Lewis C. E. Mason

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Dr Lewis C. E. Mason is a Lecturer in Microbiology at Kingston University London. He is interested in understanding the evolution and spread of antimicrobial resistance, particularly in sexually transmissible enteric infections.

Experience

  • –present
    Lecturer in Microbiology, Kingston University
  • 2021–2025
    Honorary Researcher, UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)
  • 2024–2025
    Visiting Scientist, University of Cambridge
  • 2024–2025
    Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Warwick

Education

  • 2025 
    University of Liverpool, PhD Medical Microbiology
  • 2021 
    University of Leeds, MSc Infection, Immunity, and Human Disease
  • 2019 
    University of Bradford, BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science

Publications

  • 2026
    Microbial Genomics, The natural history of the emergence of sexually transmissible shigellosis
  • 2026
    The Lancet Infectious Diseases, The spread of sexually transmissible drug-resistant shigellosis in England: a genomic epidemiology study
  • 2025
    The Lancet Microbe, Using demographics of patients to inform treatment of shigellosis in England
  • 2024
    npj antimicrobials and resistance, The re-emergence of sexually transmissible multidrug resistant Shigella flexneri 3a, England, United Kingdom
  • 2023
    Nature Communications, The evolution and international spread of extensively drug resistant Shigella sonnei
  • 2022
    Access Microbiology, Genomic epidemiology of the first London outbreak of antimicrobial resistant sexually transmitted shigellosis

Professional Memberships

  • Royal Society of Biology [MRSB]
  • Applied Microbiology International
  • Microbiology Society
  • Advance HE [AFHEA]

Honours

BSc (Hons), MSc, PhD, AFHEA, MRSB, FIBMS

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