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Professor Angharad Davies

Professor

Medicine

angharad.p.davies@swansea.ac.uk

Fluent Welsh Speaker

Academic Office - 310
Second Floor
Grove Building
Singleton Campus

Research Links

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4190-8894

About

Professor Davies is a clinical academic medical microbiologist. She undertook her undergraduate medical training at St John's College, Cambridge and her specialist training in medical microbiology at the Royal Free Hospital, London, before being awarded an MRC Clinical Research Training Fellowship at University College London, where she completed her PhD studies on dormancy in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

She is honorary consultant medical microbiologist at the England and Wales national Cryptosporidium Reference Unit, Public Health Wales, and has a research interest in infection with this organism. From 2019 - 2025 she was Health and Care Research Wales Infection Specialty Lead. She has sat on the Medical Research Council's Clinical Research & Career Development panel (2022 - 2026) and is Chair of the NIHR Capital Investment Fund panel (2024 - 25).

Between 2020 - 2023 Professor Davies was elected Vice-President for Learning for the Royal College of Pathologists (RCPath), and in 2023 she was appointed RCPath's Clinical Director for Publishing and Engagement.

Professor Davies is Vice-President of the Medical Women's Federation (2025 - 2027) and has been Deputy Chair of the BMA’s Women in Academic Medicine group since 2020. She was previously a member of the REF21 Equality & Diversity Advisory Panel.

In 2024 she was elected a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales.

Areas Of Expertise

Cryptosporidium
Diagnostics in clinical microbiology
Undergraduate and postgraduate medical education in the diagnostic pathology disciplines
Interprofessional education especially relating to antimicrobial resistance and stewardship

Career Highlights

Teaching Interests

Professor Davies is a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

She leads the Education and Training workstream of the Wales Antimicrobial Resistance Delivery Board and has a particular interest in education of medical students and healthcare professionals in the field of antimicrobial resistance and stewardship. This led her to establish an interprofessional CPD course on infection management and antibiotic stewardship for NHS staff. She also leads a module on the MSc in Genomic Medicine on Applications of Genomics to Infectious Disease, and an undergraduate module on antibiotic resistance and stewardship for the Applied Medical Sciences degree course. More information about her educational projects can be found here: www.antibioticaware.com/home

