Genomics dissection and prevention of bacterial transmission events [ 2016 - 2018 ]

Research Grant

Researchers: Prof Vitali Sintchenko (Principal investigator) ,  A/Pr Ruiting Lan ,  Dr Matthew O'Sullivan ,  Prof Edward Holmes ,  Prof Gwendolyn Gilbert

Brief description This project aims at improving public health capacity to limit the spread of infectious diseases in hospital and community settings. The multi-disciplinary team of investigators will link epidemiological data with the finest resolution data from bacterial genomes in order to pinpoint events of infection transmission between individuals. Two high-burden pathogens (golden staph and food-borne Salmonella) will be used as exemplars of infectious diseases with different biology and modes of spread.

Funding Amount $AUD 917,870.73

Funding Scheme Project Grants

Notes Standard Project Grant