AMR - One Health Consortium Inquiries
We would like to congratulate Janelle Jiminez on her new position as Corporate Innovation Manager with SVG Ventures | THRIVE. Her knowledge and enthusiasm has been a valuable asset to our team, and we wish her the very best in her future endeavors. We are currently working on dividing her roles and responsibilities, but in the meantime, if you have any inquiries related to the Consortium please email amronehealth@ucalgary.ca.
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Certificate Course on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing and Interpretation
Online
Start date of January 15, 2024
Dr. Tanis Dingle is involved in the development of a new Antimicrobial Susceptibility Course at the University of British Columbia. The team overseeing the course is seeking 1 to 2 Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to lead the One Health AMR module. If you are a PI interested in developing the module (approx. 5-6 hours of content) please contact Veronica Restelli at veronica.restelli@ubc.ca. For more information and to register for the course please click here.
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2nd Annual Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Symposium
Hybrid event in Toronto, ON
Nov 22 & 23, 2023
The AMR - One Health Consortium is pleased to announce that we are collaborating with bioMérieux and the Emerging and Pandemic Infections Consortium (EPIC) to bring together stakeholders from the Canadian AMR ecosystem to share their progress in the 'Fight Against AMR'. For more information about the symposium click here.
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Our Researchers in the News
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Vaccination urged as COVID-19, flu shot bookings open in Alberta
Daniel Gregson
Albertans are being urged to roll up their sleeves and get their updated vaccine, as doctors warn of another COVID-19 wave. "We're having a rise in hospital admissions already. And we now have admitted as many as we did in late spring of this year...so things are going back up," said Dr. Daniel Gregson, an infectious disease specialist with UCalgary. While it's difficult to predict COVID trends, Gregson has one key worry. "I'm concerned that we won't get everybody vaccinated that needs to be vaccinated and that will lead to our hospitals being full," he said. Click here to read more.
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Researchers tackling surveillance of infection after cardiac implantable electronic device implantation
Jenine Leal & Elissa Rennert-May
Dr. Elissa Rennert-May, infectious diseases physician, says although Calgary has implemented a gold standard of infection surveillance for patients who have undergone CIED surgery, the cost of implementing such a program is prohibitive for most centres in Canada. Dr. Rennert-May partnered with Dr. Jenine Leal, a research scientist working in Infection Prevention and Control, and cardiologist and researcher Dr. Derek Chew to tackle the problem of a lack of surveillance across the country. Click here to read the full article.
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IDSA Honors 219 Distinguished Physicians, Scientists With FIDSA Designation
Dylan Pillai
Congratulations to Dr. Dylan Pillai who was recently named as a Fellow of the Infectious Disease Society of America, one of the highest honours in the field of infectious diseases, bestowed on those who have achieved professional excellence and provided significant service to the profession. Click here to read more.
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2023-2024 AMR Seminar + Social Series
Hybrid event in Montreal, QC
Nov 23, 2024
Join Dr. Andrew Morris, Professor of Medicine, UToronto and Medical Director, Sinai Health-University Health Network Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, for the presentation, "This is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things: How to get novel antimicrobials in Canada". A Q&A session and panel discussion will follow. For more information click here.
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8th AMR Conference
Basel, Switzerland
Mar 6 & 7, 2024
This conference is the one-stop shop to catch up with the latest trends in the development of AMR products, by covering scientific, regulatory, financial and policy topics. This conference is a great place to network and exchange views on innovative technologies, development paths and alternative business models with your peers, and also offers a partnering platform to facilitate interactions. For more information click here.
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Antimicrobial Resistance – Genomes, Big Data and Emerging Technologies
Hybrid event in Cambridgeshire, England
Mar 13-15, 2024
Call for abstracts! This conference will focus on genomic evidence and how to implement it in clinical practice and policy for AMR control. The meeting will highlight the advances in machine learning, AI and computational tools to predict AMR. We will also discuss how to build an international genomics infrastructure to tackle AMR and emerging lessons from other global public health issues. Abstract deadline is Jan 16, 2024. For more information click here.
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One H international symposium
Saint-Brieuc, France
Jun 12-14, 2024
This symposium will allow scientists and professionals to meet and discuss about science covering the main One Health challenges to be faced in order to tackle infectious diseases, in a unique occasion to bring together animal and human health actors and have a global reflection on the transmission of infectious diseases from animals to humans. For more information and to register click here.
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Globalink Research Award Thematic Call
Looking to conduct research abroad or form an international collaboration? The Globalink Research Award (GRA) supports international research collaborations (academic) between Canada and eligible countries and regions. Successful applications will receive a $6K research award to conduct a 12-24 week research project in the other country. Eligibility criteria may vary between participating international partners. For more info please click here.
Information Session Webinar: Nov 1, 2023 (Click here to register)
Application Submission deadline: Nov 17, 2023
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NSERC-SSHRC Sustainable agriculture research initiative
This initiative will fund multidisciplinary, collaborative networks of researchers to address specific research objectives by initiating or accelerating the development of truly transformative solutions, and by mobilizing expertise, technologies and research in social sciences, natural sciences and engineering and in areas that broaden the traditional network of agriculture research partners. Grant support from this initiative will range from $500K to $2M per year for 4 years. NSERC and SSHRC will provide support for 100% of the eligible costs of research. For more info please click here.
Full Project Funding Deadline: Nov 8, 2023
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New Frontiers in Research Fund – 2022 Horizon Global Platform
The objective of the International stream is to support international research collaborations and position Canada and Canadian researchers as strategic partners at the international level. NFRF 2022 Horizon Global Platform grants are valued at up to $250K per year (including indirect costs) for a maximum of two years. For more info please click here.
Program application deadline: Jun 30, 2024
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Looking for grant writing support? Seeking volunteer undergraduate trainees? Curious about potential collaborations? We have resources for you! Contact amronehealth@ucalgary.ca for more information.
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The following documents provide updates on the conduct of research and clinical trials for researchers and research teams. Please visit the following pages to keep up-to-date with institutional specific directives.
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