Research

Publications

Research Highlights

Strain, W., Jankowski, J., Davies, A., English, P., Friedman, E., McKeown, H., Sethi, S., & Rao, M. (2021). Development and presentation of an objective risk stratification tool for healthcare workers when dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK: risk modelling based on hospitalisation and mortality statistics compared with epidemiological data. BMJ Open, 11(9), e042225
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-042225, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa58171
Davies, A., Mack, D., Davies, A., Harris, L., Rohde, H., Horstkotte, M., Knobloch, J., & Harris, L. (2007). Microbial interactions in Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilms. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 387(2), 399-408.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-006-0745-2, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa35053
http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33846073180&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Davies, A., Hinder, S., Hays, G., Brooks, C., Davies, A., Edwards, M., Walne, A., Gravenor, M., & Gravenor, M. (2011). Toxic marine microalgae and shellfish poisoning in the British isles: history, review of epidemiology, and future implications. Environmental Health, 10(1), 54
https://doi.org/10.1186/1476-069X-10-54, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa10455
Davies, A., Mack, D., Davies, A., Harris, L., Jeeves, R., Pascoe, B., Knobloch, J., Rohde, H., & Wilkinson, T. (2012). Staphylococcus epidermidis in Biomaterial-Associated Infections. Biomaterials Associated Infection (pp. 25-56). Springer
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1031-7_2, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa13121
McMaster, D., Courtenay, M., Santucci, C., Davies, A., Kirby, A., Seddon, O., Price, D., Barlow, G., Lim, F., Davies, B., O’Shea, M., Collini, P., Basarab, M., Ahmad, A., Albur, M., Hemsley, C., Brown, N., O’Gorman, C., Rautemaa-Richardson, R...., & group), . (2020). Consensus-based antimicrobial resistance and stewardship competencies for UK undergraduate medical students. JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance, 2(4)
https://doi.org/10.1093/jacamr/dlaa096, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57850
Chalmers, R., Davies, A., & Tyler, K. (2019). Cryptosporidium. Microbiology, 165(5), 500-502.
https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.000764, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57851
Davies, A. (2002). Audit of turnaround times for processing Mycobacterium tuberculosis specimens in a district general hospital. Communicable disease and public health, 5(2), 147-150.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57856
https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20121103032316/http://www.hpa.org.uk/cdph/issues/CDPHVol5/no2/CDPHv5n2.html
Mack, D., Rohde, H., Harris, L., Davies, A., Horstkotte, M., & Knobloch, J. (2006). Biofilm Formation in Medical Device-Related Infection. The International Journal of Artificial Organs, 29(4), 343-359.
https://doi.org/10.1177/039139880602900404, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57859
Hart, A., Thompson, P., Casey, A., Davies, A., & Stannard, A. (1998). Haemophilus paraphrophilus; a rare cause of intracranial abscess. Journal of Infection, 37(1), 75-76.
https://doi.org/10.1016/s0163-4453(98)90948-3, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57860
Davies, A., Newport, L., Billington, O., & Gillespie, S. (1999). Length of time to laboratory diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection: Comparison of in-house methods with reference laboratory results. Journal of Infection, 39(3), 205-208.
https://doi.org/10.1016/s0163-4453(99)90050-6, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57861
Davies, A. (1999). Bacterial meningitis (volume 38 number 3, p129) (multiple letters) [1]. Prescribers' Journal, 39(1), 59-61.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57862
Davies, A., Billington, O., Bannister, B., Weir, W., McHugh, T., & Gillespie, S. (2000). Comparison of Fitness of Two Isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, one of Which had Developed Multi-drug Resistance During the Course of Treatment. Journal of Infection, 41(2), 184-187.
https://doi.org/10.1053/jinf.2000.0711, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57864
Davies, A., Billington, O., McHugh, T., Mitchison, D., & Gillespie, S. (2000). Comparison of Phenotypic and Genotypic Methods for Pyrazinamide Susceptibility Testing with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 38(10), 3686-3688.
https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.38.10.3686-3688.2000, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57865
Ratnaraja, N., Davies, A., Atkins, B., Dhillon, R., Mahida, N., Moses, S., Herman, J., Checkley, A., Partridge, D., & Llewelyn, M. (2021). Best practice standards for the delivery of NHS infection services in the United Kingdom. Clinical Infection in Practice, 12, 100095
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinpr.2021.100095, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57753
