AMR researchers by focus area

Origins

Antibiotic consumption and misuse

Environmental drivers

  • Professor Mat Fisher: Biological and environmental factors driving emerging fungal diseases across human, wildlife and plant species
  • Dr Johanna Rhodes: One Health approach to balance and optimise the health of humans, animals and the environment
  • Professor Darius Armstrong-James: Fungal population genomics and antimicrobial resistance
  • Dr Anand Shah: Novel diagnostics to better understand resistance evolution and acquisition
  • Dr Jesus Rodriguez Manzano: Diagnostic solutions, appropriate for low-resource and settings, to support the extraction, detection and characterisation of fungal infections
  • Professor Pantelis Georgiou: Diagnostic solutions, appropriate for low-resource and settings, to support the extraction, detection and characterisation of fungal infections
  • Professor Marc Dionne: Do insect hosts drive AMR acquisition in broad host-range pathogens?

Resistance to host defences

Mutations and genetic changes

Transmission

Patient-patient transmission

Environmental fates of antibiotics

Horizonal gene transfer

  • Professor José Penadés: Molecular basis of bacterial virulence with a major focus on the mechanisms underlying the transfer of different mobile genetic elements (MGEs) 
  • Dr Tiago Costa: Molecular machines driving antimicrobial resistance proliferation
  • Dr Yu Wan: Molecular basis, spread, and evolution of mobile genetic elements
  • Dr Luke Allsopp: Understanding acquisition and impact of HRT on the evolution of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and its virulence factors

Tracking spread

 

Infection

Pathogen biology

Host genetics

Patient Management

  • Dr Aula Abbara: AMR in settings of armed conflict including lived experience. Qualitative research in AMR and antimicrobial stewardship.
  • Professor Armstrong-James: Clinical academic with a focus on clinical and diagnostic support for patients with fungal disease and AI-driven multiomic diagnostics
  • Professor Graham Cooke: Clinical academic with a focus on antibiotic use and diagnostics
  • Professor Francis Drobniewski: Clinical academic with a focus on treatment and public health aspects of respiratory infections, especially TB and mycobacterial diseases, COVID-19, diagnostics, and vaccine delivery and hesitancy
  • Professor Mark Gilchrist: Clinical management
  • Professor Anthony Gordon: Clinical academic with a focus on personalised medicine and clinical trials in sepsis
  • Professor Alison Holmes: Public health, precision medicine, technologies, and antibiotic optimisation 
  • Professor Mike Levin: Diagnosis and treatment of childhood infections 
  • Professor Danny O'Hare: Diagnostics for patient management
  • Professor James Seddon: Diagnosis and treatment of childhood TB, including MDR-TB
  • Dr Anika Singanayagam: Clinical academic with a focus on transmission, testing, vaccines, antivirals
  • Dr Anand Shah: Clinical academic with a focus on treatment of lung fungal infections and patient and healthcare perception of AMR in chronic respiratory disease 
  • Richard Wilson: Development and integration of novel technologies and interventions to improve antimicrobial prescribing.
  • Dr Nina Zhu: Addressing inequality in AMR burden and infection care quality through data
Solutions

AI, machine learning, and AMR

Behaviour Change

Diagnostics

Drug development

Education

Infection control and national programmes

Policy and stewardship

Precision prescribing and antibiotic decision making

Surveillance and outbreak analysis

  • Professor Paul Aylin: Applied data linkage, syndromic surveillance and modelling
  • Professor Darius Armstrong-James: Fungal population genomics
  • Dr Gabriel Birgand: National surveillance system (France) for AMR, IPC and AMS in the community and nursing homes
  • Dr Sara Boyd: Resistance surveillance
  • Dr Nick Croucher: Mathematical modelling of AMR, including the impact of vaccination 
  • Dr Frances Davies:  Developing and using new methods to track the spread of resistance
  • Professor Francis Drobniewski: Understanding outbreaks and global spread of TB and mycobacterial diseases
  • Professor Mat Fisher: Emerging pathogenic fungi
  • Dr Elita Jauneikaite: Genomic investigations of outbreaks and global spread of bacterial pathogens
  • Dr Jonathan Otter: Healthcare-associated infection surveillance
  • Dr Johanna Rhodes: Fungal global surveillance network using genomics; real-time analysis of outbreaks
  • Dr Anand Shah: Global spread of antifungal resistance and global AMR epidemiology and surveillance in chronic lung disease
  • Dr Calvin Tiengwe: SMART Livestock project: molecular diagnostics and geospatial mapping to track the spread of drug-resistant Trypanosoma species in livestock; modelling of resistance dynamics and prediction of future spread via real-time resistance hotspot maps and tsetse vector spatial distribution data
  • Dr Yu Wan: Genomic surveillance, outbreak investigation, and evolution analysis of bacterial pathogens

