Dr William Heseltine-Carp is an NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow in neurology at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS trust (UHPNT). His previous research has focused on the roles of neuro-inflammation in functional neurological disorders. His work now focuses on a UKRI MRC approved project in using machine learning to predict the future risk of stroke, from routinely collected hospital data.
He is also founder of Incura, a UK pharmacogenomics and precision medicine startup.
Qualifications
Bachelor of medicine and surgery (MBBCh). Cardiff University
First class (hons), BSc Biomedical Sci Neuroscience Cardiff University.
PGCert (dist) health and research statistics (University of York)
PGCert (dist) health and research statistics (University of York)
PGCert(dist) Genomics (University of Exeter)
Professional membership
Association of British Neurologists.
Research
Research interests
Heseltine-Carp W, Dale V, van Eck van der Sluijs J, van der Feltz-Cornelis C. Are serum hsCRP and IL-6 prognostic markers in somatic symptom disorder and related disorders? An exploratory analysis in a prospective cohort study. J Psychiatr Res. 2023 Jan;157:88-95. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2022.11.026. Epub 2022 Nov 25. PMID: 36455378.
Fitton R, Sweetman J, Heseltine-Carp W, van der Feltz-Cornelis C. Anti-inflammatory medications for the treatment of mental disorders: A scoping review. Brain Behav Immun Health. 2022 Sep 19;26:100518. doi: 10.1016/j.bbih.2022.100518. PMID: 36217374; PMCID: PMC9547233.
Heseltine-Carp W, Hoskins M. Clergy as a frontline mental health service: a UK survey of medical practitioners and clergy. Gen Psychiatr. 2020 Oct 23;33(6):e100229. doi: 10.1136/gpsych-2020-100229. PMID: 33195987; PMCID: PMC7590374.
Publications
Journals
Heseltine-Carp W, Dale V, van Eck van der Sluijs J, van der Feltz-Cornelis C. Are serum hsCRP and IL-6 prognostic markers in somatic symptom disorder and related disorders? An exploratory analysis in a prospective cohort study. J Psychiatr Res. 2023 Jan;157:88-95. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2022.11.026. Epub 2022 Nov 25. PMID: 36455378.
Fitton R, Sweetman J, Heseltine-Carp W, van der Feltz-Cornelis C. Anti-inflammatory medications for the treatment of mental disorders: A scoping review. Brain Behav Immun Health. 2022 Sep 19;26:100518. doi: 10.1016/j.bbih.2022.100518. PMID: 36217374; PMCID: PMC9547233.
Heseltine-Carp W, Hoskins M. Clergy as a frontline mental health service: a UK survey of medical practitioners and clergy. Gen Psychiatr. 2020 Oct 23;33(6):e100229. doi: 10.1136/gpsych-2020-100229. PMID: 33195987; PMCID: PMC7590374.