Davies, A. (1999). Prevention of Infection in Surgical Practice. In R. M Kirk, Averil O Mansfield, John Cochrane (Ed.), Clinical Surgery in General RCS Course Manual Churchill Livingstone
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55506
https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Clinical-Surgery-in-General-by-R-M-Kirk-Averil-O-Mansfield-John-Cochrane-TBC-editor/9780443062193
Carter, B., Chalmers, R., & Davies, A. (2020). Health sequelae of human cryptosporidiosis in industrialised countries: a systematic review. Parasites & Vectors, 13(1)
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-020-04308-7, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55505
Davies, A. (2020). Evaluation of a Novel Antibiotic Teaching Resource. Medical Science Educator, 30(1), 107-109.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-020-00927-y, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53630
Carter, B., Stiff, R., Elwin, K., Hutchings, H., Mason, B., Davies, A., Chalmers, R., Hutchings, H., & Davies, A. (2019). Health sequelae of human cryptosporidiosis—a 12-month prospective follow-up study. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-019-03603-1, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50656
Harris, L., Jones, R., Harris, L., Morgan, S., Ruddy, M., Perry, M., Williams, R., Humphrey, T., Temple, M., Davies, A., & Davies, A. (2019). Phylogenetic analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains in Wales using core genome MLST to analyse whole genome sequencing data. Journal of Clinical Microbiology
https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.02025-18, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50080
Harris, L., Jones, R., Velasco, M., Harris, L., Morgan, S., Temple, M., Ruddy, M., Williams, R., Perry, M., Hitchings, M., Wilkinson, T., Humphrey, T., Gilbert, M., & Davies, A. (2019). Resolving a clinical tuberculosis outbreak using palaeogenomic genome reconstruction methodologies. Tuberculosis, 119, 101865
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tube.2019.101865, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa51995
Wilkinson, T., Jenkins, G., Davies, A., Row, P., Hitchings, M., & Islam, S. (2018). Protocol for faecal microbiota transplantation in ulcerative colitis (FMTUC): a randomised feasibility study. BMJ Open
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-021987, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa45409
Davies, A., Slatter, M., Gennery, A., Robinson, G., Crouch, N., Elwin, K., Hadfield, S., Cant, A., Davies, E., & Chalmers, R. (2017). Prevalence of Cryptosporidium Carriage and Disease in Children With Primary Immune Deficiencies Undergoing Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant in Northern Europe. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 36(5), 504-506.
https://doi.org/10.1097/INF.0000000000001517, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa31526
Stiff, R., Davies, A., Mason, B., Hutchings, H., & Chalmers, R. (2017). Long-term health effects after resolution of acute Cryptosporidium parvum infection: a 1-year follow-up of outbreak-associated cases. Journal of Medical Microbiology, 66(11), 1607-1611.
https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.000609, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa35210
Chalmers, R., Elwin, K., Featherstone, C., Robinson, G., Crouch, N., & Davies, A. (2016). Clinical and Microbiological Investigation of Zoonotic Cryptosporidiosis in two children by routine diagnostic methods and quantitative polymerase chain reaction. Journal of Veterinary Medicine and Research, 3(3), 1054
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa30123
Pascoe, B., Dams, L., Wilkinson, T., Harris, L., Bodger, O., Mack, D., & Davies, A. (2014). Dormant Cells of Staphylococcus aureus Are Resuscitated by Spent Culture Supernatant. PLoS ONE, 9(2), e85998
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0085998, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa17301
http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0085998
Davies, A., Reid, M., Hadfield, S., Johnston, S., Mikhail, J., Harris, L., Jenkinson, H., Berry, N., Lewis, A., El-Bouri, K., Mack, D., Mikhail, J., Davies, A., & Harris, L. (2012). Identification of Clinical Isolates of Alpha-Hemolytic Streptococci by 16S rRNA Gene Sequencing, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry Using MALDI Biotyper, and Conventional Phenotypic Methods: a Comparison. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 50(12), 4087
https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.02387-12, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa12782
Spiliopoulou, A., Krevvata, M., Kolonitsiou, F., Harris, L., Wilkinson, T., Davies, A., Dimitracopoulos, G., Karamanos, N., Mack, D., & Anastassiou, E. (2012). An extracellular Staphylococcus epidermidis polysaccharide: relation to Polysaccharide Intercellular Adhesin and its implication in phagocytosis. BMC Microbiology, 12(1), 76
https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-12-76, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa12279
Chalmers, R., Campbell, B., Crouch, N., Charlett, A., Davies, A., & Davies, A. (2011). Comparison of diagnostic sensitivity and specificity of seven Cryptosporidium assays used in the UK. Journal of Medical Microbiology, 60(11), 1598-1604.
