Episode 25: Operationalizing One Health research
Janelle Jiminez and Kayley McCubbin
Janelle Jiminez and Kayley McCubbin are featured in this episode of One Health Wednesdays, which highlights work in One Health to encourage awareness, solutions, and professional development. They share how the Consortium provides outreach, training, and a chance for AMR-One Health projects to take their research further to communicate to the public, change policy and spark innovation in industry. Janelle and Kayley also share their recommendations from their winding journeys into One Health, as well as opportunities for professionals to connect through informal and formal learning experiences such as the One Health Summer Institute. Click here to listen to the podcast.
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AMR: A One Health Approach Seminar Series
We have officially completed our 4th installment of the AMR: A One Health approach seminar series! This year we explored over 20 topics related to AMR in humans, agriculture, wildlife, companion animals and the environment, and even covered policy, social behaviors, and economics. We had participation from over 200 people in 52 countries, with varying backgrounds in academia, industry, and government, and ended our series with a compelling panel discussion from experts in the main subject fields. Thank you to our participants for making this year so enjoyable, and we look forward to educating on AMR with a One Health perspective again next year!
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Our Researchers in the News
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WHO partners with Canadian company, Firstline, to deliver global antimicrobial guidance
John Conly
For the first time, the WHO has created evidence-based clinical guidance for prescribing antibiotics - the AWaRe Antibiotic Book. The guidance is now available on Firstline, free of charge in all countries. The partnership creates an historic opportunity to improve antibiotic prescribing, reduce antimicrobial resistance, and save millions of lives. Click here to read the press release.
"The AMR - One Health Consortium, funded by the Major Innovation Fund (MIF) program of the Alberta Ministry of JEI, and with partially matched funding from CIHR invested in Firstline’s underlying technology to enable implementation of the AWaRe classification in point-of-care stewardship guidance. A multidisciplinary team led by Dr John Conly worked with Firstline to define and design the implementation of AWaRe classification with a view to implementation in animal health guidance."
📒 The WHO AWaRe antibiotic Book
ℹ Infographics
📲 Mobile app
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Fardad Muhammad Baig in Conversation with Dr Herman Barkema on AMR
Herman Barkema
Why should we care about antimicrobial resistance (AMR)? What are some practices that developing countries can implement to combat and contain AMR? Check out Part I of Fardad Muhammad Baig's interview with Dr. Herman Barkema, part of a series of interviews conducted by the Fleming Fund Pakistan Country Grant during World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (Nov 18-24). Click here to watch the interview.
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Alberta’s health-care problems decades in the making
Lorian Hardcastle
About one in four Albertans are without a dedicated primary care doctor, according to an October report from the Nurse Practitioner Association of Alberta. Dr. Lorian Hardcastle, associate professor in the faculty of law and Cumming School of Medicine at UCalgary says, "the pandemic has brought into “sharp focus” areas of weakness in the health-care system." She explains that health care challenges of today and decades ago can be boiled down to the issues of cost, access and quality. Click here to read the full article.
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Can we eat our way out of climate change?
Tim McAllister
Join Tim and Kim as they talk with Dr. Frank Mitloehner of UC Davis about how dietary choices affect green house gasses, teaching children to cook, and the need for better-looking scientists among other things. Click here to listen to the podcast.
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One Health, One Future
Fairbanks, Alaska
Feb 28 - Mar 3, 2023
This year's theme is Voices of One Health: Embracing Change & Transformation (Innovation & Creativity leading to Change, Reengagement, and Resilience). Faculty, staff, and students are invited to attend and engage in dynamic conversations and networking opportunities through hands-on workshops, individual/panel presentations, posters, and plenary sessions.
Registration deadline is Feb 14. For more information click here.
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7th AMR Conference 2023
Basel, Switzerland
Mar 16 & 17, 2023
Call for abstracts! This conference is a platform for SMEs, start-ups, big pharma, academia, investors and public institutions to discuss strategies and the specific challenges faced by SMEs in bringing new antimicrobial treatments and diagnostics to the market.
Start-up pitch applications due Jan 15. Deadline for abstract submissions is Jan 22. For more information click here.
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ICOH 2023: 17. International Conference on One Health
London, United Kingdom
May 15 & 16, 2023
This conference aims to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers and research scholars to exchange and share their experiences and research results on all aspects of One Health. It also provides a premier interdisciplinary platform for researchers, practitioners and educators to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, and concerns as well as practical challenges encountered and solutions adopted in the fields of One Health. For more information click here.
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World AMR Congress 2023
Philadelphia, USA
Sep 7 & 8, 2023
Since 2015, the World Anti-Microbial Resistance Congress has been the go-to conference globally for all stakeholders in the AMR space to meet, brainstorm ideas and formulate initiatives that can effectively tackle antimicrobial resistance. For more information click here.
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Agri-Food and Bioindustrial Innovation Program (ABIP)
The ABIP program aims to support the development and advancement of technologies that increase productivity, enhance competitiveness, boost the value of agriculture and forestry commodities, and lower greenhouse gas emissions. The Program provides up to $500K per project and up to 75% of total project costs, with the remaining funding (cash or in-kind) coming from the applicant, project partners or other funding agencies. For more information please click here.
Deadline: Application submission is on a continuous intake. There is no deadline to apply.
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Joint Canada-Israel Health Research Program Phase II – 2022–2023 competition
We currently have an industry collaborator who is looking for Canadian researchers to aide in developing a proposal to investigate Recombinant Endolysins as promising therapeutics for the treatment of Drug Resistant Uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) infections. Please click here to view the preliminary proposal. If you are interested in this collaboration please contact Dr. Sarmad Hanif at rnd@biogrit.tech. For more information on the competition please click here.
Registration Deadline: Jan 17, 2023
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IDRC Research Awards 2023–2024
This year IDRC will offer research awards related to these development areas or themes: Climate-Resilient Food Systems, Democratic and Inclusive Governance, Education and Science, Ethics in Development Research, Global Health, Policy and Evaluation, and Sustainable Inclusive Economies.
If your research proposal is selected, you will join IDRC as a Research award recipient for 12 months. You will receive hands-on experience in research and program management and support, grant administration, and the creation, dissemination, and use of knowledge from an international perspective. For more information please click here.
Application Deadline: Feb 1, 2023
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CIHR: Evaluation of population-level interventions to reduce AMR
This funding opportunity will support projects evaluating domestic or international population-level interventions to reduce inappropriate antimicrobial use and prevent the spread of resistant pathogens in humans, animals and the environment. Projects focused on animal or environmental health must include a human health component and demonstrate the impacts on human health. The total amount available is $1.2M, enough to fund approximately 4 grants (max amount per grant is $300K). For more information please click here.
Application Deadline: Feb 2, 2023
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AMR diagnostics and surveillance 2023
The call Development of innovative strategies, tools, technologies, and methods for diagnostics and surveillance of antimicrobial resistance will involve 21 funders from 18 countries. The total estimated call budget is about 18.8 M Euro. The results of the funded projects should contribute to improved understanding, monitoring, detection and mitigation of infection and AMR, or optimisation of antimicrobial use where efforts to curb AMR will have a global impact on human, animal and plant health and food safety and security. Call opens on Jan 10. For more information please click here.
Pre-proposal Deadline: Mar 7, 2023
Full proposal Deadline: Jul 4, 2023
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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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