Jack 🦠
@jack-d-barber.bsky.social
🧬 PhD student in Aberdeen 🏴🦠 Linking antimicrobial resistance and structural inequality 💊 (he/they) 💖💜💙 Deprivation, migrant health, env inequality + AMR 🤝
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Jack 🦠
@jack-d-barber.bsky.social
· Aug 13
reintroduction time!!
hi 👋 im jack
im an interdisciplinary PhD student combining quantitative #microbiology & #criticaltheory 🦠🤝
my aim is to unravel how the political, economic & social structures undergirding our society determine the unequal impacts of the antimicrobial resistance crisis #AMR
hi 👋 im jack
im an interdisciplinary PhD student combining quantitative #microbiology & #criticaltheory 🦠🤝
my aim is to unravel how the political, economic & social structures undergirding our society determine the unequal impacts of the antimicrobial resistance crisis #AMR
so... guess who got invited to a UK parliamentary & scientific committee reception next week 👀
AND my attendance has been generously sponsored by @amiposts.bsky.social ❤️
#PhDSky #AcademicSky
AND my attendance has been generously sponsored by @amiposts.bsky.social ❤️
#PhDSky #AcademicSky
December 2, 2025 at 4:46 PM
so... guess who got invited to a UK parliamentary & scientific committee reception next week 👀
AND my attendance has been generously sponsored by @amiposts.bsky.social ❤️
#PhDSky #AcademicSky
AND my attendance has been generously sponsored by @amiposts.bsky.social ❤️
#PhDSky #AcademicSky
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"From where I sit, working across smallholder and semi-intensive livestock systems in Africa and Asia, the #AMR narrative still leans heavily on high-income realities."
https://theanimalecho.woah.org/en/antibiotic-use-why-the-global-debate-misses-low-and-middle-income-countries-realities/
https://theanimalecho.woah.org/en/antibiotic-use-why-the-global-debate-misses-low-and-middle-income-countries-realities/
Rethinking antibiotic use: Why the global debate misses low-and-middle-income countries’ realities - The Animal Echo
Debates on antibiotic use often ignore low income realities, where access, quality, and farmer support matter as much as reduction.
theanimalecho.woah.org
November 24, 2025 at 1:52 PM
"From where I sit, working across smallholder and semi-intensive livestock systems in Africa and Asia, the #AMR narrative still leans heavily on high-income realities."
https://theanimalecho.woah.org/en/antibiotic-use-why-the-global-debate-misses-low-and-middle-income-countries-realities/
https://theanimalecho.woah.org/en/antibiotic-use-why-the-global-debate-misses-low-and-middle-income-countries-realities/
note to self: practice saying shittizenship shtatus before my next conference presentation 🥀🥀
#PhDSky #AcademicSky
#PhDSky #AcademicSky
November 22, 2025 at 8:56 PM
note to self: practice saying shittizenship shtatus before my next conference presentation 🥀🥀
#PhDSky #AcademicSky
#PhDSky #AcademicSky
November 20, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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On #WAAW2025, AMI urges global policymakers to strengthen the revised Global Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance (GAP-AMR), calling for a more inclusive, clear and equitable approach to tackling one of the world’s most urgent health challenges. www.the-microbiologist.com/news/ami-war...
AMI warns that the threat of antimicrobial resistance in viruses and other pathogens cannot be underestimated
Applied Microbiology International (AMI) has urged global policymakers to strengthen the revised Global Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance (GAP-AMR), calling for a more inclusive, clear and equit...
www.the-microbiologist.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:17 AM
On #WAAW2025, AMI urges global policymakers to strengthen the revised Global Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance (GAP-AMR), calling for a more inclusive, clear and equitable approach to tackling one of the world’s most urgent health challenges. www.the-microbiologist.com/news/ami-war...
Structural Racism, Health Inequities, and the Two-Edged Sword of Data: Structural Problems Require Structural Solutions
www.frontiersin.org/journals/pub...
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#HealthEquity #EpiSky #PopGen 🛟🧪
www.frontiersin.org/journals/pub...
