Selected Publications

• Fleming Susannah, Thompson Matthew, Stevens Richard, Heneghan Carl, Pluddemann Annette, Maconochie Ian, Tarassenko Lionel, and Mant David (2011) Normal ranges of heart rate and respiratory rate in children from birth to 18 years of age: a systematic review of observational studies. Lancet, 377(9770):1011-8.

• Pluddemann Annette, Heneghan Carl, Price Christopher P, Wolstenholme Jane, and Thompson Matthew (2011) Point-of-care blood test for ketones in patients with diabetes: primary care diagnostic technology update. Br J Gen Pract, 61(589):530-1.

• Pluddemann Annette, Heneghan Carl, Thompson Matthew, Wolstenholme Jane, and Price Christopher P (2011) Dermoscopy for the diagnosis of melanoma: primary care diagnostic technology update. Br J Gen Pract, 61(587):416-7.

• Pluddemann Annette, Price Christopher P, Thompson Matthew, Wolstenholme Jane, and Heneghan Carl (2011) Primary care diagnostic technology update: point-of-care testing for glycosylated haemoglobin. Br J Gen Pract, 61(583):139-40.

• Pluddemann Annette, Thompson Matthew, Heneghan Carl, and Price Christopher (2011) Pulse oximetry in primary care: primary care diagnostic technology update. Br J Gen Pract, 61(586):358-9.

Annette obtained her PhD from the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa and her background is in Microbiology and Immunology. From 2003-2008 she worked as a postdoctoral researcher under Prof. Siamon Gordon at the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology in Oxford, studying the role of macrophages in innate immunity against microbial infection.
She joined the Oxford University Department of Primary Health Care in January 2009 as a researcher in the Centre for Monitoring and Diagnosis (MaDOx), where she is working with Dr. Matthew Thompson and Dr. Carl Heneghan on the Horizon Scanning Programme.  Her research aims to identify innovations in diagnostic technologies likely to have a significant impact in primary care, and disseminating this information to the Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Programme, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) and Commissioning bodies.  In particular, her research is focussed on the diagnosis of infection, cardiovascular disease and cancer. She is also attached to the Centre for Evidence Based Medicine at Oxford University.