Associate Professor Raph Hamers

Associate Professor Raph Hamers

Head of Clinical Infectious Diseases Research Programme

Raph Hamers leads the Clinical Infectious Diseases Research Programme at OUCRU Indonesia focusing on improving health outcomes of complex infectious diseases in Indonesia and the region, particularly tuberculosis, HIV, antimicrobial resistance, and other emerging infections.

Raph Hamers, MD, PhD, is an Associate Professor in Infectious Diseases at the Nuffield Department of Medicine at the University of Oxford and leads the Clinical Infectious Disease Research Programme at OUCRU Indonesia. Following his PhD in Medicine at the University of Amsterdam, he was the recipient of a Veni postdoc fellowship through the Dutch Research Council (NWO) Talent Programme. He also contributes his expertise as an honorary consultant internist and infectious disease physician at Amsterdam University Medical Centres, and as an Adjunct Professor at the Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia. Prof. Hamers also works as a consultant for the Antimicrobial Resistance Division at the World Health Organization.  

Since 2017, he has played a crucial role in establishing the Universities of Indonesia and Oxford Clinical Research Laboratory (IOCRL), embedded in the Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia. This research hub aims to strengthen local research, training and community engagement capabilities through collaboration with OUCRU Indonesia’s primary partners and the Oxford Tropical Network. 

Prof. Hamers’ research is wide-ranging across several global health challenges, with a focus on improving health outcomes of complex infectious diseases in low and middle income countries.  He has extensive experience as a lead investigator of clinical trials and connected epidemiological, social and laboratory science studies in sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia. His research focuses on drug resistance and immune function in HIV-1 infection, the clinical management of tuberculosis, antimicrobial resistance and stewardship, and other emerging infectious diseases.

Timeline

2024 – 2029

Adjunct Professor at Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia

2020 – present

Associate Professor in Infectious Diseases at Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford

2017 – present

  • Head of Clinical Infectious Disease Research Programme and Manager of Universities of Indonesia and Oxford Clinical Research Laboratory (IOCRL) at OUCRU Indonesia.

 

  • Honorary Consultant Internist and Infectious Diseases Physician, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam.

2014

Veni Postdoctoral Fellowship, Innovational Research Incentives Scheme, Dutch Research Council (NWO) (2014)

2013

PhD in Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

2011

Postgraduate Diploma in Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK

Publications

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Tina Marinelli, Hannah Yejin Kim, Catriona L Halliday, Katherine Garnham, Olivia Bupha-Intr, Aiken Dao, Arthur J Morris, Ana Alastruey-Izquierdo, Arnaldo Colombo, Volker Rickerts, John Perfect, David W Denning, Marcio Nucci, Raph L Hamers, Alessandro Cassini, Rita Oladele, Tania C Sorrell, Pilar Ramon-Pardo, Terence Fusire, Tom M Chiller, Retno Wahyuningsih, Agustina Forastiero, Adi Al-Nuseirat, Peter Beyer, Valeria Gigante, Justin Beardsley, Hatim Sati, Jan-Willem Alffenaar, C Orla Morrissey
Med Mycol
June 27, 2024
DOI: 10.1093/mmy/myad128
Le Nguyen Truc Nhu, Mary Chambers, Narisara Chantratita, Phaik Yeong Cheah, Nicholas P J Day, Wanwisa Dejnirattisai, Susanna J Dunachie, Alba Grifoni, Raph L Hamers, Jennifer Hill, E Yvonne Jones, Paul Klenerman, Juthathip Mongkolsapaya, Gavin Screaton, Alessandro Sette, David I Stuart, Chee Wah Tan, Guy Thwaites, Vu Duy Thanh, Lin-Fa Wang, Le Van Tan; SEACOVARIANTS Consortium
Wellcome Open Res
April 11, 2024
DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.20742.1
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