Chloe Buzz senior in microbiology, checks a agar plate growing cultures of E.coli. E.coli project generates new detection, control methods as Rodney Moxley, veterinary medicine and biomedical sciences, launched the STEC research project in 2011 with a $25 million grant from USDA-NIFA. May 31, 2017. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication
Leading the way in fighting antimicrobial resistance
The university is helping to lead a new national institute addressing antimicrobial resistance, a major global health concern that leaves 2 million people sick annually in the U.S. The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities and the Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges announced in July that Nebraska, Iowa State University, the University of Nebraska Medical Center and the University of Iowa would establish the Institute for Antimicrobial Resistance Research and Education, whose mission is to implement the recommendations of a joint APLU and AAVMC report addressing how veterinarians, physicians and other scientists can address antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Rodney Moxley, Charles Bessey Professor of veterinary medicine and biomedical sciences, will provide leadership in the institute.
