Nosocomial & Healthcare-Associated Infections

BIOGRAPHY

Barry Cookson

Academic positions:
- Director of the Laboratory of Healthcare Associated Infection, Health Protection Agency
- Visiting Professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Imperial College Department of Infectious Diseases
- Consultant to the World Health Organisation re. Global MRSA control guidelines, WHOCARE infection control software design, and the monitoring and management of bacterial resistance to Antimicrobial agents
- Director of a WHO Nosocomial Infection Centre

Any industry positions (last five years):
None declared

Research interests:
Dr Cookson's research interests include healthcare associated infection and antimicrobial resistance. His centre has a multi-disciplinary approach to all aspects of healthcare associated infection prevention, surveillance and control. They use many molecular biological tools (eg microarrays, proteomics) in work at the Centre and also have interests in systematic reviews, policy and guideline development, behavioural and organisational change.

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