James Masters
Clinical Lecturer in Trauma and Orthopaedics
James’ research interest is in infection as a complication of surgery. He completed his DPhil in 2019 in the Oxford Trauma and Emergency Care group investigating surgical site infection after hip fracture surgery. His doctoral work was funded by the Royal College of Surgeons of England and Dunhill Medical Trust. He was recently awarded the AO UK &I Trauma Research Prize for parts of this work.
During his DPhil time James also took part in the University of Oxford/University of Cape Town PhD exchange programme where he gained an interest in exploring clinical effectiveness research beyond the UK. This is an area that he hopes to work in more closely as part of his clinical lecturer post.
Recent publications
What is the association between time to surgery and patient outcome after hip fracture? : a systematic review.
Journal article
Mazarello Paes V. et al, (2026), Bone Joint J, 108-B, 30 - 38
Capturing surgical site infection after hip fracture surgery : insights from linked routine data.
Journal article
Masters J. et al, (2025), Bone Jt Open, 6, 1479 - 1486
Variation in treatment of long bone gunshot wound fractures across South Africa.
Journal article
Laubscher M. et al, (2025), Injury, 56 Suppl 1
Hip fracture care in Zimbabwe : a cohort-based health economic analysis.
Journal article
Mafirakureva N. et al, (2025), Bone Jt Open, 6, 1179 - 1189
Age and sex specific incidence rates and future projections for hip fractures in the Gambia, West Africa, and comparison across four countries in Africa.
Journal article
Wilson H. et al, (2025), J Bone Miner Res