Diane Ashiru-Oredope

Professor Diane Ashiru-Oredope, a Credentialed Consultant Pharmacist is Lead Pharmacist for Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and Healthcare Associated Infections, UK Health Security Agency and Honorary Chair & Professor of Pharmaceutical Public Health at University of Nottingham. Diane chairs the English Surveillance Programme for Antimicrobial Utilisation and Resistance (ESPAUR) and the National Planning Group for World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week. She was Deputy Chief Scientist for Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) from 2023 until June 2025.
 
An antimicrobial pharmacist by background, Diane has led several projects that have shaped national and international policy in tackling antimicrobial resistance, including Start Smart then Focus, WHO policy guidance on integrated antimicrobial stewardship activities and creating the global Antibiotic Guardian campaign in 2014. From 2016 until March 2022, she was advisor and Global AMR lead for the Commonwealth Pharmacists Association. In her CPA role as Global AMR lead, she co-led the development of and was the technical programme lead for the Commonwealth Partnerships for Antimicrobial Stewardship, which continues to operate across eight African countries.
 
Diane is research active, successfully leading or significantly contributing to more than 120 peer-review publications as well as delivering several invited presentations nationally and globally. She was awarded a 4-year NIHR Senior Clinical and Practitioner Research Award in 2024.
 
She is a fellow of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and Commonwealth Pharmacists Association