Very happy that we received one of the 10 IPSN catalytic grants from WHO, for an ambitious attempt to link environmental with clinical AMR.  We will now foray more deeply into public health problems, using our basic science expertise to try and bridge some gaps.

https://www.who.int/news/item/26-11-2024-international-pathogen-surveillance-network-announces-first-recipients-of-grants-to-better-understand-disease-threats

We are collaborating with Shraddha Karve (Ashoka), Mahesh Dharne (NCL, Pune), Priyanki Shah (PKC, Pune) and Aradhita Baral (Ashoka) in this task. The grant is a new one targeted towards public health problems addressed with pathogen genomics and surveillance. We hope to use some new ideas and techniques to zip through this generous and super short (15 month) grant period. Look forward to understanding more about AMR evolution and transmission!