Coordinators - Impact AMR

The IMPACT AMR Network works to:

Catalyse new transdisciplinary research towards developing and evaluating interventions to maximise AMR intervention impact based on identified evidence gaps

Define, from a multi-stakeholder perspective, the impact(s) of AMR-focused interventions

Establish a transdisciplinary framework for prioritising among AMR interventions across the One Health spectrum

Meet the team

Prof. Clare Chandler

Director and co-lead of Workstream 4.

Clare is a Professor in Medical Anthropology at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Her research takes a wide-angle lens to understanding health, health care and health policies in low resource settings, with a current focus on antimicrobial resistance

Prof. Julie V Robotham

Lead Workstream 1.

Julie is Head of Modelling and Evaluation for AMR and HCAI, UK Health Security Agency and visiting Professor in Infectious Disease Modelling, University of Oxford. She is UKHSA’s AMR Research Lead and Lead for AMR Knowledge Mobilisation, passionate about enabling research to generate impact.  She is experienced in modelling to inform healthcare policy, and sits on scientific advisory committees both nationally and internationally.

Prof. Dominic Moran

Co-director and lead of Workstream 2.

Dominic is a Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of Edinburgh. His recent research has focused on the challenges of reducing greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture and food supply chains, and the problem of antimicrobial use and resistance in agriculture

Dr. Benjamin Parcell

Co-lead Workstream 3.

Benjamin is a Clinical Senior Lecturer & Honorary Microbiology Consultant at the Department of Population Health and Genomics, University of Dundee. His research interests include innovative data analysis including machine learning to understand the development of resistance and epidemiology of healthcare associated infections (HAIs), and pathogen/AMR detection using genomics and rapid molecular diagnostics for identification, optimising treatment and unravelling of transmission informing infection prevention and control (IPC) strategies.

Dr. Steven Montgomery Laird

Co-lead Worsktream 3.

Steven is a Consultant Physician in Medical Microbiology at UHCW, trained in both Infectious Diseases and Microbiology. Whilst he trained, he also gained a diploma in tropical health and hygiene and a master’s in public health. His first important research publication came from a study he was part of whilst serving in the Ebola Treatment centres in 2015 (Sierra Leone). From then on, his main aim has been to provide clinician’s a platform to led in research whilst working as a full-time medical Consultant.

Dr. Laura Richards

Co-lead Worsktream 3.

Laura is a Senior Lecturer (Research) and UKRI Future Leaders Fellow in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences (Faculty of Science and Engineering) at The University of Manchester. Trained as a chemical and environmental engineer, Laura’s research focuses on water quality, human-environment interactions, geogenic and emerging contaminants (including AMR) and decision support systems for remediation selection and management. With strong intradisciplinary and global collaborations, she has worked across South & Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa and South America.

Dr. Emiliano A. Videla R.

IMPACT AMR Network manager.

Emiliano did his PhD at the University of St Andrews as part of a European Training Network. He is currently working as a part-time Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Edinburgh in the field of AMR, with emphasis on livestock systems and Bayesian networks.