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Research Grand Rounds
May 17, 2023 at 12:10 pm– 1:00 pm PDT
The Antibiotic use – Antimicrobial resistance divide
May 17
12:10 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Join via Zoom or in person at Nursing 105
Meeting ID: 987 7546 9918
Passcode: 579666
About the speaker
Sylvia Omulo, PhD
Dr. Sylvia Omulo is an Assistant Professor at the Paul G. Allen School for Global Health at Washington State University (WSU). She holds a PhD in Immunology and Infectious Diseases from WSU, and a master’s degree in Public Health from the University of Leeds in the UK. She has extensive experience in the field of infectious diseases and public health, having spent the last 15 years working on diagnosis and surveillance of infectious diseases and outbreak response. Over the course of her career, she has helped establish and support diagnostic capacity for infectious diseases in several countries in sub-Saharan Africa, including Rwanda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Nigeria. Dr. Omulo runs the Antimicrobial Resistance in Communities and Hospitals (ARCH) research project in Kenya. This project focuses on identifying the risk factors for antibiotic resistance carriage in community and hospital settings, determining the possible trafficking of genetic material between resistant bacteria in these settings, and investigating how animals contribute to these processes.
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Research Grand Rounds on May 17
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