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Professor Raph L Hamers

Professor Raph L Hamers

Podcast interview

Infectious diseases research in Indonesia


Clinical Infectious Diseases research at OUCRU Indonesia addresses prevention, diagnosis and management of complex infectious diseases, focusing on tuberculosis, HIV, and antimicrobial resistance, and other emerging infections. Participation in the RECOVERY trial contributed to the identification of four treatments for severe COVID-19. We are building research expertise and prioritize translating research findings into policy. Our goal is to reduce disease burdens through technical and implementation innovations.

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Raph Hamers

MD PhD

Associate Professor in Infectious Diseases

  • Associate Professor in Infectious Diseases, Nuffield Dept of Medicine, University of Oxford
  • Head of Clinical Infectious Diseases Research Programme, OUCRU Indonesia
  • Manager of the Universities of Indonesia and Oxford Clinical Research Laboratory (IOCRL)
  • Internist and infectious disease physician

Clinical Infectious Diseases Research in Indonesia

Raph Hamers is an Associate Professor in Infectious Diseases at the University of Oxford's Nuffield Department of Medicine and leads the Clinical Infectious Disease Research Programme at OUCRU Indonesia. Following his PhD in Medicine at the University of Amsterdam, he was the recipient of a Veni postdoc fellowship through the Dutch Research Council (NWO) Talent Programme. He also contributes his expertise as an honorary consultant internist and infectious disease physician at Amsterdam University Medical Centres, and as an Adjunct Professor at the Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia. Prof. Hamers also works as a consultant for the Antimicrobial Resistance Division at the World Health Organization.  

Since 2017, he has played a crucial role in establishing the Universities of Indonesia and Oxford Clinical Research Laboratory (IOCRL), embedded in the Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia. This research hub aims to strengthen local research, training and community engagement capabilities through collaboration with OUCRU Indonesia’s primary partners and the Oxford Tropical Network.  

Prof. Hamers' research is wide-ranging across several global health challenges, with a focus on improving health outcomes of complex infectious diseases in low and middle income countries. He has extensive experience as a lead investigator of clinical trials and connected epidemiological, social and laboratory science studies in sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia. His research focuses on drug resistance and immune function in HIV-1 infection, the clinical management of tuberculosis, antimicrobial resistance and stewardship, and other emerging infectious diseases. 

He has received funding from the Dutch Research Council, the Dutch AidsFonds, the UK Medical Research Council-UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), UK Wellcome Trust, US Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Oxford University, WHO, and other agencies.

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