JPIAMR 2022 Call Partner Search Tool

General Information

• Network name: AMR Urine Sensing Network
• Type: Network looking for partner
• Organisation: University of the West of England
• Country: United Kingdom (UK)
• Career stage: Early Career Researcher (up to 8 years** since PhD).

Research area

• Scientific area(s) of the call:
  1. Surveillance
  2. Diagnostics
• Focal area(s):
  • Identify actions that will improve the diagnostics and surveillance of AMR (in humans and/or animals and/or agriculture and the environment).
  • Identify actions needed to support the development of new tools, technologies and systems for diagnosis and surveillance.
  • Identify novel or existing data platforms that can be developed or improved to aid international alignment and support the use of surveillance data and/or diagnostics to improve prescription of narrow-spectrum antimicrobials and support alignment with stewardship programmes.
  • Identify or assess user needs for tools, technologies, or systems for diagnostics and/or surveillance in appropriate One Health settings.

• One Health Setting:

  Human Health Animal Health

• Keywords:

  sensing; sampling; volatiles urine; metabolomics

• Brief description of your expertise / expertise you are looking for:

  We have expertise in novel sensing platforms for volatile and non-volatile metabolites / biomarkers with a focus on urine. We have been working on AMR in urinary tract infections for five years and have recent publications in the area. We are looking for collaborators to join our network who have expertise in analytical chemical methods of AMR detection, data analysis, instrument developers and engineers. We would particularly require clinicians working with urinary tract infections.

• Brief description of your project / the project you would like to join:

  Our network goal is to detect AMR in urinary tract infections, with a view to building a point of care device. We wish to bring together a cross-disciplinary team to share ideas on engineering sample collection, biomarker identification and instrument development.

Amy Smart

• Organisation: University of the West of England
• Position: Research Associate and Associate Lecturer
• E-mail: amy.smart@uwe.ac.uk