Summary
Mark is a honorary senior clinical lecturer with the National Institute of Health Research Health Protection Research Unit in Healthcare Associated Infection and Antimicrobial Resistance. The HPRU is a partnership between Imperial College London, UK Health Security Agency, Cambridge University, Warwick University and Imperial College Health Partners. The Unit was funded, along with 14 others in priority areas from immunisation to radiation hazards, to bring Universities to work in partnership with Public Health England to support excellent health protection research relevant to the needs of Public Health England. It commenced 01 April 2020 for a 5 year period and builds on the legacy of the previous HPRU which ran from 01 April 2014 -31 March 2020. Mark is the NHS Theme lead for the prescision prescribing theme.
Mark is a Consultant Pharmacist Infectious Diseases within Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and leads the Trust’s approach to antimicrobial stewardship (AMS), healthcare associated infection and surgical site infection surveillance and hospital epidemiological services. He directs and leads the Trust’s outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) service and is the Division of Medicine and Integrated Care Infection Prevention and Control lead.
Mark is a fellow of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and chairs its expert antimicrobial advisory group. He was previous chair of the UK clinical pharmacy association - Pharmacy infection network.
He has delivered many lectures and workshops on AMS both at national and international level and has published around his areas of interest.
Publications
Journals
Rimmer S, Barnacle J, Gibani M, et al., 2023, The clinical presentation of monkeypox: a retrospective case-control study of patients with possible or probable monkeypox in a West London cohort, International Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol:126, ISSN:1201-9712, Pages:48-53
Ramnarayan P, Mitting R, Whittaker E, et al., 2022, Neonatal Monkeypox Virus Infection, New England Journal of Medicine, Vol:387, ISSN:0028-4793, Pages:1618-1620
Arkell P, Wilson R, Watkins K, et al., 2022, Application of therapeutic drug monitoring to the treatment of bacterial central nervous system infection: a scoping review, Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Vol:77, ISSN:0305-7453, Pages:3408-3413
Wilson R, Arkell P, Riezk A, et al., 2022, Addition of probenecid to oral beta-lactam antibiotics: a systematic review and meta-analysis, Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Vol:77, ISSN:0305-7453, Pages:2364-2372
Rawson TM, Eigo T, Wilson R, et al., 2022, Exploring patient acceptance of research within Complex oral and IV Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (COpAT) networks, Jac-antimicrobial Resistance, Vol:4, ISSN:2632-1823