Dr Lavanya Diwakar PhD (Health Economics), FRCPath (Imm), MRCP, MSc (HEHP)

Lavanya Diwakar

Department of Applied Health Sciences
Hon Associate Professor in Health Economics
Consultant Immunologist

Contact details

Email
l.diwakar@bham.ac.uk
Twitter
Address
Health Economics Unit
Department of Applied Health Sciences
College of Medicine and Health
University 麻豆精选
Edgbaston
Birmingham, B15 2TT

Dr Lavanya Diwakar clinical academic, with expertise in immunology and health economics. Lavanya is currently working with various colleagues across the midlands as a part of an NIHR development and skills enhancement fellowship.

 

Qualifications

  • PhD (Health Economics), University 麻豆精选 2018
  • Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists (FRCPath, Immunology) 2013
  • MSc (Health economics and Health policy), University 麻豆精选 2010
  • Member of Royal College of Physicians (UK) 2004
  • General Medial Council (UK) 2001

Teaching

  • MSc Respiratory Medicine (allergy module) Respiratory Medicine - MSc/PGDip/PGCert
  • MSc Health Economics and Health Policy MSc/Diploma

Doctoral research

PhD title
Economic evaluation of Paediatric Allergy pathways for the West Midlands

Other activities

  • Examiner for the FRCPath examination (Immunology)
  • Medical Appraiser for the QPIDS and IQAS schemes (for the Royal College of Physicians)
  • Standards of care committee for the British Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (SOCC)
  • Steering committee member for IQAS

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Yong, PFK, Annals, R, Diwakar, L, Elkhalifa, S, Gompels, M, Jain, R, Karim, MY, Khan, S, Metcalfe, A, Noorani, S, Steele, C, Kiani-Alikhan, S & Garcez, T 2024, '', Clinical and Experimental Immunology, vol. 217, no. 1, pp. 109-116.

Mendivil, J, DerSarkissian, M, Banerji, A, Diwakar, L, Katelaris, CH, Keith, PK, Kim, H, Lacuesta, G, Magerl, M, Slade, C, Smith, WB, Choudhry, Z, Simon, A, Sarda, SP & Busse, PJ 2023, '', Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology, vol. 19, no. 1, 48.

Burton, AE, Lindsay-Wiles, I, Herron, D, Owen, A, Elliott, J, Metcalfe, A & Diwakar, L 2023, '', International Emergency Nursing, vol. 71, 101339.

Chong, AC, Diwakar, L, Kaplan, CM, Fox, AT, Abrams, EM, Greenhawt, M, Oppenheimer, JJ & Shaker, MS 2023, '', Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice, vol. 11, no. 7, pp. 2054-2066.

RECOVERY Collaborative Group 2022, '', The Lancet, vol. 399, no. 10320, pp. 143-151.

STOP-COVID19 Investigators, Keir, HR, Long, MB, Abo-Leyah, H, Giam, YH, Vadiveloo, T, Pembridge, T, Hull, RC, Delgado, L, Band, M, McLaren-Neil, F, Adamson, S, Lahnsteiner, E, Gilmour, A, Hughes, C, New, BJM, Connell, D, Dowey, R, Turton, H, Richardson, H, Cassidy, D, Cooper, J, Suntharalingam, J, Diwakar, L, Russell, P, Underwood, J, Hicks, A, Dosanjh, D, Sage, B, Dhasmana, D, Spears, M, Thompson, AAR, Brightling, C, Smith, A, Patel, M, George, J, Condliffe, AM, Shoemark, A, MacLennan, G & Chalmers, JD 2022, '', The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, vol. 10, no. 12, pp. 1119-1128.

Wells, R, McKay, C, Makwana, N, Vyas, D, Vaughan, S, Christopher, A, Thomas, L, Primett, M, Diwakar, L, Alvis, S & Perkin, MR 2022, '', Clinical and Experimental Allergy , vol. 52, no. 11, pp. 1276-1290.

Shields, AM, Anantharachagan, A, Arumugakani, G, Baker, K, Bahal, S, Baxendale, H, Bermingham, W, Bhole, M, Boules, E, Bright, P, Chopra, C, Cliffe, L, Cleave, B, Dempster, J, Devlin, L, Dhalla, F, Diwakar, L, Drewe, E, Duncan, C, Dziadzio, M, Elcombe, S, Elkhalifa, S, Gennery, A, Ghanta, H, Goddard, S, Grigoriadou, S, Hackett, S, Hayman, G, Herriot, R, Herwadkar, A, Huissoon, A, Jain, R, Jolles, S, Johnston, S, Khan, S, Laffan, J, Lane, P, Leeman, L, Lowe, DM, Mahabir, S, Lochlainn, DJM, McDermott, E, Misbah, S, Moghaddas, F, Morsi, H, Murng, S, Noorani, S, O'Brien, R, Patel, S, Price, A, Rahman, T, Seneviratne, S, Shrimpton, A, Stroud, C, Thomas, M, Townsend, K, Vaitla, P, Verma, N, Williams, A, Burns, SO, Savic, S & Richter, AG 2022, '', Clinical and Experimental Immunology, vol. 209, no. 3, pp. 247-258.

Shaukat, I, Khan, R, Diwakar, L, Kemp, T & Bodasing, N 2021, '', Clinical Infection in Practice, vol. 10, 100042.

RECOVERY Collaborative Group 2021, '', The Lancet, vol. 397, no. 10274, pp. 605-612.

Wright, J, Achana, F, Diwakar, L, Semple, MG, Carroll, WD, Baillie, K, Thompson, C, Alcock, A & Kemp, TS 2021, '', International Journal of Infectious Diseases , vol. 111, pp. 333-335.

Diwakar, L, Cummins, C & Roberts, T 2020, '', Clinical and Experimental Allergy .

Diwakar, L, Cummins, C, Lilford, R & Roberts, T 2017, '', BMJ open, vol. 7, e012647.

Diwakar, L, Cummins, C, Ryan, R, Marshall, T & Roberts, T 2017, '', British Journal of General Practice .

Letter

Goddard, S, Diwakar, L, Hughes, D, Clarke, D & Graham, J 2021, '', British Journal of Haematology, vol. 193, no. 2, pp. e12-e15.