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#HealthEquity #EpiSky #PopGen 🛟🧪
Frontiers | Structural Racism, Health Inequities, and the Two-Edged Sword of Data: Structural Problems Require Structural Solutions
Analyzing the myriad ways in which structural racism systemically generates health inequities requires engaging with the profound challenges of conceptualizi...
www.frontiersin.org
November 12, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Structural Racism, Health Inequities, and the Two-Edged Sword of Data: Structural Problems Require Structural Solutions
www.frontiersin.org/journals/pub...
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#HealthEquity #EpiSky #PopGen 🛟🧪
www.frontiersin.org/journals/pub...
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#HealthEquity #EpiSky #PopGen 🛟🧪
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Professor Mary Wiktorowicz is a co-author on a paper challenging how the world tackles antimicrobial resistance, calling for a more equitable and sustainable approach to surveillance and governance in Social Science & Medicine.
www.yorku.ca/yfile/2025/1...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.yorku.ca/yfile/2025/1...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
York experts call for equity in fight against antimicrobial resistance - YFile
A new study led by York University urges governments to rethink how antimicrobial resistance is monitored and governed with a focus on inclusive global action.
www.yorku.ca
November 10, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Professor Mary Wiktorowicz is a co-author on a paper challenging how the world tackles antimicrobial resistance, calling for a more equitable and sustainable approach to surveillance and governance in Social Science & Medicine.
www.yorku.ca/yfile/2025/1...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.yorku.ca/yfile/2025/1...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
✈️ and 🛌 sorted so it feels like its happening now—
i'll be in belfast later this month at the upcoming @futures-amr-net.bsky.social conference giving a talk and presenting a poster (no.14) on my work linking #AMR in the aquatic env to environmental inequality!
#PhDSky #AcademicSky #MicroSky
i'll be in belfast later this month at the upcoming @futures-amr-net.bsky.social conference giving a talk and presenting a poster (no.14) on my work linking #AMR in the aquatic env to environmental inequality!
#PhDSky #AcademicSky #MicroSky
November 6, 2025 at 3:13 PM
✈️ and 🛌 sorted so it feels like its happening now—
i'll be in belfast later this month at the upcoming @futures-amr-net.bsky.social conference giving a talk and presenting a poster (no.14) on my work linking #AMR in the aquatic env to environmental inequality!
#PhDSky #AcademicSky #MicroSky
i'll be in belfast later this month at the upcoming @futures-amr-net.bsky.social conference giving a talk and presenting a poster (no.14) on my work linking #AMR in the aquatic env to environmental inequality!
#PhDSky #AcademicSky #MicroSky
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This virtual seminar “Societal Perspectives and Prioritisation of AMR Interventions” — 14 Nov 2025, 09:30 UK will present perspectives on which #AMR Interventions matter most.
Part of the global momentum after #UNGA79 & ahead of the new WHO AMR strategy (2026).
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
Part of the global momentum after #UNGA79 & ahead of the new WHO AMR strategy (2026).
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
Societal perspectives and prioritisation of AMR interventions | LSHTM
In 2025, the Network’s seminar series invites 2-3 speakers for each event to present their work on a particular theme around prioritisation. This third seminar of the series presents ‘Public
www.lshtm.ac.uk
November 4, 2025 at 4:29 PM
This virtual seminar “Societal Perspectives and Prioritisation of AMR Interventions” — 14 Nov 2025, 09:30 UK will present perspectives on which #AMR Interventions matter most.
Part of the global momentum after #UNGA79 & ahead of the new WHO AMR strategy (2026).
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
Part of the global momentum after #UNGA79 & ahead of the new WHO AMR strategy (2026).
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
ok apparently this morning i unlocked the part of the brain that deals with mixed effects meta-regression modelling because suddenly it makes sense to me? like it all just clicked into place and i GET it??
#PhDSky #AcademicSky
#PhDSky #AcademicSky
October 29, 2025 at 11:21 AM
ok apparently this morning i unlocked the part of the brain that deals with mixed effects meta-regression modelling because suddenly it makes sense to me? like it all just clicked into place and i GET it??
