undertake my PhD in Antimicrobial Pharmacology at the University of Liverpool. Prior to this I was an NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow within the same group and had completed ST3 in Infectious Diseases/Medical Microbiology training before going out of programme.

I completed my MBChB at the University of Dundee in 2017, undertaking an intercalated BSc in Immunity and Infection at Imperial College London with a laboratory research project. I then completed the Academic Foundation Programme in the Scottish Highlands, followed by two years out of training where I completed my DTM&H in East Africa with LSHTM and worked as a Clinical Fellow in Infectious Diseases in Glasgow. Although I have followed a semi-traditional route in terms of academic training, I haven’t always progressed directly at each stage and have relocated at several points to pursue infection research!

Lecturer in Infection Pharmacology at the University of Liverpool, UK. My academic journey began in earnest when I worked as a research physician at a Wellcome Trust overseas centre in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa, after my foundation training. Following this I was appointed to an Academic Clinical Fellow post in Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics at the University of Liverpool.

On the second time of applying, I was successful in being awarded a Wellcome Trust clinical PhD fellowship. My thesis focussed on The Pharmacodynamics of Antifungal Agents for HIV-Associated Invasive Fungal Infections. I conducted my clinical PhD study in Malawi and defended my thesis in 2021.

My current research activity includes:

• optimisation of antifungal treatment regimens for invasive fungal disease including mitigation against antifungal resistance
• design and development of clinical trials in infection pharmacology
• global access to essential medicines

In terms of academic administrative roles, I co-chair the Malawi-Liverpool Clinical Pharmacology Working group. I am Lead Mentor for Human Health within the Fleming Fund Fellowship Scheme in Nigeria and Sierra Leone, and Teaching Lead for Pharmacology and Therapeutics at the University of Liverpool medical school. I am secretary of the British Infection Association Early Career Researcher Committee. I deliver teaching at the Universities of Liverpool and Exeter and Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine.

the University of Leeds. My PhD and current research focus on how the gut microbiome can influence human health and disease, particularly in relation to autoimmune/inflammatory conditions and the dissemination of AMR.

Prior to my medical degree, I completed an undergraduate degree in microbiology. During foundation training, I completed an academic post at the Health Economics Research Centre in Oxford, later moving to Leeds for an Academic Clinical Fellowship, where I have remained. My Versus Arthritis-funded PhD fellowship focused on investigating the gut microbiome in individuals at risk of rheumatoid arthritis, which included a 6-month bioinformatics industry placement.

Infectious Diseases and Microbiology in the KSS deanery. I am an also an MRC clinical research fellow at Imperial College London undertaking a PhD. My Current research focusses on how the host environment reduces susceptibility to antimicrobials. I completed the diploma of tropical medicine and hygiene at the Liverpool school of Tropical Medicine. Prior to my fellowship I completed an NIHR academic clinical fellowship and academic foundation programme. I undertook my BMBCh at the university of Oxford with an intercalated BA in Infection and Immunity.

pursuing a career in infectious diseases. I previously worked with the Liverpool Infection Neuroscience Lab for my academic foundation programme. I gained a lot by taking part in the BIA mentorship scheme last year and I am looking forward to improving the scheme this year so more people can benefit from the excellent research community in the BIA.

Clinical Lecturer in Infectious Diseases and Microbiology at the University of Liverpool, with a particular interest in antimicrobial pharmacology. I am a founding member of the BIA Early Career Researchers Committee, and Committee Secretary from 2021-23.

I originally studied at the University of Cambridge, qualifying in 2011 with my interest in research sparked during my intercalated degree in Neuroscience and Psychology. I took up an Academic Foundation Programme (AFP) in HIV medicine in York where I worked on existing clinical trials and setting up. I continued with Core Medical Training in Manchester before taking up an ST3 Academic Clinical Fellowship in Infectious Diseases / Medical Microbiology in Oxford, where I worked on the Enteric Fever Human Challenge Infection Models. I successfully got funding from the MRC to undertake a PhD looking at the pharmacodynamics of alternate antimicrobial regimens for neonatal sepsis in low- and middle-incomes countries, where antimicrobial resistance precludes effective use of the WHO-recommended regimens, finishing in 2022 before taking up my current role.

education at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton. I completed my undergraduate medical degree at the University of Birmingham and undertook an intercalated BSc in Infectious Diseases and Immunobiology, during which I carried out a lab-based project studying the proteins involved in the nuclear egress of HSV-1.

I did my foundation training in Oxford and Reading, which included a Public Health rotation that I undertook during the second wave of the Covid pandemic. This role saw me contributing to analyses on trends and inequalities in Covid vaccine uptake and testing in Berkshire, as well as evaluating HIV testing rates in primary care.    

I am presently a committee member of the Royal Society of Medicine Pathology Section with the aim of increasing microbiology related content. I joined the BIA Early Research Committee to help increase support and accessibility for those interested in academia in infectious diseases and microbiology like myself. 

Southampton. I gained research experience during this undergraduate training via contributing to a large paediatric pneumococcal carriage study which examined the impact of introducing the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine into the UK vaccine schedule. Following Core Medical Training, I worked for 2 years as a Clinical Research Fellow in the Department of Infection based in Southampton, to gain research experience and explore clinical academic career pathways. I gained clinical trial experience through working on two randomised controlled trials assessing the clinical impact of molecular point-of-care testing for infection in acute care pathways. Following this fellow job, I obtained a training number as a NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow in Infectious Diseases and Microbiology where I developed further diagnostic accuracy study experience. More recently I obtained a NIHR Biomedical Research Centre Pre-Doctoral Bridging Fellowship which I have used to design and undertake preparatory work for a doctoral fellowship application.