Loved attending the gala night of LIFELINE in London (thanks Sally Davies for invite). A powerful mix of theatre, music and healthcare voices telling the story of Fleming and antimicrobial resistance. Great to have colleagues Alicia Demirjian & Shannon Guild within the chorus tinyurl.com/52n33nm3

How Lifeline Brought the AMR Crisis to the London Stage

Real doctors joined the London cast of Lifeline the Musical to bring the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance to wider audiences.

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Great week in Lyon at the G7 One Health meeting and WHO Collaborating Centres forum. Reconnecting with key leaders and old friends, building new collaborations, and feeling the collective purpose of 400 CCs in the room and 200 online, from a network of ~850 - real purpose and momentum ahead #AMR

Great to attend the CARA lab launch in St Lucia last week - an excellent milestone for regional AMR capacity. Strong momentum with #CARPHA and #UKHSA colleagues (many from my division). Excited to continue and strengthen this collaboration over the next year. Regional press here: lnkd.in/eTJKSAX7

Very excited to have been elected as a Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health by Distinction. Grateful recognition of the public health work I’ve contributed - and energised to do even more in the years ahead. Huge thanks to my sponsors Prof Susan Hopkins and Dr Richard Pebody. #PublicHealth #FPH

Christmas reading highlight: “Any company or group building artificial superintelligence with current methods will kill everyone.” Keen to get to the main argument but I’ve always thought the Terminator 2 (and before that War Games and Maximum Overdrive) argument was prescient

Excited to share @ukhsa.bsky.social's first Japan-UK (Alicia Demirjian) Fellow's Report on #AntimicrobialResistance Drug Development - tinyurl.com/bdfpwbm4 ✅ Stronger public sector coordination ✅ Public-private partnerships ✅ AI-driven infrastructure ✅ Global collaboration ✅ Training future leaders

🦠 Our new study in the UK SIREN cohort over winter 2023/24: SARS-CoV-2 (21.8%), flu (5.3%) & RSV (7.3%) were common among healthcare workers - each linked to considerable staff absence (35.8% in total), with a combined 10,168 days of sick leave taken. 🔗 journalofinfection.com/article/S016...

Thrilled to be at my alma mater @LSHTM for the launch of the WHO/BMJ Global Health Community Hand Hygiene Guidelines—and to join the keynote panel. Sobering stats—1.7B still lack access to soap & water! Available here tinyurl.com/49333mmb 🧼🌍 #HandHygiene #PublicHealth #WHO

🚨The largest-ever regional training on molecular AMR detection just wrapped up in Trinidad, hosted by CARPHA, with support from UKHSA, PAHO, and the Fleming Fund. Proud that my team contributed to this milestone, supporting regional efforts to build lab capacity. 🔗https://tinyurl.com/ysd2xztd

📢 New research from Oxford AMR/HCAI HPRU: We applied an EHR-wide association study to uncover risk factors for E. coli bloodstream infections over 6 years 🧠 Frailty-related factors (renal/UTI, cancer, GI) drive risk 🛠️ Highlights need for multifaceted prevention strategies doi.org/10.1016/j.ji...

The best thing about global ‘one health’ events that are held in the zoo, is that at the end of the day you get to go to the zoo….

Delighted to have played an incredibly modest role in commenting on (and hopefully in some small way shaping) the draft pandemic agreement - this will be a great tool for global cooperation, preparedness plans, and equity in response and access for diagnostics/therapeutics for the challenges ahead.

Reuters@reuters.com · last yr.

World Health Organization members vote in favour of global pandemic agreement reut.rs/4kqLttQ

Delighted to help launch our Caribbean Antimicrobial Resistance Alliance (CARA) in Barbados - a joint initiative between the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) and the UK Health Security Agency Health (UKHSA), supported by the UK’s Fleming Fund - with joint working with PAHO t.co/fACtT6sf5h

Over the weekend I said to my 4 year old son 'let's race' - and he held my hand and said 'let's win together'. Need to bring more of that spirit to work and life....

Had a wonderful chat with @emrsa15.bsky.social, Andy Borman, and Mariyam Mirfenderesky on the @icmatters.bsky.social podcast about C. auris control - could have chatted for hours about this difficult bug and the present and future challenges it presents infectioncontrolmatters.com/2025/04/30/c...

Candidozyma auris from the lab to the front line: A discussion with UKHSA experts

In this episode Martin talks to Dr Andy Borman, (Acting Head and Consultant Clinical Scientist, UKHSA National UK Mycology Reference Lab. also Hon Professor of Medical Mycology, MRC CMM, University…

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A very happy Easter to all who celebrate - many things as I get older and (somewhat) wiser continue to amaze me. That Peeps (truly an abomination) are ‘artificially flavoured’ is not one of these things…

Very useful @onisillos.bsky.social - as a reviewer also

Onisillos@onisillos.bsky.social · last yr.

