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Dr Paul Afolabi is a senior research fellow at the Southampton Biomedical Research Centre (SCBR) funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) and is a partnership between University Hospital Southampton Foundation Trust and the University of Southampton. He studied at University of Southampton and obtained a PhD in Biological Chemistry. In addition, he has over 20 years’ experience in designing and translating clinical research studies in cancer, critical care and clinical nutrition into routine clinical practice.
Paul’s expertise is in developing simple non-invasive breath tests and breathomics application for rapid detection of various metabolic dysfunction in liver disease, pancreatic cancer and COVID-19 which can be used to characterise early disease progression that is beneficial and very convenient to both patients and clinicians.
He also offers collaborative support in setting up grant applications to other research groups and clinicians within the UK who are interested in using metabolic research to better manage their patients in clinics.