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Seminar Title
WORKSHOP 3: Therapeutic innovations in the area of antimicrobials
Affiliation
Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
Country
United Kingdom
1. Current Status, Position
Dr Laing is a consultant physician in Infectious Diseases and honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer with the University of Aberdeen. He has extensive undergraduate and postgraduate teaching experience and is responsible for the co-ordination of Infectious Diseases teaching in Aberdeen. He is the clinical lead for the Aberdeen Regional Infectious Diseases Unit, Training Programme Director for Infectious Diseases, Postgraduate Tutor, MD examiner and supervisor for MSc Pharmacy students studying at Robert Gordon’s University.
2. Education
He graduated MBChB from the University of Edinburgh in 1986 and trained in Infectious Disease and General Medicine in Edinburgh and Aberdeen. In 1999 he was awarded the degree of MD for his thesis entitled “Opportunistic infections in Edinburgh AIDS patients”.
3. Research Area
His research interests include antimicrobial prescribing in hospitals and outpatient parenteral antibiotic treatment. He has been involved in clinical studies on a number of new antibacterial and antiviral agents.