Theme 4: Behaviour within and beyond the healthcare setting
Projects offered under this theme aim to identify the socio- economic conditions and behavioural attitudes that drive the spread of resistant bacteria to help develop and evaluate policies and strategies to mitigate and manage AMR and the stewardship of antibiotics.
Applications for two PhD studentships available at the University of Bristol (deadline 23.59 on 22 June 2020) and at the University of Dundee (deadline 30 June 2020) are open. Please see table below.
This research theme aims to:
- identify specific economic conditions, social norms and attitudes relating to antibiotics in order to develop context appropriate strategies
- evaluate interventions to control/prevent the spread of resistant bacteria
- assess the wider costs and benefits of behaviour change strategies
- link surveillance data to stewardship practices to understand variance in impact
- develop and evaluate economic and regulatory models that balance the appropriate use of drugs and the mitigation of AMR while appropriately rewarding innovation
- consider the role of existing and new business models in encouraging innovation
| Project Title | Main supervisor(s) | Keywords | Consortium & host institution |
|---|---|---|---|
| No project available currently | - | Health data science Antibiotic resistance Infection prevention Machine learning Epidemiology Global health | ASPIRES, Imperial College London |
| A 4 year, fully funded PhD available for autumn 2020 entry 'Effects of COVID-19 on antibiotic prescribing, healthcare use and E. coli resistance' Advert here: Find a PhD link | Dr Charis Marwick | Data analysis Information science Microbiology Public health Epidemiology Statistics | ARCH, University of Dundee |
| A 3.5 year, fully funded PhD available for autumn 2020 entry 'Hobby farming: Exploring Human-Animal Interactions, Disease Management and Antimicrobial Resistance on Smallholder Farms' Advert here: Find a PhD link | Dr Kristen Reyher and Prof Henry Buller (University of Exeter) | Veterinary medicine Social science Public health & epidemiology Human geography Microbiology | DIAL, University of Bristol |
| No project available currently | - | Medical anthropology History of health services Systems and policy making Documentary research Oral history | AMIS & UMOYA OMUHLE, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine |
| No project available currently | - | AMR Clinical prediction Machine learning Statistical modelling Antibiotic policy Personalised medicine | STEP UP, University of Oxford |