AMR-BRIDGE

AMR-BRIDGE (Bridging Resistance Information across Data, Genomics and Ecosystems) is an Alberta-based One Health AMR research framework that will identify and leverage AMR surveillance resources in Alberta to guide concrete recommendations for systemic AMR surveillance province-wide. 

AMR-BRIDGE is a joint initiative, led by researchers at the University of Alberta (Drs. Simon Otto and Claire Kamaliddin), University of Calgary (Drs. Herman Barkema, Ian Lewis, Michael Parkins, and Diego Nobrega), and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (Drs. Tim McAllister and Rahat Zaheer), and will integrate users from research, government, human and animal health, and food animal production across the One Health spectrum.

The three main activities of AMR-BRIDGE include:

• Systematic survey and mapping of existing AMR surveillance resources in Alberta,

• Modeling the movement of antimicrobial resistance genes among One Health reservoirs in Alberta, and

• Using the information gathered to create concrete recommendations for provincial AMR surveillance going forward.
  

This project is funded by Genome Alberta (Genomics Data Connect: One Health Antimicrobial Resistance Initiative) and Alberta Innovates