TOMORROW
There is only one day until ISAC's next free webinar.
The fight against antimicrobial resistance (AMR): a luta continua!
organised by the Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics (APUA).
25 May 2022 at 14.00 - 15.30 (CEST)
**Attendees can download a certificate of attendance during the webinar**
Speaker biographies
Find out more about the expert speakers who will provide updates on the current AMR situation worldwide, with a particular focus on low- to middle- income countries (LMICs), and the efforts to fight it.Prof. Pierre Tattevin is an infectious diseases physician and is currently head of the Infectious Diseases Department at Rennes University Hospital (France). He is Chair of the Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics (APUA) and Past-President of the French Society of Infectious Diseases. He has a specific interest in antimicrobial stewardship for LMICs.
Prof. Heiman Wertheim is a professor in clinical microbiology and heads the Clinical Microbiology Department at Radboud University Medical Center and is Chair of the Radboud Center of Infectious Diseases. One of his main interests is antibiotic resistance in both resource rich and resource constrained settings. He does this through a multidisciplinary approach: health systems, policy development, behavior, surveillance, prevention, genomics and clinical trials to improve AMR.
Dr Catrin Moore led the Global Research on AntiMicrobial resistance (GRAM) project based in the Big Data Institute, University of Oxford. Partnered with the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) and Tropical Medicine, they analysed global data to estimate the global burden of AMR. Now based at St George’s, University of London she is an investigator on the Antimicrobial Resistance, Prescribing, and Consumption Data to Inform Country Antibiotic Guidance and Local Action (ADILA) project.
Dr Do Thi Thuy Nga is a post-doctoral researcher at Oxford University Clinical Research Unit (OUCRU) in Hanoi, Vietnam with 10 years’ experience working in the field of AMR. She was a National Coordinator of the Global Antibiotic Resistance Partnership (GARP) in Vietnam to bring the issue of AMR into the policy arena in LMICs. Currently, she is involved with community-based studies targeting inappropriate antibiotic use in the community in LMICs.
Dr Nandini Sreenivasan is a medical doctor and an epidemiologist with diverse experiences working on infectious diseases in global health settings. In her current role as an implementation research advisor at the International Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance Solutions (ICARS), she collaborates with partners in LMICs to co-develop projects that are contextually-specific, technically sound and operationally feasible.
Dr Bianca Graves is an infectious diseases physician / clinical microbiologist based in Brisbane, Australia and a member of the Pacific Regional Infectious Disease Association (PRIDA). She is passionate about enhancing the microbiology laboratory capacity in the Pacific to improve AMR surveillance and ultimately, patient outcomes.
Dr Eric Kofi Ngyedu is a consultant maxillofacial surgeon and the Chief Executive of the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital (Ghana). He is also a fellow of the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons. His interests lie in influencing national health policies aimed at improving the healthcare sector in Ghana and has over 20 years of clinical experience coupled with management experience as a former medical director of the institution.
Dr Puteri Zamri is a senior clinical pharmacist experienced in managing critically ill patients, especially focusing on infectious diseases management. She is currently interested in the research area of infectious diseases and pharmacokinetics / pharmacodynamics of antibiotics. She is now serving the Ministry of Health Malaysia and is currently affiliated as a PhD student at the University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research (UQCCR), Brisbane Australia.
May 23rd-2022
