Speakers

Esther van Kleef is a Senior Research Associate in infectious disease epidemiology at the University of Oxford. Her work focuses on using modelling approaches to quantify the burden and key drivers of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), the relative contribution of community and healthcare settings to AMR transmission, and the effectiveness of mitigation strategies. She has a keen interest in how genomic data can improve infectious disease surveillance and strengthen infection prevention and control, as well as in the role of the environment in the emergence and spread of AMR, including the effective implementation of low-cost water, sanitationand hygiene (WASH) interventions. She works and has worked closely with public health organisations, including the World Health Organization and national public health agencies in Europe and sub-Saharan Africa, to support evidence-based decision making.