Dear All, Just now posted is an excellent opportunity to be a full-time Team Lead at WHO in the AMR group with Peter Beyer. Here’s the link you need: https://careers.who.int/careersection/ex/jobdetail.ftl?job=2100011 In brief, this is a very visible and senior Team Lead role with a top-level job description of “Develops and proposes innovative technical health policies
Dear All, Quick note today as I am both exhausted and exhilarated by having listened to the all-day FDA Advisory committee on the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID vaccine: There is more to learn (the timelines are unlike anything you’ve ever seen before and include a Phase 1-2-3 trial design!!), but the efficacy is impressive and the risk/benefit
Dear All, The Wellcome Trust Drug-Resistant Infections team wants to understand what researchers in academia and SMEs need to enable them to be better able to make progress with their early antibiotic discovery projects. Although some programs are now in place (e.g., the accelerator support provided by CARB-X), what are the remaining barriers? To help
Dear All, Just below my signature, you will find the details of WHO’s search for a consultant to help them create the global governance for AMR-related work. Sorting through the acronyms takes a bit of effort, but this role will sit at the heart of the global OneHealth agenda of the UN IACG (Interagency Coordination
Dear All, Wow, a news-heavy day … at least two more newsletters this weekend, I think. See below my signature a posting for a 6-month consultancy in Geneva with WHO to support the antimicrobial stewardship activities of the WHO’s Department of Global Coordination and Partnership on Antimicrobial Resistance. Deadline is 10 July 2020 for applications.
Dear All, As recently highlighted in the 2019 reports from the World Bank (Pulling Together to Beat Superbugs, link) and the UN Inter-Agency Coordination Group (No Time to Wait: Securing the Future from Drug-Resistant Infections, link), many countries are not able to implement the AMR-focused National Action Plans called for by the WHO in 2015
Dear All, WHO today published a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a consultant to develop an online e-learning course on antimicrobial stewardship! There is a mention of the request on the WHO AMR homepage (link) which in turn takes you to the extended details in this Terms of Reference document (link). In brief, the project
Dear All: Greetings in the new year! Two things of general interest today: First, Wellcome Trust has posted an opening for a Science Officer to help develop and implement Wellcome’s work on Drug-Resistant Infections (a copy of job description is here). In this role, you would work closely within a very strong team to implement and support Wellcome’s diverse
Dear All: I wrote previously (link to newsletter) about WHO’s call for information about pre-clinical antibiotic R&D. With a due date of 18 Mar, this is your chance to help construct a survey that can be used to drive further initiatives. In support of this, WHO is now look for a contractor to work with
Dear All: I spotted two more cool job opportunities just moments after sending the last newsletter! The first is with Dame Sally Davies, the Chief Medical Officer for the UK. She has posted an opening for a Private Secretary and Deputy Head of Office to support her work. As I hope you know, Dame Sally has worked tirelessly over the
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