
Diane Ashiru-Oredope
Deputy Chief Scientist, Royal Pharmaceutical Society,
Lead Pharmacist, Antimicrobial Resistance, UKHSA
Professor Diane Ashiru-Oredope is Lead Pharmacist for healthcare associated infections (HCAI) and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) at UK Health Security Agency and Deputy Chief Scientist at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS). She is also Honorary Chair and Professor of Pharmaceutical Public Health at the University of Nottingham
An antimicrobial pharmacist by background, Diane chairs of the English Surveillance Programme for Antimicrobial Utilisation and Resistance (ESPAUR). She has led on several projects that have shaped national and international policy in tackling antimicrobial resistance, including the global Antibiotic Guardian campaign in 2014. From 2016 until March 2022, she was advisor and Global AMR lead for the Commonwealth Pharmacists Association. Diane remains research active; with more than 100 peer-reviewed publications and is one of the editors for BMC Public Health journal. She led the UK-wide evidence review on Pharmaceutical Public Health, commissioned by the four UK Chief Pharmaceutical Officers. In 2022, she was credentialed as a consultant pharmacist through the Royal Pharmaceutical Society. She is a fellow of the RPS and Commonwealth Pharmacists Association
Sessions
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09-May-2025Royal Pharmaceutical Society TheatreApplication of science in pharmacy practice
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09-May-2025Strategy & Policy ForumHow to secure research funding
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10-May-2025Royal Pharmaceutical Society TheatreResearch Workshop: top tips for writing conference abstracts, posters and manuscripts