Welcome to the October edition of the AMR - One Health Consortium newsletter <<First Name>>! We hope you had a great long weekend and are enjoying this lovely fall weather. As always, if you have something you would like to see in this newsletter, please email amronehealth@ucalgary.ca, and add us to your address book to prevent this newsletter from going to spam.
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AMR: A One Health Approach Virtual Seminar Series
The seminar series commenced on Sept 14, with 187 registrants from a diverse and international audience of post-secondary students and industry professionals. The first nine sessions covered topics in AMR and One Health, including One Health Background, What is AMR and how it develops, Basic Antimicrobial Pharmacology, Antimicrobial Discovery and Design, Hacking Biology - Emerging Strategies for Antibiotics, Emergence and Spread of AMR, Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing, Measuring and Reporting AMU/AMR, and AMU/AMR in Agriculture. Thank you to everyone who has participated this far. 15 more sessions to go!
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Antimicrobials for Lunch
Mark your calendars! The next Antimicrobials for Lunch session will take on Friday, October 15th, 12-1pm MT. Tune in to hear the following presentations:
- John Conly & Courtney MacDonald Project 7A: Identification of sociotechnical system elements to inform knowledge products and Internet of Things (IoT) innovations
- Ellen Goddard Project 10B: Economics of reduced AMU in swine and beef cattle
Join Zoom meeting: https://ucalgary.zoom.us/j/5702265429
Password: 453525
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Mitacs Globalink Research Award Thematic Call
The pandemic we are living through has shown the importance of international research collaborations to tackle global challenges. To foster future opportunities for researcher mobility, and help plant the seeds for recovery, Mitacs is pleased to launch a special initiative in cooperation with several of our international partners: a competitive call for applications to our Mitacs Globalink Research Award program in areas of strategic importance for the Canadian and international research communities. Under the joint supervision of a home and host professor at a university in Canada and an institution affiliated with one of Mitacs’s international partners, senior undergraduate and graduate students as well as postdoctoral fellows included in successful applications will receive a $6,000 research award to conduct a 12- to 24-week research project. For more information please click here.
Application deadline: Dec 1, 2021
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ACA Grants in Biodiversity 2022
Alberta Conservation Association is pleased to announce that the ACA Grants in Biodiversity 2022 competition is now open. This grant is open to Masters and PhD students conducting projects that increase the knowledge of Alberta’s living resources, notably flora, fauna and habitats. The maximum award amount is $20,000 for a two year term. While the program tends to support field studies, the ACA Grants in Biodiversity has also funded genetics, social science, and lab studies. Full particulars of the program and application forms can be found here.
Application deadline: Dec 1, 2021
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CIHR: SPOR Primary Care Network
The aim of this funding opportunity is to support the development of a national SPOR Primary Care Network that will facilitate the reach, adaptation, and accessibility of successful patient-oriented primary and integrated health care innovations to new sites, new settings, and/or new populations. The Network will mobilize knowledge to inform and transform practice, clinical care, policy, and/or decision-making toward more optimal and equitable health outcomes. Through research, training, mentorship, collaborations and partnerships, the Network will build capacity for the ongoing application of patient-oriented primary and integrated health care knowledge. The total amount available from CIHR for this funding opportunity is $10,000,000, enough to fund one grant for a total of five years. Click here for more details.
UofC RSO internal application deadline: Dec 2, 2021
*CIHR will be hosting a webinar on Thurs, Oct 14 at 1-2pm MT to support participants with the requirements of the funding opportunity. Click here to join.
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One Health: The origins and lineage of One Health, Part I
Justin Ancheta, Raad Fadaak, R. Michele Anholt, Danielle Julien, Herman W. Barkema, Myles Leslie
Zoonotic diseases have become a major worldwide challenge; with COVID-19 being the latest and most dramatic example of an animal-derived virus affecting humans. With COVID-19 and previous zoonotic disease epidemics, the concept of One Health has gained prominence (1). Based upon several hundred years of thinking and social development, One Health has developed a holistic, systems approach to address complex problems at the intersection of humans, animals, and the environment. This paper summarizes evolving and competing ideas underlying contemporary One Health concepts and practices. Read the full publication in the Canadian Veterinary Journal here.
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Our Researchers in the News
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Medical experts worry about return of NHL in front of packed crowds
Daniel Gregson
While Calgary and Edmonton are both only allowing fully vaccinated fans into their rinks, medical experts are worried this will still exacerbate the already devastating fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Gregson said there’s still some inherent risks here, especially when it comes to the fact kids under 12 cannot get their shots yet. “Lack of capacity in our healthcare system, particularly in our ICUs, to take care of people who become infected with COVID, that’s the concern,” said Dr. Daniel Gregson, associate professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Medicine at the University of Calgary. Click here to watch the full video.
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California mandates vaccines for students, could Canada follow?
