Staff Profile

Introduction

I graduated from Newcastle University Medical School in 2011 and completed my Foundation and Core Medical Training in the Northern region. I was appointed as a Specialty Registrar in Respiratory Medicine in 2015 and returned to Newcastle University in 2018 to undertake doctoral research into mechanisms of pulmonary inflammation in chronic lung disease and ageing. I was awarded my PhD in 2022 and was subsequently appointed as an NIHR Clinical Lecturer in Respiratory Medicine. I split my time between clinical work in respiratory medicine at the Royal Victoria Infirmary and postdoctoral research at Newcastle University.

Qualifications

MBBS, Newcastle University, 2011

MRCP(UK), Royal College of Physicians, 2015

Specialty Certificate Examination in Respiratory Medicine, 2019

PhD, Newcastle University, 2022

Postgraduate Certificate in Rare Lung Diseases, ERN-LUNG Academy, 2023

Other roles

Associate editor, Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine

Early Career Group Editor-in-Training, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

My research is kindly funded by the NIHR Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre, the SHIELD Antimicrobial Resistance Research Consortium and the Medical Research Foundation. Please take a look at the BRC page for an overview of the project.

• Articles

  • Sendama W, Funston W, Rostron AJ, Simpson AJ. Tissue-Resident Memory T Cells Are Implicated in the Pathogenesis of Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 2023, 207(9), 1246-1249.
  • Musgrave KM, Scott J, Sendama W, Gardner AI, Dewar F, Lake CJ, Spronk HMH, van Oerle R, Visser M, ten Cate H, Kesteven P, Fuller A, McDonald D, Knill C, Hulme G, Filby A, Wright SE, Roy AI, Ruchaud-Sparagano M, Simpson AJ, Rostron AJ. Tissue factor expression in monocyte subsets during human immunothrombosis, endotoxemia and sepsis. Thrombosis Research 2023, 228, 10-20.
  • Elcioglu ZC, Errington L, Metes B, Sendama W, Powell J, Simpson AJ, Rostron AJ, Hellyer TP. Pooled prevalence of lymphopenia in all-cause hospitalisations and association with infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Infectious Diseases 2023, 23, 848.
  • Sendama W. The effect of ageing on the resolution of inflammation. Ageing Research Reviews 2020, 57, 101000.
  • Sendama W. L1000 connectivity map interrogation identifies candidate drugs for repurposing as SARS-CoV-2 antiviral therapies. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal 2020, 18, 3947-3949.
  • Sendama W, Musgrave KM. Decision making with D-dimer in the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism. The American Journal of Medicine 2018, 131(12), 1438-1443.
  • Sendama W, Shipley M. Traumatic chylothorax, a case report and review. Respiratory Medicine Case Reports 2015, 14, 47-48.
  • Sendama W. Memories of a first patient. Student BMJ 2010, 18.

• Book Chapter

  • Sendama W, Simpson AJ, Ewan V. Severe hospital-acquired pneumonia. In: Sam Janes, ed. Encyclopedia of Respiratory Medicine (2nd edition). Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Elsevier, 2022, pp.333-341.

• Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)

  • Rafique C, Mitchell D, Ewart J, Forrest I, Funston W, Palmer E, Sendama W, Simpson AJ, Wiscombe S. P85 Outcomes for patients with lung cancer and ILD: a retrospective review of cases discussed at a regional ILD-MDT. In: British Thoracic Society Winter Meeting. 2024.
  • Musgrave K, Scott J, Sendama W, Kesteven P, Ruchaud-Sparagano M, Rostron A, Simpson AJ. The differential surface expression of tissue factor between monocyte subsets. In: 60th Annual Scientific Meeting of the British Society for Haematology. 2020, Birmingham, UK: Wiley.