https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.034181-0, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa11774
Jukes, L., Mikhail, J., Bome-Mannathoko,, N., Mikhail, J., Davies, A., & Harris, L. (2010). Rapid differentiation of Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis and other coagulase-negative staphylococci and methicillin susceptibility testing directly from growth positive blood cultures by multiplex real-time PCR. J Med Microbiol, 59(12), 1456-1461.
https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.023168-0, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa10208
Chalmers, R., Campbell, B., Crouch, N., & Davies, A. (2010). Clinical laboratory practices for detection and reporting of Cryptosporidium in community cases of diarrhoea in the United Kingdom, 2008. Eurosurveillance, 15(48), pii=19731
https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.15.48.19731-en, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa10205
Harris, L., El-Bouri, K., Johnston, S., Rees, E., Frommelt, L., Siemssen, N., Christner, M., Davies, A., Rohde, H., & Mack, D. (2010). Rapid Identification of Staphylococci from Prosthetic Joint Infections Using MALDI-TOF Mass-Spectrometry. The International Journal of Artificial Organs, 33(9), 568-574.
https://doi.org/10.1177/039139881003300902, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa10207
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/039139881003300902
Chalmers, R., Davies, A., & Davies, A. (2010). Minireview: clinical cryptosporidiosis. Exp Parasitol, 124, 1138-46.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exppara.2009.02.003, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa10206
Mack, D., Davies, A., Harris, L., Knobloch, J., & Rohde, H. (2009). Staphylococcus epidermidis Biofilms: Functional Molecules, Relation to Virulence, and Vaccine Potential. Glycoscience and Microbial Adhesion (pp. 157Top. Curr. Chem
https://doi.org/10.1007/128_2008_19, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa9828
Davies, A., Chalmers, R., & Davies, A. (2009). Cryptosporidiosis. BMJ, 339(oct19 1), b4168-b4168.
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.b4168, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa9827
Davies, A., Campbell, B., Evans, M., Bone, A., Roche, A., & Chalmers, R. (2009). ASYMPTOMATIC CARRIAGE OF PROTOZOAN PARASITES IN CHILDREN IN DAY CARE CENTERS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 28(9), 838
https://doi.org/10.1097/INF.0b013e31819d646d, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa9826
Davies, A., Dhillon, A., Young, M., Henderson, B., McHugh, T., Gillespie, S., & Davies, A. (2008). Resuscitation-promoting factors are expressed in Mycobacterium tuberculosis-infected human tissue. Tuberculosis, 88(5), 462
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tube.2008.01.007, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa9825
Rohde, H., Burandt, E., Siemssen, N., Frommelt, L., Burdelski, C., Wurster, S., Scherpe, S., Davies, A., Harris, L., Horstkotte, M., Knobloch, J., Ragunath, C., Kaplan, J., & Mack, D. (2007). Polysaccharide intercellular adhesin or protein factors in biofilm accumulation of Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococcus aureus isolated from prosthetic hip and knee joint infections. Biomaterials, 28(9), 1711-1720.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2006.11.046, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa1347
Ruddy, M. & Davies, A. (2004). Outbreak of isoniazid resistant tuberculosis in north London. Thorax, 59(4), 279-285.
https://doi.org/10.1136/thx.2003.010405, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa1348
Cohen-Gonsaud, M. & Davies, A. (2004). Resuscitation-promoting factors possess a lysozyme-like domain. Trends in Biochemical Sciences, 29(1), 7-10.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tibs.2003.10.009, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa1349
El-Bouri, K., Johnston, S., Rees, E., Thomas, I., Bome-Mannathoko, N., Jones, C., Reid, M., Ben-Ismaeil, B., Davies, A., Harris, L., & Mack, D. (2012). Comparison of bacterial identification by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry and conventional diagnostic microbiology methods: agreement, speed and cost implications. British Journal of Biomedical Science, 69(2), 47-55.
https://doi.org/10.1080/09674845.2012.12002436, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa16264
CHAUHAN, S., Gilbert, D., Hughes, A., Kennerley, Z., Phillips, C., & Davies, A. (2023). Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on provision of antimicrobial stewardship education and training in UK health service sites. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 37(3), 519-521.
https://doi.org/10.1080/13561820.2022.2082393, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60162
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13561820.2022.2082393
Reed, P., Davies, A., Evans, K., & Osborne, L. (2023). Longitudinal relationship between problematic internet use with loneliness during and after COVID-19 social restrictions. Psychiatry Research, 323, 115148
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2023.115148, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62782

