Curriculum Vitae - Dr Nigel Calvert

Curriculum Vitae 18 December 2014
Dr Nigel Calvert
Dr Nigel Calvert
BSc (Hons), MB ChB, MSc, FRCP, FFPH
Consultant in Public Health Medicine
Curriculum Vitae
Please note this CV has been edited for publication on the web
and therefore doesn’t include personal or certain other sensitive information
If you would like to see a copy of my full CV please do get in touch by emailing
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You can also view selected examples of my public health work at www.nigelcalvert.org
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Curriculum Vitae 18 December 2014
Dr Nigel Calvert
Curriculum Vitae
1. General and Personal
Name
Address
Nigel Calvert
Email
Website
Telephone
[email protected]
www.nigelcalvert.org
Interests
Cycling; Running; Volunteer at Carlisle Talking Newspaper; Former County Medical
Officer and Commander of St John Ambulance Cumbria; Amateur musician; Former
Secretary, Vice Chairman and Chairman of Carlisle Round Table; Member of MG
Car Club.
2. Education
Secondary
Tertiary
1974-1982
1982-1988
1992-1993
Austin Friars School, Carlisle
University of Leicester
University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Professional Qualifications
• BSc (Medical Sciences) Upper Second Class Honours. Intercalated year doing embryology research,
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supported by a grant from the Medical Research Council. (University of Leicester, 1985)
MB ChB (University of Leicester, 1988)
MSc in Public Health Medicine (University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1993)
Membership of the Faculty of Public Health Medicine (London, 1995)
Fellowship of the Faculty of Public Health (London, 2007)
Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians (London, 2013)
British Institute of Innkeeping Awarding Body (BIIAB) Award for Licensing Practitioners (Alcohol) (2011)
Full General Medical Council Registration (Number 3294697)
• Revalidated in March 2013; next revalidation due in March 2018.
• I hold a Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training and I am on the Specialist Register for Public
Health Medicine.
3. Employment History
Current Post
• Consultant in Public Health Medicine (Health Protection and Screening), Dumfries and Galloway
Health Board since October 2013
Previous Consultant Appointments (1996-2013)
• Consultant in Health Protection, Public Health England, Cumbria and Lancashire Centre (April 2013September 2013).
• Associate Director of Public Health (Health Protection), Cumbria Primary Care Trust (August 2008March 2013).
• Consultant in Health Protection, Health Protection Agency, Cumbria and Lancashire Health Protection
Unit (July 2002-July 2008).
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• Consultant in Communicable Disease Control, North Cumbria Health Authority (December 1998•
September 2001), and Carlisle and District Primary Care Trust (October 2001-June 2002).
Consultant in Public Health Medicine (including Communicable Diseases & Environmental Health
role), Dumfries and Galloway Health Board (March 1996 to December 1998).
Higher Specialist Training (1991-1996)
• Senior Registrar in Public Health Medicine, Dumfries and Galloway Health Board (January 1995 to
February 1996).
• Senior Registrar in Public Health Medicine, East Cumbria Health Authority and then North Cumbria
Health Authority (September 1993 to December 1994)
• Registrar and then Senior Registrar in Public Health Medicine, Northern Regional Health Authority (March
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1993 to August 1993)
Registrar in Public Health Medicine, West Cumbria Health Authority (September 1991 to February 1993)
General Professional Training (1989-1991)
• Senior House Officer in Psychiatry, Garlands Hospital, Carlisle (February 1991 to August 1991)
• Senior House Officer in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, City General and City Maternity Hospitals,
Carlisle (August 1990 to January 1991)
• Senior House Officer in Paediatrics, Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle (February 1990 to July 1990)
• Trainee in General Practice in Carlisle (August 1989 to January 1990)
Pre-registration Jobs (1988-1989)
• House Officer in General Medicine and Geriatrics, George Eliot Hospital, Nuneaton (February 1989 to
July 1989)
• House Officer in General Surgery, Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle (August 1988 to January 1989)
4. Academic and Professional
Faculty of Public Health
• Accredited Faculty of Public Health Medicine Trainer.
• Faculty of Public Health Part A Examiner.
