Infection and Global Health Research Division
Research at the University of St Andrews School of Medicine
Covid-19
A recent Innovate UK grant has added a new workstream to Dr Hammond’s lab, in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic UVC light has been seen as a possible method of dampening the effect of viral spread. The effects of UVC light on human skin commensal bacteria is unknown. Dr Hammond and colleagues at the university of Dundee are working to understand what effects, if any, this radiation will have on the bacteria that live on our skin.