How’s your Friday going? We’re wrapping up the week by welcoming new leadership at our AMR Centre😍 Excited for what’s ahead in the fight against antimicrobial resistance 👇 www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen... @rebeccaglover.bsky.social, @ayodejimatuluko.bsky.social, @lshtm.bsky.social

AMR Centre announces new leadership positions | LSHTM

AMR Centre announces new leadership positions | LSHTM

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£700k to evaluate the 2024–2029 AMR National Action Plan 💊 @lshtm.bsky.social and partners will evaluate its implementation from January. Co-led by @rebeccaglover.bsky.social & Dr Mirza Lalani with experts from @royalvetcollege.bsky.social and @uniofexeternews.bsky.social Read 👉 bit.ly/43eVTXv

Agata Pacho and I published an article on self care and UTIs/AMR this week! In Sociology of Health and Illness: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/.... @lshtmamrcentre.bsky.social

TODAY: Find out how expanding antibiotic supply to pharmacies without a prescription is impacting #AMU, #AMR, antibiotics and patients in England! 12:45 online here: www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

Impact and implementation of Pharmacy First: Interim findings | LSHTM

Do you wonder what the uptake and implementation of the Pharmacy First service has been like? Are you curious about the impact on AMU and AMR? Come along to the AMR centre's seminar where we present

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Interested in (interim) Pharmacy First findings? Come along to the @lshtmamrcentre.bsky.social hybrid event where the team will be presenting all things AMU/AMR, and its impact on equity. We're excited to discuss our work, its challenges, and hear from you as well! www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

Impact and implementation of Pharmacy First: Interim findings | LSHTM

Do you wonder what the uptake and implementation of the Pharmacy First service has been like? Are you curious about the impact on AMU and AMR? Come along to the AMR centre's seminar where we present

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Another #AMR article, out yesterday! Interested in #CRP testing in the UK and further afield? Want to know a bit more about the decade of CRP policy stagnation in primary care? Read more here: bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/8... @lshtmamrcentre.bsky.social

@istanton.bsky.social it was SO great working with you and Holly on this article, out TODAY in Global Health Action! Well done 👏 ✔️ 👍 👌 😀 🙌 👏 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Stakeholder views on the implementation of the UK’s Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) National Action Plan (2019–2024) in relation to AMR in the environment

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the environment is an important component of One Health AMR research and is increasingly incorporated into AMR National Action Plans (NAPs), including the UK’s AMR...

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Vaping in childhood ‘gateway to cannabis and cigarettes’ In @telegraphnews.bsky.social, @rebeccaglover.bsky.social discusses findings from the largest review of research studies on #vaping to date. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/08...

Vaping in childhood ‘gateway to cannabis and cigarettes’

‘Striking’ evidence linking habit to smoking in future strengthens long-held suspicions of health danger

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#Vaping at a young age may act as a gateway to smoking, study suggests @rebeccaglover.bsky.social explains that young people globally face a serious range of physical & psychological harms from vaping, as evidence indicates higher risk of transitioning to #smoking. www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...

I'm so proud of our study, out today. Young vapers (under 25s) approx 3 times more likely to go on to smoke. tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/earl...

Vaping and harm in young people: umbrella review

Objective To appraise and synthesise the evidence on short and longer term harms of vaping in young people. Data sources KSR Evidence (systematic reviews); Medline, Embase, and PsycInfo (umbrella rev...

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New article alert! Interested in crisis narratives in public health? (Including in AMR...?) Find our work HERE: journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/jc...

Very excited for this event on the 9th July! It's part of our #AMR short course but open to everyone as it's online. Do join in and here what the amazing Prof Dame Sally Davies has to stay on the current status of global action on #AMR! @lshtmamrcentre.bsky.social

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🎙️ Join Prof Dame Sally Davies, for an insightful seminar on global action against AMR. In this seminar, she will share updates on the UN High-Level AMR agenda, the evidence panel & what’s next for global policy. 📅 9 July 2025 🕰️ 13:00 BST 📍 Online 🔗 bit.ly/4kVSVgP

I really enjoyed contributing to this perspective on how to use routine clinical data for AMR surveillance, with @katholt.bsky.social, @gmknght.bsky.social, and the @lshtmamrcentre.bsky.social management team! www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Tools and challenges in the use of routine clinical data for antimicrobial resistance surveillance - npj Antimicrobials and Resistance

npj Antimicrobials and Resistance - Tools and challenges in the use of routine clinical data for antimicrobial resistance surveillance

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“But what can we possibly do given everything that’s happening??” Well, stop posting on X for a start…

Major differences in pharmacies´ antibiotics use for sore throats In Mail Online @ayodejimatuluko.bsky.social & @rebeccaglover.bsky.social discuss study with Cardiff University that found pharmacies in #England twice as likely to supply #antibiotics than #Wales. www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/art...

