Workshop series on sustainable food production, antimicrobial resistance and One Health
The workshop series will focus on a series of one hour discussion groups/workshops to cover opportunities for interinstitutional collaboration in shared areas of strength based on current understanding/approaches, remaining knowledge gaps and funding opportunities.
The workshops are open to any interested researcher at the University of Sydney and the University of Edinburgh.
Programme
The workshops will be held on Wednesdays from 10 March to 14 April online at 9 am UK time / 8 pm Australia time.
Workshop 1 : One Health: Societal drivers of AMR
Workshop 2: One Health: Antifungal resistance
Workshop 3: One Health: Food security
Workshop 4: One Health: Interdisciplinary working to support One Health approaches to food security and AMR
Workshop 5: Next steps – funding opportunities, potential collaboration
Speakers
Workshop 1 (10 March): One Health – Societal drivers of AMR
Prof. Dominic Moran, Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics, The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Security, University of Edinburgh
Ms. Laura Higham, PhD Student, The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Security, University of Edinburgh
Prof. Jacqueline Norris, Professor of Veterinary Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Science, University of Sydney
Workshop 2 (17 March): One Health – Antifungal resistance
Prof. Kevin Hardwick, Professor and Head of the Institute of Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh
Dr. Justin Beardsley, Senior Lecturer in Infectious Diseases at the Marie Bashir Institute, University of Sydney
Workshop 3 (24 March): Food security
Prof. Geoff Simm, Director of the Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Security, and Chair of Global Agriculture and Food Security, University of Edinburgh
Prof. David Guest, Professor of Plant Pathology, Sydney Institute of Agriculture, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney
Workshop 4 (31 March): Interdisciplinary working to support One Health approaches to food security and AMR
Dr. Rebecca Marsland, Senior Lecturer, School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh
Dr. Sarah Bernays, Senior Lecturer in Global Health, Sydney School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney
Workshop 5 (14 April): Next steps – funding opportunities, potential collaborations
Prof. Lisa Boden, Chair of Population Medicine and Veterinary Public Health Policy, The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Security, University of Edinburgh
Prof. Till Bachmann, Deputy Head of Infection Medicine & Personal Chair of Molecular Diagnostics and Infection, University of Edinburgh
Prof. Tania Sorrell, Director, Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity and Professor, Clinical Infectious Diseases, University of Sydney
The full programme and speaker biographies can be accessed via the Eventbrite registration page.
The workshops will be recorded and circulated to participants after the events. If you are unable to attend the workshops live, please register and you will receive a copy of the recording.
Please do not hesitate to get in touch with colleagues Kathleen Berezay (USYD) or Derek MacLeod (UoE) should you have any questions relating to the event.
