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| Researcher Name | Prof Julian Bion |
| Researcher ID | 0 (more information) |
| Country | UK |
| Company / Institution | University of Birmingham |
| Job Title | Professor of Intensive Care Medicine |
| Research Interest | My areas of research are focussed on implementation science, human factors and education as methods of improving quality of patient care. Matching Michigan Project (NPSA): senior clinical lead for this quality improvement project Health Foundation-funded ethnographic study: Grant holder Prof Mary Dixon-Woods (University of Leicester). Steering committee member. HTA-funded ProMISe study (protocolised management of sepsis). Steering Committee member. Competency-based training in intensive care in Europe (CoBaTrICE). Two programme grants from Leonardo Foundation, October 2003-6, and identified as a model of best research practice by the European Commission. Second phase funded for a further two years 2007-9 (CoBaTrICE-IT). Adopted by many countries worldwide (www.cobatrice.org) including UK. GenOSept: an international collaborative study of the genetics of sepsis (ESICM). I inititated this project and am now one of the collaborators supporting Professor Stuber as project lead. Received a 3 year grant of 2.1 MEur in November 2004. Inflammation and adrenocortical dysfunction in trauma and sepsis with Professors Lord, Arlt and Midwinter: research in progress at University of Birmingham and Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (Dr Mark Foster research fellow) CMV suppression in critical illness. RFpB-funded study with Professor Paul Moss (Research fellow Dr Nick Cowley). |
| Research Expertise | I created and am now research lead for the world-wide European Community Leonardo Programme-funded international competency-based training programme for intensive care in Europe (CoBaTrICE). Completed successfully in October 2006, we are now implementing this programme worldwide, and will be developing a social sciences research programme to evaluate its impact on medical education and patient care. The programe can be viewed at www.cobatrice.org. I am a member of the WHO sepsis group within the Integrated Management of Acute Illness programme, developing best practice guidance for resource-limited environments. I am one of the lead investigators in a collaborative group studying the genetics of sepsis (GenOSept) which has been awarded a grant of Eur 2.1M by the FP6 programme. I am the senior clinical lead for the DoH-funded NPSA a Matching Michigan project to minimise blood stream infections linked to the use of central venous catheters (2009-2011). I have integrated training in acute care and resuscitation in the undergraduate curriculum from Year 1 to 5, including the introduction of peer-led training in resuscitation for all first year health care students (>600). This novel programme has international recognition, and is highly rated by the students; the student instructor course is oversubscribed. We are now training student examiners. |
| Research Areas | Human factors, quality improvement. |