Surfaces and materials

Vaccine design and development

AMR researchers by name with associated focus area

A-Z list
  • Dr Aula Abbara | Patient management (Infection); Infection control and national programmes (Solutions)
  • Dr Luke Allsopp | Resistance to host defences (Origins); Mutations and genetic changes (Origins); Horizontal gene transfer (Transmission); Pathogen biology (Infection)
  • Dr David Antcliffe Diagnostics (Solutions)
  • Professor Rossella Arcucci | AI and machine learning (Solutions)
  • Professor Nim Arinaminpathy | Tracking spread (Transmission); Infection control and national programmes (Solutions)
  • Professor Darius Armstrong-James | Antibiotic consumption and misuse (Origins); Environmental drivers (Origins); Resistance to host defences (Origins); Mutations and genetic changes (Origins); Tracking spread (Transmission); Patient management (Infection); Host genetics (Infection); Pathogen biology (Infection); Precision prescribing (Solutions); AI and machine learning (Solutions); Surveillance and outbreak analysis (Solutions); Diagnostics (Solutions); New treatments and vaccines (Solutions); Infection control and national programmes (Solutions); Policy and stewardship (Solutions); Education (Solutions)
  • Professor Paul Aylin | Surveillance and outbreak analysis (Solutions); Infection control and national programmes (Solutions)
  • Dr Pedro Ballester | AI and machine learning (Solutions)
  • Professor Mauricio Barahona | Patient-Patient (Transmission); AI and machine learning (Solutions)
  • Dr Anna Barnard | New treatments and vaccines (Solutions)
  • Dr Leon Barron | Environmental fates of antibiotics (Transmission)
  • Dr Gabriel Birgand | Antibiotic consumption and misuse (Origins); Patient-Patient (Transmission); Tracking spread (Transmission); AI and machine learning (Solutions); Surveillance and outbreak analysis (Solutions); Infection control and national programmes (Solutions)
  • Dr Will Bolton | Antibiotic consumption and misuse (Origins); Precision prescribing (Solutions); AI and machine learning (Solutions); Policy and stewardship (Solutions)
  • Dr Sara Boyd | Surveillance and outbreak analysis (Solutions); Infection control and national programmes (Solutions)
  • Professor Joao Cabral | Antimicrobial surfaces (Solutions)
  • Professor Tony Cass | Diagnostics (Solutions)
  • Dr Matthew Child | Pathogen biology (Infection); Host genetics (Infection)
  • Dr Leonid Chindelevitch | AI and machine learning (Solutions); Diagnostics (Solutions)
  • Dr Thomas Clarke | Resistance to host defences (Origins)
  • Dr Abigail Clements | Resistance to host defences (Origins); Pathogen biology (Infection)
  • Professor Graham Cooke | Patient management (Infection); Pathogen biology (Infection); Precision prescribing (Solutions); Diagnostics (Solutions); Infection control and national programmes (Solutions); Policy and stewardship (Solutions)
  • Dr Tiago Costa | Horizontal gene transfer (Transmission); Pathogen biology (Infection)
  • Dr Nick Croucher | Tracking spread (Transmission); AI and machine learning (Solutions); Surveillance and outbreak analysis (Solutions); Infection control and national programmes (Solutions)
  • Professor Aubrey Cunnington | Vectors (Transmission); Diagnostics (Solutions)
  • Gina Cuomo-Dannenburg | Tracking spread (Transmission)
  • Dr Frances Davies | Surveillance and outbreak analysis (Solutions); New treatments and vaccines (Solutions); Infection control and national programmes (Solutions)
  • Professor Marc Dionne | Environmental drivers (Origins); Resistance to host defences (Origins); Mutations and genetic changes (Origins); Host genetics (Infection); Pathogen biology (Infection)
  • Professor Francis Drobniewski | Mutations and genetic changes (Origins); Patient-Patient (Transmission); Patient management (Infection); Pathogen biology (Infection); Surveillance and outbreak analysis (Solutions); Diagnostics (Solutions); Infection control and national programmes (Solutions); Policy and stewardship (Solutions); Education (Solutions)
