OHAMR Call for proposals 2026

General Information

• Type: Partner looking for project
• Organisation: Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine in Lodz
• Country: Polska (PL)
• Career stage: Other.

Research area

• Scientific area(s) of the call:
  1. Topic 3: Assess the impact of antimicrobials for veterinary and agricultural use on the risk of AMR transmission to humans and the environment to inform policies on the restriction of some antimicrobials for human use.
• One Health Setting:

  H - Human Health

  A - Animal Health
  E - Environment

• Keywords:

  antimicrobial resistance (AMR); pathogens; livestock farming; transmission paths;

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

  I’m the Head of the Biological Safety Unit at the Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine in Lodz, Poland. Our expertise focuses on the human health risk assessment related to the exposure to harmful biological hazards in environment, especially bioaerosols. Thus the second area of our interests is the indoor air quality in context of adverse health effects caused by the different types of the air pollutions in adults and children. Now we focus on the antimicrobial resistance and pathogens originated from human and animals. Our team has the large experience in planning, organizing and conducting of the studies in occupational, residential, educational and livestock farming environments. Currently we are member of international consortium implementing the project focused on improving the microbial (including pathogens and ARGs) and chemical quality of the urban natural water reservoirs used for recreational purposes. We act as experts in the field of environmental exposure to biological agents for the purposes of many governmental authorities, including the Ministry of Health and the State Sanitary Inspection, as well as for employers, OHS specialists and NGOs.

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

  We strongly believe that our expertise, skills, experiences and institutional contacts network can strength the consortium working on a project addressing AMR transmission across human–animal–environment pathways.

Anna Kozajda

• Organisation: Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine in Lodz
• Position: Associate Professor
• E-mail: anna.kozajda@imp.lodz.pl