All Research

Journal Articles

CHAUHAN, S., Gilbert, D., Hughes, A., Kennerley, Z., Phillips, C., & Davies, A. (2023). Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on provision of antimicrobial stewardship education and training in UK health service sites. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 37(3), 519-521.
https://doi.org/10.1080/13561820.2022.2082393, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60162
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13561820.2022.2082393
Reed, P., Davies, A., Evans, K., & Osborne, L. (2023). Longitudinal relationship between problematic internet use with loneliness during and after COVID-19 social restrictions. Psychiatry Research, 323, 115148
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2023.115148, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62782
Ratnaraja, N., Davies, A., Atkins, B., Dhillon, R., Mahida, N., Moses, S., Herman, J., Checkley, A., Partridge, D., & Llewelyn, M. (2021). Best practice standards for the delivery of NHS infection services in the United Kingdom. Clinical Infection in Practice, 12, 100095
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinpr.2021.100095, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57753
Strain, W., Jankowski, J., Davies, A., English, P., Friedman, E., McKeown, H., Sethi, S., & Rao, M. (2021). Development and presentation of an objective risk stratification tool for healthcare workers when dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK: risk modelling based on hospitalisation and mortality statistics compared with epidemiological data. BMJ Open, 11(9), e042225
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-042225, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa58171
McMaster, D., Courtenay, M., Santucci, C., Davies, A., Kirby, A., Seddon, O., Price, D., Barlow, G., Lim, F., Davies, B., O’Shea, M., Collini, P., Basarab, M., Ahmad, A., Albur, M., Hemsley, C., Brown, N., O’Gorman, C., Rautemaa-Richardson, R...., & group), . (2020). Consensus-based antimicrobial resistance and stewardship competencies for UK undergraduate medical students. JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance, 2(4)
https://doi.org/10.1093/jacamr/dlaa096, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57850
Carter, B., Chalmers, R., & Davies, A. (2020). Health sequelae of human cryptosporidiosis in industrialised countries: a systematic review. Parasites & Vectors, 13(1)
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-020-04308-7, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55505
Davies, A. (2020). Evaluation of a Novel Antibiotic Teaching Resource. Medical Science Educator, 30(1), 107-109.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-020-00927-y, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53630
Carter, B., Stiff, R., Elwin, K., Hutchings, H., Mason, B., Davies, A., Chalmers, R., Hutchings, H., & Davies, A. (2019). Health sequelae of human cryptosporidiosis—a 12-month prospective follow-up study. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-019-03603-1, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50656
Harris, L., Jones, R., Harris, L., Morgan, S., Ruddy, M., Perry, M., Williams, R., Humphrey, T., Temple, M., Davies, A., & Davies, A. (2019). Phylogenetic analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains in Wales using core genome MLST to analyse whole genome sequencing data. Journal of Clinical Microbiology
https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.02025-18, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50080
Harris, L., Jones, R., Velasco, M., Harris, L., Morgan, S., Temple, M., Ruddy, M., Williams, R., Perry, M., Hitchings, M., Wilkinson, T., Humphrey, T., Gilbert, M., & Davies, A. (2019). Resolving a clinical tuberculosis outbreak using palaeogenomic genome reconstruction methodologies. Tuberculosis, 119, 101865
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tube.2019.101865, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa51995
Chalmers, R., Davies, A., & Tyler, K. (2019). Cryptosporidium. Microbiology, 165(5), 500-502.
https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.000764, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57851
Wilkinson, T., Jenkins, G., Davies, A., Row, P., Hitchings, M., & Islam, S. (2018). Protocol for faecal microbiota transplantation in ulcerative colitis (FMTUC): a randomised feasibility study. BMJ Open
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-021987, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa45409
Davies, A., Slatter, M., Gennery, A., Robinson, G., Crouch, N., Elwin, K., Hadfield, S., Cant, A., Davies, E., & Chalmers, R. (2017). Prevalence of Cryptosporidium Carriage and Disease in Children With Primary Immune Deficiencies Undergoing Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant in Northern Europe. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 36(5), 504-506.
https://doi.org/10.1097/INF.0000000000001517, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa31526
Stiff, R., Davies, A., Mason, B., Hutchings, H., & Chalmers, R. (2017). Long-term health effects after resolution of acute Cryptosporidium parvum infection: a 1-year follow-up of outbreak-associated cases. Journal of Medical Microbiology, 66(11), 1607-1611.
https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.000609, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa35210
Chalmers, R., Elwin, K., Featherstone, C., Robinson, G., Crouch, N., & Davies, A. (2016). Clinical and Microbiological Investigation of Zoonotic Cryptosporidiosis in two children by routine diagnostic methods and quantitative polymerase chain reaction. Journal of Veterinary Medicine and Research, 3(3), 1054
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa30123
Pascoe, B., Dams, L., Wilkinson, T., Harris, L., Bodger, O., Mack, D., & Davies, A. (2014). Dormant Cells of Staphylococcus aureus Are Resuscitated by Spent Culture Supernatant. PLoS ONE, 9(2), e85998
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0085998, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa17301
http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0085998
Davies, A., Reid, M., Hadfield, S., Johnston, S., Mikhail, J., Harris, L., Jenkinson, H., Berry, N., Lewis, A., El-Bouri, K., Mack, D., Mikhail, J., Davies, A., & Harris, L. (2012). Identification of Clinical Isolates of Alpha-Hemolytic Streptococci by 16S rRNA Gene Sequencing, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry Using MALDI Biotyper, and Conventional Phenotypic Methods: a Comparison. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 50(12), 4087
https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.02387-12, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa12782
Spiliopoulou, A., Krevvata, M., Kolonitsiou, F., Harris, L., Wilkinson, T., Davies, A., Dimitracopoulos, G., Karamanos, N., Mack, D., & Anastassiou, E. (2012). An extracellular Staphylococcus epidermidis polysaccharide: relation to Polysaccharide Intercellular Adhesin and its implication in phagocytosis. BMC Microbiology, 12(1), 76
https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-12-76, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa12279
