Peter Hawkey
Peter is the Professor of Clinical and Public Health Bacteriology at the University of Birmingham and Consultant Microbiologist at Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust. He studies the molecular evolution and epidemiology of antibiotic resistance, Clostridium difficile, tuberculosis and molecular diagnostics for infectious diseases. For the last 15 years Peter has researched extensively on the subject of antibiotic resistance in S.E. Asia particularly through collaborative projects with colleagues in China and is visiting Professor at Xiangya Hospital, South Central University, Changsha. He is currently involved in shaping UK national policy on nosocomial infection control and antibiotic resistance by chairing and participating in expert groups and committees (notably ARHAI for DoH) in the UK and Europe.
Peter has edited two widely used clinical microbiology post graduate textbooks: Principles and Practice of Clinical Bacteriology (Wiley) and Medical Bacteriology (OUP). His research support comes from the Department of Health, HPA, NERC, Wellcome Trust and the pharmaceutical industry.
He is a Chair of the Department of Health Working Group on Control of C. difficile and Multi Resistant Gram Negative Bacteria, Chairman of NEQAS Microbiology Steering Committee and Regional Microbiologist for HPA West Midlands, and Member of the Antimicrobial Resistance Co-ordination Group and ARHAI.
Peter was awarded a DSc from the University of Leeds, a MD from the University of Bristol, a MB BS from University of London (Kings College Hospital), and a BSc (Hons) in Microbiology, from the University of East Anglia.
