Professor Mark Fielder

Professor of Medical Microbiology Kingston University

  • London England

His work explores the nature of viruses, antimicrobial resistance, and public perceptions of vaccines and antibiotics.

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Areas of Expertise

Animal-Human Disease Transfer
Vaccines
Viruses
Microbiology
Antibiotics

Biography

Professor Mark Fielder is Professor of Medical Microbiology in the School of Lifesciences at Kingston University. His work explores the nature of viruses, antimicrobial resistance, and public perceptions of vaccines and antibiotics. He takes a “one world” approach - looking at how diseases affect humans, animals and the environment. Studies include: antibiotics being used in agricultural settings as well as in hospitals; antimicrobial resistance in birds of prey; and myths that exists on vaccines and improving public understating of viruses and vaccines.

Internationally, Mark has worked in the USA (with the EcoHealth Alliance) and in China (where he has looked at the high-profile issue of outbreaks of disease - including coronaviruses - spreading from wildlife into humans). Mark’s early career was as a biomedical scientist in the NHS. He has been President of the Society of Applied Microbiology and an advisor to the US Clinical Laboratory of Sciences Institute (and its veterinary antimicrobial susceptibility testing panel).

Media Mentions

The reason why you should clean your phone everyday, as confirmed cases of coronavirus increase

Wales Online  online

2020-03-05

Professor Mark Fielder, a microbiologist at Kingston University, said: "I would suggest at the moment wiping your phone over with an alcohol wipe, and perhaps don’t share your phone around."

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Coronavirus: How does COVID-19 attack the human body?

Sky News  online

2020-03-04

Although just around two months old, experts are slowly discovering more about COVID-19, which appears to be attacking two specific sets of cells in the lungs, according to Professor Mark Fielder - a medical microbiologist at Kingston University.

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Coronavirus could become a seasonal infection like the flu that returns EVERY year and never goes away, scientists warn

Daily Mail  online

2020-03-02

Professor Mark Fielder, a biologist at Kingston University in London, said scientists have recently pinpointed the types of cells the virus appears to attack.

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Accomplishments

Elected as President of the Society for Applied Microbiology

2020

Elected as Honorary General Secretary for the Society for Applied Microbiology

2015

Invited to Join the Federation of European Microbiological Societies Council as one of the UK representatives

2015

Education

King’s College, University of London

Ph.D.

Immunology and Microbiology

1995

King’s College London, University of London

B.Sc.

Microbiology

1992

Affiliations

  • Member, Society for Applied Microbiology Overseas Development Committee
  • Member, School of Life Science Genetic Modification Committee
  • Member, Society for Applied Microbiology Grants Awards and Steering board
  • Member, Independent Scientific Group for RUMA

Articles

Nipah virus dynamics in bats and implications for spillover to humans

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

2020

Nipah virus (NiV) is an emerging bat-borne zoonotic virus that causes near-annual outbreaks of fatal encephalitis in South Asia—one of the most populous regions on Earth.

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Willingness of the UK public to volunteer for testing in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic

SSRN

2020

The World Health Organization declared the rapid spread of COVID-19 around the world to be a global public health emergency.

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Human-animal interactions and bat coronavirus spillover potential among rural residents in Southern China

Biosafety and Health

2019

Human interaction with animals has been implicated as a primary risk factor for several high impact zoonoses, including many bat-origin viral diseases. However the animal-to-human spillover events that lead to emerging diseases are rarely observed or clinically examined, and the link between specific interactions and spillover risk is poorly understood.

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