Dr. Malin Grape, Ph.D. - Ambassador on Antimicrobial Resistance, Ministry for Health and Social Affairs, Sweden - Strengthening Global Efforts Against Antimicrobial Resistance

Send us Fan MailDr. Malin Grape, Ph.D. is Ambassador on Antimicrobial Resistance, at the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs of Sweden ( https://www.government.se/government-of-sweden/ministry-of-health-and-social-affairs/ ), a role she has held since March 2022 ( https://www.government.se/articles/2022/10/swedens-ambassador-for-work-against-antimicrobial-resistance/ ). Previous to this position, Dr. Grape was Deputy Head of Department for Communicable Disease Control and Health Protection, and Head of Unit for Antibiotics and Infection Control, at the Public Health Agency of Sweden, where she was responsible for national coordination and international cooperation on antimicrobial resistance and healthcare associated infections. Dr. Grape is a licensed pharmacist and holds a Ph.D. in medical science from the Karolinska Institute. Her research and previous professional experience span a broad field from clinical microbiology to global health. Dr Grape has been the chair of the national sector-wide coordinating mechanism on antibiotic resistance, including 22 governmental agencies, as well as director of a WHO Collaboration Centre for antimicrobial resistance containment. She was a member of the program committee of the national research program on antibiotic resistance and council member of the National Council for Patient Safety. Support the show