  • Dr Andy Edwards | Resistance to host defences (Origins); Pathogen biology (Infection); New treatments and vaccines (Solutions)
  • Melanie Egli | Environmental fates of antibiotics (Transmission)
  • Professor Tom Ellis | Diagnostics (Solutions)
  • Dr Ana Eulalio | Resistance to host defences (Origins); Pathogen biology (Infection)
  • Professor Aldo Faisal | AI and machine learning (Solutions)
  • Professor Matthew Fisher | Environmental drivers (Origins); Tracking spread (Transmission); Surveillance and outbreak analysis (Solutions)
  • Professor Gad Frankel | Mutations and genetic changes (Origins); Pathogen biology (Infection)
  • Professor Pantelis Georgiou | Vectors (Transmission); Diagnostics (Solutions)
  • Dr Maria Getino | Mutations and genetic changes (Origins); Tracking spread (Transmission)
  • Professor Mark Gilchrist: Antibiotic consumption and misuse (Origins); Patient management (Infection); Policy and stewardship (Solutions); New treatments and vaccines (Solutions)
  • Professor Anthony Gordon | Patient management (Infection); Host genetics (Infection); Precision prescribing (Solutions); AI and machine learning (Solutions); Diagnostics (Solutions); New treatments and vaccines (Solutions)
  • Dr Kate Grailey | Behaviour change (Solutions)
  • Professor Angelika Grundling | Pathogen biology (Infection)
  • Dr Shea Hamilton | Diagnostics (Solutions)
  • Dr Jethro Herberg | Diagnostics (Solutions)
  • Dr Bernard Hernandez | Antibiotic consumption and misuse (Origins); Precision prescribing (Solutions); AI and machine learning (Solutions)
  • Professor Sandrine Heutz | Antimicrobial surfaces (Solutions)
  • Professor Alison Holmes | Antibiotic consumption and misuse (Origins); Patient management (Infection); Precision prescribing (Solutions); AI and machine learning (Solutions); Diagnostics (Solutions); Infection control and national programmes (Solutions); Policy and stewardship (Solutions)
  • Dr Elita Jauneikaite | Mutations and genetic changes (Origins); Patient-Patient (Transmission); Tracking spread (Transmission); AI and machine learning (Solutions); Surveillance and outbreak analysis (Solutions)
  • Dr Jose Jimenez Zarco | Horizontal gene transfer (Transmission); Tracking spread (Transmission)
  • Professor Julian Jones | Antimicrobial surfaces (Solutions)
  • Dr Myrsini Kaforou | Diagnostics (Solutions)
  • Dr Catherine Kibirige | Diagnostics (Solutions)
  • Dr Gerald Larrouy-Maumus | Diagnostics (Solutions); Antimicrobial surfaces (Solutions)
  • Professor Mike Levin | Patient management (Infection); Host genetics (Infection); Diagnostics (Solutions)
  • Dr Harry Low | Resistance to host defences (Origins)
  • Dr Kenny Malpartida Cardenas | Vectors (Transmission)
  • Dr Alex McCarthy | Resistance to host defences (Origins); Pathogen biology (Infection); New treatments and vaccines (Solutions)
  • Dr Julie McDonald | Antibiotic consumption and misuse (Origins); New treatments and vaccines (Solutions)
  • Dr Damien Ming | Precision prescribing (Solutions); AI and machine learning (Solutions)
  • Dr Nick Moser | Vectors (Transmission); Diagnostics (Solutions)
  • Professor Danny O'Hare | Patient management (Infection); Precision prescribing (Solutions); Diagnostics (Solutions)
  • Dr Lucy Okell | Tracking spread (Transmission)
  • Professor Peter Openshaw | Host genetics (Infection); New treatments and vaccines (Solutions)
  • Professor Faith Osier | New treatments and vaccines (Solutions)
  • Dr Jonathan Otter| Tracking spread (Transmission); Surveillance and outbreak analysis (Solutions); Antimicrobial surfaces (Solutions); Infection control and national programmes (Solutions)
  • Professor José R Penadés: Horizontal gene transfer (Transmission)
  • Dr Ivana Pennisi | Host genetics (Infection); Diagnostics (Solutions)
  • Professor Mariagrazia Pizza | Pathogen biology (Infection); New treatments and vaccines (Solutions)
  • Professor Alexandra Porter | New treatments and vaccines (Solutions); Antimicrobial surfaces (Solutions)