El-Bouri, K., Johnston, S., Rees, E., Thomas, I., Bome-Mannathoko, N., Jones, C., Reid, M., Ben-Ismaeil, B., Davies, A., Harris, L., & Mack, D. (2012). Comparison of bacterial identification by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry and conventional diagnostic microbiology methods: agreement, speed and cost implications. British Journal of Biomedical Science, 69(2), 47-55.
https://doi.org/10.1080/09674845.2012.12002436, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa16264
Chalmers, R., Campbell, B., Crouch, N., Charlett, A., Davies, A., & Davies, A. (2011). Comparison of diagnostic sensitivity and specificity of seven Cryptosporidium assays used in the UK. Journal of Medical Microbiology, 60(11), 1598-1604.
https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.034181-0, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa11774
Davies, A., Hinder, S., Hays, G., Brooks, C., Davies, A., Edwards, M., Walne, A., Gravenor, M., & Gravenor, M. (2011). Toxic marine microalgae and shellfish poisoning in the British isles: history, review of epidemiology, and future implications. Environmental Health, 10(1), 54
https://doi.org/10.1186/1476-069X-10-54, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa10455
Jukes, L., Mikhail, J., Bome-Mannathoko,, N., Mikhail, J., Davies, A., & Harris, L. (2010). Rapid differentiation of Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis and other coagulase-negative staphylococci and methicillin susceptibility testing directly from growth positive blood cultures by multiplex real-time PCR. J Med Microbiol, 59(12), 1456-1461.
https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.023168-0, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa10208
Chalmers, R., Campbell, B., Crouch, N., & Davies, A. (2010). Clinical laboratory practices for detection and reporting of Cryptosporidium in community cases of diarrhoea in the United Kingdom, 2008. Eurosurveillance, 15(48), pii=19731
https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.15.48.19731-en, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa10205
Harris, L., El-Bouri, K., Johnston, S., Rees, E., Frommelt, L., Siemssen, N., Christner, M., Davies, A., Rohde, H., & Mack, D. (2010). Rapid Identification of Staphylococci from Prosthetic Joint Infections Using MALDI-TOF Mass-Spectrometry. The International Journal of Artificial Organs, 33(9), 568-574.
https://doi.org/10.1177/039139881003300902, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa10207
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/039139881003300902
Chalmers, R., Davies, A., & Davies, A. (2010). Minireview: clinical cryptosporidiosis. Exp Parasitol, 124, 1138-46.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exppara.2009.02.003, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa10206
Davies, A., Chalmers, R., & Davies, A. (2009). Cryptosporidiosis. BMJ, 339(oct19 1), b4168-b4168.
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.b4168, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa9827
Davies, A., Campbell, B., Evans, M., Bone, A., Roche, A., & Chalmers, R. (2009). ASYMPTOMATIC CARRIAGE OF PROTOZOAN PARASITES IN CHILDREN IN DAY CARE CENTERS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 28(9), 838
https://doi.org/10.1097/INF.0b013e31819d646d, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa9826
Davies, A., Dhillon, A., Young, M., Henderson, B., McHugh, T., Gillespie, S., & Davies, A. (2008). Resuscitation-promoting factors are expressed in Mycobacterium tuberculosis-infected human tissue. Tuberculosis, 88(5), 462
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tube.2008.01.007, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa9825
Rohde, H., Burandt, E., Siemssen, N., Frommelt, L., Burdelski, C., Wurster, S., Scherpe, S., Davies, A., Harris, L., Horstkotte, M., Knobloch, J., Ragunath, C., Kaplan, J., & Mack, D. (2007). Polysaccharide intercellular adhesin or protein factors in biofilm accumulation of Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococcus aureus isolated from prosthetic hip and knee joint infections. Biomaterials, 28(9), 1711-1720.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2006.11.046, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa1347
Davies, A., Mack, D., Davies, A., Harris, L., Rohde, H., Horstkotte, M., Knobloch, J., & Harris, L. (2007). Microbial interactions in Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilms. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 387(2), 399-408.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-006-0745-2, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa35053
http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33846073180&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Mack, D., Rohde, H., Harris, L., Davies, A., Horstkotte, M., & Knobloch, J. (2006). Biofilm Formation in Medical Device-Related Infection. The International Journal of Artificial Organs, 29(4), 343-359.
https://doi.org/10.1177/039139880602900404, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57859
Ruddy, M. & Davies, A. (2004). Outbreak of isoniazid resistant tuberculosis in north London. Thorax, 59(4), 279-285.
https://doi.org/10.1136/thx.2003.010405, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa1348
Cohen-Gonsaud, M. & Davies, A. (2004). Resuscitation-promoting factors possess a lysozyme-like domain. Trends in Biochemical Sciences, 29(1), 7-10.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tibs.2003.10.009, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa1349
Davies, A. (2002). Audit of turnaround times for processing Mycobacterium tuberculosis specimens in a district general hospital. Communicable disease and public health, 5(2), 147-150.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57856
https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20121103032316/http://www.hpa.org.uk/cdph/issues/CDPHVol5/no2/CDPHv5n2.html
Davies, A., Billington, O., McHugh, T., Mitchison, D., & Gillespie, S. (2000). Comparison of Phenotypic and Genotypic Methods for Pyrazinamide Susceptibility Testing with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 38(10), 3686-3688.
https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.38.10.3686-3688.2000, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57865
Davies, A., Billington, O., Bannister, B., Weir, W., McHugh, T., & Gillespie, S. (2000). Comparison of Fitness of Two Isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, one of Which had Developed Multi-drug Resistance During the Course of Treatment. Journal of Infection, 41(2), 184-187.
https://doi.org/10.1053/jinf.2000.0711, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57864
Davies, A., Newport, L., Billington, O., & Gillespie, S. (1999). Length of time to laboratory diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection: Comparison of in-house methods with reference laboratory results. Journal of Infection, 39(3), 205-208.
https://doi.org/10.1016/s0163-4453(99)90050-6, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57861
Davies, A. (1999). Bacterial meningitis (volume 38 number 3, p129) (multiple letters) [1]. Prescribers' Journal, 39(1), 59-61.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57862
Hart, A., Thompson, P., Casey, A., Davies, A., & Stannard, A. (1998). Haemophilus paraphrophilus; a rare cause of intracranial abscess. Journal of Infection, 37(1), 75-76.
https://doi.org/10.1016/s0163-4453(98)90948-3, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57860

