The Institute for Global Health & Infectious Diseases partners with the Department of Medicine’s Division of Infectious Diseases, the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, and the Eshelman School of Pharmacy to present a monthly lecture on topics related to antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Topics range from basic to translational and clinical science, and address mechanisms of resistance, clinical and molecular epidemiology of multidrug-resistant organisms (MDRO), as well as prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes of infections caused by MDRO.
Seminars take place one Friday each month, from 9:15am-10:00am in Bioinformatics 1131. An email with a Zoom link is sent out weekly; sign up (at left) for email notices if you haven’t already.
Daniel T. Leung, MD, MSC, is a Professor of Internal Medicine (Infectious Disease) and the Dr. Thomas D. Rees and Natalie B. Rees Presidential Endowed Chair in Global Medicine at the University of Utah. A native of Hong Kong, Daniel received his BSc and MSc from the University of British Columbia, and an MD from Wake … Read more
Melinda Pettigrew, PhD, is Dean of the University of Minnesota School of Public Health. Her research focuses on the epidemiology of respiratory tract infections, the microbiome, and the One Health threat of antibiotic resistance. The bacterial pathogens that she studies asymptomatically colonize mucosal surfaces, such as the tissues that line the inside of the nose, and … Read more
Tessa Andermann, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, studies infectious diseases of immunocompromised patients.
Derek Foster, DVM, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Ruminant Medicine in the Department of Population Health and Pathobiology at North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine. His research is focused on optimizing drug use in food animals in order to maximize efficacy, while minimizing the potential for antimicrobial resistance.
