Dr. Irene Bueno is a veterinary epidemiologist specialising in wildlife health, with research focused on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) across the human–animal–environment interface using eco-epidemiological approaches to support practical, evidence-based interventions. The Wildlife Interface Stewardship for Effective Antimicrobial Management (WISE-AMS) project, led by Dr. Bueno and co-led by Dr. Jessica Mitchell, will address a crucial but underexamined aspect of AMR: the role of wildlife rehabilitation. This transdisciplinary project will brings together veterinary medicine, behavioural and social research and environmental health to co-design practical solutions with those directly involved in wildlife care at these centres. Working with wildlife rehabilitators and veterinarians, the team will develop and pilot a user-friendly antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) toolkit tailored to real-world practice. This project is in collaboration between University of Bristol, University of Edinburgh, Vale Wildlife Hospital, Gloucestershire, University of Bristol and Charles Sturt University.

Dr. Tori Ford is a qualitative researcher specialising in primary care. She completed her DPhil, examining chronic vulval pain, funded by a NIHR Doctoral Research Fellowship and CIHR Foreign Doctoral Study Award. Her project will undertake a project entitled Managing Microbiomes: Understanding the use of at-home test kits for vaginal infections. The aim of this study is to learn why people use at-home self-tests for vaginal symptoms, with the goal of supporting patient decision-making around diagnosis and treatment. This project takes a transdisciplinary approach to antimicrobial resistance, bringing together experts in social science, public health, clinical practice, fungal microbiology and lived experience. She will be working alongside Corina Cheeks, a PLE representative. The project is a collaboration between University of Oxford, University of Birmingham, University of Bristol, Cardiff University  and University Hospital of Wales.

Dr. Caity Roleston is an early career researcher specialising in qualitative and behaviour change approaches to better understand antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and strengthen antimicrobial stewardship. The project aims to identify existing antibiotic use guidelines in UK dental care and small animal practice and explore how they are applied and perceived in clinical decision-making. Through a systematic grey literature review, an online practitioner survey and in-depth qualitative interviews, the team will investigate awareness, uptake and engagement with current guidelines to better understand how they support optimised antibiotic prescribing in practice. She will be working alongside co-leads Dr. Chioma Achi, Dr. Abel Ekiri and Dr. Wendy Thompson, together, they bring expertise from behavioural science, veterinary medicine, dentistry and public health to take a transdisciplinary approach to antibiotic prescribing across human and animal healthcare settings. This project is a collaboration between University of Oxford, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of Surrey and University of Manchester.

Madison Luick is a PhD student researching interventions to tackle antimicrobial resistance, with a focus on reducing inappropriate antibiotic prescribing. Her project examines how to encourage the use of diagnostic tests, which can support better prescribing decisions by distinguishing between viral and bacterial infections. Using discrete choice experiments (DCEs), she will assess how general practitioners and small animal veterinary surgeons in the UK respond to financial and non-financial incentives aimed at increasing test use. Working with a transdisciplinary team, Dr. Stuart Becker and Dr. Nam Nguyen with support from a strong supervision team this research will help identify the most effective strategies to change prescribing behaviour and inform the design of future intervention trials.  This project is a collaboration between University of Oxford, Royal Veterinary College and University of London.