Hernandez

Biography

Dr Santiago was awarded a Chief Scientist Office Clinical Academic Training Fellowship and she is currently doing a PhD in Medicine from April 2013 in the Division of Population Health Sciences. The title of the project is “A multilevel analysis of the impact of changes in antimicrobial prescribing on antimicrobial resistance”. She is also a local GP in NHS Tayside. Prior to that, she was a NES GP Academic Fellow for two years, having qualified as a General Practitioner in Madrid, Spain, in 2010. Her research interests are in antimicrobial prescribing in Primary Care, with a special focus on antimicrobial misuse and its implications for resistance and adverse health outcomes (healthcare associated infections), and methods for improving the quality of antimicrobial prescribing and management of infectious diseases in the community. 

Research Interest

Hernandez Santiago V, Marwick CA, Davey PG, Guthrie B. A multilevel analysis of the impact of changes in antimicrobial prescribing on antimicrobial resistance. Chief Scientist Office, Clinical Academic Training Fellowship for Dr Hernandez Santiago. April 2013 to March 2017. £232,847 Virginia Hernandez Santiago, Charis Marwick, Bruce Guthrie, Peter Davey, Erwin Brown. Interventions for improving antimicrobial prescribing in the community: a systematic review. PROSPERO 2014:CRD42014010160 Available from As Co-applicant Effectiveness of the Multi-PAP intervention in young-old patients with multimorbidity and polypharmacy aimed at improving physician drug prescription in primary care: cluster RCT. Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (FIS). PI15/0072. e-EDUCAGUIA: an intervention to implement adherence to clinical practice guidelines among Spanish GP trainees). Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (FIS). PI11/0047. International collaborations Prof Maria Isabel del Cura Gonzalez. Lead for multimorbidity Research, ISCIII, Spanish Ministry of Health. Primary Care Research and Teaching Lead, Health Technology Assessment Unit, Madrid Health Board. e-Educaguia: development of an intervention to improve prescribing among Spanish GP trainees in 4 domains: antimicrobials, diabetes, depression / anxiety, and insomnia: multicentre cluster RCT. Multi-PAP: intervention in young-old patients with multimorbidity and polypharmacy aimed at improving physician drug prescription in primary care: multicentre cluster RCT. Infectious Diseases in Primary Care Research group. semFYC – Madrid. Spanish Society of General Practice. Lead: Dr Jose M Molero. Previous V. Hernandez Santiago (PI), B Guthrie, P G Davey, P Donnan, G Orange, H Steele. Quinolone exposure and its relation to quinolone resistance in Primary Care. Royal College of General Practitioners Scientific Foundation Board. March 2012 to September 2014. £10,942. Tayside Insightful Practice Project (TIPP) – Development of Undergraduate Medical Education, measuring professionalism. Quality, Safety and Informatics group, Division of Clinical and Population Sciences & Education. University of Dundee, United Kingdom. Research assistant from April 2011-July 2012.