Book Chapters

Davies, A., Mack, D., Davies, A., Harris, L., Jeeves, R., Pascoe, B., Knobloch, J., Rohde, H., & Wilkinson, T. (2012). Staphylococcus epidermidis in Biomaterial-Associated Infections. Biomaterials Associated Infection (pp. 25-56). Springer
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1031-7_2, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa13121
Mack, D., Davies, A., Harris, L., Knobloch, J., & Rohde, H. (2009). Staphylococcus epidermidis Biofilms: Functional Molecules, Relation to Virulence, and Vaccine Potential. Glycoscience and Microbial Adhesion (pp. 157Top. Curr. Chem
https://doi.org/10.1007/128_2008_19, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa9828
Davies, A. (1999). Prevention of Infection in Surgical Practice. In R. M Kirk, Averil O Mansfield, John Cochrane (Ed.), Clinical Surgery in General RCS Course Manual Churchill Livingstone
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55506
https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Clinical-Surgery-in-General-by-R-M-Kirk-Averil-O-Mansfield-John-Cochrane-TBC-editor/9780443062193

Supervision

The microbiota in ulcerative colitis: a feasability study for a clinical trial of faecal microbiota transplant in selected cases (awarded 2022)

MD

Other supervisor: Dr Paula Row

Taught Modules

PM-239F Doctor as Scholar and Scientist 1

This module provides medical students with the foundation of scientific knowledge, which is required for the practice of medicine. Based on the professional knowledge domain of the GMC¿s ¿Outcomes for Graduates (2020), this module enables students to develop their scientific knowledge within a clinical context.
PM-262 Antimicrobial therapy and resistance

This module will focus on the principles of antimicrobial therapy and development of resistance. This is one of the most important issues facing modern medicine and the module will have a clinical emphasis. The module will provide an understanding of the development, mechanisms and implications of antimicrobial resistance and the principles of appropriate prescribing and antibiotic stewardship, with particular reference to current UK clinical practice. Resistance in bacteria (including mycobacteria) and viruses will be covered. Clinical Case Studies will be used to teach relevant test interpretation.
PM-262C Therapi ac Ymwrthedd Gwrthficrobaidd

Bydd y modiwl hwn yn canolbwyntio ar egwyddorion therapi gwrthficrobaidd a datblygiad ymwrthedd. Dyma un o'r problemau pwysicaf sy'n wynebu meddygaeth fodern a bydd pwyslais clinigol gan y modiwl. Bydd y modiwl yn darparu dealltwriaeth o ddatblygiad, mecanweithiau a goblygiadau ymwrthedd gwrthficrobaidd ac egwyddorion rhagnodi a stiwardiaeth gwrthfiotigau priodol, gan roi sylw penodol i ymarfer clinigol cyfredol yn y DU. Bydd yn cynnwys ymwrthedd ymysg bacteria (gan gynnwys mycobacteria) a firysau. Defnyddir Astudiaethau Achos Clinigol i addysgu ffyrdd perthnasol o ddehongli profion.
PM-344C Prosiect Capfaen

Nod y modiwl hwn yw rhoi cyfle i fyfyrwyr gael profiad dysgu capfaen drwy gymryd rhan yn eu prosiect eu hunain yn seiliedig ar gwestiwn ymchwil. Gall y prosiect fod mewn labordy neu heb fod yn labordy ond bydd bob amser yn cynnwys cwestiwn ymchwil sy'n deillio o'r llenyddiaeth, ac sy'n canolbwyntio ar bwnc perthnasol i wyddor feddygol. Bydd yn gofyn cwestiwn ymchwil newydd ac yn cynnwys dadansoddiad beirniadol o ganfyddiadau ymchwil. Bydd myfyrwyr yn mireinio eu sgiliau cyfathrebu llafar ac ysgrifenedig i lefel raddedig, drwy lunio cyflwyniad rhagarweiniol ar gefndir y prosiect, ynghyd â thraethawd estynedig a chyflwyniad llafar ar ganfyddiadau eu hymchwil.
PM-349D Doctor as Scholar and Scientist 2

This module further develops the student's scientific knowledge, building on the foundations laid in Year 1. Based on the professional knowledge domain of the GMC's "Outcomes for Graduates (2020)" this module enables students to enhance their scientific knowledge and understanding of its importance to clinical practice within a clinical context.
PM-366 Teaching Science

This module is for students with an interest in teaching, science communication, and medicine. Students will complete an enquiry-based research project, based within the field of pedagogy or science communication, with guidance from an academic supervisor. Projects may be completed in collaboration with local schools/colleges, community groups, science outreach programmes (e.g. Oriel Science), in clinical/patient settings, or within Higher Education. Students will engage with workshops and digital resources to introduce various themes surrounding pedagogy and science communication to prepare them for their research project. Students will be required to critically analyse their research findings and produce a teaching or outreach activity/resource. Students will refine their oral and written communication skills to graduate level through an oral presentation and dissertation.
PMCM00 Clinical Infection Therapy

