsky.social
t.co/kfLzV0B0fy
“It is vital research for the people who are living with LongCovid now but also the people who will go on to develop LC in the future” @profmarkfaghy.bsky.social
t.co/kfLzV0B0fy
https://www.itv.com/news/2025-03-11/not-forgotten-fresh-hope-for-long-covid-cure-five-years-on-from-pandemic
t.co
March 12, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Scientists are investigating whether anti-viral drugs could provide an effective treatment for LongCovid
“It is vital research for the people who are living with LongCovid now but also the people who will go on to develop LC in the future” @profmarkfaghy.bsky.social
t.co/kfLzV0B0fy
“It is vital research for the people who are living with LongCovid now but also the people who will go on to develop LC in the future” @profmarkfaghy.bsky.social
t.co/kfLzV0B0fy
Ondine was a big voice and a strong advocate for #Longcovid and will be sorely missed by everyone.
I shared many lovely moments with Ondine as part of our involvement in the
@covidinquiryuk
I am gutted and lost for words!
We will continue to advocate with Ondine looking down!
I shared many lovely moments with Ondine as part of our involvement in the
@covidinquiryuk
I am gutted and lost for words!
We will continue to advocate with Ondine looking down!
We are heartbroken to share the loss of our co-founder, CEO, and beloved friend, Ondine, who passed away on Tuesday 11th March.
Longcovidsos.org/post/ondine-sherwood
Longcovidsos.org/post/ondine-sherwood
March 12, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Ondine was a big voice and a strong advocate for #Longcovid and will be sorely missed by everyone.
I shared many lovely moments with Ondine as part of our involvement in the
@covidinquiryuk
I am gutted and lost for words!
We will continue to advocate with Ondine looking down!
I shared many lovely moments with Ondine as part of our involvement in the
@covidinquiryuk
I am gutted and lost for words!
We will continue to advocate with Ondine looking down!
Here is our piece that was featured on @itvnews.bsky.social yesterday, which talks about #longcovid research.
www.itv.com/news/2025-03...
www.itv.com/news/2025-03...
www.itv.com
March 12, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Here is our piece that was featured on @itvnews.bsky.social yesterday, which talks about #longcovid research.
www.itv.com/news/2025-03...
www.itv.com/news/2025-03...
What a fine piece of academic literature this is from Amy Proal @resiapretorius.bsky.social and others:
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Science overload that paves the way for the development of future diagnostic investigations and potential treatments for LC!
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Science overload that paves the way for the development of future diagnostic investigations and potential treatments for LC!
Targeting the SARS-CoV-2 reservoir in long COVID
There are no approved treatments for post-COVID-19 condition (also known as long COVID),
a debilitating disease state following SARS-CoV-2 infection that is estimated to affect
tens of millions of peo...
www.thelancet.com
February 13, 2025 at 11:46 AM
What a fine piece of academic literature this is from Amy Proal @resiapretorius.bsky.social and others:
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Science overload that paves the way for the development of future diagnostic investigations and potential treatments for LC!
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Science overload that paves the way for the development of future diagnostic investigations and potential treatments for LC!
Decided to get back on the socials after a short break due to personal issues where my time and attention was needed elsewhere.. we've still been working hard but just not public facing but I'm back and we have some important updates and information to share over the course of the next few weeks!
February 10, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Decided to get back on the socials after a short break due to personal issues where my time and attention was needed elsewhere.. we've still been working hard but just not public facing but I'm back and we have some important updates and information to share over the course of the next few weeks!
#12waysofERASE
Day 12
We have and continue to have knockbacks as a team… funding refusals, paper rejections and many more!
But we are trying to research a condition which some of the world is trying to pretend does not exist and in a life where infections are still spreading in great volumes.
Day 12
We have and continue to have knockbacks as a team… funding refusals, paper rejections and many more!
But we are trying to research a condition which some of the world is trying to pretend does not exist and in a life where infections are still spreading in great volumes.
December 12, 2024 at 8:34 AM
#12waysofERASE
Day 12
We have and continue to have knockbacks as a team… funding refusals, paper rejections and many more!
But we are trying to research a condition which some of the world is trying to pretend does not exist and in a life where infections are still spreading in great volumes.
Day 12
We have and continue to have knockbacks as a team… funding refusals, paper rejections and many more!
But we are trying to research a condition which some of the world is trying to pretend does not exist and in a life where infections are still spreading in great volumes.
#12waysofERASE
Kindness and compassion underpin our #LongCOVID research but this should underpin ALL research.
Participants are not numbers. They are people who carry scars which reach beyond those caused by COVID-19.
Kindness and compassion underpin our #LongCOVID research but this should underpin ALL research.
Participants are not numbers. They are people who carry scars which reach beyond those caused by COVID-19.
December 11, 2024 at 9:30 AM
#12waysofERASE
Kindness and compassion underpin our #LongCOVID research but this should underpin ALL research.
Participants are not numbers. They are people who carry scars which reach beyond those caused by COVID-19.
Kindness and compassion underpin our #LongCOVID research but this should underpin ALL research.
Participants are not numbers. They are people who carry scars which reach beyond those caused by COVID-19.
#12waysofERASE
Do no harm.
Whether it is the words you choose; the protocol you develop; the treatment you administer; or the infection prevention and control measures you select, the aim should always be ‘do no harm’.
Sounds pretty obvious, right?
Do no harm.
Whether it is the words you choose; the protocol you develop; the treatment you administer; or the infection prevention and control measures you select, the aim should always be ‘do no harm’.
Sounds pretty obvious, right?
December 10, 2024 at 9:56 AM
#12waysofERASE
Do no harm.
Whether it is the words you choose; the protocol you develop; the treatment you administer; or the infection prevention and control measures you select, the aim should always be ‘do no harm’.
Sounds pretty obvious, right?
Do no harm.
Whether it is the words you choose; the protocol you develop; the treatment you administer; or the infection prevention and control measures you select, the aim should always be ‘do no harm’.
Sounds pretty obvious, right?
#12waysofERASE
Words Matter
Everything we say can have downstream consequences. Using the wrong words can have lasting effects for years on a personal and wider level.
The #LongCOVID community have shared experiences where others simply haven’t understood this.
Words Matter
Everything we say can have downstream consequences. Using the wrong words can have lasting effects for years on a personal and wider level.
The #LongCOVID community have shared experiences where others simply haven’t understood this.
#12waysofERASE
Day 8
Enable PPIE to fully contribute, there is no room for tokenism.
If you want to meaningfully engage with people who have lived experience, you need to enable them to participate.
Ask them what they need in order to be able to participate fully.
Day 8
Enable PPIE to fully contribute, there is no room for tokenism.
If you want to meaningfully engage with people who have lived experience, you need to enable them to participate.
Ask them what they need in order to be able to participate fully.
December 9, 2024 at 10:17 AM
#12waysofERASE
Words Matter
Everything we say can have downstream consequences. Using the wrong words can have lasting effects for years on a personal and wider level.
The #LongCOVID community have shared experiences where others simply haven’t understood this.
Words Matter
Everything we say can have downstream consequences. Using the wrong words can have lasting effects for years on a personal and wider level.
The #LongCOVID community have shared experiences where others simply haven’t understood this.