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Mbamalu, O., Surendran, S., Nampoothiri, V. , Bonaconsa, C., Edathadathil, F., Zhu, N., Lambert, H., Tarrant, C., Ahmad, R. ORCID: 0000-0002-4294-7142, Boutall, A., Brink, A., Steenkamp, E., Holmes, A., Singh, S., Charani, E. & Mendelson, M.view all authors (2023). Survey of healthcare worker perceptions of changes in infection control and antimicrobial stewardship practices in India and South Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic. IJID Regions, 6, pp. 90-98. doi: 10.1016/j.ijregi.2022.11.010

Charani, E., Mendelson, M., Pallett, S. J. C. , Ahmad, R. ORCID: 0000-0002-4294-7142, Mpundu, M., Mbamalu, O., Bonaconsa, C., Nampoothiri, V., Singh, S., Peiffer-Smadja, N., Anton-Vazquez, V., Moore, L. S. P., Schouten, J., Kostyanev, T., Vlahović-Palčevski, V., Kofteridis, D., Corrêa, J. S. & Holmes, A. H.view all authors (2023). An analysis of existing national action plans for antimicrobial resistance-gaps and opportunities in strategies optimising antibiotic use in human populations. The Lancet Global Health, 11(3), e466-e474. doi: 10.1016/s2214-109x(23)00019-0

Birgand, G., Charani, E., Ahmad, R. ORCID: 0000-0002-4294-7142 , Bonaconsa, C., Mbamalu, O., Nampoothiri, V., Surendran, S., Weiser, T. G., Holmes, A., Mendelson, M. & Singh, S.view all authors (2022). Interventional research to tackle antimicrobial resistance in Low Middle Income Countries in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic: lessons in resilience from an international consortium. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 117, pp. 174-178. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2022.02.013

Nampoothiri, V., Bonaconsa, C., Surendran, S. , Mbamalu, O., Nambatya, W., Ahabwe Babigumira, P., Castro-Sanchez, E. ORCID: 0000-0002-3351-9496, Ahmad, R. ORCID: 0000-0002-4294-7142, Broom, A., Szymczak, J., Zingg, W., Gilchrist, M., Holmes, A. H., Mendelson, M., Singh, S., McLeod, M. & Charani, E.view all authors (2022). What does antimicrobial stewardship look like where you are? Global narratives from participants in a Massive Open Online Course. JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance, 4(1), article number dlab186. doi: 10.1093/jacamr/dlab186

Drobniewski, F., Kusuma, D., Broda, A. , Castro-Sánchez, E. & Ahmad, R. ORCID: 0000-0002-4294-7142view all authors (2022). COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in Diverse Groups in the UK—Is the Driver Economic or Cultural in Student Populations. Vaccines, 10(4), article number 501. doi: 10.3390/vaccines10040501

Jadeja, N., Zhu, N. J., Lebcir, R. M. , Sassi, F., Holmes, A. & Ahmad, R. ORCID: 0000-0002-4294-7142view all authors (2022). Using system dynamics modelling to assess the economic efficiency of innovations in the public sector - a systematic review. PLoS One, 17(2), article number e0263299. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0263299

Usonwu, I., Ahmad, R. & Curtis-Tyler, K. ORCID: 0000-0002-8212-1134 (2021). Parent-adolescent communication on adolescent sexual and reproductive health in sub-Saharan Africa: a qualitative review and thematic synthesis. Reproductive Health, 18(1), article number 202. doi: 10.1186/s12978-021-01246-0

Singh, S., Mendelson, M., Surendran, S. , Bonaconsa, C., Mbamalu, O., Nampoothiri, V., Boutall, A., Hampton, M., Dhar, P., Pennel, T., Tarrant, C., Leather, A., Holmes, A., Charani, E., Ahmad, R. ORCID: 0000-0002-4294-7142, Castro-Sanchez, E. ORCID: 0000-0002-3351-9496, Birgand, G., Ndoli, J., Sassi, F., Sevdalis, N., Moonesinghe, S. R., Lebcir, R. & Ferlie, E.view all authors (2021). Investigating infection management and antimicrobial stewardship in surgery: a qualitative study from India and South Africa. Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 27(10), pp. 1455-1464. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2020.12.013

Zhu, N. J., McLeod, M., McNulty, C. A. M. , Lecky, D. M., Holmes, A. H. & Ahmad, R. ORCID: 0000-0002-4294-7142view all authors (2021). Trends in Antibiotic Prescribing in Out-of-Hours Primary Care in England from January 2016 to June 2020 to Understand Behaviours during the First Wave of COVID-19. Antibiotics, 10(1), article number 32. doi: 10.3390/antibiotics10010032

