IMPACT AMR Network Summer 2026 Seminar Series
The IMPACT AMR Network takes a transdisciplinary approach to improving the use of evidence to inform prioritisation of efforts to impact antimicrobial resistance. In Summer 2026, we are running a series of seminars featuring our early career researchers (ECRs), inviting these current and former Network researchers present their work and to engage with participants to discuss findings, approaches and ways forward.
Seminars are online only, via Zoom. We anticipate this will be a three-part series. Below, we outline the focus for each and our invited speakers. You will also find the link to join the seminars.
The first seminar of this virtual series presents ‘WASH as a Case Study Model’, with IMPACT co-leads and early career researchers presenting their first case study exploring how targeted WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) interventions could potentially be prioritized to reduce the burden of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in contrasting low and middle income country (LMIC) settings. The team investigates this comparatively in the context of Uganda, Bangladesh and India – exemplar settings differing in WASH status, AMR burden, socioeconomic and regulatory settings – using pooled infection risk reduction estimates, as an AMR-sensitive proxy, and a range of other criteria supported by published evidence. The team will also highlight new case studies in the early stages of development and how you can contribute if you’d like to propose a new case study idea.
Speakers
Professor Laura Richards – IMPACT AMR Co-lead, Professor of Water Resources and Environmental Geochemistry and UKRI Future Leaders Fellow; The University of Manchester
Rory Cracroft – IMPACT AMR Early Career Researcher and Postgraduate Research Teaching Associate; The University of Manchester
Derick Muloogi – IMPACT AMR Early Career Researcher and Postgraduate Researcher,; The University of Manchester
Dr Steven Montgomery-Laird – IMPACT AMR Co-lead, Consultant Physician in Medical Microbiology; University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust
Dr Benjamin Parcell – IMPACT AMR Co-lead, Clinical Senior Lecturer & Honorary Microbiology Consultant; University of Dundee
The second seminar of the series presents ‘Causal exploration of AMR interventions in UK food systems.’ Dr. Carys Redman-White will discuss her work leading an IMPACT AMR early career researcher (ECR) project utilising a systems thinking approach to anticipate direct and indirect impacts of proposed AMR interventions across a collaboratively mapped system. Drawing on previous research, a causal loop diagram of AMR in UK food systems was developed using expert elicitation, drawing on the expertise of an interdisciplinary panel of experts from the Impact AMR network. The panel proposed a range of possible interventions to consider for analysis using the piloted approach, “causal exploration”, which was compared with two other methods. Causal exploration successfully identified multiple potential positive and negative impacts of interventions not identified by the other methods and shows promise for use complementary to other techniques to anticipate the impacts of interventions.
Speakers
Professor Dominic Moran – IMPACT AMR Co-director, Professor of Agriculture and Resource Economics; University of Edinburgh
Dr Carys Redman-White – IMPACT AMR Early Career Researcher; The University of Edinburgh
