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Dr Anne Leonard

Senior Lecturer

  • anne.leonard@exeter.ac.uk

Dr Anne Leonard is a senior lecturer with a particular interest in environmental epidemiology and microbial ecology.

She is investigating how AMR and pathogens are spread in non-clinical environments. Her programme of interdisciplinary, engaged research spans microbial ecology, climate change, public health, and evidence synthesis, and covers non-clinical environments such as rivers, coastal waters, aerosols and agricultural systems.

Anne holds a BSc in biological sciences, an MSc in biology and control of disease vectors, and a PhD in medical sciences.

After her PhD she was awarded a prestigious NERC Industrial Innovation Fellowship, continuing her work on the spread of antimicrobial resistant (AMR) bacteria in bathing waters.

Read Anne’s full university profile here.

Follow Anne on LinkedIn here.

 

Dr Anne Leonard

Key Colleagues

  • Prof William Gaze

    Prof William Gaze

  • Prof Ruth Garside

    Prof Ruth Garside

  • Prof Tim Taylor

    Prof Tim Taylor

  • Dr Aimee Murray

    Dr Aimee Murray

  • Dr Matt Lloyd Jones

    Dr Matt Lloyd Jones

  • Elitsa Penkova

    Elitsa Penkova

  • Nina Baskerville

    Nina Baskerville

  • Isobel Smith

    Isobel Smith

  • Cara Patel

    Cara Patel

Related research

Research project

BlueAdapt

A Horizon Europe project examining how climate change can impact coastal pathogens and human health.

Research project

Assessing bacterial pathogens in the coastal zone

Investigating human exposure to antibiotic resistant pathogenic bacteria in natural aquatic environments.

Research project

Is antimicrobial resistance in rivers a public health risk?

This PhD project is investigating the health implications of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria in rivers and lakes.

Contact details

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Penryn, Cornwall, TR10 8RD

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