CIRAR - Center for Interdisciplinary Research to Reduce Antimicrobial Resistance

Many of the traditional treatments for common infections are no longer effective because of the fast-growing problem of antimicrobial resistance, first associated with hospitals, but increasingly widespread in the community. Antimicrobial resistance is now a global problem of major concern. The Center for Interdisciplinary Research to Reduce Antimicrobial Resistance (CIRAR), initially funded in 2004 by a planning grant from the National Center for Research Resources of the National Institutes of Health (Grant # P20 RR020616), is now an established, ongoing Center supported by the Columbia University School of Nursing. In 2007, four projects affiliated with CIRAR were funded by the National Institute of Nursing Research, NIH, and one was funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Click here to download the funding announcement). CIRAR continues to prepare biomedical researchers and others in interdisciplinary research with a focus on the prevention and control of antimicrobial resistance.

Contact CIRAR:

Elaine Larson, RN, PhD, FAAN, CIC
Director, CIRAR
Columbia University School of Nursing
630 West 168th Street, Box 6
New York, NY 10032
Phone: 212-305-0723
Fax: 212-305-0722
E-mail: ell23@columbia.edu

*~ CIRAR NEWS ~*

NEW! CIRAR's federally-funded training grant, Training in Interdisciplinary Research to Reduce Antimicrobial Resistance (TIRAR), is recruiting applicants for postdoctoral traineeship! Visit the TIRAR web page for more information and to download an application package to apply.

Join us for the next CIRAR Seminar:
- June 5: TIRAR Fellows Present Current Research Interests in Antimicrobial Resistance
Visit the Seminars Page for more details...

View the NYAS eBriefing from the 2007 CIRAR Symposium, "Strategies for Reducing Antimicrobial Resistance: Hospital, Community, and National Perspectives," co-hosted by the New York Academy of Sciences. The eBriefing includes an overview of the symposium as well as audio and slides from the presentations. Speakers included Drs. Martin Blaser, Kitty Corbett, and Sara Cosgrove.