LUSTRUM
LUSTRUM Limiting Undetected Sexually Transmitted Infections to Reduce Morbidity
(2016-2021)
Around half a million STIs are diagnosed in the UK each year causing significant morbidity and rising health care costs. Sexual health services are under considerable pressure and are failing to meet demand. Almost 20% of all HIV infections are undiagnosed despite widely available testing. More effective prevention of transmission and detection of undiagnosed HIV would confer considerable health gains.
LUSTRUM aims to improve the sexual health of heterosexual people and men who have sex with men by preventing transmission of STIs and reducing undiagnosed HIV. This five year mixed methods programme unites multidisciplinary experts from eight academic and NHS institutions. The central component is a definitive cluster RCT of APT, a new form of rapid testing and treatment of sex partners of people with chlamydia, UK’s most commonly reported STI.
Project team
Prof Claudia Estcourt (Glasgow Caledonian University and Central and North West London NHS Trust), Prof Paul Flowers (Glasgow Caledonian University), Prof David Goldberg (Glasgow Caledonian University and Public Health Scotland), Dr Maria Pothoulaki (Glasgow Caledonian University), Prof Jackie Cassell (Brighton & Sussex Medical School), Mr Merle Symonds (Barts Health NHS Trust), Prof Nicola Low (University of Bern), Prof Tracy Roberts (University of Birmingham), Dr Rak Nandwani (NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde), Dr Andrew Copas, Dr Cath Mercer, Dr Fiona Mapp, Dr Melvina Woode-Owusu, Dame Prof Anne Johnson, Dr John Saunders, Dr Sonali Wayal, Dr Alison Howarth (University College London)
Contact: claudia.estcourt@gcu.ac.uk
Website: https://www.lustrum.org.uk/
Film clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVLLih8XbSA
This project is funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), Programme Grants for Applied Research (RP-PG-0614-20009) (£2.49 million).
Key projects and expertise
Links where you can find out more about our key projects and expertise.
Learn moreGroup members and research students
Academic staff and research students within the Sexual Health and Blood Borne Viruses group
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