Dr Hugh Gifford

About me:
I am an NIHR Clinical Lecturer at the University of Exeter and honorary Specialty Registrar (ST7) in Intensive Care, Internal & Respiratory Medicine. My goal is to improve the holistic care of critically ill patients in the African continent, where the burden of life-threatening fungal disease is massive.

Qualifications:
PhD Biological Sciences (2025) "The evolution of virulence in Candida auris determined through experimental, ecological and epidemiological approaches"
SCE Respiratory Medicine (2021) Specialty Certificate Examination, Royal College of Physicians
MRes Medical Mycology & Fungal Immunology (2021) Distinction; Dean's Commendation for Exceptional Performance; Biosciences Prize FFICM: Fellowship of the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine (2020) Higher Specialty Training Qualification
DTM&H: Professional Diploma in Tropical Medicine & Hygiene (East African Partnership, 2017) London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine MLitt: Master of Letters (Scripture and Theology, 2016) University of St Andrews
MRCP (UK): Membership of the Royal Colleges of Physicians (2014) Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
BM BCh: Clinical Medicine (2010) University of Oxford
BA, MA: Medical Sciences (Infection & Immunity, 2007 and 2014) University of Oxford

Career:

NIHR Clinical Lecturer (2025-) University of Exeter

Intensive Care, Respiratory and Internal Medicine Specialty Trainee (2025-) Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton; Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital, Exeter

MRC Scholarship (MRes-PhD) Fungal Immunology & Pathobiology (2020-2024) MRC Center for Medical Mycology at the University of Exeter
Level 2 Thoracic Ultrasound (2020) Royal College of Radiology/British Thoracic Society
FUSIC: Focused Ultrasound in Intensive Care (2020) Intensive Care Society/British Society of Echocardiography
Intensive Care and Respiratory Medicine Specialty Trainee (2015-2020) Ninewells Hospital, Dundee; Perth Royal Infirmary, Perth; Western General Hospital, Edinburgh; Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh; Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Little France
Youth Worker (2014-15) City Church Dundee
Honorary Clinical Teacher (2013-2019) University of Dundee
Acute Care Common Stem (Acute Medicine) 2012-2015 Ninewells Hospital, Dundee; Perth Royal Infirmary, Perth
Foundation Doctor (2010-2012) Horton Hospital, Banbury; John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford; Ninewells Hospital, Dundee; Grove Health Centre, Broughty Ferry