  • Dr Tim Rawson | Antibiotic consumption and misuse (Origins); Precision prescribing (Solutions); Diagnostics (Solutions)
  • Dr Johanna Rhodes | Environmental drivers (Origins); Tracking spread (Transmission); Surveillance and outbreak analysis (Solutions); Infection control and national programmes (Solutions)
  • Dr Brian Robertson  | Resistance to host defences (Origins)
  • Dr Jesus Rodriguez Manzano | Antibiotic consumption and misuse (Origins); Environmental drivers (Origins); Mutations and genetic changes (Origins); Vectors (Transmission); AI and machine learning (Solutions); Diagnostics (Solutions)
  • Dr Vanessa Sanchu-Shimizu | Host genetics (Infection); Precision prescribing (Solutions); Diagnostics (Solutions)
  • Professor James Seddon | Patient-Patient (Transmission); Tracking spread (Transmission); Patient management (Infection); Host genetics (Infection); Precision prescribing (Solutions); AI and machine learning (Solutions); Diagnostics (Solutions); New treatments and vaccines (Solutions)
  • Dr Anand Shah | Antibiotic consumption and misuse (Origins); Environmental drivers (Origins); Patient-Patient (Transmission); Patient management (Infection); Host genetics (Infection); AI and machine learning (Solutions); Surveillance and outbreak analysis (Solutions); New treatments and vaccines (Solutions)
  • Professor Robin Shattock | New treatments and vaccines (Solutions)
  • Dr Avinash Shenoy | Resistance to host defences (Origins); Mutations and genetic changes (Origins); Host genetics (Infection); Pathogen biology (Infection)
  • Dr Matt Siggins | Resistance to host defences (Origins); Patient-Patient (Transmission); Tracking spread (Transmission); Pathogen biology (Infection); AI and machine learning (Solutions); Diagnostics (Solutions); New treatments and vaccines (Solutions)
  • Dr Anika Singanayagam | Patient management (Infection)
  • Dr Valerie Soo | Mutations and genetic changes (Origins); Pathogen biology (Infection); AI and machine learning (Solutions)
  • Professor Shiranee Sriskandan | Mutations and genetic changes (Origins); Environmental fates of antibiotics (Transmission); New treatments and vaccines (Solutions)
  • Professor Ed Tate | New treatments and vaccines (Solutions)
  • Dr Teresa Thurston | Resistance to host defences (Origins); Pathogen biology (Infection)
  • Dr Calvin Tiengwe | Antibiotic consumption and misuse (Origins); Resistance to host defences (Origins); Mutations and genetic changes (Origins); Tracking spread (Transmission); Surveillance and outbreak analysis (Solutions); Infection control and national programmes (Solutions)
  • Professor Chris Toumazou | Diagnostics (Solutions); Infection control and national programmes (Solutions)
  • Professor John Tregoning | New treatments and vaccines (Solutions)
  • Dr Julien Vaubourgeix | Mutations and genetic changes (Origins)
  • Dr Robert Verity | Tracking spread (Transmission)
  • Professor Nick Voulvoulis | Environmental fates of antibiotics (Transmission)
  • Dr Yu Wan | Mutations and genetic changes (Origins); Horizontal gene transfer (Transmission); Surveillance and outbreak analysis (Solutions)
  • Professor Robert Wilkinson | Patient-Patient (Transmission); Pathogen biology (Infection); Precision prescribing (Solutions); New treatments and vaccines (Solutions)
  • Professor Daryl Williams | Antimicrobial surfaces (Solutions)
  • Richard Wilson | Antibiotic consumption and misuse (Origins); Patient management (Infection); Precision prescribing (Solutions); AI and machine learning (Solutions); Policy and stewardship (Solutions)
  • Professor Ramesh Wigneshweraraj | Pathogen biology (Infection); New treatments and vaccines (Solutions)
  • Dr Victoria Wright | Diagnostics (Solutions)
  • Professor Sophia Yaliraki | AI and machine learning (Solutions)
  • Dr Nina Zhu | Antibiotic consumption and misuse (Origins); Patient-Patient (Transmission); Patient management (Infection); AI and machine learning (Solutions);