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Antimicrobial Stewardship, mHealth, Global Health, Equity
United Kingdom, South Africa, India

Biography

Esmita is an Associate Professor at the University of Cape Town where she is undertaking a Wellcome Trust Career Development Fellowship on intersectional research in antimicrobial resistance (2023-2027). In the UK, she is an Honorary Reader in Infectious Diseases, AMR and Global Health at the University of Liverpool. Her work in AMR has been recognised through the Academy of Medical Sciences UK-India AMR Visiting Professor award. She is involved in mentoring and supporting clinical pharmacists across different healthcare settings and economies in implementing antimicrobial stewardship interventions.

After completing her post-graduate training in Cambridge University Hospitals and ten years of experience as a clinical pharmacist in hospitals, Esmita began her research career. She is an investigator in a NIHR Invention for Innovation award investigating the development and use of a point of care personalised clinical decision support tool for antimicrobial prescribing. In her academic career the focus of her research has been behaviour change interventions in the field of antimicrobial stewardship and the application of social science research methods to develop contextually relevant solutions. She is co-investigator on the ESRC award (2017-2021): Optimising antibiotic use along surgical pathways: addressing antimicrobial resistance and improving clinical outcomes (in England, Scotland, Rwanda, India & South Africa). Esmita completed her Masters (MPharm Hons) in Pharmacy at University College London, her MSc in Infectious Diseases at LSHTM and her PhD from Imperial College London.

Activities

Employment (9)

University of Cape Town: Cape Town, ZA

2023-10-01 to present | Associate Professor (Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and HIV Medicine)
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University of Liverpool: Liverpool, GB

2022-06-01 to present | Honorary Reader in Infectious Diseases, AMR and Global Health (Pharmacology)
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Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University: Kerala, India, IN

2022-01-01 to present | Adjunct Professor (Medicine)
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University of Cape Town: Cape Town, South Africa, ZA

2021-12-01 to present | Honorary Associate Professor (Infectious Diseases and HIV Medicine )
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Imperial College London: London, GB

2020-04-01 to present | Research Lead in the HPRU in HCAI and AMR (Medicine )
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Imperial College London: London, London, GB

2018-01-18 to present | Post-Doctoral Researcher (Medicine)
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Imperial College London: London, London, GB

2009 to 2015-08-31 | Research Pharmacist
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UK Department of Health: London, London, GB

2008 to 2009 | Pharmacist Lead (Scientific Advisory Committee )
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Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, GB

2002 to 2007 | Clinical Pharmacist
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Education and qualifications (3)

Imperial College London: London, London, GB

2015-10-01 to 2018-01-18 | PhD (Medicine )
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London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine: London, London, GB

2005 to 2006 | MSc Infectious Diseases
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University College London: London, GB

1998 to 2002 | Master of Pharmacy
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Professional activities (5)

European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases: Geneva, CH

2019-02-02 to present | Fellow
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Royal Pharmaceutical Society: London, GB

2019-02-01 to present | Fellow
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Academy of Medical Sciences: London, Select County, GB

2020-09-01 | UK-India AMR Visiting Professorship, Hamied Foundation
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International Society for Infectious Diseases: Brookline, Massachusetts, US

2019-10-01 | Emerging Leader in International Infectious Diseases
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Chief Pharmaceutical Officer of Great Britain: London, Select County, GB

2019-04-01 | Global Health Fellow
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Funding (6)

Addressing Antibiotic Drug Shortages

2022-08 to 2024-01 | Grant
GARDP (Geneva , CH)
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Applying Social Science Research in Clinical Trials

2022-07 to present | Grant
Global Antibiotic Research and Development Partnership (Geneva, CH)
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CAMBRIA Norway: Risk communication and perception of AMR in the public and amongst healthcare professional

2022-04 to 2025-03 | Grant
CAMBRIA (Oslo, NO)
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Optimising antibiotic usage along surgical pathways: addressing antimicrobial resistance and improving clinical outcomes

2017-08 to 2021-03 | Grant
Economic and Social Research Council (London, London, GB)
Part of GRANT_NUMBER: ES/P008313/1
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The Implementation of a National Antimicrobial Stewardship Programme for Hospitals in Norway

2014-06 to present | Salary award
Haukeland University (Bergen , NO)
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Antibiotic Dosing in Obesity

2009-06 to 2012-08 | Award
Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (London , GB)
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Peer review (11 reviews for 5 publications/grants)

Review activity for Antibiotics. (2)
Review activity for Antimicrobial resistance & infection control (5)
Review activity for BMC infectious diseases (1)
Review activity for Communications medicine. (1)
Review activity for PloS one. (2)