Below is a selection of highlighted research projects and papers related to the AMR Centre.
The interactions between C. difficile, intestinal microbiota and host response in hospital patients
LSHTM staff: Brendan Wren
Funding: MRC
Project duration: 2012 - 2018
Combating drug resistance through better governance of unregulated antimicrobial sellers in Cambodia: addressing stakeholder connections & perceptions
LSHTM staff: Mishal Khan
Funding: HSRI
Project duration: 2018 - 2020
Understanding health system linkages: Formative research to develop strategies to support quality improvement in treatment in the private sector
LSHTM staff: Sian Clarke, Eleanor Hutchison, Catherine Goodman, Heidi Hopkins
Funding: DFID, MRC, Wellcome Trust, ESRC
Project duration: 2017 - 2019
Metrics and Methods for Assessing Antibiotic Use
LSHTM staff: Catherine Goodman, Kevin Queenan, Clare Chandler, Matthew Hennesse
Funding: CGIAR (Agriculture for Nutrition and Health Program)
Collaborators: Royal Veterinary College, ILRI
Project duration: 2017 - 2019
Translating whole genome sequence technology into diagnostic and public health microbiology
LSHTM staff: Sharon Peacock, Catherine Ludden, Francesc Coll
Funding: Health Innovation Challenge Fund
Collaborators: Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Next Gen Diagnostics, National Univerity of Ireland, Galway & National Carbapenemase Producing Enterobacteriaceae Reference Laboratory, Ireland
Project duration: 2014 - 2020
Application of phylogenetic statistical & computational approaches to unravel genotype – phenotype
LSHTM staff: Sharon Peacock, Francesc Coll
Funding: Wellcome Trust
Collaborators: Wellcome Sanger Institute, Trinity College Dublin
Project duration: 2016 - 2020
Infection prevention and control for drug-resistant tuberculosis in South Africa in the era of decentralised care: a whole systems approach
LSHTM staff: Alison Grant, Anna Vassall
Funding: ESRC
Project duration: 2017 - 2021
Use of transposon-directed insertion site sequencing to identify new essential drug targets
LSHTM staff: Sam Willcocks
Funding: UK Defence Science & Technology Laboratory
Project duration: -
Use of herpesvirus genetics to determine pan-antimicrobial mechanism of action
LSHTM staff: Ursula Gompels
Funding: HHV-6 Foundation
Project duration: -
How do policymaker perceptions of antimicrobial resistance drive behaviour and policies for appropriate antimicrobial use? A case study of Pakistan
LSHTM staff: Johanna Hanefeld, Mishal Khan, Helena Legido-Quigley
Funding: ESRC
Collaborators: National University of Singapore, Royal Veterinary College
Project duration: 2017 - 2019