Additionally, Miss Eve Emes received the Staff Prize for her study published in One Health, which established a framework for integrating the cross-sectoral effects of AMR.

The prestigious Publication Prizes are awarded by the AMR Centre each year to one LSHTM staff member and one PhD student for research into antimicrobial resistance (AMR) published in the previous year (2023). The papers are judged by a panel from our management committee, with criteria focused on the applicant’s authorship role, scientific excellence and impact in the field of AMR, and the recipients are each awarded £500.

Megan is a Postdoctoral Policy Fellow at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine working on the AMRnet project, which is focused on the development and application of genomic data visualization tools to inform public health action, and a Coordinator of the Global Typhoid Genomics Consortium, whose work is highlighted in the eLife publication. Megan also recently joined the management committee of the LSHTM AMR Centre. 

Dr Megan said: “I am very grateful for this recognition and want to acknowledge the contributions of my large network of collaborators. I hope that we can continue to build on this work to monitor the emergence and spread of AMR in Salmonella Typhi.”

Eve Emes is a One Health modeller of AMR, currently working as part of the SEFASI consortium to evaluate the holistic societal impacts of antibiotic use in food animals and explore pathways for agricultural antibiotic stewardship interventions.

Reacting to the award, Eve said: “Absolutely chuffed - with all the impostor syndrome, it's great to be reminded that my work is valuable and useful.

“My hope is that AHHME will give researchers and policymakers a framework for conducting more holistic and comprehensive One Health policy analysis, and this award will be very helpful in encouraging that and facilitating future collaborations.”

Dr Gwen Knight , Co-Director of the AMR Centre said: “Congratulations to Megan and Eve. Their outstanding research papers left a lasting impression on the panel and will surely make a significant contribution to AMR research.

“A big thank you to everyone who submitted their paper! It was truly inspiring to see so many AMR Centre members submit high-quality research papers covering the breadth of AMR research.”

Dr Megan and Eve will be presenting their work at the  prize-giving event on Tuesday 14 May 2024.