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!

working on malaria vaccine clinical trials and Controlled Human Malaria Infection studies at the University of Oxford. I am currently undertaking a Doctor of Medicine degree developing a human challenge model for relapsing P. vivax malaria and exploring natural immunity to P. falciparum through a repeat challenge model.

After completing my medical training at the University of St Andrews and the University of Dundee, I completed the Academic Foundation Programme in NHS Tayside. I subsequently worked in Edinburgh as a Clinical Research Fellow on COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials before doing Internal Medicine Training.

I have a keen interest in infectious diseases and global health. I spent 4 months on my elective in Malawi and completed the DTM&H at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. I intend to pursue higher speciality training in Infectious Diseases following my degree.

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.

in training in the Kent, Surrey and Sussex Deanery, and am currently undertaking pre-doctoral research with the support of the University Hospitals Sussex charity. My research interests focus on the care of patients who inject drugs with injecting related infections, health equity, public health and missingness in infectious diseases. I also hold honorary positions with UK Health Security Agency and Brighton and Sussex Medical School.

I am passionate about growing the network and facilitating support for trainees new to research, and making research accessible at every level. I will be supporting the BIA ECRC mentorship scheme.

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.