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Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the greatest threats to health in the 21st century, expected to cause 10 million deaths every year by 2050.

The UK has been leading the way in research and policy – from the final Jim O’Neill report in 2016, to the government’s 20-year vision and 5-year action plans. But there is still much to do. By using context-appropriate innovation and technology with pioneering social sciences we are improving on preventing infection and better managing infection if it does occur, and optimising antimicrobial use when drugs are prescribed.

In this Forum, we will explore the challenges, needs, and new innovations in combating AMR through a multidisciplinary approach. The event will feature researchers from across the Antimicrobial Research Collaborative (ARC@Imperial), Imperial’s Cross-Faculty Network of Excellence, including from the NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Healthcare Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance, the Centre for Bio-Inspired Technology and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.

Programme:

Setting the stage – Professor Alison Holmes, Professor of Infectious Diseases and Lead for the Antimicrobial Research Collaborative, Imperial College London, Director of the NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in HCAI and AMR, Chair of The Fleming Fund’s Technical Advisory Group, Board Member of the Wellcome Trust’s Surveillance and Epidemiology of Drug-resistant Infections Consortium (SEDRIC) –

‘The clinical challenges of AMR, nationally and internationally’ – Dr Damien Ming, Clinical Researcher, Department of Infectious Diseases

‘The environment as a driver of AMR’ – Dr Jon Otter, Manager, Infection Prevention and Control, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and Honorary Senior Lecturer in HCAI and AMR at Imperial College London

‘Behavioural change and the workforce in infection prevention and AMR’ – Dr Enrique Castro Sánchez, Academic Research Nurse, Department of Infectious Diseases

‘Global Surgical Outcomes, Patient Pathways, Local Contexts and AMR’ – Dr Esmita Charani, Senior Lead Research Pharmacist, Department of Infectious Diseases

‘Innovation in diagnostics and surveillance’ – Dr Jesus Rodriguez-Manzano, Lecturer in Antimicrobial Resistance and Infectious Diseases

‘Optimising antimicrobial use through technology and Artificial Intelligence’ – Dr Pantelis Georgiou, Reader in Biomedical Electronics, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

 

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