Dr Stephen Woolley

Senior Clinical Lecturer in Medical Parasitology and Microbiology and Honorary Consultant in Tropical Medicine and Medical Microbiology

Stephen completed his undergraduate medical training at the University of Sheffield. Following his Foundation Training he undertook his General Duties Medical Officer (GDMO) time in the Royal Navy, serving in a variety of maritime platforms.

On completion of his GDMO time, he undertook Core Medical Training in the West Midlands. Stephen then undertook Higher Specialist Training in Liverpool in Tropical Medicine and Medical Microbiology.

In 2019 to 2021 he completed a MD (Research) with the QIMR Berghofer malaria human challenge group, where he was a sub-investigator for five malaria volunteer infection studies. In 2024, he was appointed as a Consultant in Tropical Medicine and Medical Microbiology and Senior Clinical Lecturer.

He is also a Consultant at the UK national Brucella Reference Laboratory. His research is focussed on medical parasitology and medical microbiology, especially in Brucellosis and malaria. 

Teaching

Current Higher Degree Students

Co-supervisor- Romeo Toriro (PhD) Gastrointestinal disease epidemiology, burden and control within the context of a contemporary military operational environment

Teaching at LSTM

Diploma in Tropical Medicine & Hygiene (DTM&H) LSTM: 
Diploma in Tropical Nursing LSTM: 
Masters in Tropical and Infectious Diseases 
MoD: Military Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases

Appointments

Consultant in Tropical Medicine and Medical Microbiology, Tropical and Infectious Disease Unit, Royal Liverpool University Hospital 

Consultant Medical Microbiologist, Brucella Reference Laboratory, Liverpool Clinical Laboratories, Liverpool, UK
Consultant Defence Medical Services UK

Selected publications

  • Woolley SD, Grigg MJ, Marquart L, Gower J, Piera K, Nair AS, Amante FM, Rajahram GS, William T, Frazer DM, Chalon S, McCarthy JS, Anstey NM, Barber BE. Longitudinal changes in iron homeostasis in human experimental and clinical malaria. eBioMedicine.2024:105189. doi.org/10.1016/j.ebiom.2024.105189

    Nevin WD, Jones J, Tupper D, Dunbar JAT, Wilson D, Ross D, Woolley SD, Dodd J, Biswas J, Lamb L, Beeching NJ, O’Shea MK, Fletcher TE. Gastrointestinal parasite infections in Nepalese Gurkha recruits arriving in the UK from 2012-2020. PLoS NTD. 2024. 18(1): e0011931. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011931

    Toriro R, Pallett S, Woolley S, Bennett C, Hale I, Heylings J, Wilkins D, Connelly T, Muia K, Avery P, Morgan L, Davies M, Nevin W, Qunatick O, Robinson G, Elwin K, Chalmers R, Burns D, Beeching N, Fletcher T, O’Shea M. Outbreak of diarrhoea caused by a novel Cryptosporidium hominis subtype during British military training in Kenya. OFID.  2024 doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofae001

    Woolley SD, Lester R, Devine, K, Warrell CE, Groves N, Beadsworth MBJ. Clade IIb A.3 monkeypox virus: an imported lineage during a large global outbreak. Lancet ID. 2023. doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(23)00120-2

    Fink DL, Callaby H, Luintel A, Beynon W, Bond H, Lim EY, Gkrania-Klotsas E, Heskin J, Bracchi M, Rathish B, Milligan I, O’Hara G, Rimmer S, Peters JR, Payne L, Mody N, Hodgson B, Lewthaite P, Lester R, Woolley SD, Sturdy A, Whittington A, Johnson L, Jacobs N, Quartey J, Payne BAI, Crowe S, Elliott IAM, Harrison T, Cole J, Beard K, Cusack TP, Jones I, Banerjee R, Rampling T, Dunning J. Clinical features and management of individuals admitted to hospital with monkeypox and associated complications across the UK: a retrospective cohort study. Lancet ID. 2022. doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(22)00806-4

    Woolley SD, Marquart L, Woodford J, Chalon S, Moehrle JJ, McCarthy JS and Barber BE. Haematological response in experimental human Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax malaria. Malaria Journal. 20, 470. 2021. doi.org/10.1186/s12936-021-04003-7

    Woolley SD, Fernandez M, Rebelo M, Llewellyn SA, Marquart L, Amante FH, Jennings HE, Webster R, Trenholme K, Chalon S, Moehrle JJ, McCarthy JS and Barber BE. Development and evaluation of a new Plasmodium falciparum 3D7 blood stage malaria cell bank for use in volunteer infection studies. Malaria Journal. 2021.20, 93.  doi.org/10.1186/s12936-021-03627-z