Zhu, N., Ferlie, E., Castro-Sanchez, E. ORCID: 0000-0002-3351-9496 , Birgand, G., Holmes, A. H., Atun, R. A., Kieltyka, H. & Ahmad, R. ORCID: 0000-0002-4294-7142view all authors (2021). Macro level factors influencing strategic responses to emergent pandemics: a scoping review. Journal of Global Health, 11, pp. 1-16. doi: 10.7189/jogh.11.05012

Ahmad, R. ORCID: 0000-0002-4294-7142, Atun, R. A., Birgand, G. , Castro-Sanchez, E. ORCID: 0000-0002-3351-9496, Charani, E., Ferlie, E., Hussain, I., Kambugu, A., Labarca, J., McKee, M., Mendelson, M., Singh, S., Varma, J., Zhu, N., Zingg, W. & Holmes, A. H.view all authors (2021). Macro level influences on strategic responses to the COVID-19 pandemic – an international survey and tool for national assessments. Journal of Global Health, 11, pp. 1-11. doi: 10.7189/jogh.11.05011

Charani, E., McKee, M., Ahmad, R. ORCID: 0000-0002-4294-7142 , Balasegaram, M., Bonaconsa, C., Buckland Merrett, G., Busse, R., Carter, V., Castro-Sanchez, E. ORCID: 0000-0002-3351-9496, Franklin, B. D., Georgiou, P., Hill-Cawthorne, K., Hope, W., Imanaka, Y., Kambugu, A., Leather, A., Mbamalu, O., McLeod, M., Mendelson, M., Mpundu, M., Rawson, T. M., Ricciardi, W., Rodriguez-Manzano, J., Singh, S., Tsioutis, C., Uchea, C., Zhu, N. & Holmes, A. H.view all authors (2021). Optimising antimicrobial use in humans – review of current evidence and an interdisciplinary consensus on key priorities for research. Lancet Regional Health Europe, 7, article number 100161. doi: 10.1016/j.lanepe.2021.100161

Naylor, N., Yamashita, K., Iwami, M. , Kunisawa, S., Mizuno, S., Castro-Sanchez, E. ORCID: 0000-0002-3351-9496, Imanaka, Y., Ahmad, R. ORCID: 0000-0002-4294-7142 & Holmes, A.view all authors (2020). Code-sharing in Cost-of-illness Calculations: An Application to Antibiotic-Resistant Bloodstream Infections. Frontiers in Public Health, 8, article number 562427. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2020.562427

Peiffer-Smadja, N., Allison, R., Jones, L. F. , Holmes, A., Patel, P., Lecky, D. M., Ahmad, R. ORCID: 0000-0002-4294-7142 & McNulty, C. A. M.view all authors (2020). Preventing and Managing Urinary Tract Infections: Enhancing the Role of Community Pharmacists-A Mixed Methods Study. Antibiotics, 9(9), article number 583. doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9090583

Veepanattu, P., Singh, S., Mendelson, M. , Nampoothiri, V., Edathadatil, F., Surendran, S., Bonaconsa, C., Mbamalu, O., Ahuja, S., Birgand, G., Tarrant, C., Sevdalis, N., Castro-Sanchez, E. ORCID: 0000-0002-3351-9496, Ahmad, R. ORCID: 0000-0002-4294-7142, Holmes, A. & Charani, E.view all authors (2020). Building resilient and responsive research collaborations to tackle antimicrobial resistance – lessons learnt from India, South Africa and UK. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 100, pp. 278-282. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.08.057

Zhu, N. J., Ahmad, R. ORCID: 0000-0002-4294-7142, Holmes, A. , Robotham, J. V., Lebcir, R. & Atun, R. A.view all authors (2020). System dynamics modelling to formulate policy interventions to optimise antibiotic prescribing in hospitals. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 72(11), pp. 2490-2502. doi: 10.1080/01605682.2020.1796537

Peiffer-Smadja, N., Poda, A., Ouedraogo, A-S. , Guiard-Schmid, J-B., Delory, T., Le Bel, J., Bouvet, E., Lariven, S., Jeanmougin, P., Ahmad, R. ORCID: 0000-0002-4294-7142 & Lescure, F-X.view all authors (2020). Paving the Way for the Implementation of a Decision Support System for Antibiotic Prescribing in Primary Care in West Africa: Preimplementation and Co-Design Workshop With Physicians.. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 22(7), article number e17940. doi: 10.2196/17940

