World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2022
How is Canada’s Global Nexus Addressing AMR?
Meet Maya George, Gerry Wright, Marie Elliot, and Eric Brown — just a small sample of the Global Nexus researchers and trainees working to address the growing threat of AMR. Here they discuss the need for contextualize the problem as something far bigger than just a biomedical issue.
Recent AMR News at McMaster
Fostering Interdisciplinary Action Against ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE
While researchers work to develop new antibiotics for drug-resistant infections, world-leading experts say the AMR crisis won’t be solved by new drugs alone. At a recent Symposium on AMR held here at McMaster, an array of experts highlighted the need for a multidisciplinary and cross-sector response to complex infectious disease threats such as AMR.

Meet some of our AMR experts

Gerry Wright
Executive Director,
Canada's Global Nexus for Pandemics and Biological Threats

Dominik Mertz
Associate Professor, Medicine and Division Director, Infectious Diseases

Eric Brown
Professor, Biochemistry & Biomedical Sciences and Canada Research Chair in Microbial Chemical Biology

Lori Burrows
Professor, Biochemistry & Biomedical Sciences and Interim Director, Institute for Infectious Disease Research

Brian Coombes
Professor, Biochemistry & Biomedical Sciences

John Whitney
Assistant Professor, Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences

Andrew McArthur
Associate Professor, Biochemistry & Biomedical Sciences and Director, Biomedical Discovery and Commercialization Program

Jonathan Stokes
Assistant Professor, Biochemistry & Biomedical Sciences

Lindsay Kalan
Associate Professor, Biochemistry & Biomedical Sciences