An integrated systems model for antimicrobial resistance under changing climate

Principal Advisor: Associate Professor Simon Reid

Phone: +61 7 3365 5292

Organisational unit: School of Public Health

** Applicants may be eligible for a CSIRO top-up scholarship. For more information visit the CSIRO website. **

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and climate change are both ‘wicked’ problems spanning multiple sectors, requiring systematic approaches to address. Drivers of AMR are complex as they arise from and interact between the human, animal and environmental systems in dynamic and non-linear dimensions. A changing climate is likely exacerbating AMR and its drivers. This project will investigate the interrelationships and feedback between climatic factors and the increased growth and spread of bacterial resistance in an integrated model where other non-climatic factors will also be considered. The project will examine how these complex interactions impact AMR in the future under different climate scenarios and propose plausible interventions/management strategies.