Professor Julia Anna Bielicki is a Professor of Paediatric Infectious Diseases at City St George’s, University of London, Professor of Paediatric Clinical Pharmacology at the University of Basel. Julia trained in Social and Political Sciences and Medicine at the University of Cambridge, where she graduated top of her year, and holds a Medical Doctorate from the University of Zurich, as well as an MPH and PhD from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Her research focuses on optimising antibiotic use in neonates and children and developing innovative infection prevention and control strategies across high-income and low- and middle-income country settings. She has led and co-led multiple randomised controlled trials, including cluster and platform trials, funded by organisations such as NIHR, Horizon 2020, EDCTP, IMI and the Wellcome Trust, with the aim of generating robust evidence to inform clinical practice and health policy in the context of rising antimicrobial resistance.