
Dr Wenjuan Cong
PhD, BSc, BSc
Current positions
Lecturer in Evidence Synthesis
Bristol Medical School (THS)
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Research interests
Wenjuan has unique and extensive cross-disciplinary expertise spanning various research domains. Initially a lab-based pharmacist and biochemist, she focused on drug and nutrients metabolism and pharmacokinetics. Since 2019, Wenjuan has been evolving her research skills in evidence synthesis and multidisciplinary data integration, particularly in the area of AMR. Her previous research includes:
- Antibiotic use and bacterial infections in patients with COVID-19 during the pandemic.
- Antimicrobial stewardship and AMR in primary care and community settings.
- Drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics.
- Nutrients metabolism and the gut microbiome.
Currently, her research focuses on AMR and antimicrobial stewardship in clinical settings, with a particular emphasis on orthopaedic infections, and maternal and infant infections and AMR transmission.
Her research methods include bioanalytical techniques (such as advanced liquid/gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry, e.g., HPLC-MS/GC-MS), bio/clinical chemistry, evidence synthesis, multidisciplinary data integration, and the design and execution of clinical studies and mixed-methods trials.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Impacts of environmental low-dose antibiotic exposure on gut microbiota and metabolome in children
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
31/03/2023 to 30/03/2025
Implications of COVID-19 for AMR and antimicrobial stewardship in China and other LMIC settings
Role
Co-Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
02/01/2021 to 31/01/2023
The energy metabolism regulation of an Ophiopogon japonicas polysaccharide on the diet-induced obesity mice
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/01/2014 to 31/12/2016
The hypoglycaemic effects exploration of a polysacchariade, derived from a Clinic Chinese medical plant, from the perspective of gut flora metabolism
Role
Co-Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/01/2012 to 31/12/2015
Urinary Metabonomic Study of Type 2 diabetic mice (ob/ob) after Treated with an Ophiopogon Polysaccharide
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/01/2012 to 31/12/2013
Thesis supervisions
Publications
Recent publications
01/01/2024Protocol for systematic review: Patients’ and surgeons’ preferences for primary total hip replacement outcomes
A complex intervention to reduce antibiotic prescribing in rural China
The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific
Antibiotic prescribing and bacterial infection in COVID-19 inpatients in Southeast Asia
JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance
Impact of low-level exposure to antibiotics on bile acid homeostasis in adults
Ecotoxicology and environmental safety
Prevalence of antibiotic prescribing in COVID-19 patients in China and other low- and middle-income countries during the pandemic (December 2019—March 2021)
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy