Welsh School of Pharmacy

Career Profile

After completed a PhD on “the mechanisms of action biocides against viruses” at the Welsh School of Pharmacy, and a brief spell as an officer in the French Health Corp (St Anne’ hospital, Toulon, France), I was fortunate to be appointed as a Lecturer at the Welsh School of Pharmacy at Cardiff. In 2001, I accepted a position of Senior Lecturer at the School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences at Brighton, before returning to Cardiff in 2004. My return to Cardiff enabled me to redevelop Pharmaceutical Microbiology Research within the Welsh School of Pharmacy.  
 

Dr J-Y Maillard receiving the 2012 AD Russell Memorial lecture prize from the SfAM President Prof M Adams

Awards & prizes 

My achievements in research were recognised in 2004 with the award of both the Oxoid WH Pierce Memorial Prize by the Society for Applied Microbiology (SfAM) - celebrating the research work and publications of a scientist under the age of 40 who has made a significant contribution to microbiology, and the British Pharmaceutical Conference Science Medal - awarded annually to a scientist under 35 years of age with a proven record of independent research and whose published work shows outstanding promise. 

In 1998, I was the recipient of the Federation of European Microbiology Societies (FEMS) Fellowship, which allowed me to study the molecular interactions of specific biocides with mammalian viruses. 
 

I am the 2012 recipient of the 2012 AD Russell Memorial Lecture
 at the Royal Society (London) 

Research Interest

My research focuses on antimicrobial biocides, an area of continuing global importance due in part to the rise in hospital acquired infections (HAIs) and emerging microbial resistance.  

Scientific & Professional Service 
 

Membership of learned bodies

Member of the Society for Applied Microbiology 

Member of the Healthcare Infection Society 

External service to public/professional bodies 

Member of the AHRAI/HIS Task force on sporicidal disinfectants (2010-) 

External examiner of Microbiology, Biotechnology, and Food Science & Microbiology degrees at the University of Surrey (2012-)

External examiner of the Master of Pharmacy in Pharmaceutical Sciences at Manchester University (2005-2010)

External scientific expert of the Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks (SCENIHR – European Commission) (2007-2010)

External scientific expert of the Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS – European Commission) (2009-2010)

Hearing scientific expert of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) (2009-2010)

Chief Editor, Letters in Applied Microbiology (2004-)

Editorial board member, Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (2004-)

Editorial Board member, letters in Applied Microbiology, Journal of Applied Microbiology (2000-)

Professional lectures

2012 TELECLASS (New York, USA): AD Russell memorial Teleclass Lecture recipient: Innate Resistance to Sporicides and Potential Failure to Decontaminate

2011 TELECLASS (New York, USA): Host of the AD Russell memorial Webinar: The Spaulding Classification, Disinfection and Sterilization:
Is it Time to Reconsider? Given by Dr G McDonnell

2007 TELECLASS (New York, USA): Bacterial resistance to biocides in the healthcare environment: is it of any real significance?

2007 CCFRA (Campden, UK); Health and Safety Executive course: Mechanisms of action of biocides

2007 CCFRA (Campden, UK); Health and Safety Executive course: Bacterial resistance to biocides in the healthcare environment 

2005 TELECLASS (New York, USA): Factors Influencing Biocide Effectiveness

2005-2006 European Continuing Education College (ECEC; London, UK): Preservatives

Conference organiser

SfAM (2012) Microbial resistance to antibiotics and biocides (Edinburgh, UK)

SfAM (2010) Advances in biocide development (London, UK)

ASM (2004) Biocide and antibiotic resistance in bacteria: an update; New Orleans, USA.

ASM (2004) Biocide and antibiotic resistance in bacteria: policies and issues: where do we go from here? New Orleans, USA.

RPSGB (2002) Current problems in infection controls; Manchester (UK)

SfAM (2001) Antibiotic and biocide resistance in bacteria: Perception and realities for prevention and treatment of infection; Swansea, Wales

SfAM (1999) Isolation and inactivation of difficult micro-organisms; London, UK

SfAM (1998) Revival of injured micro-organisms after antimicrobial treatments; London, UK

SfAM (1998) Novel approaches to chemotherapeutic agents; London, UK

SfAM (1997) Disinfection methods, efficacy, and legislation; London, UK

SfAM (1996) viricides; Bradford, UK 

Other Information 

Invited Keynote Speaker by conference organising committee

Healthcare Infection Society (2012)- The 8th International Healthcare Infection Society (HIS) Conference and Federation of Infection Societies (FIS) annual conference. Efficacy and limitations of sporicidal wipes: the need for an appropriate test, Liverpool.

