Ineos Oxford Institute & Oxford Martin School Symposium: 'Tackling the rising tide of antimicrobial resistance' - Session 1: AMR burden and scale of threat

25 November 2022

Portrait of Professor Chas Bountra

with Professor Chas Bountra
Pro Vice-Chancellor (Innovation)

Professor Chas Bountra is Professor of Translational Medicine and Pro Vice-Chancellor for Innovation at the University of Oxford. He is Professor of Translational Medicine in the Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine and Associate Member of the De...

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the most serious and urgent public health challenges of our time and its impact on our ability to use antibiotics has the potential to reverse many of the gains of modern medicine. As part of World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2022, the Ineos Oxford Institute for Antimicrobial Research and Oxford Martin School hosted a one day symposium: The rising tide of antimicrobial resistance – a high price to pay. This brought together leading experts from research, industry, policy and financial sectors to discuss the threat of AMR and new opportunities to tackle it.

Read more about the symposium here