Benedikt Huttner

Benedikt is (since November 2023) unit head of Control and Response Strategies in the Division of Antimicrobial Resistance at World Health Organization (WHO) headquarters in Geneva, leading WHO’s technical work on antimicrobial stewardship and antimicrobial use surveillance.

Between March 2021 and October 2023, Benedikt was the team lead of Essential Medicines in the Division of Access to Medicines and Health Products at WHO where he led the development of the WHO AWaRe antibiotic book. Benedikt obtained his medical degree in Munich, Germany in 2001 and then moved to Switzerland to train in infectious diseases.

Between 2006 and 2021 he has been working at Geneva University Hospitals as a clinician (responsible for the local antimicrobial guidelines and antimicrobial stewardship) and academic researcher. His research focused on antimicrobial resistance, antimicrobial stewardship, and appropriate use of medicines in general. From 2010 to 2012 he did a research fellowship at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA, and in 2012 he also obtained a master’s degree in the Science of Clinical Investigation from the University of Utah.