Major differences in pharmacies´ antibiotics use for sore throats...

Analysis found the antibiotic supply rate from pharmacies in England was 72.7%, compared to 29.9% in Wales.

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Better late than never...our evaluation website is now live! www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen... @dianeashiru.bsky.social @ayodejimatuluko.bsky.social @lshtm.bsky.social @lshtmamrcentre.bsky.social @efimantz.bsky.social

Pharmacy First Evaluation | LSHTM

An independent evaluation of England's Pharmacy First service. Launched in 2024, we will study implementation and impact of the new scheme which enables pharmacies to supply prescription-only

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Our Deputy Director, @rebeccaglover.bsky.social , and @ayodejimatuluko.bsky.social uncover that pharmacies in England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 may be twice as likely to supply antibiotics for sore throats compared to Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 , highlighting key regional differences in antibiotic use. 💊

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Pharmacies in England may be twice as likely to supply #antibiotics for sore throat than in Wales @ayodejimatuluko.bsky.social says it's important to understand factors behind regional disparity such as variation in patient services, age & overall health 💊 www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...

New article now out! Comparing antibiotic supply for acute sore throat in pharmacies in England to those in Wales (spoiler alert: English antibiotic supply is much higher). @lshtmamrcentre.bsky.social @lshtm.bsky.social @efimantz.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jac/advance-...

Comparison of antibiotic provision associated with acute sore throat symptom management in community pharmacies in Wales and England: a natural policy experiment

AbstractBackground. Acute sore throat is managed in community pharmacies in England and Wales under different clinical pathways: Acute Sore Throat Pharmacy

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"The real crisis is not that public health — which is fundamentally about policies dictating the distribution of resources required to protect human life — has been politicized. It is that it has not been politicized nearly enough."— @ericreinhart.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Join us tomorrow for a seminar on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in low-prevalence settings. Dr. Gunnar Skov Simonsen will discuss AMR dynamics in Scandinavian countries, focusing on E. coli and S. aureus. 📅 11 March 📍 LSHTM | Online 🔗 bit.ly/3Ftbl95

Studies of AMR population dynamics in a low-prevalence setting | LSHTM

Scandinavian countries generally have a low level of antibiotic consumption, high infection control standards and low prevalences of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). National surveillance systems,

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Our #PharmacyFirst Evaluation protocol is out! Read about what we're planning on doing (and how) here. academic.oup.com/ijpp/advance...

A mixed methods protocol for an impact and implementation evaluation of the Pharmacy First Services for management of common conditions in England

AbstractObjectives. In response to high levels of demand for primary medical services in England, characterized by longer appointment waiting times and del

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Is #AMR’s biggest problem its name? In this blog, @rebeccaglover.bsky.social challenges the idea that rebranding will fix public engagement—after all, HIV and Ebola caught on just fine. So, is it really the terminology, or are we missing the bigger picture? Read more 👉 bit.ly/40ObACC

one of my favourite people in the WHOLE WORLD is on a research team that is hiring! Interested in #AMR, #epidemiology, #bigdata, #antibiotics and more? ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/ubcfacultyjo...

Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Antimicrobial Stewardship Research

Academic Job Category Faculty Non Bargaining Job Title Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Antimicrobial Stewardship Research Department Patrick Laboratory | School of Population and Public Health | Facult...

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Interested in UTIs, self-care, and the experiences of women from racialised minorities and low-income households? This study formed part of our UK #AMR National Arion Plan evaluation: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Dr Deepshikha Batheja, a development economist colleague from @onehealthtrust.bsky.social is at @lshtmamrcentre.bsky.social today!! Come and listen to her talk about the link between gender and antibiotic prescriptions at 12:45 in the John Snow A (or online here: www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...)

Happy Vitamin D, to all who celebrate.

In this blog @katholt.bsky.social sheds light on Klebsiella pneumoniae, a major cause of hospital-acquired infections 🦠 and a key player in the global antimicrobial resistance crisis. 📖 Read more: bit.ly/41gOzKF @lshtm.bsky.social @megancarey.bsky.social @cmcrodrigues.bsky.social

Spotlight on Klebsiella pneumoniae

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Great to see the big migration over from The Bad Place - my name is Rebecca, and I have an interest in complex policy evaluation, methods research, and public health! Primarily UK & northern Europe-focused, with some comparative work thrown in there to keep things interesting. Nice to meet you ❤️

I'm delighted to take up the role of Deputy Director of the Public Health Policy Research Unit. I'll be based at @lshtm.bsky.social, working with colleagues at institutions across the UK www.phpru.online/about.html. My first day will be April 1st, which I promise isn't an April Fools thing!

Surprising literally no one who researches inequalities, this damning article is spot-on about the cost of the UK's ideology: www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...

UK spends more financing inequality in favour of rich than rest of Europe, report finds

Inequalities of income, wealth and power cost UK £106.2bn a year compared with average developed OECD country

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