Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in COVID-19 patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis (November 2019–June 2021)
Ruwandi M. Kariyawasam, Danielle A. Julien, Dana C. Jelinski, Samantha L. Larose, Elissa Rennert-May, John M. Conly, Tanis C. Dingle, Justin Z. Chen, Gregory J. Tyrrell, Paul E. Ronksley & Herman W. Barkema
This systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted during the first 18 months of the pandemic to quantify the prevalence and types of resistant co-infecting organisms in patients with COVID-19 and explore differences across hospital and geographic settings. To read the full manuscript click here.
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Our Researchers in the News
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As gas prices soar in wake of Ukraine war, Canadians could see cost of goods go up
Ellen Goddard
The geopolitical struggle half a world away is already affecting Canadians, via prices at the pumps, and may, in the weeks and months ahead, increase the price of consumer goods, although the extent to which this will happen is uncertain. “Before the war, we were already seeing very rapidly escalating prices of all sorts of goods,” said Ellen Goddard, an agricultural economist at the University of Alberta. “As oil prices go up, and getting products from point A to point B is just going to get more expensive … some of that’s going to get passed on to consumers.” Read the full article here.
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Alzheimer’s research at U of L gets significant funding boost
Athan Zovoilis
Dr. Athan Zovoilis, Canada Research Chair in RNA Bioinformatics and Genomics at the University of Lethbridge, will continue his groundbreaking research into the molecular mechanisms involved in Alzheimer’s disease thanks to a grant of $918,000 over five years from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Read the full article here.
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As the nature of the pandemic changes, so do conversations around vaccine hesitancy
Myles Leslie, Raad Fadaak
As the nature of the pandemic changes, so do conversations around vaccine hesitancy. This means that health-care workers will continue having difficult conversations with vaccine-hesitant patients, say the University of Calgary researchers behind an online tool designed to help shape discussion around vaccines, adding that this hesitancy, or outright refusal, has been most prominently on display in recent blockades and convoys and in the low child vaccination rates found across the country. Read the full article here.
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One Health Circle: Cows, Crops, and Climate Change
Online
March 23, 2022 at 7pm MT
Agriculture is a significant contributor to anthropogenic global warming that must be addressed by learning to produce more food with less emissions. Join Drs. Tim McAllister and Don Smith as they introduce some of the innovations in crop and animal production that are reducing agriculture’s contribution to green house gases. Registration coming soon! For more information please click here.
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One Health EJP Annual Scientific Meeting
Orvieto, Italy & Online
April 11 - 13, 2022
OHEJPASM2022 is an international multidisciplinary scientific event for those interested in One Health. The event has the ambition to highlight key scientific outcomes from the field of One Health, including the remarkable achievements of the One Health EJP, in addition to discussing ways forward for One Health initiatives and activities.OHEJPASM2022 will be a hybrid event, enabling participation both onsite or online. To register please click here.
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One Health and Development for a World Under Pressure Symposium
Online and In Person
May 9 - 11, 2022
This symposium brings together scholars, researchers and practitioners working collaboratively on One Health or development challenges at the intersection of humans, animals, plants and our shared environment. This international, interdisciplinary symposium is jointly sponsored by the University of Guelph’s One Health Institute and the Guelph Institute of Development Studies. Click here for more information.
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Principles of Biostatistics
Online course
May 9 - Jun 3, 2022
One Health at UCalgary is pleased to offer this online course in collaboration with the University of Calgary Biostatistics Center. The course is comprised of two sections (both including lecture and lab components):
Section I: Fundamentals of Biostatistics
May 9-20, 2022 | 30 hours
Section II: Applied Statistical Modelling for Data Analysis in R
May 24-June 3, 2022 | 27 hours
Click here for more information and to register now!
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Having IMPACTT 2:
Advancing Microbiome Research
Canmore, Canada
Jun 2 - 3, 2022
The goal for this symposium is to bring together leading minds and highlight the latest findings and new discoveries from microbiome research teams across Canada and around the world. From causation testing to translational studies, world-class researchers will share their findings on how our microbiome shapes our health, and how we can harness the power of our microbes to improve global wellbeing. Early bird rates available! Click here for more information.
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One Health Summer Institute 2022
Alberta, Canada
June 11 - 24, 2022
The One Health Summer Institute (OHSI) is an in-person 2-week non-credit summer program for domestic and international students seeking an opportunity to explore the concept of One Health as a multisectoral, systems-based and collaborative approach to complex problems. This will be a class and field-based program using complex agro-ecological systems as a case study. For more information click here.
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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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