Personal Statement
Dr Derek Cocker is an Academic Clinical Lecturer in Infectious Diseases and Global Health. Working within the David Price Evans Group, his research takes a One Health approach to evaluating the drivers of antimicrobial resistance across health systems and communities, with a focus on developing strategies that protect patient pathways and reinforce heathcare systems

Derek studied biochemistry and post-graduate medicine in Liverpool before beginning his clinical training in in 2010. He was appointed as an NIHR academic foundation trainee with the Brain Infections Group at the University of Liverpool and went on to complete his senior house officer training in the Mersey deanery. In 2014, he moved to London as a registrar in Infectious Disease and General Internal Medicine. Throughout his clinical training he spent time working in Malawi and Tanzania on a broad range of projects, and in 2017, completed the Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. In 2018 he was awarded a Wellcome Trust clinical PhD fellowship, based at the Malawi-Liverpool Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme in Blantyre studying the drivers of ESBL antimicrobial resistance in Southern Malawi, and obtained his PhD in Tropical Medicine from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine in 2022.

Research Overview
David Price Evans Infectious Disease and Global Health Group