BSi - KTN Workshop (2012)- Antimicrobial hard surfaces: - The need for new standards: Why a new standard is needed? Overview from a health perspective, London.

Society for Applied Microbiology (2012). AD Russell Memorial Lecture: Biocide against emerging and new pathogens: a cause for concern?, London.

Symposium of the Rudolf Schülke Foundation (2011) - The Role of Surface Disinfection in Infection Prevention. Interactions between biocides & bacteria: Surface disinfection and antimicrobial surfaces disinfection and microorganism, Hamburg, Germany.

Société Française de Microbiologie; Programme Colloque Antiseptiques et Désinfectants (2011) Biocidal products: diversity, label claim, efficacy test and activity - abusing the system (a UK prospective)", Toulouse, France

Infection Prevention Society (2011): “Kill Clostridium difficile spores!”: does it really do what it says on the can? Bournemouth, UK

Infection Prevention Society, Welsh Branch (2011): Sporicides Disinfectants / Wipes do they really work? Cardiff, UK

INFORMA; Sterilization of Medical Devices (2011): Chemical sterilization for heat-sensitive medical devices, London, UK.

Infection Prevention Society, London Branch (2011): Sporicidal disinfectants: do they work? London, UK

Central Sterilizing Club (2010): What do we need and what are the issues? London, UK

Lead Infection Control Nurse meeting (2010): Control of Clostridium difficile on surfaces: do sporicides work? Abergavenny (Wales)

Society for Industrial Microbiology (2010): Mode-of-action and resistance to oxidizing agents: recent advances. Washington DC (USA)

Public Service Events (2010): Infection Control conference Infection: Control Does surface disinfection work? London, UK

Infection Prevention Society (2010): Control of Clostridium difficile on surfaces: do sporicides work? Bournemouth, UK

VLA /BSAC AMR Meeting (2010):  Biocides and biocide resistance– an overview. Warwick, UK

SfAM Winter conference (2010): Bacterial mechanisms of resistance to biocides: significance in practice. London, UK

ARHAI and the Hospital Infection Society Workshop on Sporicides in the Healthcare Setting (2009): Incidence of sporicide resistance and risk to the population. London, UK

Abildgaard Symposium on the response of bacterial pathogens to biocides (2009), Biocides, bacterial resistance and multidrug resistance: from laboratory investigations to in situ reality. Copenhagen, DK

Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (2009): Use of antimicrobial biocides in biomaterials, advantages, risks and unknown. London, UK

Sheffield Teaching Hospital/Hospital infection Society (2009): What is the role of disinfectants in infection control? Sheffield, UK

School of Pharmacy, University of Nancy (2009): Mechanisms of bacterial resistance to antiseptics. Nancy, France

CCFRA (2008): Cleaning and Disinfection Symposium I: Mechanisms of microbial resistance to biocides. Campden, UK

INTERTECH PIRA (2008): Bacterial resistance to microbicides: myth or reality? Tampa, USA

INTERTECH PIRA (2007): The Quest of Antimicrobial efficacy. Orlando, USA

Society for Applied Microbiology (2007): Biocide action and resistance: from laboratory to practice. Birmingham, UK

CEA/Steris (2006), Mechanisms of action of peroxygens. Paris, France

6^th International conference of the Hospital Infection Society (2006): Bacterial resistance to biocides in the healthcare environment: should it be of a genuine concern? Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Pacifichem (2005), Efficacy and mycobactericidal action of aldehydes: a quantitative structure-activity relationship analysis. Hawaii, USA

CITER (2005) Cardiff: Evaluating antimicrobial efficacy against biofilms. Cardiff, Wales

Biosciences Workshop (2005): The use of biocidal agents: Enhancing the control of microbial infection and spoilage. Cardiff, Wales

CTFA (2005): A rapid method for preservative efficacy testing. Newark, USA