Lorian Hardcastle
Whether it’s workplaces, dining out or travelling, vaccine mandates are fast becoming the rule rather than the exception. But what about for students? California last week announced school children will need to be vaccinated. But could Canada follow suit? “The fact that these laws do exist in a couple of provinces does at least create some sort of precedent for moving in this direction,” said Lorian Hardcastle, a health law expert at the University of Calgary. Read the full article here.
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‘Armchair rancher’ app could help beef producers make smart business decisions based on data
Graham Plastow
New University of Alberta research is mixing artificial intelligence with agriculture to help cattle ranchers. An analytic “armchair rancher” mobile app is being developed to help beef producers better manage various aspects of their herds. The smart device application will aid them in making the most informed business decisions they can, by leveraging the masses of data they already collect daily on factors like herd genetics, feedlots and economics. UofA Professor David Wishart is collaborating with a team led by Graham Plastow, a professor in the Faculty of Agricultural, Life & Environmental Sciences, on the three-year project, which is supported by a $481,000 grant from Alberta Innovates. Read the full article here.
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One Health Circle: This Halloween celebrate beautiful bats!
Online
Oct 20, 2021
Join One Health at UCalgary on Oct 20 at 7pm MT for the next One Health Circle, where Dr. Robert Barclay (Department of Biological Sciences University of Calgary) and Jordi Segers (Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative) will discuss the benefits of bats, their movements and roosting patterns, and the work being done to track and mitigate the impacts of white-nose syndrome. Click here for more information and to register.
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One Health in the 21st Century Conference 2021
Oslo, Norway
Nov 3, 2021
The Centre for Global Health (CGH) at the University of Oslo (UiO), together with the Norwegian Veterinary Institute (NVI), the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) and the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), is assembling the One Health Norwegian milieu and organizing the One Health in the 21st Century 2021 Conference on International One Health Day (November 3). We invite you to save the date and pre-register for the event. More information regarding the program, invited speakers and location will be made available soon. This conference will, if permissible, be in-person at UiO, otherwise digital. Click here for more information.
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World Anti-Microbial Resistance Congress 2021
Washington, DC
Nov 8 - 9, 2021
The World Anti-Microbial Resistance Congress focusses on one of the most important parts of the AMR challenge: tackling the supply problem. The world's largest AMR conference will bring together all the stakeholders involved in developing new antibiotic drugs. For more information and to download the prospectus please click here.
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Emerging Antimicrobials and Diagnostics in AMR 2021
Online
Nov 18, 2021
Learn about the latest AMR technologies in a series of interactive key note lectures by International Captains of Industry and Leading Scientists. EADA 2021 is an interactive, one day online event providing an international podium for emerging preventives, antimicrobial strategies, microbial diagnostics and related (platform) technologies. For more information please click here.
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World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2021
Nov 18 - 24, 2021
The AMR Tripartite organizations - the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and the World Health Organization (WHO) - are pleased to announce that the theme of World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (WAAW) 2021 will be ‘Spread Awareness, Stop Resistance’. The overarching slogan of World Antimicrobial Awareness Week continues to be 'Antimicrobials: Handle with Care'. WAAW is celebrated from 18-24 November every year.
For more information please click here. Additional WAAW 2021 material will be available in the coming weeks.
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2021 John Waters Zoonotic Diseases Workshop
Edmonton, AB
Nov 23, 2021
The John Waters Zoonotic Diseases Workshop is hosted every two to three years, and invites members of the human and animal health sciences community together for a discussion on current issues related to zoonotic diseases. Hosted by the ABVMA in consultation with our program planning committee members from: Alberta Health and Alberta Health Services, Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Provincial Lab, University of Alberta, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, School of Medicine. Approved by the ABVMA for 6.5 CE hours. For more information and to register please click here.
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World Vaccine & Immunotherapy Congress West Coast 2021
San Diego, CA
Nov 30 - Dec 2, 2021
The World Vaccine & Immunotherapy Congress is part of an award-winning series of conferences and exhibitions that are continuously growing becoming the largest and most established vaccine meetings of its kind across the globe. With 500+ potential customers in attendance there will be opportunities to meet & network with contacts who are looking for solutions to commercial and scientific challenges in manufacturing, clinical trials, strategy and regulation for immune monitoring, AMR and vaccine development for infectious diseases and cancer immunotherapies. Click here for more information.
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Recruitment Opportunities
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Assistant Professor position in host-microbe interactions
The Department of Microbiology and Immunology and the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College are seeking applicants for a tenure-track Assistant Professor studying the broad area of host-microbe interactions. The successful candidate will join our collegial, inclusive, and collaborative scientific community with strengths in immunology and the biology of bacterial, fungal, viral and parasitic diseases. Application review will begin on October 1st, 2021 and continue on a rolling basis until the position is filled. Questions relating to the position can be sent to MISearch@groups.dartmouth.edu. For more details and to apply please click here.
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Please check out our website for more trainee opportunities.
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The following documents provide updates on the conduct of research and clinical trails for researchers and research teams. Please visit the following pages to keep up-to-date with institutional specific directives.
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