Hajo Grundmann MSc, PhD

Hajo Grundmann studied Sinology, Nursing and Human Medicine at the Universities of Bochum and Freiburg, Germany. He specialized in Clinical Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology, and Hygiene & Environmental Medicine and received his Ph.D. at the University of Freiburg, Germany, and an MSc in Epidemiology of Communicable Diseases at the London School of Hygiene. He worked clinically as a medical doctor at university hospitals in Freiburg, Berlin, and Nottingham and carried out extensive field studies in Taiwan, Venezuela, and Tanzania. For eight years, he was the Project Leader of the European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System (EARSS) funded by the European Commission and the Dutch Ministry of Health at the Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM). Currently, he is the Chair for Infectious Diseases Epidemiology at the University of Groningen where he also holds his clinical appointment. He is also a Special Professor at the University of Nottingham, UK, and Co-Lead for the 3rd Challenge on Patient Safety of WHO’s Global Alliance on Patient Safety. He is a scientific advisor to ReAct –Action on antibiotic resistance. His major research interests are molecular evolution, epidemiology, population dynamics, and the health impact of emerging antimicrobial resistance and healthcare-associated infections. – Address: University Medical Centre Groningen, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, 9713 EZ Groningen, The Netherlands.