Lucy Finnigan
BSc (Hons), MRes, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher
Lucy is a postdoctoral research assistant interested in using novel magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques to identify and understand disease progression. Lucy is currently investigating an MRI technique named blood level oxygen dependent (BOLD) to identify disease in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
During her time at OCMR she was also the first author in a clinical trial for a treatment aimed at improving mitochondrial function in patients with Long COVID. This was the first randomised, double blind intervention for fatigue symptoms in patients with Long COVID.
Lucy completed a PhD titled ‘The Effects of an Extracorporeal Circulation on Cerebral Perfusion during Cardiothoracic and Critical Care Procedures’ based at Liverpool John Moores University and Alder Hey Children’s Hospital. Her PhD investigated cerebral blood flow velocity and oxygenation during aortic arch repair surgery and a life support technique named extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in a paediatric population.
Recent publications
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Multiorgan MRI findings after hospitalisation with COVID-19 in the UK (C-MORE): a prospective, multicentre, observational cohort study.
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C-MORE/PHOSP-COVID Collaborative Group None., (2023), Lancet Respir Med, 11, 1003 - 1019
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Effects of sleep disturbance on dyspnoea and impaired lung function following hospital admission due to COVID-19 in the UK: a prospective multicentre cohort study.
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Jackson C. et al, (2023), Lancet Respir Med, 11, 673 - 684
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Ethnic differences in the indirect effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on clinical monitoring and hospitalisations for non-COVID conditions in England: a population-based, observational cohort study using the OpenSAFELY platform.
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Costello RE. et al, (2023), EClinicalMedicine, 61
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Determinants of recovery from post-COVID-19 dyspnoea: analysis of UK prospective cohorts of hospitalised COVID-19 patients and community-based controls.
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Zheng B. et al, (2023), Lancet Reg Health Eur, 29
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Prevalence of physical frailty, including risk factors, up to 1 year after hospitalisation for COVID-19 in the UK: a multicentre, longitudinal cohort study.
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McAuley HJC. et al, (2023), EClinicalMedicine, 57