Senior Researcher infectious disease ethics @Ethox_Centre @UniofOxford. RF @ReubenCollege. Work-related posts, views my own. Bluesky: @drtessjohnson.bsky.social
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OUT IN ISSUE NOW! See our AJOB paper on the shorter is better movement in antibiotic prescribing, here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
It's been challenging to think about the way AMR as often framed as this external problem caused by poor practices far away. It's not. It's here.
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🧬 TARGetAMR’s Professor Kate Baker & Dr Tess Johnson feature in @LancetMicrobe podcast on AMR National Action Plans & microbial genomics.
🎧 The episode is available via The Lancet Microbe, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Amazon Music.
👉 Listen: targetamr.org.uk/targetamr-l…
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Podcast ep out now! I was interviewed alongside @ksbakes by @LancetMicrobe on antimicrobial resistance #AMR and the role of genomics supporting national action plan delivery! Listen here: thelancet.com/audio-do/antim… or on Spotify, Apple etc.
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Last couple of days for submitting a response!
AJOB call for responses closes June 19! Shorter is better - ethics of antibiotic course duration. We want to hear your views! Article and call at: mc.manuscriptcentral.com/uaj…
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AJOB call for responses closes June 19! Shorter is better - ethics of antibiotic course duration. We want to hear your views! Article and call at: mc.manuscriptcentral.com/uaj…
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Only a couple of months to go until #PandemicSciences26 conference in Singapore! There's still time to register--check out the promo video here: youtube.com/watch?v=huG7rn0n…
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Bioethics job alert! 🚨Come join my research team, now hiring Reseacher in Infectious Disease Ethics to work across Ethox Centre and Pandemic Sciences Institute at the University of Oxford. Happy to discuss with interested candidates, just email/message. my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit…
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Tess Johnson @drtessjohnson.bsky.social retweeted
📰New paper: ethics of shorter antibiotic courses
Antibiotic course length has been dictated by two questionable ideas:
1⃣ longer courses ➡️ better cure rates
2⃣longer courses ➡️ less drug resistance
Commentaries on our ethics paper are welcome👇
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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PAPER OUT NOW! @ID_ethics, George Heriot and I argue doctors should prescribe shorter courses of antibiotics: longer treatments usually offer no additional benefit while increasing harms to patients and public health. Read it in AJOB: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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New paper out! Check it out for how we should use the terms 'coercion' and 'solidarity' and how they played out during the pandemic. Are they really normative terms? We think not. Dis/agree? Write an OPC response! See AJOB. W/ @AkSafs and Diego S. Silva doi.org/10.1080/15265161.202…
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🎉 Join our upcoming webinar!
🧬 Estimating the fitness cost and benefit of antimicrobial resistance from pathogen genomic data
🎙️ With Professor Xavier Didelot, @uniofwarwick
🔬 Joined by ECR presentation from Jack Barber, @aberdeenuni
👉 Register now: targetamr.org.uk/hdrevents/e…
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Im delighted to have a piece in the spring edition of New Humanist! Get a copy to read about ethics of health surveillance using genomics!
🚨 Our Spring 2026 issue is out today!
In a new era of brazen propaganda, we're celebrating the heroes of free thought on the frontlines of the battle against dogma and ideology.
Let's take a look inside... 🧵
newhumanist.org.uk/articles/…
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⌛️ One month left to submit your abstract!
🎙️ Present a short talk (3 mins) or flash talk (5 mins)
🦠 At the TARGetAMR conference 2026
⏰ Submit by 20th March
📝 Learn more and submit here: targetamr.org.uk/now-open-ca…
#TARGetAMR26
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Tess Johnson @drtessjohnson.bsky.social retweeted
Our next ‘Let’s Talk About’ is almost here 👀
Join us on 12 March to explore surveillance, pandemics & data in small-group discussions — your voice can shape future research!
🎟 ow.ly/Tlye50Y4OwG
@PSIOxford @UniofOxford @OxMedHum @ANTITH3SES @ethicsinthenews
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Wrapping up a brilliant meeting (and holiday) in Costa Rica this week. Thanks to the whole Just Transitions for AMR team and British Academy!
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⏰Don’t miss out!
📢On our upcoming webinar with Prof Marina Joubert:
🦠Communicating about antimicrobial resistance (AMR) – reflecting on challenges, solutions, and social justice concerns
📅19 Jan @ 12pm - Online
+ ECR talk: Dorottya Nagy
🔗Sign up now: targetamr.org.uk/hdrevents/c…
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Tess Johnson @drtessjohnson.bsky.social retweeted
Just Transitions in Antimicrobial Resistance
@CalvinWLHo @DrTessJohnson @PhaikYeong @Susan_Bull_
part of @AABHL, Christchurch NZ, 7-9 December 2025
#HealthLaw #Bioethics #AMR @MonashLawSchool @Ethox_Centre @BioethicsMORU @MORUBKK @TropMedOxford @BritishAcademy_
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And that's a wrap! Had a fantastic, fascinating and fun time at #aabhl2025 as always! Thank you to friends and colleagues for making it a stand-out! 😊
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HOT OFF THE PRESS! 📸📰Delighted to announce our special issue of Monash Bioethics Review is out! Authors discuss coercion, vaccination, consent, place, forced treatment, smoking, COVID visitors, and more! Thx to all involved 🎉🙌 link.springer.com/journal/40…
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