This module encompasses clinical microbiology and infection, as applied in a health service setting. Over one week, clinical, laboratory and public health aspects of infection will all be covered. There will be an emphasis on antimicrobial use and resistance mechanisms, and the strategies applied by health professionals to limit resistance, in terms of antimicrobial stewardship and infection control. The module is suitable for health professionals working in fields related to infection, such as antimicrobial pharmacists and infection control nurses, as well as for all students interested in this applied subject area.
PMGM15 Application of Genomics in Infectious Disease

In this module the student will learn about the genomic structure of infectious agents, implication of acquisition or loss of nucleotides, genes and plasmids on pathogenicity, sensitivity of a pathogen to drug treatment and outbreak control.
PMGM17 Post Graduate Taught Masters Dissertation

The module is for students to build on their previous knowledge, skills and experience by undertaking a laboratory based or suitable non-laboratory based project on a specific subject related to genomics.
PMGM24 Application of Genomics in Infectious Disease

In this module the student will learn about the genomic structure of infectious agents, implication of acquisition or loss of nucleotides, genes and plasmids on pathogenicity, sensitivity of a pathogen to drug treatment and outbreak control. Students will learn about infection as a cause of national and global morbidity and mortality, transmission of human infections: person to person, food and water-borne, sexually transmitted, vector-borne, prokaryotes, their¿genome, replication and population¿genetics, genomic characterisation of viruses:¿DNA¿and¿RNA¿genomes, single-stranded, double stranded, segmented, genomic comparisons of microbial strains in the context of outbreaks and transmissions in hospitals and the community, laboratory diagnosis, including genomic techniques and technologies, and appropriate sample type, analysis and interpretation of genomic data, and the role of bioinformatics, anti-infective drug action, mutation¿rate and drug resistance, genomic evidence of individual susceptibility to specific infection and the role of genomics in: infectious disease diagnosis, drug selection, resistance, monitoring and epidemic control. The students will also learn how to perform aspects of in-silico analyses on microbial gene sequences, in a workshop setting.
PMRM04 Capstone Research Project

This module builds on the knowledge and skills developed in teaching components in part one of their relevant programme. Students will work independently in order to critically explore and add to the evidence base for a topic of relevance to their area of study.
PMRM04J Capstone Research Project (Jan)

This module builds on the knowledge and skills developed in teaching components in part one of their relevant programme. Students will work independently in order to critically explore and add to the evidence base for a topic of relevance to their area of study.

Career History

Health and Care Research Wales Specialty Lead in Infection , Health and Care Research Wales

2019 - 2022
Undergraduate and Foundation Education joint Lead , Royal College of Pathologists

2018 - Present
REF2021 Equality and Diversity Advisory Panel Member , Research England

2018 - Present

Other Roles

Vice-President (Learning), Royal College of Pathologists

2020 - 2023
Health & Care Research Wales, Infection Specialty Lead

2019 - 2022
UK REF2021 Equality and Diversity Advisory Panel, Research England

2018 - Present
Deputy Chair, Women in Academic Medicine, British Medical Association

2020 - 2021

Public Engagements

Professor Davies has led and/or presented at public engagement events at the Science Museum London, British Science Festival, Being Human Festival and the National Eisteddfod, among others. She is a frequent contributor to Welsh language radio, TV and print media on matters related to infection, including COVID-19.

Professor Angharad Davies

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Twitter Account

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About

Areas Of Expertise

Career Highlights

Research Highlights

All Research

The microbiota in ulcerative colitis: a feasability study for a clinical trial of faecal microbiota transplant in selected cases (awarded 2022)

PM-239F Doctor as Scholar and Scientist 1

PM-262 Antimicrobial therapy and resistance

PM-262C Therapi ac Ymwrthedd Gwrthficrobaidd

PM-344C Prosiect Capfaen

PM-349D Doctor as Scholar and Scientist 2

PM-366 Teaching Science

PMCM00 Clinical Infection Therapy

PMGM15 Application of Genomics in Infectious Disease

PMGM17 Post Graduate Taught Masters Dissertation

PMGM24 Application of Genomics in Infectious Disease

PMRM04 Capstone Research Project

PMRM04J Capstone Research Project (Jan)

Health and Care Research Wales Specialty Lead in Infection , Health and Care Research Wales

Undergraduate and Foundation Education joint Lead , Royal College of Pathologists

REF2021 Equality and Diversity Advisory Panel Member , Research England

Vice-President (Learning), Royal College of Pathologists

Health & Care Research Wales, Infection Specialty Lead

UK REF2021 Equality and Diversity Advisory Panel, Research England

Deputy Chair, Women in Academic Medicine, British Medical Association