Explore the work of Imperial researchers who are tracking the spread and transmission dynamics of resistant pathogens, including:
- Dr Nim Arinaminpathy: Transmission and control of TB
- Professor Darius Armstrong-James: Fungal populations genomics
- Dr Gabriel Birgand: Modelling patient pathways and monitoring sewage to monitor spread of MDR in the healthcare network
- Dr Nick Croucher: Variations and multi-strain bacterial populations
- Dr Gina Cuomo-Dannenburg: Spread of anti-malarial resistance
- Professor Mat Fisher and Dr Jennifer Shelton: Spread of resistant Aspergillus fumigatus
- Dr Maria Getino: Epigenomics to track spread, risk factors, and transmission between humans and animals
- Dr Elita Jauneikaite: Genomic epidemiology of global spread of antimicrobial resistant bacterial pathogens
- Dr Jose Jimenez Zarco: Population dynamics in microbiomes and AMR transmission
- Dr Lucy Okell: International spread of drug-resistant Plasmodium falciparium malaria
- Dr Jonathan Otter: Healthcare epidemiology, healthcare-associated infections; antibiotic and antiseptic resistance; role of contaminated surfaces in transmission; MRSA, C. difficile and multidrug-resistant Gram-negatives (especially CPE)
- Dr Johanna Rhodes: Transmission events and surveillance of fungal diseases
- Professor James Seddon: Tracking the burden of multidrug-resistant TB
- Dr Matthew Siggins: Transmission dynamics of infectious disease
- Professor Shiranee Sriskandan: Transmission of respiratory pathogens in schools and households
- Dr Calvin Tiengwe: SMART Livestock project, which collects critical data on drug use, resistance hotspots, and spread of AMR and enhances veterinary capacities to monitor and mitigate the spread of drug-resistant pathogens in livestock
- Dr Robert Verity: Malaria molecular surveillance
Centres and Networks include:
- NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Healthcare Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance
- Centre for Antimicrobial Optimisation
- Imperial Fungal Science Network
- Imperial Network of Excellence in Malaria
Further reading:
- Meet 7 Imperial researchers working to end TB. An Institute of Infection review story in which Professor Seddon and Dr Arinaminpathy explain their work on tracking the burden of tuberculosis.
- How to fight fungal infection: the path of yeast resistance. An Institute of Infection review story that includes Professor Fisher, Dr Jennifer Shelton, and Dr Johanna Rhodes' work.
- Time to innovate: Malaria in a changing world. An Imperial Story featuring the work of early career malaria scientists, including Gina Cuomo-Dannenburg's work on preventing disease in young children.
- Citizen science shows widespread exposure to drug-resistant fungal spores. An Imperial news story describing the citizen science project that revealed that 5% of Aspergillus fumigatus spores collected were resistant to tebunconazole.
- Watch the MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis interview with Dr Shelton.
