Simon Drysdale
Academic Clinical Lecturer
- Honorary Specialist Registrar
Simon Drysdale is a Clinical Lecturer and honorary specialty registrar in paediatric infectious diseases at Oxford University and the Children’s Hospital, Oxford. He graduated from St George’s Hospital Medical School in 2003, undertook a PhD at King’s College London from 2008-2011 and is currently reading for the postgraduate diploma in paediatric infectious disease at The University of Oxford. His main research interests are RSV and other viral respiratory illnesses and antimicrobial stewardship. He started in his current post in September 2014.
Recent publications
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180-day efficacy of nirsevimab against hospitalisation for respiratory syncytial virus lower respiratory tract infections in infants (HARMONIE): a randomised, controlled, phase 3b trial.
Journal article
Munro APS. et al, (2025), Lancet Child Adolesc Health, 9, 404 - 412
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Real-world uptake of nirsevimab, RSV maternal vaccine, and RSV vaccines for older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Journal article
Trusinska D. et al, (2025), Eclinicalmedicine, 84
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Recent advances in the prevention and treatment of respiratory syncytial virus disease.
Journal article
Sanchez-Martinez A. et al, (2025), J Gen Virol, 106
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Antiviral Treatment and Risk of Hearing Loss in Asymptomatic and Mild Symptomatic Infants With Congenital Cytomegalovirus.
Journal article
Villaverde S. et al, (2025), Pediatr Infect Dis J, 44, 239 - 245
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Maternal views on RSV vaccination during the first season of implementation in England and Scotland.
Journal article
Williams TC. et al, (2025), Lancet Infect Dis, 25, e135 - e136