Professor Mark Bradely and Dr Sesha Venkateswaran have been awarded a UK Research and Innovation grant to tackle antimicrobial resistant infections.
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a critical global threat that requires urgent and coordinated actions.The ARREST-AMR (Accurate, Rapid, Robust and Economical One Health Diagnostics for antimicrobial resistance) network has been awarded UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) funding as part of UKRI’s work to tackle antimicrobial resistant infections. ARREST-AMR is a diagnostics-focused transdisciplinary network that brings together diverse expertise to foster collaboration, drive innovation and develop effective implementation strategies to combat One Health AMR through fit-for-purpose diagnostics. Dr Seshasailam Venkateswaran of PHURI, is the coordinator and architect of the network which is led by Professor Mark Bradley of Queen Mary University of London & PHURI
The ARREST-AMR network will work alongside 7 other networks and you can read all about the other networks and their strategies here