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Explore the work of Imperial researchers who are tracking the spread and transmission dynamics of resistant pathogens, including:

• Dr Nim Arinaminpathy: Transmission and control of TB
• Professor Darius Armstrong-James: Fungal populations genomics
• Dr Gabriel Birgand: Modelling patient pathways and monitoring sewage to monitor spread of MDR in the healthcare network
• Dr Nick Croucher:  Variations and multi-strain bacterial populations
• Dr Gina Cuomo-Dannenburg: Spread of anti-malarial resistance
• Professor Mat Fisher and Spread of resistant Aspergillus fumigatus
• Dr Maria Getino: Epigenomics to track spread, risk factors, and transmission between humans and animals
• Dr Elita Jauneikaite: Genomic epidemiology of global spread of antimicrobial resistant bacterial pathogens
• Dr Jose Jimenez Zarco: Population dynamics in microbiomes and AMR transmission
• Dr Lucy Okell: International spread of drug-resistant Plasmodium falciparium malaria
• Healthcare epidemiology, healthcare-associated infections; antibiotic and antiseptic resistance; role of contaminated surfaces in transmission; MRSA, C. difficile and multidrug-resistant Gram-negatives (especially CPE)
• Dr Johanna Rhodes: Transmission events and surveillance of fungal diseases
• Professor James Seddon: Tracking the burden of multidrug-resistant TB
• Dr Matthew Siggins: Transmission dynamics of infectious disease
• Professor Shiranee Sriskandan: Transmission of respiratory pathogens in schools and households
• : SMART Livestock project, which collects critical data on drug use, resistance hotspots, and spread of AMR and enhances veterinary capacities to monitor and mitigate the spread of drug-resistant pathogens in livestock
• Dr Robert Verity: Malaria molecular surveillance

Centres and Networks include: 

• NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Healthcare Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance
• Centre for Antimicrobial Optimisation 
• Imperial Fungal Science Network 
• Imperial Network of Excellence in Malaria

Further reading:

• Meet 7 Imperial researchers working to end TB. An Institute of Infection review story in which Professor Seddon and Dr Arinaminpathy explain their work on tracking the burden of tuberculosis.
• How to fight fungal infection: the path of yeast resistance. An Institute of Infection review story that includes Professor Fisher, Dr Jennifer Shelton, and Dr Johanna Rhodes' work.
• Time to innovate: Malaria in a changing world. An Imperial Story featuring the work of early career malaria scientists, including Gina Cuomo-Dannenburg's work on preventing disease in young children. 
• Citizen science shows widespread exposure to drug-resistant fungal spores. An Imperial news story describing the citizen science project that revealed that 5% of Aspergillus fumigatus spores collected were resistant to tebunconazole. 
  
  • Watch the MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis .