New Paper: Multidrug-resistant E. coli encoding high genetic diversity in carbohydrate metabolism genes displace commensal E. coli from the intestinal tract

Congratulations to our Education & Mentorship Co-Lead Dr. Braedon McDonald on this recent publication! Abstract Extra-intestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli (ExPEC) can cause a variety of infections outside of the intestine and are a major causative agent of urinary tract infections. Treatment of these infections is increasingly frustrated by antimicrobial resistance (AMR) diminishing the number of effective therapies […]

New Paper: Ethical Health Security in the Age of Antimicrobial Resistance

Congratulations to our Ethics Lead Dr. Diego Silva on this recent publication! Abstract Owing to its potential human, social and economic costs, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is frequently referred to as a threat to health security. Simultaneously, health security and the preservation of antimicrobials are often described as a global public good. However, how the term […]

Documentary: Let Them Eat Dirt

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Dr. Brett Finlay and Dr. Marie-Claire Arrieta (IMPACTT Platform 2 Co-Lead) have written an engaging and important book called Let Them Eat Dirt: Saving our Children from an Oversanitized World. In the book, they explain how the millions of microbes that live in our bodies influence childhood development, and why an imbalance in those microbes can […]

Ethics and Anti-Microbial Resistance (AMR)

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The 5th volume of the Springer Series on Public Health Ethics Analysis published by Dr. Euzebiusz Jamrozik and Dr. Michael Selgelid, focuses on Ethics and Drug Resistance: Collective Responsibility for Global Public Health. The book explains and deciphers the rise of AMR and the problems arising along this race notably from an ethical point of […]