LABS is involved with McMaster in the field of antimicrobial resistance and development of new classes of antibiotics, recall cannabinoids tackling very diificult MRSA. We'll be getting our reward very shortly as well.
Gerry Wright, a professor at Hamilton’s McMaster University, was one of five scholars announced Tuesday to each receive the cash award for outstanding contributions in their respective fields of health sciences, engineering, humanities, natural sciences and social sciences.
Wright was recognized for his expertise in bacteria and viruses evolving in ways that make antibiotics less effective in treating infections, and for co-founding an advanced course on antibiotic resistance at a facility in France for researchers, clinicians and policymakers from around the world.
Antimicrobial resistance is increasingly becoming a major threat to public health, he said in an interview, recounting his own experience with a salmonella infection a decade ago on a trip to Europe, where he was prescribed an antibiotic that did not work.