A PROFESSOR who has devoted her life to developing treatments for critically-ill children has received an OBE in the Queen’s birthday honours.
Professor Kathryn Maitland, who hails from Appleton but is now based in Kenya, received the accolade for services to medical science.
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The paediatrician and infectious disease researcher has ‘dedicated her career to improving the care of critically-ill children’ – including studying the impacts of malaria, bacterial sepsis and severe malnutrition.
She has been based within East Africa for more than 20 years, with her work largely focussing on improving techniques used in kids’ emergency care in the sub-Sahara, where resources in hospitals can often be scarce.
Professor Maitland’s team has led clinical trials on a range of interventions working with a network of sites across Kenya and Uganda – centring on topics such as blood transfusions, intravenous fluids and administering oxygen.
Her work has ‘led to improvements in patient outcomes and ultimately helped to reduce child mortality’.
The professor of tropical paediatric infectious disease at Imperial College London said: “I am absolutely delighted to be recognised for my work leading clinical trials in critically sick children in resource poor environments.
“It goes without saying that none of these trials would have been possible without the wonderful support that I've received from numerous colleagues throughout the world, most particularly the dedicated teams of clinicians, scientists and support staff that I work with throughout Africa.”
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