For the first time in decades, two new antibiotics for gonorrhoea have been approved by the FDA - arriving just as resistance to existing treatments is accelerating. Gepotidacin and zoliflodacin both showed strong results in large phase 3 trials: www.science.org/content/arti....

Congratulations to our advisory board member Dr Mike Short on his new leadership role at Global Health Connector! We are proud to have Mike’s expertise guiding our work and look forward to seeing the impact of his leadership in digital innovation & global health. www.digitalamr.org/blog/mike-sh...

Data science training delivered to NHS clinicians! 🩺 In partnership with UKHSA and UCL's Centre for Advanced Research Computing we recently ran a 5-day workshop equipping NHS clinicians with essential skills in reproducible data science. Read more here: www.digitalamr.org/blog/nhs-tra...

We are proud to sponsor Panacea: a play co-written by our Hub’s Co-Director, @oxonandrew.bsky.social 👏 Catch the final showings in London and Liverpool to round off this year’s #WAAW! Tickets: linktr.ee/panaceaplay

Is wastewater surveillance the missing link in our response to #AMR? On the fourth day of #WAAW, our Hub’s co-directors Davey Jones (Bangor University) & @oxonandrew.bsky.social (UKCEH) share their thoughts on this topic. Read more here: www.digitalamr.org/blog/waaw25-...

This #WAAW, we’re sharing how our Hub is addressing this urgent challenge. Our Hub brings together experts from human, animal and environmental health sectors to drive innovation, increase knowledge-sharing & close data gaps across these interconnected areas: www.digitalamr.org/blog/waaw25-...

On this year’s #WAAW we’re proud to announce we are funding three new Fellowships! Read more about each project here: www.digitalamr.org/blog/waaw25-... #WAAW #AntimicrobialResistance #PublicHealth #Antibiotics #Research #DigitalHealth

This #WAAW we are proud to have collaborated UKHSA - who today, have launched five newly translated pledge pages on the #AntibioticGuardian website, making them available in Urdu, Punjabi, Mandarin, Polish and Romanian. Read more & find out how you can help here: www.digitalamr.org/blog/waaw25-...

How can we educate young people about antibiotics and #AMR? Tune into this lecture delivered by Donna Lecky from UKHSA to find out about the TARGET antibiotic programme resources & the international e-bug programme for children and young people. Watch it here: youtu.be/YESWMbAbBn0

A week yesterday, we marked #OneHealthDay. At this year’s New Scientist Live, our team brought that message to life - showing how AMR is everywhere, from hospitals and farms to rivers & train stations & how each of us can play a part in protecting antibiotics. www.digitalamr.org/blog/new-sci...

Get your tickets! Panacea: a powerful new play co-written by our Deputy Director, Andrew Singer & writer Christina James is touring the UK 🎭 Panacea follows Gus, whose discovery of an infectious vaccine could save humanity from future pandemics. Find out more: www.digitalamr.org/blog/panacea...

Hidden microbes, hidden risks! A new study from our researchers reveals how wastewater holds vital clues to the spread of AMR. This is the first genome-level AMR map of its kind in Wales - paving the way for national monitoring frameworks. Read more here: www.digitalamr.org/blog/hidden-...

Did you catch us at the New Scientist live? Our team had a great time raising awareness about antibiotic resistance & inspiring the next generation of scientists!

New WHO report highlights global antibiotic resistance trends 👇 The report presents a global analysis of antibiotic resistance prevalence and trends, drawing on more than 23 million bacteriologically confirmed cases of certain infections. www.who.int/publications...

Will you be joining us at New Scientist Live 2025? Visit our stand to explore #AMR in everyday life. 👾 Meet researchers tackling this hugely important public health problem 🦠 Get up close and personal with some superbugs 💊 Sign up to become an Antibiotic Guardian & meet our special guest 👀

We recently delivered a specialist training course on digital epidemiology to public health epidemiologists from across the UK 🌍 Our Hub is the only organisation providing such training across all UK public health bodies. Read more here: www.digitalamr.org/blog/quantum...

💧 Wastewater surveillance just got a quantum upgrade. New research from UCL & Bangor Uni introduces nanodiamond-powered dipsticks that detect pathogens in just 2 hours - no lab needed. Perfect for near-source outbreak detection in low-resource settings. www.digitalamr.org/blog/quantum...

