Steve is a Professor of Human Geography and a principal investigator at the Wellcome Centre for Cultures and Environments of Health at the University of Exeter. Steve is a social scientist committed to using cutting edge spatial and social science understanding in issues of public and environmental interest. He leads an AMR cross-council/DoH/DEFRA project on ‘Production without medicalisation’ looking at the production, disease and pharmaceutical pressures and solutions in shrimp and prawn aquaculture in Bangladesh, with partners at the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS), Worldfish Bangladesh and the Association for Realisation of Basic Needs (ARBAN). Steve is also a Co-I on the ESRC-led AMR cross-council Theme 4 ‘Diagnostic innovation and livestock: towards more effective and sustainable applications of antibiotics in livestock farming’ (DIAL consortium project).
