Maxine Kuczawski
Research Associate
ScHARR
The University of Sheffield
Regent Court
30 Regent Street
Sheffield
S1 4DA
Tel: (+44) (0)114 222 2981
Fax: (+44) (0)114 222 0870
email : m.kuczawski@sheffield.ac.uk
Biography
I joined the University of Sheffield in January 2011 from The Royal College of Surgeons of England where I worked as the Audit Co-ordinator on the Patient Outcomes in Surgery (POiS) Audit. Prior to this, I worked as an Epidemiological Scientist at the Health Protection Agency Centre for Infections.
I am currently the Project Manager for The AHEAD Study, a prospective study monitoring anticoagulated patients who suffer head injury.
Current Projects
The AHEAD Study. Funded by the NIHR Research for Patient Benefit Programme, is a propsective multi-centre study examining the clinical and cost outcomes following head injury in anticoagulated patients who attend participating UK emergency departments. The study is due to finish in 2013.
Key Publications
Schelenz S, Tucker D, Georgeu C, Daly S, Hill M, Roxburgh J, French GL. Significant reduction of endemic MRSA acquisition and infection in cardiothoracic patients by means of an enhanced targeted infection control programme. J Hosp Infect. 2005 Jun;60(2):104-10.
Section
Maxine Kuczawski is based in the section of Health Services Research.