Enrique Castro SÁnchez

Biography

Enrique is currently combining an Early Career Research Fellowship exploring increased participation of nurses in antimicrobial stewardship decision-making and a position as Lead Research Nurse at the Health Protection Research Unit in AMR and HCAI. He works in the theme "Innovations in behaviour change, technology and patient safety to improve infection prevention and antimicrobial use", led by Prof Bryony Dean Franklin and Susan Hopkins. The HPRU, which was established on 1 April 2014, is a partnership between Imperial College London, Public Health England, Cambridge University Veterinary School, the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and Imperial College Health Partners North West London Academic Health Science Network. He was awarded a PhD in Nursing at the University of Alicante (Spain) in 2015. He trained in nursing and management of nursing services in Spain, followed by an MSc in Public Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in 2003. His research interests include health literacy in infectious diseases and healthcare-associated infections; the impact of health inequalities on infectious diseases; policy influence on management of infectious diseases; use of social networks on clinicians and patients’ attitudes to infection; and the implementation and evaluation of new roles for nurses. Enrique has got a broad clinical experience in tropical and infectious diseases including malaria, leprosy, tuberculosis, HIV and sexually transmitted infections. His work as advanced nurse practitioner (developing and evaluating new models of care for people living with HIV) has received national awards. In 2007 he was the National Advisor for Sexual Health and HIV for the Royal College of Nursing, developing a national HIV awareness campaign.

Research Interest

Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance