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Dr Dan Carr BSc (Hons) MSc PhD FHEA

Senior Lecturer Pharmacology & Therapeutics

Research

Biomarkers and Models of Severe Cutaneous Adverse Drug Reactions

My research focuses on understanding the mechanisms of pathogenesis, and identifying prognostic biomarkers of the severe cutaneous adverse drug reactions (ADRS) Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) and toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN). I have a particular interest in the development of 3D in vitro models utilising keratinocytes and fibroblasts from ADR patient skin biopsies for advancing our understanding of what predisposes certain individuals to drug-induced skin blistering reactions.
Additionally, I am interested in the utility of archival formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded archival skin biopsies for identifying the underlying molecular mechanisms of pathogenesis and novel biomarkers for SJS/TEN

Pharmacogenomics of ADRs

I have a long-held interest and expertise in the study of pharmacogenomics of adverse drug reactions spanning a wide range of therapeutics and clinical disciplines including, but not limited to:
-NSAID-induced upper gastrointestinal ulceration.
-Statin-induced muscle toxicity.
-Antiretroviral hypersensitivity.
-Inhaled corticosteroid-induced adrenal suppression.

Research Group Membership

Research Grants

Provision of a MassArray Mass-spectrometry based multiplex genotyping platform (Agena Biosciences).

MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL

July 2023 - June 2025

Automated high-resolution microscope platform with robotics to study pharmacodynamics in 3D cell cultures

MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL

November 2022 - March 2023

Bench Fees for Ghazi Mohammed D Dhahi (201594689)

ROYAL EMBASSY OF SAUDI ARABIA CULTURAL BUREAU IN LONDON (UK)

November 2021 - September 2024

Academia and Industry United Innovation and Treatment for Tuberculosis ( UNITE4TB)

EUROPEAN COMMISSION

June 2021 - May 2028

Investigation of High Mobility Group Box 1 (HMGB1) protein as a diagnostic/prognostic biomarker of immune checkpoint inhibitor-induced cutaneous immune-related adverse events (irAEs)

BRITISH SKIN FOUNDATION (UK)

September 2019 - March 2021

Bench Fees for Nourah Ibrahim A Aboheimed (201531552)

ROYAL EMBASSY OF SAUDI ARABIA CULTURAL BUREAU IN LONDON (UK)

February 2021 - January 2024

RIKEN knowledge exchange to establish a working collaboration involving a knowledge exchange based around point of care genotyping technologies.

GREAT BRITAIN-SASAKAWA FOUNDATION (UK)

June 2012 - June 2013

PREDICTION-ADR: Personalisation of tREatment In Cardiovascular disease through next generation sequencing in Adverse Drug Reactions

EUROPEAN COMMISSION

September 2013 - February 2017