Research & Publications

Explore my research, publications, educational scholarship, and interdisciplinary work at the interface of science, medicine, and the arts.

Setting up the Dorich House exhibition
Photos courtesy of the Royal Society

Selected Publications

Public Engagement, Knowledge Exchange and Educational Outreach

2026: Undiminished: Rebalancing the Female Narrative of Menopause, exhibition at Dorich House 

2026: Menopause workshops,  wellbeing week. 

2026: Metamorphosis purchased by the Wellcome Collection. 

2026: Micrographia Suspended, Royal Society Science of Summer additional programme  

2025: The Book of STIs, featured at the Society for Experimental Biology, in the Wellcome Collection 

2024-2025: Adult Education Programme developed in collaboration with the Physiological Society and Kingston University. 

2024: Dialogues: Legacy of Resistance, Future of Change, public engagement event addressing historical and current issues relating to sexually transmitted infections. 

2024: Creation of Urania & Pharmacognosy commemorative pin badge for Kingston School of Pharmacy. 

2024: Transforming Lives, exhibition curated in collaboration with the Hunterian Museum and the Physiological Society, showcasing student work inspired by physiology and medicine. 

2023:  Acid-Base Balance lectures developed and recorded for the Physiological Society Training Hub, contributing to an international repository of physiology learning resources. 

2021-2024: Award-winning creative physiology workshops developed for Nursing students as part of the Kingston University Summer Elective programme. 

2019-2023:  CritTALK Community (Kingston University and University of Surrey), contributing to the SEDA Good Practice Guide on Critical Thinking. 

Science 

  • 2026 Hooshmandi, Shiva, Nicholas S. Freestone, and Francesca IF Arrigoni. “Mechanisms of Hypertension in Women: Interactions Between Vascular Ageing, Metabolic Dysfunction, and Hormonal Regulation.” Biomedicines 14.8 (2026): 1667. 
  • 2026 Daodu, Lanre Peter, et al. “A Retrospective Observational Study of Pulmonary Impairments in Long COVID Patients.” Biomedicines 14.1 (2026): 145. 
  • 2026 Daodu, Lanre Peter, et al. “Association Between COVID-19 Vaccination and Long COVID Symptoms in Hospitalised Survivors: Distinguishing Prevention from Reverse Causality.” Biomedicines (2026). 
  • 2025 Daodu, Lanre Peter, et al. “The Impact of COVID-19 Vaccines on Long COVID Symptoms: A Multinomial Propensity Score Weighting Analysis.” (2025). 
  • 2025. Daodu, Lanre Peter, et al. “Risk Factors and Clinical Presentations of Long COVID: A Retrospective Observational Propensity Score Matching Study.” medRxiv (2025): 2025-03. 

Education 

  • 2023: Arrigoni, F. in: Heron, M. and Wason, H., 2023. Supporting critical thinking through purposeful classroom talk. Educational Developments, 24(4), pp.4-8. 
  • 2023: Arrigoni, F. in: Wason, H. and Heron, M., 2023. Developing dialogic stance through professional development workshops. Innovations in Education & Teaching International. [online] Available at:  
  • 2023: Arrigoni, F.I., et al. “Impact of sub-optimal HIV viral control on activated T-cells; an EARNEST substudy.” AIDS, September 2023. DOI: 10.1097/qad.0000000000003488 
  • 2021: Kelly, C., et al. “Inflammatory pathways amongst people living with HIV in Malawi differ according to socioeconomic status.” PloS One, 16(8), e0256576. DOI: 10.1101/2020.06.14.20130971 
  • 2021: Kelly, C., et al. “Inflammatory Phenotypes Predict Changes in Arterial Stiffness Following Antiretroviral Therapy Initiation.” Clinical Infectious Diseases, 71(9), 2389-2397. DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa186 
  • 2021: Prendergast, A.J., et al. “The impact of viraemia on inflammatory biomarkers and CD4 cell subpopulations in HIV-infected children in sub-Saharan Africa.” AIDS (London, England), 35(10), 1537. DOI: 10.1097/qad.0000000000002916 
Detail of zigzag books of metamorphosis