Dr Michael Newnham MBChB, MSc, MRCP, PGCE (MedEd), PhD

Dr Michael Newnham

Department of Applied Health Sciences
Associate Professor & Respiratory Consultant

Contact details

Telephone
+44 (0)121 414 8579
Email
m.newnham@bham.ac.uk
Address
Murray Learning Centre
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Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Michael Newnham is an Associate Professor and Consultant in Respiratory Medicine.

Michael’s research interests are predominately focused on pulmonary vascular diseases including pulmonary embolism and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. He has experience in research methods that include genomics, big data, biostatistics, clinical research trials and risk prediction modelling. 

Qualifications

  • PhD in Medicine 2019, University of Cambridge
  • PGCert in Medical Education 2011, University 麻豆精选
  • MRCP 2009, Royal College of Physicians
  • MBChB 2006, University 麻豆精选
  • MSc in Pathological Studies 2005, University 麻豆精选

Biography

Michael graduated from the University 麻豆精选 in 2006 and then worked in the West Midlands and commenced Respiratory Medicine training in 2011. He undertook his PhD at Cambridge University from 2016-2019 investigating . He spent several years working in the pulmonary vascular disease’s unit at Papworth Hospital where he retains strong collaborative research links.

Michael has worked at the University 麻豆精选 since September 2018, as a Clinical Lecturer, Senior Lecturer and now Associate Professor as part of Professor Alice Turner’s research group.


Teaching

MBChB

  • 5th year academic lead for the Acutely Ill Patient module
  • 5th year Written Professional Communication module: teaching, marking and moderation
  • 4th year elective project supervisor
  • 3rd year evidence-based medicine teaching
  • 2nd year personal interest project supervisor: big data & artificial intelligence in medicine
  • 1st year research taster: subsegmental pulmonary embolism
  • Personal academic tutor
  • Senior invigilator

MSc Respiratory Medicine

  • Teaching

Postgraduate supervision

MPH

  • Dissertation supervisor

Research

Research Themes:

  • Diagnostic and prognostic studies in pulmonary vascular disease
  • Genetic associations of pulmonary vascular disease including chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension
  • Utilising health data in research

Research studies: 

  • Co-investigator for STOP-APE (Stopping anticoagulation for isolated or incidental subsegmental pulmonary embolism) NIHR funded RCT

Other activities

BTS pulmonary embolism outpatient management quality standards committee: 2019

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Lasserson, D, Gaddu, P, Mehta, S, Ignatowicz, A, Greenfield, S, Prince, C, Cummins, C, Robinson, G, Rodrigues, J, Noble, S, Jowett, S, Toshner, M, Newnham, M & Turner, A 2025, '', Health Technology Assessment.

De Soyza, J, Ellis, P, Newnham, M, Rickard, L & Turner, AM 2024, '', Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases: Journal of the COPD Foundation.

Liley, J, Bunclark, K, Newnham, M, Cannon, J, Sheares, K, Taboada, D, Ng, C, Screaton, N, Jenkins, D, Pepke-Zaba, J & Toshner, M 2024, '', European Respiratory Journal.

Ignatowicz, A, Greenfield, S, Gaddu, P, Prince, C, Toshner, M, Robinson, G, Rodrigues, J, Jowett, S, Noble, S, Newnham, M, Turner, A & Lasserson, D 2024, '', NIHR Journals Library.

Ellis, P, Bailey, E, Choate, R, Holm, KE, Sandhaus, RA, Turner, A & Newnham, M 2024, '', International Journal of COPD, vol. 2024, no. 19, pp. 149-159.

Lasserson, D, Gaddu, P, Mehta, S, Ignatowicz, A, Greenfield, S, Prince, C, Cummins, C, Robinson, G, Rodrigues, J, Noble, S, Jowett, S, Toshner, M, Newnham, M & Turner, A 2024, '', Health Technology Assessment.

Armitage, MN, Mughal, AZ, Huntley, CC, Lasserson, D & Newnham, M 2023, '', Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis, vol. 55, no. 3, pp. 584.

Newnham, M, Quinn, M & Turner, A 2023, '', International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, vol. 18, pp. 1197-1205.

Spittle, D, Mansfield, A, Pye, A, Turner, A & Newnham, M 2023, '', Biomedicines, vol. 11, no. 7, 11072001.

Armitage, MN, Mughal, AZ, Huntley, C, Lasserson, D & Newnham, M 2022, '', Journal of thrombosis and thrombolysis, vol. 55, no. 1, pp. 126-133.

Hadinnapola , CM, Southwood, M, Hernandez-Sanchez, J, Bunclark, K, Newnham, M, Swietlik, EM, Cannon, J, Preston , SD, Sheares, K, Taboada, D, Screaton, N, Jenkins, DP, Morrell, NW, Toshner, M & Pepke-Zaba, J 2022, '', The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation.

Loo, J, Spittle, D & Newnham, M 2021, '', Thorax, vol. 76, no. 4, pp. 412-420.

Bunclark, K, Newnham, M, Chiu, Y-D, Ruggiero, A, Villar, SS, Cannon, JE, Coghlan, G, Corris, PA, Howard, L, Jenkins, D, Johnson, M, Kiely, DG, Ng, C, Screaton, N, Sheares, K, Taboada, D, Tsui, S, Wort, SJ, Pepke-Zaba, J & Toshner, M 2020, '', Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 114-122.

Review article

Aunger, J, Por Yip, K, Dosanjh, K, Scandrett, K, Ungureanu, B, Newnham, M & Turner, AM 2025, '', Chest.

Balbirsingh, V, Mohammed, AS, Turner, A & Newnham, M 2022, '', Thorax, vol. 77, no. 9, pp. 939-945.