Dr Gregory Young

Greg is a post-doctoral researcher at Northumbria University with a background in clinical microbiology. He completed a BSc in Biomedical Science in 2014, during which time he gained experience working in an NHS lab. Greg achieved his PhD in molecular microbial ecology in 2017, focusing on utilising molecular, genomic, microbiological and bioinformatic methods to investigate the acquisition and longitudinal development of microbial communities in clinical settings. 

Since then the scope of Greg's research has expanded to include several projects investigating host-associated and environmental microbiota and how specific interventions can shape or manipulate microbial communities for desired outcomes.  

Greg has shared his research by publishing in peer-reviewed journals, contributing to chapters in text-books and presenting at international conference events.

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• Bacteriophage communities are a reservoir of unexplored microbial diversity in neonatal health and disease, Young, G., Nelson, A., Stewart, C., Smith, D. 28 Aug 2023, In: Current Opinion in Microbiology
• Combining viral genomics and clinical data to assess risk factors for severe COVID-19 (mortality, ICU admission, or intubation) amongst hospital patients in a large acute UK NHS hospital Trust, Foxley-Marrable, M., D'Cruz, L., Meredith, P., Glaysher, S., Beckett, A., Goudarzi, S., Fearn, C., Cook, K., Loveson, K., Dent, H., Paul, H., Elliott, S., Wyllie, S., Lloyd, A., Bicknell, K., Lumley, S., McNicholas, J., Prytherch, D., Lundgren, A., Graur, O., Chauhan, A., Robson, S., Bashton, M., Smith, D., Nelson, A., Young, G. 23 Mar 2023, In: PLoS One
• COVID-19 risk mitigation in reopening mass cultural events: population-based observational study for the UK Events Research Programme in Liverpool City Region, Burnside, G., Cheyne, C., Leeming, G., Humann, M., Darby, A., Green, M., Crozier, A., Maskell, S., O'Halloran, K., Musi, E., Carmi, E., Khan, N., Fisher, D., Corcoran, R., Dunning, J., Edmunds, W., Tharmaratnam, K., Hughes, D., Malki-Epshtein, L., Cook, M., Roberts, B., Gallagher, E., Howell, K., Chand, M., Kemp, R., Boulter, M., Fowler, T., Semple, M., Coffey, E., Ashton, M., García-Fiñana, M., Buchan, I., Bashton, M., Smith, D., Nelson, A., Young, G. 23 Jun 2023, In: Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
• Directions of change in intrinsic case severity across successive SARS-CoV-2 variant waves have been inconsistent, Pascall, D., 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., Honour, P., Hughes, J., James, E., Lewis, T., MacLean, O., McHugh, M., Mollett, G., Nyberg, T., Onishi, Y., Parcell, B., Ray, S., Robertson, D., Seaman, S., Shabaan, S., Shepherd, J., Smollett, K., Templeton, K., Wastnedge, E., Wilkie, C., Williams, T., Thomson, E., Bashton, M., Smith, D., Nelson, A., Young, G. 1 Aug 2023, In: Journal of Infection
• Effect of an Exclusive Human Milk Diet on the Gut Microbiome in Preterm Infants, Embleton, N., Sproat, T., Uthaya, S., Young, G., Garg, S., Vasu, V., Masi, A., Beck, L., Modi, N., Stewart, C., Berrington, J. 1 Mar 2023, In: JAMA network open
• Investigation of hospital discharge cases and SARS-CoV-2 introduction into Lothian care homes, Cotton, S., McHugh, M., Dewar, R., Haas, J., Templeton, K., Robson, S., Connor, T., Loman, N., Golubchik, T., Martinez Nunez, R., Bonsall, D., Rambaut, A., Snell, L., Livett, R., Ludden, C., Corden, S., Nastouli, E., Nebbia, G., Johnston, I., Prieto, J., Saeed, K., Jackson, D., Houlihan, C., Frampton, D., Hamilton, W., Witney, A., Bucca, G., Pope, C., Moore, C., Thomson, E., Cutino-Moguel, T., Harrison, E., Smith, C., Rogan, F., Beckwith, S., Murray, A., Singleton, D., Eastick, K., Sheridan, L., Randell, P., Jackson, L., Ariani, C., Smith, D., Bashton, M., Young, G., McCann, C., Nelson, A., Crown, M., Henderson, J., Yew, W. 1 May 2023, In: Journal of Hospital Infection
• Mechanisms affecting the gut of preterm infants in enteral feeding trials: A nested cohort within a randomised controlled trial of lactoferrin, Young, G., Berrington, J., Cummings, S., Dorling, J., Ewer, A., Frau, A., Lett, L., Probert, C., Juszczak, E., Kirby, J., Beck, L., Renwick, V., Lamb, C., Lanyon, C., McGuire, W., Stewart, C., Embleton, N. 1 May 2023, In: Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition
• Multiple pathways of SARS-CoV-2 nosocomial transmission uncovered by integrated genomic and epidemiological analyses during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK, Cook, K., Beckett, A., Glaysher, S., Goudarzi, S., Fearn, C., Loveson, K., Elliott, S., Wyllie, S., Lloyd, A., Bicknell, K., Lumley, S., Chauhan, A., Robson, S., Smith, D., Bashton, M., Young, G., McCann, C., Nelson, A., Crown, M., Henderson, J., Hollis, A., Stanley, W., Yew, W. 20 Jan 2023, In: Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology
• Particular genomic and virulence traits associated with preterm infant-derived toxigenic Clostridium perfringens strains, Kiu, R., Shaw, A., Sim, K., Acuna-Gonzalez, A., Price, C., Bedwell, H., Dreger, S., Fowler, W., Cornwell, E., Pickard, D., Belteki, G., Malsom, J., Phillips, S., Young, G., Schofield, Z., Alcon-Giner, C., Berrington, J., Stewart, C., Dougan, G., Clarke, P., Douce, G., Robinson, S., Kroll, J., Hall, L. 1 Jun 2023, In: Nature Microbiology
• SARS-CoV-2 variant evasion of monoclonal antibodies based on in vitro studies, Cox, M., Peacock, T., Harvey, W., Hughes, J., Wright, D., Willett, B., Thomson, E., Gupta, R., Peacock, S., Robertson, D., Carabelli, A., Smith, D., Bashton, M., Young, G., McCann, C., Nelson, A., Crown, M., Henderson, J., Hollis, A., Stanley, W., Yew, W. 1 Feb 2023, In: Nature Reviews Microbiology

• Microbiology PhD April 30 2018
• Biomedical Science BSc (Hons) June 30 2014
• Licentiate Institute of Biomedical Science (IBMS) 2018