AIMS

The Center for Interdisciplinary Research to Reduce Antimicrobial Resistance (CIRAR) was originally funded in 2004 with a planning grant from the National Center for Research Resources, NIH (Grant number: P20 RR020616).  In 2007, four projects affiliated with CIRAR have been funded by the National Institute of Nursing Research, NIH, and one has been funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Click here to download the funding announcement).

What Does CIRAR Do?

The overall mission of CIRAR is to reduce antimicrobial resistance through innovative interdisciplinary research.  CIRAR serves as an umbrella coordinating center to foster and sustain a community of interdisciplinary scholars engaged in such research.

In addition to the aims of specific CIRAR projects, the Center SPECIFIC AIMS are to:

Researchers from all disciplines as well as trainees committed to developing research skills congruent with the aims of CIRAR are encouraged to become involved in the activities of the Center.  Activities include monthly symposia, interdisciplinary courses, and training opportunities.  CIRAR also provides infrastructure to researchers committed to developing interdisciplinary research teams and preparing grant proposals for funding.  We encourage graduate students to develop theses and dissertation projects in collaboration with our funded, senior researchers and/or to seek consultation from core staff for interdisciplinary projects related to the reduction of antimicrobial resistance.

Affiliated funded projects at Columbia University Medical Center under the rubric of CIRAR currently include the following:

R21 NR010823, Electronic Communication for Antimicrobial Management (ECAM)
PI: Leanne Currie, RN, DNSc, Columbia University School of Nursing

T90 NR010824, Training in Interdisciplinary Research to Reduce Antimicrobial Resistance (TIRAR)
Program Co-Directors: Kristine Gebbie, RN, DrPH, Columbia University School of Nursing and Aaron Mitchell, PhD, Department of Microbiology, College of Physicians & Surgeons of Columbia University

R01 NR010822, Distribution of the Costs of Antimicrobial Resistant Infections
PI: Sherry Glied, PhD, Department of Health Policy and Management, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University

Thrasher Research Fund--New Researcher Award, Persistence of Antibiotic Resistance Organisms in the Gastrointestinal Tract of Neonates: A Pilot Study
PI: Sameer J. Patel, MD, Clinical Fellow, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Columbia University Medical Center; Mentor: Lisa Saiman, MD, MPH, Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, College of Physicians & Surgeons of Columbia University

R01 CI000537, Applied Research in Antimicrobial Resistance: Studies of Susceptibility Testing on Gram-negative Multidrug Resistant Organisms
PI: Lisa Saiman, MD, MPH, Department of Pediatrics, College of Physicians & Surgeons of Columbia University

R01 NR010107 Prevention of Nosocomial Infections and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis (P-NICE)
PI: Patricia W. Stone, RN, PhD, MPH, Columbia University School of Nursing
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Supported by the
National Institute of Nursing Research/National Institutes of Health