Dr Damian Roland

Consultant and Honorary Associate Professor in Paediatric Emergency Medicine

BMedSci (Hons) 1999, University of Nottingham
MB BS, 2001, University of Nottingham
MRCPCH 2004 PhD 2014

Email: dr98@le.ac.uk Twitter: @damian_roland Blog: rolobotrambles.com

Address: Paediatric Emergency Medicine Leicester Academic (PEMLA) group, University of Leicester, Level G, Jarvis Building RMO, Infirmary Square, Leicester, LE1 5WW

For general enquiries, please email the secretary, Elizabeth Cadman,
or telephone 0116 258 5965

Research Interests

Identification of Sick Children in Acute Care Settings
Scoring Systems
Evaluation of methods to assess training and educational interventions (REMIT)
Co-Founder of PEMLA and QuackApps

Awards

East Midlands Leadership Academy - Development Leader of the Year 2015
UK Health Business Awards - Winner in Patient Data Category (POPS)
Electronic Health Insider Awards 2014 - Highly Commended in Clinical Care Category (POPS)
Health Service Journal - Top 50 Health Innovator 2013 and Rising Star 2014
Graduate Dean's Prize for Best Poster at Leicester University Festival of Postgraduate Research 2013
Shortlisted for Patient Safety Award 2013 in Paediatric Category
International Forum of Quality and Safety in Health Care 2013: Winner of Million Pound Challenge

Publications - 2020

Roland D, Harwood R, Bishop N, Hargreaves D, Patel S, Sinha I. Children's emergency presentations during the COVID-19 pandemic Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2020;S2352-4642(20)30206-6. doi:10.1016/S2352-4642(20)30206-6

Snelson E, Roland D, Munro APS Throat and ear infections in children: URTI in the time of COVID-19 Archives of Disease in Childhood - Education and Practice doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2020-318854

Woods JM, Chan TM, Roland D, Riddell J, Tagg A, Thoma B. Evaluating the reliability of gestalt quality ratings of medical education podcasts: A METRIQ study Perspect Med Educ. 2020;10.1007/s40037-020-00589-x. doi:10.1007/s40037-020-00589-x

Waterfield T, Lyttle MD, McKenna J, Maney JA, Roland D, Corr M, Woolfall K, Patenall B, Shields M, Fairley D, Loop-mediated isothermal amplification for the early diagnosis of invasive meningococcal disease in Children, Arch Dis Child Online First

Reynolds S, Kadambari S, Calton E, Roland D. The child with prolonged fever: when to think zebras Paediatrics and Child Health 2020 30 261-269

Bressan S, Buonsenso D, Farrugia R, et al. Preparedness and response to Pediatric CoVID-19 in European Emergency Departments: a survey of the REPEM and PERUKI networks Ann Emerg Med. 2020;10.1016/j.annemergmed.2020.05.018. doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2020.05.018

Roland D, Stansfield BK. Every cloud: how the COVID-19 pandemic may benefit child health Pediatr Res. 2020;10.1038/s41390-020-0947-x. doi:10.1038/s41390-020-0947-x

Roland D, Suzen N, Coats TJ, Levesley J, Gorban AN, Mirkes EM. What can the randomness of missing values tell you about clinical practice in large data sets of children's vital signs? Pediatr Res. 2020;10.1038/s41390-020-0861-2.

Roberts Z, Collins J, James D On behalf of PERUKI, et al Epidemiology of adolescent trauma in England: a review of TARN data 2008–2017 Emergency Medicine Journal 2020;37:25-30.