Aftab, M., Ahmad, R., Ismail, I. & Phylaktis, K. ORCID: 0000-0001-9392-1682view all authors (2020). Economic Integration and the Currency and Equity Markets Nexus. International Journal of Finance and Economics, 26(4), pp. 5278-5301. doi: 10.1002/ijfe.2065

Birgand, G., Mutters, N. T., Ahmad, R. ORCID: 0000-0002-4294-7142 , Tacconelli, E., Lucet, J. & Holmes, A.view all authors (2020). Risk perception of antimicrobial resistance by infection control specialists in Europe: a case-vignette study. Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control, 9(1), article number 33. doi: 10.1186/s13756-020-0695-z

Castro-Sanchez, E. ORCID: 0000-0002-3351-9496, Gilchrist, M., Ahmad, R. ORCID: 0000-0002-4294-7142 , Courtenay, M., Bosanquet, J. & Holmes, A. H.view all authors (2019). Nurse roles in antimicrobial stewardship: lessons from public sectors models of acute care service delivery in the United Kingdom.. Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control, 8(1), article number 162. doi: 10.1186/s13756-019-0621-4

Ahmad, R. ORCID: 0000-0002-4294-7142, Zhu, N. J., Leather, A. J. M. , Holmes, A. & Ferlie, E.view all authors (2019). Strengthening strategic management approaches to address antimicrobial resistance in global human health: a scoping review. BMJ Global Health, 4(5), article number e001730. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2019-001730

Charani, E., Ahmad, R. ORCID: 0000-0002-4294-7142, Rawson, T. M. , Castro-Sanchèz, E., Tarrant, C. & Holmes, A. H.view all authors (2019). The Differences in Antibiotic Decision-making Between Acute Surgical and Acute Medical Teams: An Ethnographic Study of Culture and Team Dynamics. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 69(1), pp. 12-20. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciy844

Zingg, W., Storr, J., Park, B. J. , Ahmad, R. ORCID: 0000-0002-4294-7142, Tarrant, C., Castro-Sanchez, E., Tomczyk, S., Kilpatrick, C., Allegranzi, B., Cardo, D. & Pittet, D.view all authors (2019). Implementation research for the prevention of antimicrobial resistance and healthcare-associated infections; 2017 Geneva infection prevention and control (IPC)-think tank (part 1). Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control, 8(1), article number 87. doi: 10.1186/s13756-019-0527-1

Zingg, W., Park, B. J., Storr, J. , Ahmad, R. ORCID: 0000-0002-4294-7142, Tarrant, C., Castro-Sanchez, E. ORCID: 0000-0002-3351-9496, Perencevich, E., Widmer, A., Krause, K-H., Kilpatrick, C., Tomczyk, S., Allegranzi, B., Cardo, D., Pittet, D., Abbas, M., Andremont, A., Bell, M., Borg, M., Carmeli, Y., Conly, J., Eggimann, P., Gastmeier, P., Grayson, M. L., Harbarth, S., Hernandez, M., Herwaldt, L., Holmes, A., Jernigan, J. A., Kolwaite, A., Larson, E., Masson-Roy, S., Mehtar, S., Mendelson, M., Lin, L. M., Moldovan, A., Monnet, D., Ndoye, B., Nthumba, P., Ogunsola, F., Samore, M., Seto, W. H., Srinivasan, A., Tacconelli, E., Talaat, M., Villegas, M. V., Voss, A. & Walsh, T.view all authors (2019). Technology for the prevention of antimicrobial resistance and healthcare-associated infections; 2017 Geneva IPC-Think Tank (Part 2).. Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control, 8(1), article number 83. doi: 10.1186/s13756-019-0538-y

Zingg, W;, Storr, J., Park, B. J. , Jernigan, J. A., Harbarth, S., Grayson, M. L., Tacconelli, E., Allegranzi, B., Cardo, D., Pittet, D., Abbas, M., Ahmad, R. ORCID: 0000-0002-4294-7142, Andremont, A., Bell, M., Borg, M., Carmeli, Y., Castro-Sanchez, E. ORCID: 0000-0002-3351-9496, Conly, J., Eggimann, P., Gastmeier, P., Hernandez, M., Herwaldt, L., Holmes, A., Kilpatrick, C., Kolwaite, A., Krause, K. H., Larson, E., Masson-Roy, S., Mehtar, S., Mendelson, M., Lin, L. M., Modovan, A., Monnet, D., Ndoye, B., Nthumba, P., Ogunsola, F., Perencevich, E., Samore, M., Seto, W. H., Srinivasan, A., Tarrant, C., Tomczyk, S., Talaat, M., Villegas, M. V., Voss, A., Walsh, T. & Widmer, A.view all authors (2019). Broadening the infection prevention and control network globally; 2017 Geneva IPC-think tank (part 3).. Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control, 8(1), article number 74. doi: 10.1186/s13756-019-0528-0

