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#89 Preventing The Next Pandemic (Part 1 of 2). Antimicrobial Resistance with Professor Dame Sally Davies

17 Feb 2021

CAUTION - Explicit Language in this episode

How much would you worry about a simple cut ?  Probably not much as long as you can get to a medical professional on time and obtain the correct treatment. But what if I was to say that in a few years to come, antibiotics will no longer work? And a simple cut could leave you hugely at risk of sepsis and death. This could  be the situation unless we  address resistant microbes in our environment and joining me on the podcast to talk about this subject is Professor Dame Sally Davies.

Dame Sally was the Chief Medical Officer for England and Senior Medical Advisor to the UK Government from 2011-2019. Dame Sally Davies was appointed as the UK Government’s Special Envoy on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) in 2019. She is also the 40th Master of Trinity College, Cambridge University.

In the 2020 New Year Honours, Dame Sally became the second woman (and the first outside the Royal family) to be appointed Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) for services to public health and research, having received her DBE in 2009.

On  the show we talk about

  • Dame Sally Davies incredible medical career
  • What sparked her interest in antimicrobial resistance
  • How Bacteria become resistant
  • Where food has a role in resistance
  • What we can do as consumers?

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What an absolute pleasure to be able to speak with Professor Dame Sally Davies on the podcast - we had an incredible conversation all about antimicrobial resistance and I would highly suggest you listen to this episode.

This is a topic that we need to hear more about and Professor Dame Sally Davies has the most amazing knowledge and experience in this field.

Thanks again to Professor Dame Sally Davies for taking the time to speak with me and to share all this incredible knowledge and information with you.

Talk at the Royal Institute on AMR

COVID-19 and AMR

AMR in action

GUEST: Professor Dame Sally Davies

Dame Sally Davies was appointed as the UK Government’s Special Envoy on AMR in 2019. She is also the 40th Master of Trinity College, Cambridge University.  Dame Sally was the Chief Medical Officer for England and Senior Medical Advisor to the UK Government from 2011-2019. She has become a leading figure in global health including serving as a member of the World Health Organisation (WH O) Executive Board 2014-2016 and as co-convener of the United Nations Inter-Agency Co-ordination Group (IACG) on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) reporting in 2019. In the 2020 New Year Honours, Dame Sally became the second woman (and the first outside the Royal family) to be appointed Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) for services to public health and research, having received her DBE in 2009.   Twitter - Trinity College, Cambridge

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