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Ash is part of the ASPIRES consortium, which is aiming to improve the use of antibiotics in surgical settings; specifically, he focuses on how pathogens (disease causing bugs) spread in nosocomial infection (these are infections which are picked up by patients when...

Pauline Lang is a biochemist from our first cohort of fully-funded students. Her molecular research focuses on understanding how drug-resistance occurs to help protect the antibiotics we have already and to aid the design of new ones.   Only a century ago,...

Antibiotics are our best friend and our worst enemy. These drugs are a vital tool in fighting infections which, left untreated, could cause serious illness or even death.  But overuse of antibiotics is encouraging bacteria to become resistant to their effects,...

Dr Wezi Sendama, a PhD student in our 2nd cohort, is investigating why people become more susceptible to infection as they get older. Answering this question could help reduce our reliance on antibiotics, and slow the spread of AMR.    Dr Wezi Sendama Newcastle...

Investigating AMR transmission between animals and people – the OH-STAR study Jordan Sealey, a PhD student in Cohort 1 of our National PhD Training Programme in AMR Research, is investigating how genes that make bacteria resistant to antibiotics may be shared between...

Kevin Chau, a PhD student in the first cohort of our National PhD Training Programme in AMR Research, has contributed to the pandemic response as part of the Modernising Medical Microbiology team at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. In this blog post, he...

The coronavirus pandemic is an unsettling time for everyone, but it presents a unique set of challenges for people with autism.  In a new blog post, Cara Patel - a 2nd cohort PhD student on our National PhD Training Programme in AMR Research, who has Asperger's...

Ashleigh Myall, a 2nd cohort PhD student on our National PhD Training Programme in AMR Research, is using mathematical modelling to help Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust forecast and prepare for incoming patients with COVID-19. In a new blog, he describes the...

The 2015 WHO Global Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance and the 2016 UN General Assembly High-Level Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance brought much-needed international attention and momentum to the global AMR crisis. To realize the goals these international...