Linda Oyama
Member since 2023
"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." As part of the UK Young Academy, I welcome the opportunity of changing and impacting people's lives through my life, work and science.
Bio
Linda Oyama is a microbiologist and lecturer at the School of Biological Sciences and Institute for Global Food Security, Queen’s University Belfast, with a First-class Microbiology degree and a PhD in Biological Sciences.
Linda’s research interests centre around understanding antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in microbiomes from a One Health perspective through surveillance and epidemiological studies using meta-omics approaches. She aims to tackle AMR through the discovery and development of novel treatment options for various clinical and veterinary multidrug resistant (MDR) infections.
Linda is also a busy mother of three kind, beautiful, intelligent girls and a lover of all things nature and music. She is always humming or singing a tune!