#PhDSky #AcademicSky
#PhDSky #AcademicSky
An Equity-Focused Systematic Analysis of Antimicrobial Resistance National Action Plans in 14 West African Countries
doi.org/10.1111/tmi....
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#AMR #HealthEquity #MicroSky #PublicHealth
doi.org/10.1111/tmi....
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#AMR #HealthEquity #MicroSky #PublicHealth
October 27, 2025 at 4:57 PM
An Equity-Focused Systematic Analysis of Antimicrobial Resistance National Action Plans in 14 West African Countries
doi.org/10.1111/tmi....
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#AMR #HealthEquity #MicroSky #PublicHealth
doi.org/10.1111/tmi....
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#AMR #HealthEquity #MicroSky #PublicHealth
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📢 Missed our latest #TARGetAMR webinar?
🎥 Recordings from Panel discussion on AMR genomics: What social science can do? are now live!
👂Catch talks from Dr Nchangwi Munung, Dr Jaime Garcia-Iglesias & Dr Hannah Trivett & ECR Gregory McCallum.
🔗 targetamr.org.uk/hdrevents/ta...
🎥 Recordings from Panel discussion on AMR genomics: What social science can do? are now live!
👂Catch talks from Dr Nchangwi Munung, Dr Jaime Garcia-Iglesias & Dr Hannah Trivett & ECR Gregory McCallum.
🔗 targetamr.org.uk/hdrevents/ta...
October 21, 2025 at 10:38 AM
📢 Missed our latest #TARGetAMR webinar?
🎥 Recordings from Panel discussion on AMR genomics: What social science can do? are now live!
👂Catch talks from Dr Nchangwi Munung, Dr Jaime Garcia-Iglesias & Dr Hannah Trivett & ECR Gregory McCallum.
🔗 targetamr.org.uk/hdrevents/ta...
🎥 Recordings from Panel discussion on AMR genomics: What social science can do? are now live!
👂Catch talks from Dr Nchangwi Munung, Dr Jaime Garcia-Iglesias & Dr Hannah Trivett & ECR Gregory McCallum.
🔗 targetamr.org.uk/hdrevents/ta...
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This systematic review explores how socioeconomic status influences the prevalence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) across high-income nations. Our findings synthesize existing literature and highlight important socioeconomic disparities in the burden of AMR. doi.org/10.1017/ash....
October 16, 2025 at 10:03 AM
This systematic review explores how socioeconomic status influences the prevalence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) across high-income nations. Our findings synthesize existing literature and highlight important socioeconomic disparities in the burden of AMR. doi.org/10.1017/ash....
my evolutionary microbiologist supervisor when i start talking about settler colonialism in our lab meetings (he is a supportive King)
#PhDSky #AcademicSky #MicroSky
#PhDSky #AcademicSky #MicroSky
October 15, 2025 at 1:31 PM
my evolutionary microbiologist supervisor when i start talking about settler colonialism in our lab meetings (he is a supportive King)
#PhDSky #AcademicSky #MicroSky
#PhDSky #AcademicSky #MicroSky
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Are you a researcher working in infectious diseases or #AMR, from a social science discipline (broadly interpreted?). INAMRSS has 3 great opportunities for you!
www.globalstrategylab.org/events/open-...
Abstract submission open now - move fast!
www.globalstrategylab.org/events/open-...
Abstract submission open now - move fast!
Open Call for Social Science Presentations On Infectious Diseases - Global Strategy Lab
INAMRSS was founded to advance social science research on infectious diseases, including but not limited to antimicrobial resistance (AMR). In 2026, we are partnering with ESCMID Global (17-21 April i...
www.globalstrategylab.org
October 15, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Are you a researcher working in infectious diseases or #AMR, from a social science discipline (broadly interpreted?). INAMRSS has 3 great opportunities for you!
www.globalstrategylab.org/events/open-...
Abstract submission open now - move fast!
www.globalstrategylab.org/events/open-...
