Professor Chris Griffiths, MA DPhil FRCP FRCGP
Professor of Primary Care, Joint Centre Lead
email: c.j.griffiths@qmul.ac.uk
Phone: +44 20 7882 2501
Fax: +44 20 7882 2552
PA: Lynette Edwards
Tel: +44 20 7882 2509
gppc-admin@qmul.ac.uk
Centre for Primary Care and Public Health
Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry
Postal address:
2 Newark Street
Whitechapel
London
E1 2AT
Chris Griffiths is professor of primary care and joint acting centre lead in the Centre for Primary Care and Public Health, and deputy director for research at the Blizard Instutite. He is a principal investigator at the MRC-Asthma UK Centre for Allergic Mechanisms in Asthma. He has been a general practitioner in Hackney since 1992.
He read Physiological Sciences at Keble College, Oxford, before completing a D.Phil addressing the endocrine control of gut function. His clinical training was at King’s College London. His research addresses tuberculosis, chronic respiratory disease and diabetes, and ethnicity. He is a member of the development groups for NICE guidelines for tuberculosis, and for the British asthma guidelines. He is an editorial board member of the journals Thorax and the Primary Care Respiratory Journal.
Research interests:
Chris Griffiths' main research interests include asthma, COPD, TB, allergy, diabetes, vitamin D, primary care, clinical trials, and qualitative research.
Publications:
2009
Effects of allergen and trigger factor avoidance advice in primary care on asthma control: a randomized-controlled trial
C. Bobb, T. Ritz, G. Rowlands and C. Griffiths, Clinical & Experimental Allergy, 1–10 doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2009.03350.x
Association between Gc genotype and susceptibility to TB is dependent on vitamin D status
Martineau AR, Leandro AC, Anderson ST, Newton SM, Wilkinson KA, Nicol MP, Pienaar SM, Skolimowska KH, Rocha MA, Rolla VC, Levin M, Davidson RN, Bremner SA, Griffiths CJ, Eley BS, Bonecini-Almeida MG, Wilkinson RJ. Eur Respir J 2009 Sep 24.
Influence of a single oral dose of vitamin D(2) on serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations in tuberculosis patients.
Martineau AR, Nanzer AM, Satkunam KR, Packe GE, Rainbow SJ, Maunsell ZJ, Timms PM, Venton TR, Eldridge SM, Davidson RN, Wilkinson RJ, Griffiths CJ. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2009 Jan;13(1):119-25.
Improved Vitamin D Status Despite Allocation to Placebo in a Tuberculosis Treatment Trial: Contamination Bias?
Martineau AR, Griffiths CJ, Packe GE. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2009 Jul 15;180(2):189.
Feasibility and acceptability of offering rapid HIV tests to patients registering with primary care in London (UK): a pilot study
Prost A, Griffiths CJ, Anderson J, Wight D, Hart G. Sex Transm Infect 2009 May 31;85:326-9.
2008
Vitamin D in the treatment and prevention of tuberculosis
Martineau AR, Griffiths C, Wilkinson RJ. Expert Review of Endocrinology & Metabolism 2008 Mar 1;3(2):105-7.
Vitamin D and tuberculosis incidence in Spain
Martineau AR, Wilkinson RJ, Griffiths CJ. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2008;177:799.
2007 Oct 17
Self-management education programmes by lay leaders for people with chronic conditions
Foster G;Taylor SJ;Eldridge S;Ramsay J;Griffiths C;, The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, vol: , pp:-
2007 May 5
Educational outreach to promote screening for tuberculosis in primary care: a cluster randomised controlled trial
Griffiths C;Sturdy P;Brewin P;Bothamley G;Eldridge S;Martineau A;MacDonald M;Ramsay J;Tibrewal S;Levi S;Zumla A;Feder G;, Lancet, vol: 369, pp:1528-1534
2007 May
Service implications from a comparison of the evidence on the effectiveness and a survey of provision in England and Wales of COPD specialist nurse services in the community
Candy B;Taylor SJ;Ramsay J;Esmond G;Griffiths CJ;Bryar RM;, Int J Nurs Stud, vol: 44, pp:601-610
2007 Mar
Vitamin D in the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis
Martineau AR;Honecker FU;Wilkinson RJ;Griffiths CJ;
2007 Jun 16
How effective are expert patient (lay led) education programmes for chronic disease?
Griffiths C;Foster G;Ramsay J;Eldridge S;Taylor S;, BMJ, vol: 334, pp:1254-1256
2007 Jun 1
IFN-gamma- and TNF-independent vitamin D-inducible human suppression of mycobacteria: the role of cathelicidin LL-37
Martineau AR;Wilkinson KA;Newton SM;Floto RA;Norman AW;Skolimowska K;Davidson RN;Sorensen OE;Kampmann B;Griffiths CJ;Wilkinson RJ;, J Immunol, vol: 178, pp:7190-7198
2007 Jul 2
Neutrophil-mediated innate immune resistance to mycobacteria
Martineau AR;Newton SM;Wilkinson KA;Kampmann B;Hall BM;Nawroly N;Packe GE;Davidson RN;Griffiths CJ;Wilkinson RJ;, J Clin Invest, vol: 117, pp:1988-1994
2007 Feb
The new tuberculosis: raised awareness of tuberculosis is vital in general practice
Griffiths C;Martineau A;
2007 Apr 26
A Single Dose of Vitamin D Enhances Immunity to Mycobacteria
Martineau AR;Wilkinson RJ;Wilkinson KA;Newton SM;Kampmann B;Hall BM;Packe GE;Davidson RN;Eldridge SM;Maunsell ZJ;Rainbow SJ;Berry JL;Griffiths CJ;, Am J Respir Crit Care Med, vol: , pp:-
2006 Feb 25
Service implications from a comparison of the evidence on the effectiveness and a survey of provision in England and Wales of COPD specialist nurse services in the community
Candy B;Taylor SJ;Ramsay J;Esmond G;Griffiths CJ;Bryar RM;
2006 Apr 1
Tuberculosis: clinical diagnosis and management of tuberculosis, and measures for its prevention and control.
