A School of Pharmacy team led by Associate Professor Warren Rose is testing a novel platform that could give doctors a better way to fight hard-to-treat infections.
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Cecilia Volk Joins the School as New Assistant Professor
Cecilia Volk (PharmD ’20) expands infectious disease expertise in the School’s Pharmacy Practice and Translational Research Division.
New Maps Show Antimicrobial Resistance Varies Within Wisconsin Neighborhoods
University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers have recently revealed that the effectiveness of common antibiotics could depend on the neighborhood where you live. Here are the details.
Killing Infection with Infection
Through new NIH grant, School of Pharmacy Assistant Professor Jason Peters and collaborators are investigating bacteria viruses as a way to defeat antibiotic resistance.
Reduce and Reuse: A Recipe to Beat Resistance
School of Pharmacy alum Lucas Schulz improves antibiotic usage and prescribing at UW Health to tackle antimicrobial resistance.
Reducing Antibiotic Resistance in Nursing Homes
Newly published research explores the impact of antibiotic prescription reviews in nursing homes.
Teaching Old Antibiotics New Tricks
A new study published by Associate Professor Warren Rose reactivates two beta-lactam antibiotics against strains of MRSA in a lab simulation.
Long Delays Prescribing New Antibiotics Hinder Market for Needed Drugs
A survey of how 132 hospitals prescribed six new antibiotics from 2014 to 2018 found that the average time to prescribe any one of the new drugs was 398 days.
New Research Could Unlock Old Antibiotics to Treat MRSA
With a new R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health, Associate Professor Warren Rose is testing a MRSA subset that might not be as resistant to beta-lactams as previously thought.
$30 Million NIH Award will Help Tackle the Toughest Pathogens
Professor Tim Bugni and his colleagues receive $30 million grant from the NIH to take aim at the growing threat of multi-drug-resistant pathogens for which few — or no — treatment options exist.