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, six 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).  In 2009, a CIRAR-sponsored Conference Grant has been funded by the AHRQ.  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

Supported by the
National Institute of Nursing Research/National Institutes of Health