National Collaborating Centre for Chronic Conditions;Griffiths CJ;
2006
Is screening for Tuberculosis acceptable to immigrants? A qualitative study
Brewin P;Jones A;Kelly M;McDonald M;Beasley E;Sturdy P;Bothamley G;Griffiths C;, Journal of public health, vol: 28, pp:253-260
2005 Sep 3
Effectiveness of innovations in nurse led chronic disease management for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: systematic review of evidence
Taylor SJ;Candy B;Bryar RM;Ramsay J;Vrijhoef HJ;Esmond G;Wedzicha JA;Griffiths CJ;
2005 Nov 10
Randomised controlled trial of a lay-led self-management programme for Bangladeshi patients with chronic disease
Griffiths C;Motlib J;Azad A;Ramsay J;Eldridge S;Feder G;Khanam R;Munni R;Garrett M;Turner A;Barlow J;
2005 May 23
How do clinical nurse specialists influence primary care management of asthma? A qualitative study
Foster G;Gantley M;Feder G;Griffiths C;, Primay Care Respiratory Journal, vol: 14, pp:154-160
2005 Mar
Consultations for asthma: will greater patient involvement deliver better health?
Griffiths CJ;
2005 Jan 8
Zero tolerance for domestic violence
Feder G;Griffiths C;MacMillan H;
2005 Jan 24
Self management education by lay leaders for people with chronic conditions (Protocol)
Griffiths C;Taylor S;Feder G;Candy B;Ramsay J;Eldridge S;Barlow J;
2005 Aug
Ethical principles and the rationing of health care: a qualitative study in general practice
Berney L;Kelly M;Doyal L;Feder G;Griffiths C;Jones IR;
2005 Apr
Tackling ethnic inequalities in asthma. We now need results
Sheikh A;Griffiths C;
2005
What is the case for case management? Evidence from two systematic reviews of disease management in chronic heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Taylor SJ;Candy B;Griffiths CJ;, Epidemiol Community Health, vol: 59, pp:A15-A15
2004 Jul
Is patient involvement possible when decisions involve scarce resources? A qualitative study of decision-making in primary care
Jones IR;Berney L;Kelly M;Doyal L;Griffiths C;Feder G;Hillier S;Rowlands G;Curtis S;
2004 Jan 3
Evaluating the effectiveness of innovations involving nurses for people with chronic obstructive airways disease Report for NHS SDO Programme of Research on Evaluating Innovations in the Organisation and Delivery of Health Services
Candy B;Taylor S;Griffiths C;Ramsay J;Wedzicha J;Schirn B;Bryar R;Vrijhoef B;Esmond G;
2004 Jan 17
Specialist nurse intervention to reduce unscheduled asthma care in a deprived multiethnic area: the east London randomised controlled trial for high risk asthma (ELECTRA)
Griffiths C;Foster G;Barnes N;Eldridge S;Tate H;Begum S;Wiggins M;Dawson C;Livingstone AE;Chambers M;Coats T;Harris R;Feder GS;
2004 Feb
Ethnic differences in consultations for asthma: a qualitative and quantitative study.
Foster G;Hillier S;Naish J;Livingstone AE;Feder G;Griffiths C;
2004
Respiratory disease: does ethnicity matter
Griffiths C;, Primary Care Respiratory Journal, vol: 13, pp:63-64
2003 Oct
Can a self-management programme delivered by a community pharmacist improve asthma control? A randomised trial
Barbanel D;Eldridge S;Griffiths C;, Thorax, vol: 58, pp:851-854
2003 Jan 9
Extended systematic review of innovations involving nurses for patients in the community who have COPD: Preliminary results
Taylor S;Candy B;Griffiths C;Bryer R;Ramsay J;Shirm B;Wedzicha JA;, International Conference in Community Health Care Nursing Research, vol: , pp:-
2003 Feb 2
How do specialist nurses influence chronic disease management in primary care? A case example from the ELECTRA study
Foster G;Griffiths C;Gantley M;Feder G;
2003 Feb 12
Extended systematic review of innovations involving nurses for patients in the community who have COPD:
Taylor S;Candy B;Griffiths C;Bryer R;Ramsay J;Shirm B;Wedzicha JA;, British Thoracic Society winter meeting, vol: , pp:-
2003
Expert Bangladeshi patients? Interim results for a randomised trial of lay-led self-management in Bangladeshis with chronic disease. Or can California come to East London
Griffiths CJ;Ramsay J;Motlib J;Azad A;Begum R;Garrett M;Barlow J;Feder G;Eldridge S;
2003
Respiratory nurse specialist interventions for patients with COPD in the community: extended systematic review and extent of provisions
Taylor SJC;Candy B;Griffiths CJ;Wedzicha JW;Schirn B;Bryar R;Ramsay J;, Thorax, vol: , pp:iii52-