Dr Phillip (Pip) LR Nicolson MA MB BChir (Cantab) PhD MRCP FRCPath

Dr Pip Nicolson

Department of Cardiovascular Sciences
Associate Clinical Professor in Cardiovascular Medicine (Haematology)

Contact details

Telephone
+44 (0)121 415 8678
Email
p.nicolson@bham.ac.uk
Twitter
Address
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Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Pip is clinical academic with a clinical interest in haemostasis, thrombosis and immunohaematology. He has a laboratory research interest in the role of platelets in venous thrombosis and thromboinflammation. He is passionate about efficient clinical research in these areas.

Qualifications

  • Fellowship of the Royal College of Pathologists, 2020
  • PhD, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø, 2019
  • Membership of the Royal College of Physicians (UK) 2011
  • MA (Natural Sciences), University of Cambridge, 2009
  • MB BChir, University of Cambridge, 2008
  • BA (Natural Sciences), University of Cambridge, 2005

Biography

He works in the Birmingham Platelet Group and in the department of Haematology at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham. He is president of the UK-wide, registrar-led research network and was awarded the BSH-NIHR Researcher of the year award in 2019 and the Royal College of Pathologists Furness Prize for science communication for his work with this group. He is a drummer and keen cyclist, regularly participating in domestic and international sportives and century rides.

Teaching

  • Dental Sciences (Non-malignant haematology)
  • Medical Sciences (Cardiovascular Physiology)

Postgraduate supervision

  • Supervisor to PhD students
  • Supervisor to MRes students
  • Supervisor to Intercalating medical students
  • Personal Academic Tutor to Medical Students

Research

  • Investigating the role of platelet ITAM receptors in human venous thrombosis and thromboinflammation.
  • Changing the non-malignant haematology research landscape using mass participation clinical studies mediated via HaemSTAR & HaemTRIAL

Fellowship and Grant Awards 

  • 2023 BHF Project Grant (Co-I)
  • 2023 Acticor Biotech Research Grant (Co-I)
  • 2022 Wellcome Trust Translational Discovery Fund Award (Co-I)
  • 2021 NIHR Project Grant (Co-I)
  • 2021 Sanofi Research Grant (PI)
  • 2021 BHF Accelerator Award (PI)
  • 2020 Dynamic Investment Fund Award (PI)
  • 2020 BHF Accelerator Award (PI)
  • 2019 Principia Biopharma Research Grant (PI)
  • 2019 MRC Proximity to Discovery Grant (PI)
  • 2019 BSHT Summer Studentship
  • 2018 - Novartis Pharmaceuticals Research Grant (PI)
  • 2018 - Rigel Pharmaceuticals Research grant (Sub I)
  • 2018 - SACC Katie Bolam Research Award (PI)
  • 2017 - BHF Clinical Research Training Fellowship
  • 2015 - ITM Starter Fellowship

Grant Awards (HaemSTAR)

  • 2022 AstraZeneca Research Grant
  • 2022 Dudley Leukaemia Unit Appeal Fund Grant
  • 2019 Sanofi Unrestricted Grant
  • 2019 Octapharma Unrestricted Grant

Research Groups 

Other activities

  • Founder of HaemTRIAL: Haematology Trials, Research, Innovation & Learning.
  • Founder and President of HaemSTAR: Haematology Specialist Training, Audit & Research.
  • Member of the British Society of Haematology Research & Grants Committee.

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Hassan, E, Sutton, D, Buka, R, Lowe, G, Nandra, T, Jacob, N, Rose, L, Alhamdi, Y, HaemSTAR Collaborators & Nicolson, P 2025, '', Thrombosis Research, vol. 247, 109258.

HaemSTAR Collaborators 2025, '', EJHaem, vol. 6, no. 4, e70113.

Nicolson, PLR, Abrams, ST, Amirthalingam, G, Brown, K, Buka, RJ, Caulfield, MJ, Gardner, J, Goldblatt, D, Lovatt, C, Montague, SJ, Naisbitt, D, Parker, AL, Pavord, S, Ramsay, ME, Sterne, JAC, Sudlow, CLM, Toh, C-H, Watson, SP, Wang, G, Wood, AM, Whiteley, W & Pirmohamed, M 2025, '', Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation, vol. 12, no. 7, pp. 1-36.

Nicolson, PLR, Belete, M, Hawes, R, Fowler, N & Toh, C-H 2024, '', BMJ, vol. 385, e076414.

Gardner, J, Abrams, ST, Toh, C-H, Parker, AL, Lovatt, C, Nicolson, PLR, Watson, SP, Grice, S, Hering, L, Pirmohamed, M & Naisbitt, DJ 2024, '', NPJ vaccines, vol. 9, no. 1, 99.

Cooper, N, Scully, M, Percy, C, Nicolson, P, Lowe, G, Bagot, C, Thachil, J, Grech, H, Noakes, T, Hill, Q, Bradbury, C, Talks, K, Dutt, T, Evans, G, Pavord, S, Wexler, SK, Charania, A, Collington, SJ, Ervin, A, Ramscar, N & Provan, D 2024, '', British Journal of Haematology.

Smith, C, Campos, J, Brown, H, Ivanova, V-S, Harbi, M, Garcia Quintanilla, L, Jossi, S, Perez-Toledo, M, Rookes, K, Brill, A, Theodore, L, Owens, T, LaStant, J, Foulke, MC, Mukai, S, Francesco, M, Storek, M, Hicks, A, Langrish, C, Nunn, PA, Cunningham, A, Chauhan, A, Thomas, MR, Watson, S & Nicolson, P 2024, '', Blood Advances.

Sherratt-Mayhew, S & Nicolson, P 2024, '', EJHaem.

Alenazy, F, Harbi, M, Kavanagh, D, Price, J, Brady, P, Hargreaves, O, Harrison, P, Slater, A, Tiwari, A, Nicolson, P, Connolly, D, Kirchhof, P, Kalia, N, Jandrot-Perrus, M, Mangin, PH, Watson, S & Thomas, MR 2023, '', Journal of thrombosis and haemostasis : JTH, vol. 21, no. 11, pp. 3236-3251.

Abrams, S, Du, M, Shaw, RJ, Johnson, C, McGiuiness, D, Schofield, J, Yong, J, Turtle, L, Nicolson, P, Moxon, C, Wang, G & Toh, C-H 2023, '', Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis.

Comment/debate

Buka, R, Nicolson, P & Sutton, D 2024, '', Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis, vol. 57, pp. 739-741.

Letter

Nicolson, P, Montague, S, Buka, R, Calvert, A, Sheppard, J-A, Zhang, Y, Wang, JJ, Sharman, J, Hassan, E, Harrison, J, Lawrence, E, El-Dalil, P, Parekh, D, Osman, H, Gordon, T, Nazy, I, Warkentin, T & Lester, W 2025, '', British Journal of Haematology.

Hassan, E, Fratter, C, Lester, W, Percy, C, Saad, W, Alkhedir, A, Motwani, J, Bagnell, P, Nicolson, PLR, Morgan, NV, Potluri, S & Lowe, G 2025, '', Research and Practice in Thrombosis and Haemostasis, vol. 9, no. 3, 102869.

HaemSTAR Collaborators 2025, '', British Journal of Haematology.

Glancy, P, Sutton, D, Gomez, K, Nicolson, P & Buka, R 2023, '', EJHaem, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 298–300.