Staff Profile
Professor Christopher Harding
Honorary Professor of Urology
- Telephone: 0191 2137321 (NHS secretary)
- Address: Dept of Urology, Level 3 (Ward 1)
Freeman Hospital
Freeman Road
缅北禁地-upon-Tyne
Trust e-mail address (preferred)
c.harding@nhs.net
Professor Chris Harding is a Consultant Urological Surgeon. He trained at the University of Cambridge, Addenbrookes Hospital Cambridge, Kings College London and Freeman Hospital 缅北禁地. He has a particular interest in bladder dysfunction, continence, neurourology, urinary tract infections and clinical research. He is lead for the 缅北禁地 Urodynamic Course Faculty and Urology lead for the Department of Health Modernising Scientific Careers MSc programme. He is Chair of the European Association of Urology Guidelines Panel for Female Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms and also past-Chair of the executive committee of the British Association of Urological Surgeons (BAUS) Female Neurological and Urodynamic Urology subsection. He is Associate Editor of the Journal of Clinical Urology.
Roles and responsibilities
- Consultant Urological Surgeon at Freeman Hospital with sub-specialist practice in Functional and Reconstructive Urology
- Chairman, European Association of Urology Guidelines Panel (Female Non-Neurogenic Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms) 2019-present
- NIHR Speciality Group (Renal) National Benign Urology Lead 2015- present
- BAUS Section of Female, Neurological and Urodynamic Urology – Executive Committee – Chairperson 2017 – 2019, Member 2019 - present
- BAUS Research Committee – member 2018 – present
- BAUS Audit Steering Committee – member 2018 - present
- Journal of Clinical Urology Editorial Board Member 2015 – 2021, Associate Editor 2021 -present
- NHS England Working group on Trans-vaginal Mesh 2016-present
- NHS Scotland Speciality Advisor – Working group on Sacral Neuromodulation 2017
- NICE Speciality Advisor – Sacral Neuromodulation 2016, 2019
- International Consultation on Incontinence Research Society – Think Tank Lead 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019.
- International Continence Society Male LUTS Committee Member 2018 – present
- International Continence Society Urodynamics Committee Member 2019 - present
- International Continence Society Mesh Complications Committee Member 2019 - present
- UK Continence Society Urodynamic Guidelines Committee Member 2018 -present
- International Consultation on Incontinence invited member 2020 - presenU
- Cochrane Incontinence Group – Clinical Advisor 2019-present
Areas of expertise
- Recurrent Urinary Infection
- Urodynamic Science
- Continence
- Neuro-urology
Google scholar:
Urodynamics Module Lead for MSc in Physiological Sciences
缅北禁地 Urodynamic Course (Course Lead)
Chief Investigator / co-Chief Investigator
- Alternatives to prophylactic antibiotics in the treatment of recurrent Urinary Tract Infection (The ALTAR Study). HTA grant (13/88/21)
- Primary care management of lower urinary tract symptoms in men: Development and validation of a diagnostic and decision-making aid (The PriMUS Study) HTA grant (15/40/05)
- Hyaluronic
Acid for the Treatment and Prevention of recurrent urinary tract INfections
(rUTI) in women suffering atrophic vaginitis (HATPIN), Chief Investigator.
Grant award £100K.
- Bray A, Harding C, Pickard R, Drinnan M. . International Journal of Urology 2016, 23(7), 587-592.
- Ivaz SL, Veeratterapillay R, Jackson MJ, Harding CK, Dorkin TJ, Andrich DE, Mundy AR. . Neurourology and Urodynamics 2016, 35(7), 759-763.
- Morton H, Thorpe A, Pickard R, Harding C. . In: Scientific Programme Annual Meeting of the International Continence Society (ICS). 2016, Tokyo, Japan: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
- Bray A, Harding C, Pickard R, Drinnan M. . In: 45th Annual Meeting of the International Continence Society. 2015, Montreal, Canada: Wiley-Blackwell.
- Veeratterapillay R, Coates J, Leonard A, Pickard R, Drinnan M, Harding C. . International Journal of Urology 2015, 22(11), 1058-1062.
- Valdevenito JP, Leonard A, Griffiths CJ, Pickard R, Harding C. . International Brazilian Journal of Urology 2014, 40(5), 666-675.
- Veeratterapillay R, Harding C, Teo L, Vasdev N, Abroaf A, Dorkin TJ, Pickard RS, Hasan T, Thorpe AC. . International Journal of Urology 2014, 21(2), 175-178.