Abstract submission open now - move fast!
one thing about me.. i WILL be stopping to take a picture of a cow
October 13, 2025 at 10:58 AM
one thing about me.. i WILL be stopping to take a picture of a cow
"Although [knowledge, attitudes and practice] studies describe what antibiotic use behaviours are prevalent, they rarely address why these behaviours occur—particularly in the context of social determinants of health"
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#AMR #MicroSky #HealthEquity
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#AMR #MicroSky #HealthEquity
Social determinants of health impact the risk of antimicrobial resistance
It’s time to refocus the research lens for knowledge, attitude and practice studies in AMR and prioritize change to address the upstream determinants:
doi.org/10.1093/jaca...
#JACAMRNews #IDSky
It’s time to refocus the research lens for knowledge, attitude and practice studies in AMR and prioritize change to address the upstream determinants:
doi.org/10.1093/jaca...
#JACAMRNews #IDSky
doi.org
October 10, 2025 at 8:38 AM
"Although [knowledge, attitudes and practice] studies describe what antibiotic use behaviours are prevalent, they rarely address why these behaviours occur—particularly in the context of social determinants of health"
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#AMR #MicroSky #HealthEquity
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#AMR #MicroSky #HealthEquity
October 7, 2025 at 5:40 PM
i actually did get raptured the other day btw but they said my thesis is so novel and innovative that i have to finish it off first and they sent me back down 🤷
#PhDSky #AcademicSky
#PhDSky #AcademicSky
October 4, 2025 at 1:47 PM
i actually did get raptured the other day btw but they said my thesis is so novel and innovative that i have to finish it off first and they sent me back down 🤷
#PhDSky #AcademicSky
#PhDSky #AcademicSky
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📺 Live now at #EHFG2025
✅ Addressing the inequalities of #AMR in Europe: ehfg.live/stage/kursaa...
✅ End of life, end of autonomy? ehfg.live/stage/confer...
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✅ Addressing the inequalities of #AMR in Europe: ehfg.live/stage/kursaa...
✅ End of life, end of autonomy? ehfg.live/stage/confer...
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EHFG 2025 - Live streaming
Join us at the hybrid EHFG 2025 from 30 September - 3 October, and let's explore together how we can heal Europe's fractured social contract for health and well-being!
ehfg.live
October 2, 2025 at 2:15 PM
📺 Live now at #EHFG2025
✅ Addressing the inequalities of #AMR in Europe: ehfg.live/stage/kursaa...
✅ End of life, end of autonomy? ehfg.live/stage/confer...
Sign in to watch with your email and password ehfg25
#SolidarityInHealth
✅ Addressing the inequalities of #AMR in Europe: ehfg.live/stage/kursaa...
✅ End of life, end of autonomy? ehfg.live/stage/confer...
Sign in to watch with your email and password ehfg25
#SolidarityInHealth
whoever told me the honours students would ease in for a few weeks before booking up all the equipment you LIED to me
#PhDSky #AcademicSky 🧪
#PhDSky #AcademicSky 🧪
October 3, 2025 at 1:09 PM
whoever told me the honours students would ease in for a few weeks before booking up all the equipment you LIED to me
#PhDSky #AcademicSky 🧪
#PhDSky #AcademicSky 🧪
saw trap but all i have to do is get a STEM researcher to understand why being "apolitical" isnt a good thing 🥀
#PhDSky #AcademicSky
#PhDSky #AcademicSky
September 30, 2025 at 1:05 PM
saw trap but all i have to do is get a STEM researcher to understand why being "apolitical" isnt a good thing 🥀
#PhDSky #AcademicSky
#PhDSky #AcademicSky
September 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Canadian antimicrobial resistance threat assessment highlights role of health equity
Canada's priority pathogens list shows 45% of the assessed AMR pathogens disproportionately affect marginalized populations and those with structural barriers to health.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...
Canada's priority pathogens list shows 45% of the assessed AMR pathogens disproportionately affect marginalized populations and those with structural barriers to health.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...
September 18, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Canadian antimicrobial resistance threat assessment highlights role of health equity
Canada's priority pathogens list shows 45% of the assessed AMR pathogens disproportionately affect marginalized populations and those with structural barriers to health.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...
Canada's priority pathogens list shows 45% of the assessed AMR pathogens disproportionately affect marginalized populations and those with structural barriers to health.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...