Raph Hamers, MD, PhD, is an Associate Professor in Infectious Diseases at the Nuffield Department of Medicine at the University of Oxford and leads the Clinical Infectious Disease Research Programme at OUCRU Indonesia. Following his PhD in Medicine at the University of Amsterdam, he was the recipient of a Veni postdoc fellowship through the Dutch Research Council (NWO) Talent Programme. He also contributes his expertise as an honorary consultant internist and infectious disease physician at Amsterdam University Medical Centres, and as an Adjunct Professor at the Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia. Prof. Hamers also works as a consultant for the Antimicrobial Resistance Division at the World Health Organization.  

Since 2017, he has played a crucial role in establishing the Universities of Indonesia and Oxford Clinical Research Laboratory (IOCRL), embedded in the Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia. This research hub aims to strengthen local research, training and community engagement capabilities through collaboration with OUCRU Indonesia’s primary partners and the Oxford Tropical Network. 

Prof. Hamers’ research is wide-ranging across several global health challenges, with a focus on improving health outcomes of complex infectious diseases in low and middle income countries.  He has extensive experience as a lead investigator of clinical trials and connected epidemiological, social and laboratory science studies in sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia. His research focuses on drug resistance and immune function in HIV-1 infection, the clinical management of tuberculosis, antimicrobial resistance and stewardship, and other emerging infectious diseases.