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On June 7, 2017 at 11.00-12.00 hr.

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Animal-derived resistant pathogens are responsible for human infection: guilty as charged?

On 7 June 2017, Prof. Sharon J Peacock FMedSci, CBE presented a lunch talked titled, “Animal-derived resistant pathogens are responsible for human infection: guilty as charged?” at the Pratap Singhasivanon Conference Hall, 17th floor, Rajanagarindra Building, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University hosted by the Office of Research Services.

Professor Sharon is a Professor of Clinical Microbiology, at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, where her research group is evaluating the use of microbial whole genome sequencing in diagnostic and public health microbiology, including its application to outbreak investigation and antimicrobial prescribing.

Alongside her academic post and research work in LSHT, she also has a joint appointment as a professor at the University College London. She is the director of the Bloomsbury Research Institute as well.

Professor Sharon has a long-term interest in melioidosis and the causative bacterium (Burkholderia pseudomallei) and has published around 150 papers on the topic. These are broad ranging in subject matter and include clinical epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment, routes of infection, preventive guidelines, molecular epidemiology and environmental sampling.

With a question as the title of the talk, “Animal-derived resistant pathogens are responsible for human infection: guilty as charged?” the answer was further discussed in the Q and A where the audiences and the speaker shared their ideas and analysis in the topic.

The lunch talk was well attended with 118 audiences coming from the Faculty, Mahidol-Oxford Research Unit (MORU), including other faculties in the University.

We would like to extend our thanks to Prof. Sharon for the wonderful and interesting talk and we wish her well in her future works.