School of Life Sciences

My early career was spent as a Biomedical Scientist for the NHS, Specialising in Immunology and transplantation.  I obtained a MSc in Pathological Science from Sheffield University in 1998.  Subsequently, I completed a (part-time) PhD in molecular genetics/statistics at Keele University in 2004.  The PhD allowed me to cross-train as a Clinical Scientist, gaining HPC registration in 2005.  The next 6 years were spent as a departmental manager with research interests in haematological malignancy and coeliac disease.  Although I have previously taught at a number of Universities (Keele, Wolverhampton and Ulster), I moved to Keele in June 2012 to take up my first academic position.

• Seetharam A, Lovatt T, Macwhannel A, Jacob A, Honda S. Immunoglobulin ratios are a rapid, sensitive alternative to immunofixation for the identification of monoclonal proteins. Clin Chem 2011;57(10):A-64a
• Harding S, Seetharam A, Lovatt T, MacWhannell A, Jacob A, Handa S et al. Identification of monoclonal immunoglobulins using Ig?/Ig? nephelometric assays. Clin Chem Lab Med 2011; 49(special suppl):0097a
• Cooper SJ, Lovatt TJ. Highs and lows of coeliac screening. Br J Biomed Sci. 2009;66(2):79-84.
• Lovatt T, Alldersea J, Lear JT, Hoban PR, Ramachandran S, Fryer AA, Smith AG, Strange RC.  Polymorphism in the nuclear excision repair gene ERCC2/XPD: association between an exon 6-exon 10 haplotype and susceptibility to cutaneous basal cell carcinoma.  Hum Mutat. 2005 Apr;25(4):353-9.
• Lovatt TJ, Lear JT, Bastrilles J, Wong C, Griffiths CE, Samarasinghe V, Roebuck J, Ramachandran S, Smith AG, Jones PW, Fryer AA, Strange RC.   Associations between ultraviolet radiation, basal cell carcinoma site and histology, host characteristics, and rate of development of further tumors.  J Am Acad Dermatol. 2005 Mar;52(3 Pt 1):468-73.
• Lovatt TJ, Lear JT, Bastrilles J, Wong C, Griffiths CE, Ramachandran S, Smith AG, Salim A, Fryer AA, Jones PW, Strange RC.  Associations between UVR exposure and basal cell carcinoma site and histology.Cancer Lett. 2004 Dec 28;216(2):191-7.
• Fryer AA, Ramsay HM, Lovatt TJ, Jones PW, Hawley CM, Nicol DL, Strange RC, Harden PN.  Polymorphisms in glutathione S-transferases and non-melanoma skin cancer risk in Australian renal transplant recipients.  Carcinogenesis. 2005 Jan;26(1):185-91. Epub 2004 Sep 30.