- Morton HC, Tristram Z, Smith J, Harding CK. . In: British Association of Urological Surgeons Annual Meeting. 2014, Liverpool, UK: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
- Bray A, Harding C, Pickard R, Drinnan M. . In: 44th Annual Meeting of the International Continence Society (ICS). 2014, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
- Bray A, Robson W, Griffiths C, Harding C, Pickard R, Drinnan M. . In: 43rd Annual Meeting of the International Continence Society. 2013, Barcelona, Spain: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
- Constable L, Cotterill N, Cooper D, Glazener C, Drake MJ, Forrest M, Harding C, Kilonzo M, MacLennan G, McCormack K, McDonald A, Mundy A, Norrie J, Pickard R, Ramsay C, Smith R, Wileman S, Abrams P. . Trials 2018, 19(1), 131.
- Morton H, Harding C. . In: 45th Annual Meeting of the International Continence Society (ICS). 2015, Montreal, Canada: Wiley-Blackwell.
- Jackson MJ, Veeratterapillay R, Harding CK, Dorkin TJ. . The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2014, (12), CD010258.
- Veeratterapillay R, Pickard RS, Harding C. . Journal of Clinical Urology 2014, 7(3), 154-158.
- Elhadi M, Younis A, Harding C. . Journal of Clinical Urology 2020, 13(2), 99-105.
- Hettiarachchi D, Rogers A, Veeratterapillay R, Harding C. . World Journal of Urology 2021, 39, 2809-2810.
- Rademakers K, Gammie A, Yasmin H, Cardozo L, Greenwell T, Harding C, Kirschner-Hermanns R, Marcelissen T, Finazzi-Agro E. . Neurourology and Urodynamics 2020, 39(S3), S30-S35.
- Ribal MJ, Cornford P, Briganti A, Knoll T, Gravas S, Babjuk M, Harding C, Breda A, Bex A, Rassweiler JJ, Gozen AS, Pini G, Liatsikos E, Giannarini G, Mottrie A, Subramaniam R, Sofikitis N, Rocco BMC, Xie L-P, Witjes JA, Mottet N, Ljungberg B, Roupret M, Laguna MP, Salonia A, Bonkat G, Blok BFM, Turk C, Radmayr C, Kitrey ND, Engeler DS, Lumen N, Hakenberg OW, Watkin N, Darraugh J, Shepherd R, Smith E-J, Chapple CR, Stenzl A, Van Poppel H, Wirth M, Sonksen J, N'Dow J. . European Urology 2020, 78(1), 21-28.
- Aiello M, Jelski J, Lewis A, Worthington J, McDonald C, Abrams P, Gammie A, Harding C, Biers S, Hashim H, Lane JA, Drake MJ. . Neurourology and Urodynamics 2020, 39(4), 1170-1177.
- Hall S, Ahmed S, Reid S, Thiruchewam N, Sahai A, Hamid R, Harding C, Biers S, Parkinson R. . Neurourology and Urodynamics 2019, 38(8), 2194-2199.
- Morton S, McGuiness L, Harding C, Thorpe A. . Journal of Clinical Urology 2019, 12(6), 474-486.
- Giarenis I, Malde S, Harding C, Robinson D, Gajewski J, Rahnamai M, Cardozo L. . Neurourology and Urodynamics 2019, 38(S5), S98-S103.
- Drage LKL, Robson W, Mowbray C, Ali A, Perry JD, Walton KE, Harding C, Pickard R, Hall J, Aldridge PD. . Immunity and Ageing 2019, 16(1).
- Sihra N, Kujawa M, Solomon E, Harding C, Sahai A, Malde S. . Journal of Clinical Urology 2019, 12(4), 255-265.
- Harding C, Rantell A, Cardozo L, Jacobson SK, Anding R, Kirschner-Hermanns R, Greenwell T, Swamy S, Malde S, Abrams P. . Neurourology and Urodynamics 2019, 38(S5), S90-S97.
- MacKenzie KR, Davis J, Harding C, Aning JJ. . Neurourology and Urodynamics 2019, 38(5), 1353-1362.
- Cashman S, Biers S, Greenwell T, Harding C, Morley R, Cooper D, Fowler S, Thiruchelvam N, on behalf of the BAUS Section of Female Neurological and Urodynamic Urology. . BJU International 2019, 123(1), 149-159.
- Lie MLS, Lecouturier J, Harding C. . International Urogynecology Journal 2019, 30(1), 9-16.
- Uren AD, Cotterill N, Harding C, Hillary C, Chapple C, Lasch K, Stroupe A, Deshpande C, Delbecque L, Van Koeveringe G, Oelke M, Belal M, Bosch R, Blok B, Nitti V, Gotoh M, Takei M, Crawford B, Klaver M, Bongaerts D, Hakimi Z, Kos T, Abrams P. . Neurourology and Urodynamics 2019, 38(3), 996-1004.