Given discussions at I had at #ESCMIDGlobal, it might be useful for new researchers to know how a journal editor screens submissions (obviously this is my approach and so it might differ for others).

There are many ways that my homeland of Northern Ireland produces talent and influence beyond its diminutive size, very well done to Rory

The Athletic@theathletic.com · last yr.

GLORY FOR RORY 🏆 The wait is over. Rory McIlroy has finally won his first Masters — and completed a career grand slam in the process.

Our review of novel antimicrobial surveillance for the novel drug subscription model pilot - ceftazidime/avibactam use and susceptibility testing increased in the lead up to the pilot, as did (low) levels of resistance, and in the context of treatment www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2...

The importance of monitoring a new antibiotic: ceftazidime/avibactam usage and resistance experience from England, 2016 to 2020

Background Ceftazidime/avibactam, launched in the United Kingdom (UK) in March 2017, is an antibiotic against multidrug-resistant Gram-negative pathogens. It was selected for the government’s subscrip...

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Now this is research that really matters. www.theguardian.com/food/2025/ap...

Secret to stronger pour-over coffee with no extra beans unlocked by scientists

Pouring water slowly, steadily and from height is key to achieving ‘avalanche’ mixing effect

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We just published a study identifying the role/needs of teachers/schools in infection prevention and control post COVID-19, highlighting their pivotal place in preventing communicable disease, and further training needed to support the educational workforce. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The role and needs of teachers/schools in infection prevention and control post COVID-19

COVID-19 highlighted the importance of infection prevention and control (IPC) across all settings. This study aimed to understand current teacher IPC …

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Very useful summary of public health infectious disease threats seen in England since the COVID-19 pandemic, including work highlighting the economic benefits of health protection interventions and in identifying health inequalities across infections assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67e281...

Delighted to have appeared on this excellent www.digitalamr.org / The Naked Scientists podcast on current and future AMR challenges - if you are interested, we have an entire lecture series available on YouTube at youtube.com/@digitalheal...

Andrew Singer@oxonandrew.bsky.social · last yr.

Very excited to see the newest "Naked Scientist" podcast episode out today, covering the work we are doing in the Digital Health Hub for AMR @dhh-amr.bsky.social www.thenakedscientists.com/podcasts/nak...

Delighted to announce the updated national Candidozyma auris (Candida auris) guidance (for healthcare settings in England) is now available: gov.uk/government/p... A summary of recommendations provides a concise overview of the guidance to support adoption and implementation across acute healthcare

For everyone who is Irish or holds Ireland dear to them - lá fhéile Pádraig sona daoibh

Some incredible talks here today - fungal infections affected by conflict, planetary changes (increasing temperature and natural disasters), and HIV care; neglected tropical infections; integration with pandemic preparedness; and horizon scanning for novel therapeutics and diagnostics. #mycology2025

Dr Harriet Davidson@hcdavidson.bsky.social · last yr.

Really excited to hear UKHSA's Dr Colin Brown update us on Candida auris in the UK #mycology2025

What a wonderful venue to have a conference dinner at - and to see some old pals @drneilstone.bsky.social @neleshg.bsky.social - looking forward to some exciting fungal resistance talks tomorrow at #FungalUpdate2025

We just published analysis that in England ethnicity and socioeconomic deprivation are associated with a higher risk of acquiring blood-stream infections caused by E. coli, K. pneumoniae, P. aeruginosa, and MSSA/MRSA - now we must redress that imbalance www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2...

Health inequalities in incidence of bacteraemias: a national surveillance and data linkage study, England, 2018 to 2022

Background Health inequalities exist globally, but limited data exist on this topic for bacteraemia. Aim In this study we investigated health inequalities surrounding bacteraemia in England, to identi...

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We just published our national point prevalence survey on healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs), antimicrobial use (AMU) and antimicrobial stewardship in England, 2023 Overall HCAIs were present in 7.6% of patients, a 1% increase since 2016, with AMU static at 37.3% www.gov.uk/government/n...

UKHSA publishes latest survey on healthcare-associated infections

The report finds that overall healthcare-associated infections were present in 7.6% of patients, a 1% increase on the last reported figures in 2016.

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This is another excellent output from our @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social HPRU - highlighting how blending academic expertise with national public heath responses brings immense benefit. Please see @aliciad3.medsky.social’s past posts to see the wealth of output on the S. capitis response alone.

Yu Wan 万宇@wanyuac.bsky.social · last yr.

Funded by @ukhsa.bsky.social, NIHR HPRU in HCAI and AMR at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social, and @wellcometrust.bsky.social, this work has been carried out over the last 3 years, with supports from @cstewartb.bsky.social @aliciad3.medsky.social @elitajaun.bsky.social @izziepotterill.bsky.social, etc.