Ryan Hamilton

Associate Professor & Consultant Pharmacist for Antimicrobials, De Montfort University

Ryan is an Associate Professor at the Leicester School of Pharmacy whose research focuses on the optimal use of antimicrobial (e.g. antibiotics) medicines. He is also drives public engagement initiatives to raise awareness of drug-resistant infections. Ryan worked as a consultant antimicrobial pharmacist in the NHS, specialising in the treatment of drug-resistant and complex infections and optimising the use of antimicrobial medicines across healthcare settings.

Ryan holds a PhD from Liverpool John Moores University, UK, researching how clay minerals can be utilised to deliver antibacterial molecules for wound care.

Experience

2023–present

Associate professor, De Montfort University
2020–2023

Senior lecturer, De Montfort University
2021–2023

Consultant Antimicrobial Pharmacist, NHS
2016–2021

Specialist Antimicrobial Pharmacist, NHS

Education

2021

Royal Pharmaceutical Society, Consultant Pharmacist
2018

De Montfort University, Clinical Pharmacy and Independent Prescribing (PGDip)
2017

Liverpool John Moores University , PhD
2010

Liverpool John Moores University, Master of Pharmacy (MPharm)

Publications

2024

Understanding the lived-experience and support-needs of people living with antimicrobial resistance in the UK through interpretative phenomenological analysis, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-53814-6
2023

Implementation of the national antimicrobial stewardship competencies for UK undergraduate healthcare professional education within undergraduate pharmacy programmes: a survey of UK schools of pharmacy, https://doi.org/10.1093/jacamr/dlad095
2023

Systematic review of high-dose amikacin regimens for the treatment of Gram-negative infections based on EUCAST dosing recommendations, doi: 10.1136/ejhpharm-2022-003421

Professional Memberships

Royal Pharmaceutical Society
UK Clinical Pharmacy Association
British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
British Infection Association