ICYMI: Research volunteers from our Hub delivered a workshop introducing young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds to the science of #AMR. Rande Dzay & Cara Roberts from Bangor University and Igor Pântea Pantea from Imperial College London reflect on the experience: bit.ly/47yzSFT

Our latest report developed in partnership with Arup, Bangor University & UK Water Industry Research: Antimicrobial Resistance and the Water Sector: Current landscape and recommendations, has been featured in @watermagazine.bsky.social! 🌟 Read more here: www.watermagazine.co.uk/2025/09/04/n...

🚨 Major new report published! In partnership with Arup, Bangor University & UK Water Industry Research we have co-created a publication that serves as a call to action for academia, industry, regulators & health agencies to work together to tackle #AMR. Read the full report here: bit.ly/3V53Wle

We recently delivered workshop at the Bridging the Future Summer School, a programme supporting young people from refugee & migrant backgrounds. Students explored #AMR by cultivating bacteria from water samples: 93% left with a clear understanding of why AMR matters! bit.ly/4lUhZoH

Elliott Rogers, a PhD student working with our Hub, won the Best Poster Prize at the Diagnostics for LMIC Conference last month 🏆 Elliott’s poster showcased SynSight: an novel classification pipeline for Rapid Diagnostic Tests trained entirely on synthetic data 👇 www.digitalamr.org/blog/elliott...

We’re thrilled to announce that Dr Mengdie Zhuang, our Training Lead, has been appointed Deputy Director of of Hub 🎉 Find out more: www.digitalamr.org/blog/mengdie...

🎙️ Podcast alert! Prof. Davey Jones from Bangor University & Deputy Director of our Hub unpacks #AMR. He covers what AMR is, how it has evolved & what we can do to help. He also discusses how data, human behaviour & the environment play a role & unexpected routes of transmission. bit.ly/4mBcnAu

Have you checked out our Fellowship opportunity? If you're a professional, early-career researcher or student working in fields related to #AMR, this is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to cutting-edge research and advance your career. Find out more: www.digitalamr.org/blog/fellows...

Prof. Laura Shallcross, Co-Investigator of our Hub, has been appointed Co-Editor-in-Chief of Cambridge Prisms: Antimicrobial Resistance - a new open-access journal from Cambridge University Press dedicated to accelerating global action on #AMR. Read more here: www.digitalamr.org/blog/cambrid...

We were proud to support and co-organise the third annual Diagnostics for Low-& Middle-Income Countries Conference at @ox.ac.uk. Thanks to generous support from Professor Lord Tarassenko & Reuben College, several of our Hub’s students were able to attend and contribute. bit.ly/45g4TNa

How can the UK water sector help tackle AMR? We brought together experts across public health, environmental science, infrastructure and industry to explore exactly that. A report summarising the workshop’s outputs and recommendations will be published in the coming months. bit.ly/4lp0Jsf

How is AMR surveillance actioned on a global level? Next up in our lecture series, Dr Alicia Demirjian from the UKHSA covers: ➡️ The complexity of AMR surveillance ➡️ Examples of international AMR surveillance systems ➡️ Challenges & opportunities in the context of digital health bit.ly/44nruWz

Are you a professional, early-career researcher or student working in fields related to #AMR? Be sure to check out our Fellowship opportunity - a fantastic opportunity to contribute to innovative research and advance your career. Find out more and apply here: www.digitalamr.org/blog/fellows...

We were proud to support the 2025 Antibiotic Guardian Awards & sponsor the Innovation & Technology category. It was a pleasure to attend & hear about the impactful work across sectors & borders that tackle #AMR. Congratulations to all nominees and winners! 🏆 www.digitalamr.org/blog/antibio...