• Faculty Advisor (Scotland)
Teaching
• Former Tutor on East Cumbria General Practice Training Scheme
• Former Tutor on West Lakes General Practice Training Scheme
5. Publications & Major Conference Presentations
Publications (*Peer-reviewed)
• *Murray J, Calvert N, Batchelor L, Connor M, Ross E, Whelan A. First community cluster of New Delhi
Metallo-beta-lactamase-1 (NDM-1) Escherichia coli in Scotland. Journal of Infection Prevention 2014;
vol. 15, 1 suppl: pp. S3-S48
• *Bennett E, Ashton M, Calvert N, Chaloner J, Egan J, Cheesbrough J, Farrell I, Hall I, Harrison T, Naik
FC, Partridge S, Syed Q, Gent N. Barrow-in-Furness: a large community legionellosis outbreak in the UK.
Epidemiology and Infection 2014; 142: 1763-1777
• Calvert N, Ashton J, Garnett E. Mumps outbreaks in private schools: public health lessons for the postWakefield era. The Lancet 2013; 381(9878): 1625-6.
• Calvert N. Government seems to have listened but not heard in reorganising public health. BMJ
2011;343:d5053.
• *Calvert N, Murphy L, Smith A, Copeland D, Knowles M. A Hotel-based Outbreak of Salmonella enterica
subsp. Enterica serovar Enteritidis (Salmonella Enteritidis) in the United Kingdom, 2006. Eurosurveillance
2007;12(3): 44-47.
• Calvert N, Murphy L. Chemical Aspects of the Carlisle Floods 2005. Chemical Hazards and Poisons
Report, May 2005 issue pages 4-5. Health Protection Agency, London.
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• *Telford D, Partridge S, Cumming I, Smith AF, Calvert N. Editorial: The Legionnaires’ outbreak in Barrowin-Furness, Summer 2002. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2006; 60(6): 464-465.
• Calvert N. Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in England - Update. Eurosurveillance Weekly 2002; 6: 33.
• Calvert N, Astbury J. Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in England. Eurosurveillance Weekly 2002; 6: 32.
• *Nicoll A, Wilson D, Calvert N, Borriello P. Editorial: Managing major public health crises: Lessons from
recent events in the United States and the United Kingdom. BMJ 2001; 323: 1321-2
• Calvert N. Communicable Disease Control must remain at a local level. BMJ 2001; 323: 236. [Letter].
• *Calvert N, Stewart WC, Reilly WJ. Salmonella typhimurium DT104 infection in humans and animals: a
collaborative epidemiological study. Veterinary Record 1998; 143: 351-4.
• Breen D, MacLean I, Calvert N, Campbell D, Darrant D, Walker R, MacKenzie K. In the waters of
Wanlockhead: public health response to Giardia and Cryptosporidium. Scottish Centre for Infection and
Environmental Health Weekly Report 1996; 30: 258-259.
• Chalmers J, Calvert N, Breen D, Parr W, MacKenzie K, Darrant D. Contamination of Domestic Water
Supplies with an Antifreeze/Anticorrosive Mixture: an Investigation of Health Effects. Scottish Centre for
Infection and Environmental Health Weekly Report 1996; 30: 114-116.
• *Calvert N, Cutts F, Irving R, Brown D, Miller E, Marsh J. Measles immunity and response to
revaccination among secondary school children in Cumbria. Epidemiology and Infection 1996; 116: 6570.
• *Calvert N, Cutts F, Miller E, Brown D, Munro J. Measles among secondary school children in West
Cumbria: implications for vaccination policy. Communicable Disease Report 1994; 4(6): 70-73.
• *Charlton BG, Calvert N, White M, Rye G, Wlasislaw C, Van Zwanenberg T. Health Promotion priorities
for general practice: constructing and using “indicative prevalences”. BMJ 1994; 308: 1019-1022.
• *Calvert N, Pratten MK and Beck F. Trophic factors in rat serum and embryonic development.
Biochemical Society Transactions 1986; 14: 980-1.
