Professor Nick Feasey

Biography

Nicholas Feasey is Professor of Microbiology at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and a National Institute for Health and Care Research professor of Global Health. He is also a Clinical Microbiologist and Infectious Diseases physician. His research is focused on the surveillance and management of antimicrobial resistant bacterial infection and taking a one health approach to exploring the transmission of enteric pathogens associated with invasive disease. His research group uses bacterial genomics, spatial statistics and transmission modelling and works in collaboration with the Wellcome Sanger Institute and the University of Lancaster.

Selected research publications

Empiric tuberculosis treatment in hospitalised adults with advanced HIV disease in Africa: applying the therapeutic threshold to clinical practice – Journal: The Lancet Infectious Diseases – Published: 27th July 2026

Evaluation of detection performance and cost-effectiveness of IDEXX Colilert-18 and ChromAgar for environmental surveillance of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase Escherichia coli in water samples from urban marketplaces in Blantyre, Malawi – Journal: Microbiology spectrum – Published: 7th July 2026

Human systemic and mucosal immune responses support further exploration of a Klebsiella pneumoniae protein-based vaccine – Journal: Vaccine – Published: 29th June 2026

A more complete picture: capturing single nucleotide variant diversity in extended-spectrum beta-lactamase producing Escherichia coli using post-enrichment metagenomics – Journal: Microbial genomics – Published: 22nd June 2026

Antiseptic Cleansing to Reduce Vertical Transmission of Pathogens to Neonates: The NeoVT-AMR Randomized Clinical Trial – Journal: JAMA network open – Published: 11th June 2026

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