Introducing our new series: Meet the researcher! First up: Dr Reshma Silvester 🚀 From shrimp farms in Kerala to wastewater labs in Bangor, Reshma's journey through microbiology, aquaculture, genomics & public policy offers a 'One Health' perspective on tackling #AMR. bit.ly/40fgFEz

🧬 Vaccines prevent 🦠 — they’re a key tool against antimicrobial resistance. In this blog, @meganecarey.bsky.social highlights a new @wellcometrust.bsky.social report on how vaccines help stop the emergence and spread of drug resistance. Read more 👉 bit.ly/4jWkZji

We recently delivered a 5-day training course co-designed with @ukhsa.bsky.social & UCL Advanced Research Computing - for epidemiologists and public health professionals from Health and Social Care Northern Ireland, Scotland and the Republic of Ireland. Find out more: bit.ly/4e6LfG8

Applications are invited for a new Google DeepMind Academic Fellowship, hosted by the Fleming Initiative at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social. The appointed fellow will be encouraged to pursue any research direction at the intersection of #AI and #AMR. Find out more & apply here : bit.ly/4l6uVHP

🚨 We are now accepting applications for Fellowships! Are you a professional, early-career researcher or student working in fields related to #AMR? This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to innovative research and advance your career. Find out more: www.digitalamr.org/blog/fellows...

How can we use digital health technology to support antibiotic prescribing? And how can we achieve clinical impact from AI? Find out to the answers to these questions and more in this lecture delivered by Dr Tim Rawson from Imperial College London: www.youtube.com/watch?v=19x7...

In case you missed it: Our Partnership Fund is open! 🤝 We aim to grow a hub of innovation by seeding pilot studies to accelerate the translation of digital health technologies into products and practices for #AMR. Interested in applying? Find out more below👇 www.digitalamr.org/partnership-...

What’s the link between digital health and #AMR? Prof Jo Gibbs from @ucl.ac.uk discusses: 👉 Digital health & antimicrobial policy at a global level 👉 The impact of digital health on inequalities & access to care 👉 The potential for digital health to tackle AMR www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_Le...

Next up in our lecture series: Professor Laura Shallcross from @ucl.ac.uk dives into: 👉 Different patient groups that access primary care, secondary care & care homes 👉 Examples of priority drivers of AMR 👉 Why different approaches to tackling AMR are required www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fv6v...

🔊 New! A study led by researchers at the Digital Health Hub for AMR in collaboration with Pathogen Surveillance in Agriculture, Food and Environment (PATH-SAFE) & the Welsh Government has uncovered hidden risks within hospital wastewater. Read more here 👇 www.digitalamr.org/blog/peek-in...

Our Partnership Fund is open! 🤝 This fund aims to support cross sector partnerships and pilot studies between industry, academia, health and social care, animal health and environment partners. Interested in applying? Find out more below👇 www.digitalamr.org/partnership-...

💡 How can behaviour change help the public better understand and tackle #AMR? Find out in this recent publication 👇 www.nature.com/articles/s43...

🦠 A new study published by the @ukhsa.bsky.social shows some bacteria have already become resistant to one of the newest antibiotics introduced to the NHS. Read on to find out more & our Deputy Director Colin Brown's thoughts 👇 www.gov.uk/government/n...

🚨 Call for nominations 🚨 Following the success of last year’s event, we are once again inviting nominations to attend a 2-day conference centred around Diagnostics for LMICs. 🗓️ 30 June & 1 July 2025. To apply, complete the nomination form by the 15th of May 👇 www.digitalamr.org/blog/lmic-di...

🍻 Grab a pint and hear the latest in #AMR research! We’re excited to announce that two of our brilliant researchers will be taking part in Pint of Science 2025. David Guzman: Mobile phones, rapid tests & AI bit.ly/4jvtDWH Jennifer Shelton: Citizen Science vs. AMR bit.ly/3Rzt9lY Don't miss out!

The WHO Pandemic Agreement draft is ready & heading to the World Health Assembly in May. This is a critical step forward for global health security and crucially, it is highly relevant to antimicrobial resistance, which continues to pose a major pandemic-level threat. 🔗 www.who.int/news/item/29...

Be sure to tune into this webinar featuring our Deputy Director @oxonandrew.bsky.social 👇

How can data and technology improve stock control and reduce the use of substandard and falsified oral antibiotics? The Trinity Challenge are seeking cutting-edge, low-cost data and technology solutions to help tackle this problem in low and middle income countries. 📎 bit.ly/42KHfXS

Inspiring the next generation of innovators 🚀 We were proud to take part in Rae Harbird Day, hosted by UCL Computer Science - giving school students a glimpse into the many facets of computer science. We ran a workshop exploring how AI and mobile apps can help tackle #AMR 👇 bit.ly/3EoMbs2