Presentations at Major Conferences
• Murray J, Calvert N, Batchelor L, Connor M, Ross E, Whelan A. First Community Cluster of New Delhi
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Metallo-beta-lactamase-1 Escherichia coli in Scotland. Poster presentation at the 5 Nations Health
Protection Conference. York. May 2014
Calvert N, Batchelor L, Connor M, Murray J, Ross E, Whelan A. A Community Outbreak of New Delhi
Metallo-beta-lactamase-1 (NDM-1) Escherichia coli in Scotland: Implications for Antimicrobial Stewardship.
Oral presentation at the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy Spring Meeting. Royal College of
Physicians, London March 2014
Calvert N, Murphy L, Thompson R, Ewin M, Leigh R, Müller J. Development of an Online HealthcareAssociated Infection Dashboard for Board Assurance. Poster Presentation at the UK Public Health
Association Annual Conference. Brighton March 2009.
Davison H, Calvert N. Averted: A Large Scale Outbreak of Cryptosporidiosis. Poster Presentation at the
Faculty of Public Health Annual Conference. Cardiff June 2008.
• Calvert N, Wood C, Weatherley D. Health Response to the Grayrigg Train Derailment. Poster
Presentation at the UK Public Health Association Annual Conference. Liverpool April 2008.
• Calvert N. It Never Rains but it Pours: Public Health Effects of Flooding. Oral Presentation at the 37th
Annual Infection Control Nurses’ Association / Infection Prevention Society National Conference. Brighton
September 2007.
• Calvert N. Health Protection: Infection Hazards in Care Settings. Oral Presentation at the National
Association for Safety and Health in Care Services (NASHICS) Annual Conference. Coventry July 2007.
• Calvert N, Murphy L. An Outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis associated with Tiramisu. Poster Presentation
at Health Protection Agency 5 Nations Conference. Belfast May 2007.
• Calvert N, Murphy L. The 2005 Carlisle Floods: Communication of Health Risks to the Public. Poster
Presentation at Health Protection Agency 5 Nations Conference. Belfast May 2007.
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• Calvert N. A Large Outbreak of Legionnaire’s Disease in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. Legionnaires’
Disease: The Expert Environmental Invader. Oral Presentation at the Royal Institute of Public Health,
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London. 27 July 2005.
Nations
• Calvert N. Carlisle Floods 2005: The Health Protection Response. Oral Presentation at the Five
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Health Protection Conference, Health Protection Agency Centre for Infections, Colindale. 10 May 2005.
• Calvert N. The 2003 Barrow-in-Furness Legionnaire’s Disease Outbreak – an Early Test for the new
Health Protection Arrangements. Oral Presentation at the Jean Shanks Foundation Symposium:
Waterborne Diseases. Royal College of Pathologists, London. 9th July 2003. The abstract appeared in the
Sept/October edition of the College Supplement to the Bulletin 'Education in Pathology'.
• Calvert N. The Barrow-in-Furness Legionnaires' Disease Outbreak. Oral Presentation at the Public Health
Laboratory Service Annual Scientific Conference. University of Warwick. 11 September 2002
• Calvert N. Health Protection Response to the 2002 Barrow-in-Furness Legionnaires' Disease Outbreak.
Oral Presentation at the Conference on the Epidemiology and Control of Infectious Diseases and
Environmental Hazards. Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, Colindale. 5 November 2002.
• Calvert N. Public Health Aspects of the 2001 Foot and Mouth Epidemic. Oral Presentation at the
Conference on the Epidemiology and Control of Infectious Diseases and Environmental Hazards.
Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, Colindale. 6 November 2002.
• Calvert N. 1986. The effects of some hormones and trophic factors on the in vitro development of postimplantation rat embryos. I presented this paper to the British Anatomical Society at Southampton
University. The abstract appeared in the Journal of Anatomy 1986; 146: 240.
In Preparation
• Cleary P, Calvert N, Gee S, Graham C, Gray S, Kaczmarski E, Morphet J, Murphy L, Verlander N, Wood
T, Borrow R. Variations in Neisseria meningitidis carriage by socio-economic status: a cross-sectional
study. Currently undergoing peer review for Journal of Public Health.
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