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Adjunct professor
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Research interests
KeywordsAntimicrobial resistance
Antifungal resistance
Enterobacterales
Candida
Enteric
Research affiliationsHead, Mycology and Molecular Enteric AMR, National Microbiology Laboratory (NML)
Research groups
Research summaryDr. Amrita Bharat aims to understand the dissemination of antibiotic resistance and antifungal resistance in Canadians. She uses whole genome sequencing of human clinical isolates to illuminate the epidemiology and mechanisms of resistance in Candida species as well as enteric bacteria. These studies can inform antimicrobial stewardship policies and improve infection prevention and control in healthcare facilities. Dr. Bharat is also interested in prediction of antibiotic and antifungal resistance from whole genome sequences.
BiographyDr. Amrita Bharat is Head of Mycology and Molecular Enteric AMR at the National Microbiology Laboratory. She has an appointment as an Adjunct professor in the Dept of Medical Microbiology at the University of Manitoba. Dr. Bharat completed her PhD at McMaster University in 2012, and a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the National Microbiology Laboratory in 2016. She is currently using genomics to understand the dissemination of antimicrobial resistance in Gram-negative enteric pathogens and antifungal resistance in Candida species.
Education
PhD in Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University (2012)
NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship, National Microbiology Laboratory (2016)
Awards
ORCID ID/Google Scholar/ResearchGatehttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4171-9436
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- PhD No
Research interests
- mechanisms of antimicrobial and antifungal drug resistance
- genomic epidemiology of antimicrobial resistant bacteria and fungi
- prediction of resistance from genome sequence
KeywordsAntimicrobial resistance
Antifungal resistance
Enterobacterales
Candida
Enteric
Research affiliationsHead, Mycology and Molecular Enteric AMR, National Microbiology Laboratory (NML)
Research groups
- International Research Network on Transitions to Adulthood from Care (INTRAC)
- SPOR Evidence Alliance Research Network
- Specialized Services for Children and Youth (SSCY) Research and Evaluation Committee
Research summaryDr. Amrita Bharat aims to understand the dissemination of antibiotic resistance and antifungal resistance in Canadians. She uses whole genome sequencing of human clinical isolates to illuminate the epidemiology and mechanisms of resistance in Candida species as well as enteric bacteria. These studies can inform antimicrobial stewardship policies and improve infection prevention and control in healthcare facilities. Dr. Bharat is also interested in prediction of antibiotic and antifungal resistance from whole genome sequences.
BiographyDr. Amrita Bharat is Head of Mycology and Molecular Enteric AMR at the National Microbiology Laboratory. She has an appointment as an Adjunct professor in the Dept of Medical Microbiology at the University of Manitoba. Dr. Bharat completed her PhD at McMaster University in 2012, and a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the National Microbiology Laboratory in 2016. She is currently using genomics to understand the dissemination of antimicrobial resistance in Gram-negative enteric pathogens and antifungal resistance in Candida species.
Education
PhD in Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University (2012)
NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship, National Microbiology Laboratory (2016)
Awards
- Dr. Lester Janoff Award for Writing Excellence; Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry (2013)
- University of Manitoba Rh Award, for outstanding contribution to scholarship and research in the health science (2010)
- University of Manitoba Merit Award for Research and Scholarship in the Sciences category (2010)
ORCID ID/Google Scholar/ResearchGatehttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4171-9436