Anthony Hilton

Professor, Acting PVC & Executive Dean of LHS

Deputy Exec. Dean of LHS, Life & Health Sciences
Professor, Biosciences
Biosciences Research Group (BRG)
Aston Research Centre for Healthy Ageing

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8025-5270

United Kingdom

Accepting PhD Students

PhD projects

Enquiries welcomed in areas of Applied Microbiology particularly food and water microbiology.

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Personal profile

Research Interests

Applied microbiology
- Food
- Clinical
Molecular microbiology
Salmonella, Campylobacter, MRSA and Escherichia coli O157, Clostridium difficile
Molecular epidemiology & typing of microorganisms
Insect vectors of disease
Microbiome and cultureome analysis

Employment

2012 - Professor of Applied Microbiology

2009 - 2012 Reader in Microbiology / Head of Biology & Biomedical Science Aston University
2005 - 2009 Senior Lecturer in Microbiology / Programme Director - Biology / BMS Aston University
2000 - 2005 Lecturer in Microbiology / Biology Admissions Tutor, Aston University
1997 - 2000 Lecturer in Food Microbiology, University of Birmingham
1996 - 1997 Clinical Scientist, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital
1993 - 1996 PhD, University of Birmingham (Supervisor: Prof. C.W. Penn)
1989 - 1993 BSc (Hons) Biological Sciences (Class I; Rank 1st) University of Wolverhampton

Consulting

An increasing number of litigation cases in the UK involve microbiology information that would benefit from expert critical review, interpretation or further development. I am able to offer expert professional advice in all aspects of microbiology to assist in developing a robust body of evidence to support these cases. With over 20 years experience in microbiological aspects of food, industrial and clinical microbiology, I have been offering professional microbiology advice to the legal sector for over five years primarily in cases of litigation, clinical negligence and malpractice. For further information please contact me to discuss your requirements. I am also able to offer microbiological sampling and product testing services.

Contact Details

Email: a.c.hilton@aston.ac.uk
Phone: +44 (0)1212043960
Mobile: 07703 716512

External positions

Director

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Escherichia coli O157 Medicine & Life Sciences

Salmonella Medicine & Life Sciences

Clostridium difficile Medicine & Life Sciences

DNA Medicine & Life Sciences

Salmonella enterica Medicine & Life Sciences

Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Medicine & Life Sciences

Spores Medicine & Life Sciences

Polymerase Chain Reaction Medicine & Life Sciences

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Research Output 1996 2019

83 Article
3 Letter
1 Book
1 Other report
3 More

An Examination of Flying Insects in Seven Hospitals in the United Kingdom and Carriage of Bacteria by True Flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae, Dolichopodidae, Fanniidae, Muscidae, Phoridae, Psychodidae, Sphaeroceridae)

Boiocchi, F., Davies, M. & Hilton, A. C., 1 Nov 2019, In : Journal of Medical Entomology. 56, 6, p. 1684–1697 14 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Fanniidae

Sphaeroceridae

Muscidae

Dolichopodidae

Phoridae

Pet Food Factory Isolates of Salmonella Serotypes Do Not Demonstrate Enhanced Biofilm Formation Compared to Serotype-Matched Clinical and Veterinary Isolates

Bashir, A., Azeem, A., Stedman, Y. & Hilton, A. C., 29 Jan 2019, In : BioMed Research International. 2019, 7 p., 8569459.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access

File

Salmonella

Pets

Biofilms

Industrial plants

Food

The drugs don't work: evaluation of educational theatre to gauge and influence public opinion on antimicrobial resistance

Ahmed, R., Bashir, A., Brown, J. E. P., Cox, J. A. G., Hilton, A. C., Hilton, C. E., Lambert, P. A., Theodosiou, E., Tritter, J. Q., Watkin, S. J. & Worthington, T., 16 Oct 2019, In : Journal of Hospital Infection.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Public Opinion

Microbial Drug Resistance

Public Health

Learning

Pharmaceutical Preparations

Containing the burden of infectious diseases is everyone’s responsibility. A call for an integrated strategy for developing and promoting hygiene behaviour change in home and everyday life

Bloomfield, S. F., Ackerley, L., Bockmühl, D., Signorelli, C., Münter, L., Langsrud, S., Hilton, A. C., Lorimer, J., Razenberg, H., Scott, E., Nath, KJ., Melhus, Å., Knøchel, S., Exner, M., Branton, F., Robinson, J., Jones, M., Griffith, C., Pickup, J., Hines, J. & 2 others, Morris, P. & Ilschner, C., 17 Oct 2018, 40 p.

Research output: Book/Report › Other report

Open Access

File

Hygiene

Communicable Diseases

Health

Environmental Health

Communication

Distinct Fermentation and Antibiotic Sensitivity Profiles Exist in Salmonellae of Canine and Human Origin

Wallis, C., Lowden, P., Marshall-Jones, Z. & Hilton, A. C., 26 Feb 2018, In : BMC Microbiology. 18, 15.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access

File

Salmonella

Fermentation

Canidae

Anti-Bacterial Agents

Carbon