- Abrams P, Eustice S, Gammie A, Harding C, Kearney R, Rantell A, Reid S, Small D, Toozs-Hobson P, Woodward M. . Neurourology and Urodynamics 2019, 38(2), 838-856.
- Forbes R, Ased A, Abouhajar A, Brennand C, Brown H, Carnell S, Chadwick T, Eardley I, Lecouturier J, Mossop H, Pearce I, Pickard R, Thiruchelvam N, Walton K, Wilkinson J, Harding C. . Trials 2018, 19, 616.
- Aning JJ, MacKenzie KR, Fabricius M, McColl E, Johnson MI, Tandogdu Z, Soomro NA, Harding C. . Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations 2018, 36(8), 364.e15-364.e22.
- Panicker JN, Anding R, Arlandis S, Blok B, Dorrepaal C, Harding C, Marcelissen T, Rademakers K, Abrams P, Apostolidis A. . Neurourology and Urodynamics 2018, 37(S4), S75-S85.
- Gammie A, Rosier P, Li R, Harding C. . Neurourology and Urodynamics 2018, 37(S4), S20-S24.
- Uren AD, Cotterill N, Harding C, Hillary C, Chapple C, Klaver M, Bongaerts D, Hakimi Z, Abrams P. . European Urology 2018, 73(1), e15-e16.
- Nobrega R, Greenwell TJ, Pickard R, Ockrim JL, Harding CK. . Journal of Clinical Urology 2018, 11(5), 339-344.
- Moon A, Veeratterapillay R, Garthwaite M, Harding C. . Journal of Clinical Urology 2018, 11(2), 81-87.
- Harding C, Rosier PFWM, Drake MJ, Valentini F, Nelson PP, Goping I, Gammie A. . Neurourology and Urodynamics 2018, 37(S4), S32-S37.
- Solomon E, Veeratterapillay R, Malde S, Harding C, Greenwell TJ. . Neurourology and Urodynamics 2017, 36(6), 1557-1563.
- Rademakers K, Drake MJ, Gammie A, Djurhuus JC, Rosier PFWM, Abrams P, Harding C. . Neurourology and Urodynamics 2017, 36(4), 894-901.
- Barclay J, Veeratterapillay R, Harding C. . BMJ 2017, 359, j5193.
- Moon A, Harding C. . Journal of Clinical Urology 2017, 10(1), 22-27.
- Uren AD, Cotterill N, Harding C, Hillary C, Chapple C, Klaver M, Bongaerts D, Hakimi Z, Abrams P. . European Urology 2017, 72(3), 402-407.
- Veeratterapillay R, Fuge O, Haslam P, Harding C, Thorpe A. . Journal of Clinical Urology 2017, 10(4), 379-390.
- Uren AD, Cotterill N, Harding C, Hillary C, Chapple C, Klaver M, Bongaerts D, Hakimi Z, Abrams P. . European Urology 2017, 72(3), 409-410.
- Veeratterapillay R, Lavin V, Thorpe A, Harding C. . Journal of Clinical Urology 2016, 9(2), 120-127.
- Harding C, Mossop H, Homer T, Chadwick T, King W, Carnell S, Lecouturier J, Abouhajar A, Vale L, Watson G, Forbes R, Currer S, Pickard R, Eardley I, Pearce I, Thiruchelvam N, Guerrero K, Walton K, Hussain Z, Lazarowicz H, Ali A. . BMJ 2022, 376, e068229.
- Nambiar AK, Arlandis S, Bo K, Cobussen-Boekhorst H, Costantini E, de Heide M, Farag F, Groen J, Karavitakis M, Lapitan MC, Manso M, Arteaga SM, Riogh ANA, O'Connor E, Omar MI, Peyronnet B, Phe V, Sakalis VI, Sihra N, Tzelves L, van Poelgeest-Pomfret M-L, van den Bos TWL, van der Vaart H, Harding CK. . European Urology 2022, 82(1), 49-59.
- Arlandis S, Bo K, Cobussen-Boekhorst H, Costantini E, de Heide M, Farag F, Groen J, Karavitakis M, Lapitan MC, Manso M, Arteaga SM, Nambiar AK, Riogh ANA, O'Connor E, Omar MI, Peyronnet B, Phe V, Sakalis VI, Sihra N, Tzelves L, van Poelgeest-Pomfret M-L, van den Bos TWL, van der Vaart H, Harding CK. . European Urology 2022, 82(1), 60-70.
