Dear All, The Global AMR R&D Hub is looking for Head of the Global AMR R&D Hub Secretariat! The position would be based in Berlin and some of the position highlights are: Strategic vision and planning for the Hub, taking into consideration the global AMR R&D policy landscape Prepare recommendations on key R&D investment gaps and advocates
Dear All, I have many times previously shared webinars from the excellent policy team at Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy. Excitingly if you are in search of that type of role, they are now looking for a Policy Analyst who would be located in either Washington, DC or Durham, NC. Here is the verbatim job summary from
Dear All, The US Presidential Advisory Council on Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria (PACCARB) has announced it is looking for new members! As a reminder, PACCARB was founded in 2014 and is the advisory body for the US National Action Plan for Combating Antimicrobial Bacteria. The first National Action Plan ran from 2015 to 2020 and the second
Dear All, An interesting job listing for you today! The International Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance Solutions (ICARS) is looking for an Executive Director. You can see more details on their vacancies page but here are some important details direct from ICARS — ICARS now seeks to appoint its first Executive Director to lead the organisation through its next
Note: Please use the copy of the newsletter posted at https://amr.solutions/ if you have trouble with links in this newsletter. Dear All, WHO have just today posted a very interesting fungus-focused consultancy role. Even if you’re not looking for a role yourself, it is instructive to examine the goals for this role as it gives you some
Dear All: If you are interested in public service, two very exciting groups of opportunities have recently emerged. First, PACCARB (the US Presidential Advisory Council for the CARB initiative) is about to have its first rotation of voting members. Of the original fifteen voting members appointed just under 3 years ago, seven us (myself included) are due to
Dear All, The WHO is looking for a consultant to develop a campaign to prevent non-prescription antibiotic sales! This 4-month contract sounds intriguing to say the least. This position is tied into (and culminates with) the annual World AMR Awareness Week — it’s interesting to see how the WHO is working to prevent this problem! Lots of
Dear All, CIDRAP (Center for Infectious Diseases Research and Policy) at the University of Minnesota has posted a full-time job offering for a Deputy Director! Here’s my quick summary drawn both from the posted job description and a brief sidebar with CIDRAP staff: The job is very senior (part of CIDRAP’s Executive Team) and spans research
Dear All, Today, 3 fabulous job opportunities! Could this be you or someone you know? The Global Strategy Lab focuses on transnational health threats and social inequalities; as part of their work, they are a WHO Collaborating Centre on Global Governance of Antimicrobial Resistance. They are hiring a couple of senior roles in Toronto. Both roles are initially for
Dear All, I’ve previously written about the AMR Action Fund (9 Jul 2020 newsletter), a $1b fund created by 20+ global pharma with the intertwined goals of (i) bringing 2-4 new antibacterial antibiotics through Phase 2-3 and approval by 2030 and (ii) creating market conditions that enable sustainable investment in antibiotics. While we know that the
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