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Pathogen genomics; antibiotic resistance; VRE; LRE
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Research output
- 24 Article
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Integrated population clustering and genomic epidemiology with PopPIPE
McHugh, M. P., Horsfield, S. T., von Wachsmann, J., Toussaint, J., Pettigrew, K. A., Czarniak, E., Evans, T. J., Leanord, A., Tysall, L., Gillespie, S. H., Templeton, K. E., Holden, M. T. G., Croucher, N. J. & Lees, J. A., 28 Apr 2025, In: Microbial Genomics. 11, 4, p. 1-9 9 p., 001404.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Consideration of within-patient diversity highlights transmission pathways and antimicrobial resistance gene variability in vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium
McHugh, M. P., Pettigrew, K. A., Taori, S., Evans, T. J., Leanord, A., Gillespie, S. H., Templeton, K. E. & Holden, M. T. G., Mar 2024, In: Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 79, 3, p. 656-668 13 p., dkae023.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Analysis of the ARTIC V4 and V4.1 SARS-CoV-2 primers and their impact on the detection of Omicron BA.1 and BA.2 lineage-defining mutations
Ulhuq, F. R., Barge, M., Falconer, K., Wild, J., Fernandes, G., Gallagher, A., McGinley, S., Sugadol, A., Tariq, M., Maloney, D., Kenicer, J., Dewar, R., Templeton, K. & McHugh, M. P., 21 Apr 2023, In: Microbial Genomics. 9, 4, 9 p., 000991.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Investigation of hospital discharge cases and SARS-CoV-2 introduction into Lothian care homes
Cotton, S., McHugh, M. P., Dewar, R., Haas, J. G., Templeton, K. & COVID-19 Genomics UK (COG-UK) consortium, 1 May 2023, In: Journal of Hospital Infection. 135, p. 28-36 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The SARS-CoV-2 Alpha variant was associated with increased clinical severity of COVID-19 in Scotland: a genomics-based retrospective cohort analysis
Pascall, D. J., Vink, E., Blacow, R., Bulteel, N., Campbell, A., Campbell, R., Clifford, S., Davis, C., da Silva Filipe, A., El Sakka, N., Fjodorova, L., Forrest, R., Goldstein, E., Gunson, R., Haughney, J., Holden, M. T. G., Honour, P., Hughes, J., James, E. & Lewis, T. & 17 others, , 13 Apr 2023, In: PLoS ONE. 18, 4, 19 p., e0284187.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Datasets
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PopPIPE on vancomycin resistant Enterococcus faecium
Lees, J. (Creator) & McHugh, M. (Creator), Figshare, 2025
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.28495571.v1
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VREfm Nosocomial Outbreak WGS Investigation
McHugh, M. P. (Creator), Gillespie, S. H. (Creator) & Holden, M. (Creator), NCBI GenBank, 2025
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/?term=PRJNA997588
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Activities
- 1 Participation in or organising a workshop, seminar, course
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Software Carpentry Workshop
Barnard, I. R. M. (Trainer), Konovalov, O. (Organiser), McCann, P. (Organiser), McHugh, M. P. (Organiser), Pritchard, L. (Trainer), Stokes, V. A. (Organiser) & Torpey, M. C. (Trainer)
May 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organising a workshop, seminar, course
Thesis
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Genomic investigation of antimicrobial resistant enterococci
McHugh, M. P. (Author), Holden, M. (Supervisor), Gillespie, S. H. (Supervisor) & Templeton, K. (Supervisor), 14 Jun 2024Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis (PhD)