Nicholas Feasey – Care Bundles, Behaviour and the Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infection in Malawi

Nicholas Feasey is the Sir James Black Professor of Infection Medicine at St Andrews University, Professor of Microbiology at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and an NIHR professor of Global Health. He is a Clinical Microbiologist and Infectious Diseases physician, currently working as a consultant microbiologist at NHS Fife, although has previously held honorary consultant positions at The Royal Liverpool University Hospital (Infectious Diseases) and Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi (Senior Physician). He studies the surveillance and management of antimicrobial resistant bacterial infection and taking a one health approach to exploring the transmission of enteric pathogens. His current focus is on reducing Healthcare Associated Infections by developing an Infection Prevention and Control programme in the Southern Region of Malawi. His research group uses implementation research, health economics, bacterial genomics, spatial statistics and transmission modelling in collaboration with the Wellcome Sanger Institute (Nick Thomson), U Strathclyde (Tracy Morse) and the University of Lancaster (Chris Jewell).