{"id":299,"date":"2020-04-08T15:23:59","date_gmt":"2020-04-08T14:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/salford-antibiotics-research-network\/?page_id=299"},"modified":"2021-02-02T09:06:25","modified_gmt":"2021-02-02T09:06:25","slug":"rbirtles-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/salford-antibiotics-research-network\/rbirtles-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Professor Richard Birtles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 23%\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\" src=\"http:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/salford-antibiotics-research-network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2021\/02\/RBirtles.jpg\" alt=\"Prof Richard Birtles\" class=\"wp-image-1554 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/salford-antibiotics-research-network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2021\/02\/RBirtles.jpg 180w, https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/salford-antibiotics-research-network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2021\/02\/RBirtles-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chair in Biomedicine<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">University of Salford<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>R.J.Birtles@salford.ac.uk<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/BirtlesR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Twitter<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/richard-birtles-0bab9557\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4216-5044\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ORCID<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Richard&#8217;s work explores the strategies adopted by infectious agents, at the individual and population level, to persist in nature &#8211; focusing in particular on arthropod-transmitted microorganisms of public health and veterinary importance, including <em>Bartonella<\/em> and <em>Anaplasma<\/em>. Richard is part of a long-standing collaborative network including scientists at the Universities of Aberdeen, Liverpool and Nottingham, exploring the population dynamics of parasites in wild field vole populations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Current projects<\/span><br>Antibiotic stewardship and tackling the rising problem of AMR in Uganda.<br><em>with <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/salford-antibiotics-research-network\/hlackers\" target=\"_blank\">Louise Ackers<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/salford-antibiotics-research-network\/igoodhead\" target=\"_blank\">Ian Goodhead<\/a> and<\/em> <em><a href=\"http:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/salford-antibiotics-research-network\/cjames\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chloe James<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Selected works<\/span><br>&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chair in Biomedicine University of Salford R.J.Birtles@salford.ac.uk Twitter | LinkedIn | ORCID Richard&#8217;s work explores the strategies adopted by infectious agents, at the individual and population level, to persist in nature &#8211; focusing in particular on arthropod-transmitted microorganisms of public health and veterinary importance, including Bartonella and Anaplasma. 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