Personal Statement
Dr Charani is an Associate Professor and a Wellcome Trust Career Development Fellow at the University of Cape Town (2023-2027), where she is undertaking research that investigates intersectionality in AMR. At the University of Cape Town she is also a Co-Investigator in the Wellcome Trust funded CAMO-Net research programme (2023-2026) which spans across five countries and is focused on optimising antibiotic use in human populations.

She holds an Honorary Reader post at the University of Liverpool, having worked there for one year with the David Price Evans Group between 2022-2023. She is a visiting Researcher at Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen Norway, and Adjunct Professor at Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kerala India, where she is involved in helping implement and investigate national antibiotic stewardship programmes. Her work in AMR has been recognised through the Academy of Medical Sciences UK-India AMR Visiting Professor award. She served as an expert advisor to the Commonwealth Pharmacy Association and a Global Health Fellow with the Office of Chief Pharmaceutical Officer, England. She is involved in mentoring and supporting clinical pharmacists across different healthcare settings and economies in implementing antimicrobial stewardship interventions. Her doctoral thesis investigated antimicrobial stewardship across India, Norway, France, Burkina Faso and England.

She holds several other active grants with Wellcome Trust that focus on capacity strengthening and equity in global health research as well as grants with GARDP and WHO TDR that focus on equity in global health, AMR, Gender Equity and Climate Change.

Research Overview
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