Anthony McLean

NIHR Newcastle BRC PhD Student

Anthony is a postgraduate researcher working with Dr Arthur Pratt at Newcastle University, trying to uncover transcriptional programmes and cell states that are shared across different immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs). He previously studied BSc Biochemistry at Imperial College London and completed an MRes in Ageing & Health at Newcastle University.

 

PhD Project

Elucidating shared mechanisms of immune-mediated disease to inform precision medicine

 

Conferences

  • December 2025 - NUTCRI Live, poster presentation
  • December 2025 - BSI Congress 2025, poster presentation
  • September 2025 - Northern and Yorkshire Rheumatology Meeting, oral and poster presentation
  • July 2025 - RACE Hybrid Scientific Meeting, oral and poster presentation
  • March 2024 - NIHR Newcastle BRC Research Showcase, oral and poster presentation
  • January 2024 - RACE Hybrid Scientific Meeting, oral presentation

 

Publications

June 2024, Leveraging Multi-Tissue Single-Cell Atlases as Tools to Elucidate Shared Mechanisms of Immune-Mediated Inflammatory Diseases, Biomedicines, Volume 12, Issue 6

 

Awards and Nominations

  • December 2025 - 1st Poster Prize, NUTCRI Live

 

Other

  • July 2025 - Nominated as delegate to the 16th NIHR Doctoral Research Training Camp