Learn more about the funded projects in each RFP in the menu below.
All Projects
SMART-EP, an artificial intelligence system to strengthen antimicrobial prescription in a children’s hospital
The decision on which antimicrobial to prescribe is often difficult for clinicians, whether empirically or using laboratory data. This project propose…
Antimicrobial Resistance
Monitoring of antimicrobial resistance in uropathogens from community residents and genetic correlation with isolated resistance determinants from Enterobacterales present in meat consumption
Urinary tract infection (UTI) is the most frequent infection in hospital and community settings, and E. coli is the main uropathogen. E. coli is also …
Antimicrobial Resistance
Application of metagenomic analysis to the detection of EsβL- and carbapenemase-producing enteric pathogens recovered from different hosts
The project's main objective was to understand the spread of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae, carriers of encoding resistance genes of exte…
Antimicrobial Resistance
Tracking methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) evolution to discover important biomarkers for rapid characterization of unique MRSA clones in hospital bloodstream infections
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is an important agent of hospital infections in which certain prevailing clones occur in epidemic w…
Antimicrobial Resistance
Data science on drug-resistant tuberculosis in Brazil
The project´s hypothesis was that individual and social characteristics associated with health services-related factors interact in a nonlinear and co…
Antimicrobial Resistance
Application of low-cost and sustainable solar oxidation treatment to prevent microbial resistance in effluents in Brazil
This project used a sustainable solar oxidation system (photo-Fenton) as post-treatment of secondary wastewater from a sewage treatment plant to remov…
Antimicrobial Resistance
