Dr Emily Lord

 Professional experience

• More than 15 years of experience
• Clinical lead, Oxfordshire Sexual Health Service, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (April 2022 - present)
• ​Sexual and reproductive health consultant, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (September 2018 - present)

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 Sub-specialties

• Gonorrhoea
• Genital skin disorders
• Vulvar pain
• Vaginal discharge
• Proctoscopy
• ‘Point of care’ HIV testing
• Light microscopy
• Dark ground microscopy
• Cryotherapy
• Genital skin biopsy - punch
• Contraceptive implant insertion and removal
• Intrauterine device insertion and removal

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 Positions in public associations

• Digital ambassador, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (September 2021 - present)

 Education

• Clinical training in Genitourinary Medicine (GUM) (Sept 2017)
• Diploma of HIV (2014)
• Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare Diploma (DFSRH) (2012)
• Letter of Competence, Sub-dermal implant insertion (2012)
• Letter of Competence, Intrauterine device insertion (IUD) (2016)
• GUM Diploma (Distinction) (2012) 
• Member of the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) (London) (2010)
• MBChB (graduated with honours) University of Leeds (2007)
• BSc (First class honours),  International Health, University of Leeds  (2005)

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 Publications and conferences

• 2021-22: Case Series Review of resistant Candida Glabrata – management options and challenges. This work has just finished, and been written up for publication and to inform local protocols.
• 2018-2020: HIV Pre Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP Impact Trial): Oxford is a study site for the national trial which aims to help NHS England and Local Authorities understand the national and local demand and need for this medication. In 2018 I was the Primary Investigator for this study, leading a team of research and clinical staff in recruiting and managing patients on the trial.
• 2019: Gonorrhea (GC) trial: laboratory feasibility study - evaluating the use of DNA sequencing to diagnose GC infections and antibiotic resistance. I assisted the Chief Investigator, a clinician scientist from another department, in the design of our local protocol, patient information leaflets and posters. I also arranged for our ST5 trainees to lead study recruitment (with supervision).
• 2017: Member of writing group for update of the BHIVA ‘UK national guidelines for HIV testing 2008’. I was asked to contribute following the international work I have done on HIV testing recommendations in non-HIV specialist guidelines.
• 2017: Detecting asymptomatic Trichomonas vaginalis in females using the BD ProbeTecTM Trichomonas vaginalis (TV) Qx Nucleic Acid Amplification Test (NAATs). I led this project. The results were published and led to a new local screening protocol.
• Lord, E (2023). ‘Vaginal discharge and urethritis in men’, in Davey P, Pitcher A. (ed.) Medicine at a Glance (5th Edition). Wiley, Blackwell, pp 104-105.
• ​Taghinejadi N, Andersson MI, Lord E. Recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis with Candida glabrata – a management conundrum. International Journal of STD & AIDS 2022;33(10):939-942 
• ​Taghinejadi N, Lord E, Edwards E. Vulval pain: vulvodynia. Medicine 2022; 50 (5), 290-293
• Jordans C et al. National medical specialty guidelines of HIV indicator conditions in Europe lack adequate HIV testing recommendations: a systematic guideline review. Eurosurveillance 2022;27(48)
• Eyre D, Sanderson ND, Lord E et al. Gonorrhoea Treatment Failure Caused By A Neisseria Gonorrhoeae Strain With Combined Ceftriaxone And High-Level Azithromycin Resistance, England, 2018. Euro Surveill. 2018;23(27):Pii=1800323
• The YS, Rees J, Reich J, Beeching H, Lord E. An audit investigating routine contraceptive enquiry for Women Living with HIV of reproductive age at an integrated sexual health service during the COVID-19 pandemic. HIVA Autumn Conference, 2021. London, UK.
• Macrae A, Lord E, Forsthye A, Sherrard J. Audit: Rates of sexual history taking and screening in HIV positive men who have sex with men (MSM). Accepted as abstract and poster presentation. BASHH Spring Conference, 2016. Oxford, UK.
• Lord E, Stockdale A, Rae C, Sperle I, Raben D, Lundgren J, Sullivan A. Evaluation of HIV testing recommendations in specialty guidelines for the management of HIV indicator conditions. Abstract and poster presentation. EACS annual conference, 2015. Barcelona, Spain
• Stockdale A, Byrne L, Curtis H, Duncan C, Lord E, Malek R, Vera J, Sullivan A. Do UK specialty guidelines recommend testing for HIV indicator diseases? Abstract and poster. 2015 BHIVA annual conference.
• Bennett A, Wainwright E, Lord E, Oduru M, Chen F, Desmond N, Sherrard J, Duncan S. The impact of the 2011 postexposure HIV prophylaxis following sexual exposure (PEPSE) guidelines: a regional audit across three genitourinary centres. Abstract and poster. BASHH/BHIVA 2014 conference.
• 2019: Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Health - Consultants and Lead Clinicians In Reproductive Health Meeting, London. I presented and ran a workshop on ‘developing online sexual health services.
• 2019: Oxfordshire County Council -‘Sexual Health Action Partnership (SHAP)’ meeting. I presented the new online screening pathway I had designed and developed.
• 2017: Euro HIV EDAT and OptTEST, Brussels. Invited to present on behalf of the UK, Spain and Estonia on ‘improving HIV testing recommendations in non-HIV specialty guidelines’.
• 2017: BHIVA annual conference, Liverpool. I was invited to speak at one of the plenary sessions on the incorporation of acute medicine to the trainee’s curriculum.
• 2015: BASHH Oxford Branch Meeting. A local experience following the implementation of TV NAATs in women. This work was subsequently published as a short paper

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 Prizes and awards

• ‘Best Grand Round Presentation’ , Topic: HIV Testing, Royal Berkshire Hospital (2012)
• The West Riding Panel Practitioners Prize, Awarded annually to the student with the best performance in the final OSCE examinations, University of Leeds (2007)
• The Hardwick Prize, Awarded to the final year student who achieves the highest marks, University of Leeds (2007)
• Joan McKinnon Memorial Award, Bursary for elective study, University of Leeds (2006)
• The William Macadam Prize in Medicine, Awarded to the third year student who achieves the best academic performance that year, University of Leeds (2003)

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 Professional membership

• Member of the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH)