AMR News & Our Researchers in the News
Alberta primary-care physicians get vaccine hesitancy roadmap
July 22, 2021
Dr. Myles Leslie, School of Public Policy assistant professor, and his team have developed the Vaccine Hesitancy Guide to help doctors navigate difficult conversations with patients who have reservations about being immunized against the novel coronavirus.
Raised With Care: Stewards of the Land
March 31, 2021
Watch the ABVMA documentary showcasing best practices in raising healthy livestock while acknowledging the challenges producers, and veterinarians face.
Precision testing in the palm of your hand
Imagine if you could simply spit on a stick and minutes later discover whether or not you had COVID-19.
Dr. Dylan Pillai, MD, PhD, research lead and member of the Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases and the Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute at the Cumming School of Medicine says "“That’s the dream”.
Researchers identify rare fungal lung-infection in central Alberta
March 21, 2021
Dr. Tanis Dingle, clinical microbiologist at Alberta Precision Laboratories and assistant professor at the UofA studies on Histoplasmosis, a lung disease caused by inhaling certain fungal spores:
New study shows microplastics turn into 'hubs' for pathogens, antibiotic-resistant bacteria
March 19, 2021
UCalgary microbiologists develop platform for rapid infection diagnostics
March 16, 2021
Dr. Ian Lewis, founder of Rapid Infection Diagnostics, and Thomas Rydzak, chief scientific officer use UCeed funding to grow life-saving application that can be used to identify and test antibiotic susceptibility of disease-causing microbes
RESEARCH, HEALTH AND WELLNESS U of A lab reveals how flu drug works in hopes it can be tweaked enough to outsmart resistant variants
March 04, 2021
Virologist Dr. Matthias Götte and a team in his lab at the U of A identified how the recently approved anti-flu drug baloxavir marboxil works...
Report highlights lack of progress against antimicrobial resistance
February 4, 2021
COMMENTARY: How antibiotic resistance has an impact on future diseases
Experts say superbugs may pose a bigger threat to Canadians than climate change!
January 25, 2021
Take the Plunge to Become Water Wise
January 2021
A study by Dr. Lee Jackson, a professor in Biological Sciences at the University of Calgary and Scientific Director at Advancing Canadian Wastewater Assets (ACWA)
A new frontier: History of Alberta’s Primary Care Networks captures the spirit of the West
January 25, 2021
This article features Dr. Myles Leslie, one of the Consortium Principal Investigator's research.
News Archive
- Experts call for global One Health platform to consolidate evidence on actions to tackle antimicrobial resistance, December 29, 2020
- The future of cellular agriculture, December 17, 2020
- The threat of antibiotic resistance — in charts, December 8, 2020
- A Fresh Look At Preconditioning Beef Calves, December 4, 2020
- Calgary economist, Aidan Hollis, urges more COVID-19 restrictions to prevent further damage to Alberta economy, November 22, 2020
- World Antimicrobial Awareness Week, November 14-24, 2020
- 'Time is of the essence': COVID-19 shows the need to better understand infectious diseases, says U of A prof, November 21, 2020
- Antimicrobial resistance as dangerous as pandemic: WHO, November 20, 2020
- FT Standpoint Antibiotic resistance: a matter of time, November 17 2020
- University of Alberta researchers analyze provincial coronavirus messaging, November 2, 2020
- New genomics research investments to tackle health challenges and a resilient recovery for Canada, Oct 26, 2020
- Province gives $11.8M to U of C for quantum research, other projects, Oct 23, 2020
- Research project connecting remote communities with COVID-19 test kits using drones, October 22, 2020
- Transparency key as Foothills hospital outbreaks expand say doctors, academics, October 10, 2020
- Dr. Karin Orsel earns national cattle welfare award, September 28, 2020
- U of A researchers discover new way remdesivir acts against virus that causes COVID-19, September 25, 2020
- The Quirks & Quarks listener show with Kathy McCoy, September 5, 2020
- AVMA Report Details Antimicrobial Resistance Impact In Cattle, August 26, 2020
- Health Impacts of Optimized Pre-conditioning in Beef Cattle (read page 23), August 2020
- UCalgary researchers discover the microbiome’s role in attacking cancerous tumours, August 14, 2020
- Five ways COVID-19 will change the food business, July 5, 2020
- Fungi play a critical role within our gut microbiome, research finds, June 17, 2020
- Record number of countries contribute data revealing disturbing rates of antimicrobial resistance, June 1, 2020
- Leading metabolomics researcher in Faculty of Science mobilizes lab to help with COVID-19 relief, May 4, 2020
- Tracking the Global Pipeline of Antibiotics in Development, Apr 15, 2020
- Solving AMR through a One-Health lens, Mar 30, 2020
- UCalgary researchers tapped to help mitigate spread of corona virus, Mar 9, 2020
- oronavirus outbreak raises ethical dilemmas for governments and health-care systems, Mar 8, 2020
- Drug meant for Ebola may also work against coronaviruses, Mar 4, 2020
- Why doctors find fighting the coronavirus so challenging, Feb 12, 2020
- Who are you? Event guests take a quiz to learn more about their microbiomes, Feb 6, 2020
- On-demand talk – Our lifestyles, our microbes: The hidden connection, Jan 16, 2020
- A long forgotten Canadian discovery used to treat superbugs, Nov 29, 2019
- A role for everyone: Quality of Care N.L. to host antibiotic resistance forum, Nov 15, 2019
- Dr. John Conly invested into Order of Canada, May 14, 2019
- Drug-resistant ‘superbugs’ could take a heavy toll on Canadians if not tackled head-on: Winnipeg researcher, Nov 13, 2019
- More deaths, fewer joint replacements, huge costs: The superbug crisis is already here, report warns, Nov 12, 2019
- How a Winnipeg entrepreneur is using Mother Nature's deadly weapon to fight antibiotic-resistant superbugs, Dec 30, 2019