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| CIRAR held its second symposium, "Strategies for Reducing Antimicrobial Resistance: Hospital, Community, and National Perspectives," on Thursday, June 21, 2007. The event was co-sponsored by the New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS) and approximately 125 guests attended. | |
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The symposium speakers included Dr. Sara Cosgrove of John’s Hopkins University, who discussed the hospital perspective, Dr. Kitty Corbett of Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, Canada, who provided the community perspective, and Dr. Martin Blaser of New York University who presented the national/policy perspective of reducing antimicrobial resistance. A CIRAR expert panel followed the speaker presentations. |
| Martin J. Blaser, MD, is Immediate Past President of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and a member of the IDSA Executive Committee. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases. A physician and microbiologist, he is the Frederick H. King Professor and Chair of the Department of Medicine, and Professor of Microbiology at New York University School of Medicine. The title of his talk was: "What Can a Professional Organization Do? IDSA Efforts to Curb Antimicrobial Resistance." |
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Kitty Corbett, PhD, is a medical anthropologist and Director of Undergraduate Programs at the Faculty of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. She has conducted research and interventions about appropriate community-based antibiotic use in the United States, Mexico, Mongolia, and Canada as well as with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s national "Get Smart: Know When Antibiotics Work" campaign. For the Minimizing Antibiotic Resistance in Colorado (MARC) project, she directed the media design and implementation of a health communication campaign that was successful in reducing inappropriate prescriptions for acute respiratory infections. The title of her talk was "Improving Antibiotic Use in Diverse Communities: Communication Strategies That Make a Difference." |
| Sara Cosgrove, MD, MS, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, as well as Director of the Antibiotic Management Program and an Associate Hospital Epidemiologist at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Cosgrove’s research interests include the epidemiology of and outcomes associated with antimicrobial resistance, the development of tools and programs to promote the rational use of antimicrobials, and the prevention of hospital-acquired infections. The title of her talk was “Strategies to Reduce Antibiotic Resistance in Healthcare Settings." |
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| Suzanne Bakken, DNSc, RN, is the Alumni Professor of Nursing at Columbia University School of Nursing and Professor of Biomedical Informatics at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. Dr. Bakken's program of research focuses on informatics, evidence-based nursing practice, and underserved populations. Dr. Bakken's primary research interests include decision support systems, mobile computing, natural language processing, and use of web-based approaches for interactive health communication in underserved populations. Dr. Bakken addressed the biomedical informatics perspective of reducing antimicrobial resistance. | Olveen Carrasquillo, MD, MPH, is an Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine & Clinical Public Health, Policy and Management in the Division of General Medicine at Columbia University Medical Center. Dr. Carrasquillo is the Principal Investigator of the Columbia Center for the Health of Urban Minorities funded by the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities. His research interests focus on health insurance, access to care, minority health, health and disparities, and community based participatory research. Dr. Carrasquillo discussed the community perspective of reducing antimicrobial resistance. |
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| Sherry Glied, PhD, is the Chair of the Health Policy and Management Department at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. Dr. Glied's research focus is health policy reform, mental healthcare policy, and economics. Dr. Glied provided the policy perspective to reducing antimicrobial resistance. | Lisa Saiman, MD, MPH, is a Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at Columbia University and an Attending Physician and Hospital Epidemiologist at the Children’s Hospital of New York. Dr. Saiman's research focuses on cystic fibrosis and neonatal intensive care patient populations, with an emphasis on infectious diseases, especially those related to antimicrobial resistant organisms. Dr. Saiman served as the moderator for the panel discussion and provided the clinical perspective. |
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