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Many of the traditional treatments for common infections are no longer
effective because of the fast-growing problem of antimicrobial
resistance, first associated with hospitals, but increasingly
widespread in the community. Antimicrobial resistance is now a
global problem of major concern. The Center for
Interdisciplinary Research to Reduce Antimicrobial Resistance (CIRAR),
initially funded in 2004 by a planning grant from the National Center
for Research Resources of the National Institutes of Health (Grant #
P20 RR020616), is now an established, ongoing Center supported by the
Columbia University School of Nursing. In 2007 and 2008, five projects
affiliated with CIRAR were funded by the National Institute of Nursing
Research, NIH, and two were funded by the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (Click here
to download the funding announcement). CIRAR continues to prepare biomedical researchers and others in interdisciplinary
research with a focus on the prevention and control of antimicrobial
resistance. Contact
CIRAR:
Elaine Larson, RN, PhD, FAAN, CIC
Director, CIRAR
Columbia University School of Nursing
630 West 168th Street, Box 6
New York, NY 10032
Phone: 212-305-0723
Fax: 212-305-0722
E-mail: ell23@columbia.edu |
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*~ CIRAR NEWS ~* |
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CIRAR affiliate project, "Impact of
an Automated Surveillance System on Appropriate Use of Isolation
for MRSA" PI: Dr. Elaine Larson, has been funded under an
Association for Prevention Teaching and Research (APTR)-CDC
Cooperative Agreement for $579,000 over 2 years. Visit the
project's web page for more
information. |
View new
articles from CIRAR affiliate research teams:
* Stone PW,
Pogorzelska M, Kunches L, Hirschhorn LR. Healthcare
epidemiology: Hospital staffing and health care-associated
infections: a systematic review of the literature.
Clinical Infectious Diseases 2008;47:937-944.
* Meier BM, Stone PW, and Gebbie KM.
Public health law for the collection and reporting of health
care-associated infections. American
Journal of Infection Control 2008;36(8):537-551. |
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"Improving Antimicrobial Prescribing Practices in the
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit" PI: Dr. Lisa Saiman,
has been funded by the National Institute of Nursing Research
for $4.5 million over 5 years. Visit the
project's web page for more
information. |
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TIRAR's Fall
2008 course, "Building Interdisciplinary Research Methods"
(Nursing N9260
or Cellular, Molecular, and Biophysical Studies G9260 for
enrollment) began Wednesday, September 5. Visit the TIRAR web page
for
more information about the course.
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View the
NYAS eBriefing from the 2007 CIRAR Symposium, "Strategies for
Reducing Antimicrobial Resistance: Hospital, Community, and
National Perspectives," co-hosted by the
New York Academy of
Sciences. The eBriefing includes an
overview of the symposium as well as audio and slides from the
presentations. Speakers included Drs. Martin Blaser, Kitty Corbett,
and Sara Cosgrove. |
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