Ahmad, R. ORCID: 0000-0002-4294-7142, Zhu, N. J., Lebcir, R. M. & Atun, R. A.view all authors (2019). How the health-seeking behaviour of pregnant women affects neonatal outcomes: findings of system dynamics modelling in Pakistan. BMJ Global Health, 4(2), article number e001242. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2018-001242

McLeod, M., Ahmad, R. ORCID: 0000-0002-4294-7142, Shebl, N. A. , Micallef, C., Sim, F. & Holmes, A.view all authors (2019). A whole-health-economy approach to antimicrobial stewardship: Analysis of current models and future direction.. PLoS Med, 16(3), article number e1002774. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002774

Charani, E., Smith, I., Skodvin, B. , Perozziello, A., Lucet, J-C., Lescure, F-X., Birgand, G., Poda, A., Ahmad, R. ORCID: 0000-0002-4294-7142, Singh, S. & Holmes, A. H.view all authors (2019). Investigating the cultural and contextual determinants of antimicrobial stewardship programmes across low-, middle- and high-income countries—A qualitative study. PLOS ONE, 14(1), article number e0209847. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0209847

Kyratsis, Y. ORCID: 0000-0002-5185-7413, Ahmad, R., Iwami, M. , Castro-Sanchez, E., Atun, R. A. & Holmes, A. H.view all authors (2019). A multilevel neo-institutional analysis of infection prevention and control in English hospitals: coerced safety culture change?. Sociology of Health and Illness, 41(6), pp. 1138-1158. doi: 10.1111/1467-9566.12897

Birgand, G., Castro-Sanchez, E., Hansen, S. , Gastmeier, P., Lucet, J-C., Ferlie, E., Holmes, A. & Ahmad, R. ORCID: 0000-0002-4294-7142view all authors (2018). Comparison of governance approaches for the control of antimicrobial resistance: Analysis of three European countries. Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control, 7(1), article number 28. doi: 10.1186/s13756-018-0321-5

Ashiru-Oredope, D., Doble, A., Akpan, M. , Hansraj, S., Shebl, N., Ahmad, R. ORCID: 0000-0002-4294-7142 & Hopkins, S.view all authors (2018). Antimicrobial Stewardship Programmes in Community Healthcare Organisations in England: A Cross-Sectional Survey to Assess Implementation of Programmes and National Toolkits. Antibiotics, 7(4), article number 97. doi: 10.3390/antibiotics7040097

Alividza, V., Mariano, V., Ahmad, R. ORCID: 0000-0002-4294-7142 , Charani, E., Rawson, T. M., Holmes, A. H. & Castro-Sánchez, E.view all authors (2018). Investigating the impact of poverty on colonization and infection with drug-resistant organisms in humans: a systematic review. Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 7(1), article number 76. doi: 10.1186/s40249-018-0459-7

Mizuno, S., Iwami, M., Kunisawa, S. , Naylor, N., Yamashita, K., Kyratsis, Y. ORCID: 0000-0002-5185-7413, Meads, G., Otter, J., Holmes, A. & Ahmad, R.view all authors (2018). Comparison of national strategies to reduce methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections in Japan and England. Journal of Hospital Infection, 100(3), pp. 280-298. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2018.06.026

Rawson, T. M., Moore, L. S. P., Castro-Sanchez, E. ORCID: 0000-0002-3351-9496 , Charani, E., Hernandez, B., Alividza, V., Husson, F., Toumazou, C., Ahmad, R. ORCID: 0000-0002-4294-7142, Georgiou, P. & Holmes, A.H.view all authors (2018). Development of a patient-centred intervention to improve knowledge and understanding of antibiotic therapy in secondary care.. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 7(1), article number 43. doi: 10.1186/s13756-018-0333-1

Rawson, T. M., Castro-Sánchez, E., Charani, E. , Husson, F., Moore, L. S. P., Holmes, A. H. & Ahmad, R. ORCID: 0000-0002-4294-7142view all authors (2018). Involving citizens in priority setting for public health research: Implementation in infection research. Health Expectations, 21(1), pp. 222-229. doi: 10.1111/hex.12604

