The course runs from 7 to 11 July 2025.

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the top threats to health globally, estimated to be associated with nearly 5 million deaths every year. This course will provide knowledge and tools you can use in your professional life to help tackle the huge challenge of AMR.

Without effective antibiotics to treat infections, many aspects of healthcare and life in general are at risk. Amid growing urgency, in September 2024 global leaders made a political declaration to address AMR and set a target to reduce associated deaths by 10% by 2030. This is part of a wide range of agreed targets and actions aimed at addressing this intractable problem.

In response to the need for an all-encompassing approach, world-leading experts from the AMR Centre at LSHTM and external partners cover AMR from many different angles in this 5-day online course. Through lectures and interactive workshops, you will learn from their experience. In addition, you will be able to draw on the perspectives of a diverse group of classmates who are facing the effects of AMR in a variety of ways.

Who is the course for?

The course is aimed at those designing, implementing and evaluating strategies to address AMR. For example, you may be involved in national action plans, or supporting local antimicrobial stewardship or One Health initiatives, and want to broaden your understanding. It is highly relevant for members of National Action Plan committees, policy and practice professionals who are required to address and support AMR initiatives, mid-career scientists and postgraduate students, and clinicians who would benefit from an understanding of the public health importance of AMR and actions to tackle the problem.

The course will have a specific focus on AMR in low- and middle-income countries, and discounts are offered for self-funding attendees from these countries. Applicants should have a good command of English, as all teaching will be in English. Through this course, you will join a supportive and diverse network of people with a shared interest in the global AMR challenge, and many past students remain closely connected with the AMR Centre at LSHTM.

Course tutors

Teaching staff typically include:

• Kat Holt (LSHTM)
• Gwen Knight (LSHTM)
• Clare Chandler (LSHTM)
• Catherine Goodman (LSHTM)
• Wendy Graham (LSHTM)
• Richard Stabler (LSHTM)
• Zoe Dyson (LSHTM)
• Harparkash Kaur (LSHTM)
• Rebecca Glover (LSHTM)
• Ebenezer Foster-Nyarko (LSHTM)
• Alex Aiken (LSHTM)
• Saffiatou Darboe (MRC Gambia @ LSHTM)
• Paul Turner (Cambodia Oxford Medical Research Unit)
• Andrew Singer (UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology)
• Class Kirchhelle (INSERM)
• Esmita Charani (Imperial College London)
• John Dallow (LSHTM)
• Heidi Hopkins (Fleming Fund)
• Ben Swift (RVC)
• Lucy Brunton (RVC)
• Jennifer Dow (VMD)

Keynote lectures: Dame Sally Davies, UK Special Envoy on AMR, co-convener of the United Nations Inter-Agency Co-ordination Group (IACG) on AMR, Master of Trinity College Cambridge, and former Chief Medical Officer for England.