- Harding C, Chadwick T, Homer T, Lecouturier J, Mossop H, Carnell S, King W, Abouhajar A, Vale L, Watson G, Forbes R, Currer S, Pickard R, Eardley I, Pearce I, Thiruchelvam N, Guerrero K, Walton K, Hussain Z, Lazarowicz H, Ali A. . Health Technology Assessment 2022, 26(23), 1-172.
- Mowbray C, Tan A, Vallee M, Fisher H, Chadwick T, Brennand C, Walton KE, Pickard RS, Harding C, Aldridge PA, Hall J. . European Urology Open Science 2022, 37, 90-98.
- Whitehead S, Gravestock P, Harding C, Veeratterapillay R. . Irish Journal of Medical Science 2022.
- Purchase T, Trilloe G, Ahmed H, Agarwal R, Bray A, Hood K, Thomas-Jones E, Drake MJ, Harding C, Edwards A. . European Urology Focus 2022, 8(1), 8-10.
- Gravestock P, Moore L, Harding C, Veeratterapillay R. . International Urology and Nephrology 2022, 54, 2445–2456.
- Pietropaolo A, Geraghty RM, Veeratterapillay R, Rogers A, Kallidonis P, Villa L, Boeri L, Montanari E, Atis G, Emiliani E, Sener TE, Al Jaafari F, Fitzpatrick J, Shaw M, Harding C, Somani BK. . Journal of Clinical Medicine 2021, 10(17), 3888.
- Pang KH, Chapple CR, Chatters R, Downey AP, Harding CK, Hind D, Watkin N, Osman NI. . European Urology 2021, 80(4), 467-479.
- Hargreaves E, Harding C, Clarkson C. . Neurourology and Urodynamics 2021, 40(7), 1770-1779.
- Peyronnet B, Lapitan MC, Tzelves L, O'Connor E, Nic An Riogh A, Manso M, Yuhong Yuan C, Arlandis S, Bo K, Costantini E, Farag F, Groen J, Nambiar A, Phe V, van der Vaart H, Imran Omar M, Harding C. . European Urology Focus 2022, 8(5), 1340-1361.
- Reid S, Brocksom J, Hamid R, Ali A, Thiruchelvam N, Sahai A, Harding C, Biers S, Belal M, Barrett R, Taylor J, Parkinson R. . BJU International 2021, 128(6), 667-677.
- Biers SM, Harding C, Belal M, Thiruchelvam N, Hamid R, Sahai A, Parkinson R, Barratt R, Ali A, Reid S. . BJU International 2022, 129(2), 151-159.
- Morton S, Wilczek Y, Harding C. . BJU International 2021, 127(1), 4-11.
- Joshi H, Sali G, Paramore L, Jones R, Lazarowicz H, Kujawa ML, Pandit A, David R, Wilson K, Bates C, Shergill I, Gan C, El-Husseiny T, Mukhtar B, Appanna T, Veeratterapillay R, Harding C, Crockett M, Dawson C, Simpson R, Zelhof B, Starmer B, Mukherjee R, Bourdoumis A, Jelski J, Hashim H, McCabe J, Shaw G, Chow K, Betts C. . Scottish Medical Journal 2021, 66(2), 58-65.
- Milosevic S, Joseph-Williams N, Pell B, Cain E, Hackett R, Murdoch F, Ahmed H, Joy Allen A, Bray A, Thomas-Jones E, Harding C, Edwards A. . British Journal of General Practice 2021, 71(710), E685-E692.
- Sachdeva A, Nambiar A, Rai BP, Veeratterapillay R, Harding C. . Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2021, 2021(11).
- Abrams P, Constable LD, Cooper D, MacLennan G, Drake MJ, Harding C, Mundy A, McCormack K, McDonald A, Norrie J, Ramsay C, Smith R, Cotterill N, Kilonzo M, Glazener C. . European Urology 2021, 79(6), 812-823.
- Edney S, Basu AP, Harding C, Pennington L. . Journal of Neonatal Nursing 2022, 28(4), 265-269.
- Aning JJ, Calvert RC, Harding C, Fowler S, Nitkunan T, Lee S-M, McGrath JS, Cresswell J, Hagan P, Hermans L, Dickinson AJ. . BJU International 2021, 129(5), 634-641.
- Feeney C, Gorman G, Stefanetti R, McFarland R, Turnbull D, Harding C, Sachdeva A. . Neurourology and Urodynamics 2020, 39(8), 2253-2263.
- Barea BM, Veeratterapillay R, Harding C. . Current opinion in urology 2020, 30(6), 845-852.