Hansen, S, Schwab, F, Gastmeier, P , Zingg, W, Pittet, D., Sax, P., Grundmann, H., van Benthem, B., van der Kooi, T., Dettenkofer, M., Martin, M., Szilagyi, R. E., Kozpont, O. E., Heczko, P. B., Holmes, A., Kyratsis, Y. ORCID: 0000-0002-5185-7413, Ahmad, R., Allegranzi, B., Magiorakos, A., Cookson, B. & Wu, A. W.view all authors (2018). Association of national and hospital factors to hospitals' alcohol-based handrub consumption in Europe: results of the European PROHIBIT study. Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 24(7), 778.e1-778.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2017.10.015

Naylor, N. R., Zhu, N., Hulscher, M. , Holmes, A., Ahmad, R. ORCID: 0000-0002-4294-7142 & Robotham, J. V.view all authors (2017). Is antimicrobial stewardship cost-effective? A narrative review of the evidence. Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 23(11), pp. 806-811. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2017.06.011

Charani, E., Ahmad, R. ORCID: 0000-0002-4294-7142, Tarrant, C. , Birgand, G., Leather, A., Mendelson, M., Moonesinghe, S. R., Sevdalis, N., Singh, S. & Holmes, A.view all authors (2017). Opportunities for system level improvement in antibiotic use across the surgical pathway. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 60, pp. 29-34. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2017.04.020

Iwami, M., Ahmad, R. ORCID: 0000-0002-4294-7142, Castro-Sánchez, E. , Birgand, G., Johnson, A. P. & Holmes, A.view all authors (2017). Capacity of English NHS hospitals to monitor quality in infection prevention and control using a new European framework: a multilevel qualitative analysis. BMJ Open, 7(1), article number e012520. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012520

Lebcir, R., Demir, E., Ahmad, R. ORCID: 0000-0002-4294-7142 , Vasilakis, C. & Southern, D.view all authors (2017). A discrete event simulation model to evaluate the use of community services in the treatment of patients with Parkinson's disease in the United Kingdom.. BMC Health Services Research, 17(1), pp. 1-14. doi: 10.1186/s12913-017-1994-9

Rawson, T. M., Moore, L. S. P., Hernandez, B. , Castro-Sanchez, E. ORCID: 0000-0002-3351-9496, Charani, E., Georgiou, P., Ahmad, R. ORCID: 0000-0002-4294-7142 & Holmes, A. H.view all authors (2016). Patient engagement with infection management in secondary care: a qualitative investigation of current experiences.. BMJ Open, 6(10), article number e011040. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011040

Rawson, T. M., Moore, L. S. P., Hernandez, B. , Castro-Sanchez, E. ORCID: 0000-0002-3351-9496, Charani, E., Ahmad, R. ORCID: 0000-0002-4294-7142 & Holmes, A. H.view all authors (2016). Missed opportunities for shared decision making in antimicrobial stewardship: The potential consequences of a lack of patient engagement in secondary care. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 45(S1), pp. 122-123. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2016.02.306

Hansen, S., Zingg, W., Ahmad, R. , Kyratsis, Y., Behnke, M., Schwab, F., Pittet, D. & Gastmeier, P.view all authors (2015). Organization of infection control in European hospitals. Journal of Hospital Infection, 91(4), pp. 338-345. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2015.07.011

Kyratsis, Y., Ahmad, R., Hatzaras, K. , Iwami, M. & Holmes, A. H.view all authors (2014). Making sense of evidence in management decisions: the role of research-based knowledge on innovation adoption and implementation in health care. Health Services and Delivery Research, 2(6), pp. 1-192. doi: 10.3310/hsdr02060

Kyratsis, Y. & Ahmad, R. (2013). Comment: Mapping the terrain of investment in global infectious diseases. Lancet Infection Diseases, 13(1), pp. 6-7. doi: 10.1016/s1473-3099(12)70289-x

Ahmad, R., Kyratsis, Y. & Holmes, A. H. (2012). When the user is not the chooser: learning from stakeholder involvement in technology adoption decisions in infection control.. Journal of Hospital Infection, 81(3), pp. 163-168. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2012.04.014

Kyratsis, Y., Ahmad, R. & Holmes, A. H. (2012). Making sense of evidence in management decisions: the role of research-based knowledge on innovation adoption and implementation in healthcare. study protocol. Implementation Science, 7(1), article number 22. doi: 10.1186/1748-5908-7-22

Kyratsis, Y., Ahmad, R. & Holmes, A. H. (2012). Technology adoption and implementation in organisations: comparative case studies of 12 English NHS Trusts. BMJ Open, 2(2), article number e000872. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-000872

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Kyratsis, Y., Ahmad, R. & Holmes, A. H. (2010). Understanding the Process of Innovation Adoption in 12 NHS trusts – technology selection, procurement and implementation to help reduce HCAIs. London: Medical Research Council.