CAMRIA – The Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance in Western Norway
The Trond Mohn Foundation has, together with the University of Bergen, Haukeland University Hospital and Stavanger University Hospital, established the research centre CAMRIA (Combatting Anti-Microbial Resistance with Interdisciplinary Approaches).
“The idea behind the center is that research on antibiotic resistance has largely been driven by medics and biologists. We want to connect knowledge from the social sciences, informatics and mathematics with medical knowledge to find out more about how and why resistance is spread,” says professor of infectious disease medicine, Nina Langeland, who heads the center. “ The vision for the center is to engage researchers across disciplines and to use the entire population in Western Norway to find out how resistance is spread, and how to get health professionals, politicians and the population to come together to reduce unnecessary antibiotic use.”
People’s attitudes to antibiotic use must also be included in the centre’s research, and the Citizens’ Panel at the Faculty of Social Sciences, UiB is part of the research group to study this in more detail.
In relation to the centre, NOK 6 million has been allocated from TMS, together with a corresponding amount from the participating institutions, for each of the following projects:
- Risk communication and -perception of AMR in the public and among healthcare workers (Media and AMR), PI Ingrid Smith, Haukeland University Hospital
- Surveillance and Metagenomic tracking of Antimicrobial Resistance Genes IN environmental and clinical samples using machine learning approaches (MARGIN), PI Randi Bertelsen, University of Bergen
- Learning and predicting the pathways of AMR evolution with hypercubic inference (HyperEvol), PI Iain Johnston, University of Bergen
Read about the establishment of the centre and the announcement of the research projects here.
For news from CAMRIA, visit the centre’s website.
Facts about CAMRIA
(Combatting Anti-Microbial Resistance with Interdisciplinary Approaches)
Funding period:
TMS contribution: 7 mNOK to the center and 18 mNOK for the three research projects
Host institution: University of Bergen
Center leader: Nina Langeland
Projects related to the CAMRIA center
- Risk communication and -perception of AMR in the public and among healthcare workers (Media and AMR), PI Ingrid Smith, Haukeland University Hospital
- Surveillance and Metagenomic tracking of Antimicrobial Resistance Genes IN environmental and clinical samples using machine learning approaches (MARGIN), PI Randi Bertelsen, University of Bergen
- Learning and predicting the pathways of AMR evolution with hypercubic inference (HyperEvol), PI Iain Johnston, University of Bergen
Professor Nina Langeland, head of CAMRIA; photo communication dept, Helse Stavanger
