Antimicrobial Resistance
Protecting the effectiveness of the medicines we depend on.
Antimicrobial resistance threatens to undermine decades of medical progress, from routine surgeries to cancer treatment. This cluster brings together microbiologists, pharmacists, clinicians, health researchers and One Health experts spanning agriculture, veterinary medicine and evolutionary biology to track resistance patterns, develop new diagnostic and treatment strategies, and inform the stewardship policies needed to preserve the antibiotics, antivirals and antifungals we rely on today and in the future.
To tackle this at a national level, EPIC is proud to be a partner in CAN-AMR-Net, a Canada-wide, One Health-focused network working to train the next generation of AMR researchers and coordinate research across human, animal, and environmental health sectors.
EPIC Antimicrobial Resistance News
Gerry, Fred, Steve and a snowstorm tackle antimicrobial resistance: Contest winners explain superbugs to 6-year-olds
From Left: Cianne Coutinho, Md Ramim Tanver Rahman, Blair Reid and Paige Vowels 31 March 2026 By Aideen Teeling From googly-eyed germs and Minecraft heroes to bacteria braving antibiotic snowstorms, university students across Canada got creative in explaining a...
“They are like nanobot police officers.”: Meet the researchers using viruses to treat patients with antibiotic resistant bacterial infections
At the October 2025 reception for the U of T Temerty Medicine Alumni Impact Award, Steffanie Strathdee — an award recipient — is pictured with Greg German and a fellow guest, celebrating her outstanding dedication to health care, research and education. 27 February...
Newly identified bacterial defence systems open avenues for treating drug resistant infections
Landon Getz (left) and Sam Fairburn February 25, 2025 By Sunitha Chari University of Toronto researchers have discovered nine new genes used by bacteria to protect themselves against viral infections. Their findings uncover a new hotspot in the bacterial genome for...
