Dorottya Nagy

I am a Clinical Medicine DPhil student investigating the molecular epidemiology and transmission dynamics of antimicrobial-resistance (AMR) genes in gram-negative bacteria. My work focuses on plasmid-mediated transmission and Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales, declared WHO ‘critical priority pathogens’, and aims to ultimately improve genomic public health surveillance, so that we can more quickly detect and trace potentially ‘risky’ genes, plasmids and bacterial lineages. I work as part of the Modernising Medical Microbiology Unit (MMM) at the University of Oxford, as well as the Healthcare Associated Infections & AMR Modelling and Evaluations Team at the UK Health Security Agency.

I use mainly computational research methods, including systematic literature review, bioinformatics to analyse long- and short-read bacterial sequencing data using Nextflow and Bash, and statistical analysis in R, although I have conducted previous projects in Stata. I am passionate about sustainability and public engagement, being an active member of the Green Team, Compute Monitoring and Public Engagement working groups within the research unit, and managing aspects of social media communications on X and BlueSky.

Prior to starting my DPhil, I graduated with First Class Honours for my BA in Pathology from the University of Cambridge, and practiced as a farm animal and equine veterinary surgeon for three years while completing an Epidemiology MSc at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.