How do bacteria and their antibiotic resistance determinants evolve and spread in humans and livestock?

Melissa is analysing bacterial genome sequences alongside epidemiological data to understand how bacteria and their antibiotic resistance determinants evolve and spread in humans and livestock, with the aim of improving disease control. Her interdisciplinary Fellowship involves undertaking research at a number of institutions, including the University of Edinburgh (working with Professor Mark Woolhouse), the International Livestock Research Institute in Nairobi (with Professor Eric Fèvre), the University of Oxford (with Dr Daniel Wilson) and the Harvard School of Public Health (with Dr Bill Hanage).