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Get Involved!

The AMR Centre is excited to announce our Student Engagement team. This team will be spreading the word about antimicrobial resistance and related McGill initiatives and they want you to be involved! Do you have content you would like to contribute to the AMR Centre's outreach initiatives? Content related to antimicrobial resistance, in any form: photographs, art, videos, writing, etc. is welcome. amroutreach [at] mcgill.ca (Submit it here)!

Become an AMRC Student Ambassador and help spread the word on campus about AMR Centre activities and events.  Send us an email at amroutreach [at] mcgill.ca.

Upcoming Activities:

2025 World AMR Awareness Week (WAAW)

One upcoming initiative is the World AMR (Antimicrobial Resistance) Awareness Week, November 18-24, 2025. This is an annual global campaign to improve awareness and understanding of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and encourage best practices among the public, One Health stakeholders and policymakers, who all play a critical role in reducing the emergence and spread of AMR. This year's theme is 'Act Now: Protect Our Present, Secure Our Future.' Canadian Antimicrobial Awareness Day Link | WHO WAAW Link

Follow the AMR Centre on Instagram and Twitter for ways to get involved during WAAW and throughout the year. Instagram: @mcgill_amr_centre Twitter X: @McGillAMRCentre

Go Blue for AMR Awareness Challenge throughout the week!

Students, researchers, clinicians, professors and the public unite! Wear something blue (GoBlue) in honor of raising AMR awareness and post a photo of your blue attire on Instagram, (with friends, your class or lab partners) Tag us at @mcgill_amr_centre with the #GoBlueWithMcGill and #GoBlueForAMR.

Adjust your social media profiles to a blue background, and share why you are 'Going Blue' with friends, colleagues and on social media!

TBC: Public Booth Pop-Up Event at Leacock, Mac campus, Redpath Library, and RI-MUHC Atrium. Visit our public booths at these locations to see how much you know about the grave threat AMR poses to humanity and win a “Fighting Antimicrobial Resistance” pin!

Wednesday November 19th: 7th Annual MI4 Scientific Symposium on "Solutions to Antimicrobial Resistance" Join us at the McGill Faculty Club from 11:30 am - 5:30 pm with Stewart Cole, Executive Chair of the Ineos Oxford Institute. View the program and RSVP by November 7th!

Friday November 21st: AMR seminar with Dr Eric J Nelson, MD (University of Florida) at SPGH Training room 461 (MC2001) from 10:00-11:00 AM. Registration coming soon.

Past Activities:

MOVIE NIGHT - April 23, 2025

The AMR Outreach team hosted the movie screening of "The Truth About Antibiotics" for students on campus at the 3475 Peel Street screening room. We had several new faces who watched as reporter Angela Rippon explored scientific breakthroughs in the battle against antibiotic-resistant infections and visited doctors on the front line.

AMR MIXER - Tuesday, February 18, 2025

Thanks for joining us at Thomson House from 5-7pm for a the graduate-undergraduate student mixer! Attendees had a great time chatting with graduate students from different departments at McGill who all study AMR. 

Student Engagement Team Leaders 

Dr. Jasmin Chahal
Outreach Team Mentor
Jasmin is an Assistant Professor in the department of Microbiology & Immunology. She is the instructor for the MIMM 212: Laboratory in Microbiology course, which is part of the Tiny Earth Initiative. The goal of this course is to isolate antibiotic producing bacteria from soil samples. Dr. Chahal is organizing the outreach activities for AMR Awareness, which includes the World Antimicrobial Awareness Week and consulting on the exciting new MARCC program.

Ashley McGibbon
Outreach Team Co-Leader 
Ashley is a 2nd year master’s student in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology supervised by Dr. Dao Nguyen. Her project investigates the efficacy and mechanism of copper-based surfaces against Pseudomonas aeruginosa, with the aim to develop antimicrobial replacements for high touch surfaces. She is excited for the opportunity to be co-lead and to work with others who are passionate about AMR to help make a positive difference through upcoming projects and events.

Sophia Goldman
Outreach Team Co-Leader 
Sophia is a PhD candidate in the department of Microbiology and Immunology supervised by Dr. Dao Nguyen. Her research focuses on host-pathogen interactions, specifically investigating the mechanisms of neutrophil evasion by Pseudomonas aeruginosa in persistent cystic fibrosis infections. She is also exploring novel therapeutic strategies aimed at enhancing the eradication of new-onset Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections. She is passionate about raising awareness of AMR within the scientific community and in the general population and is looking forward to being apart of the team.

Arianna Giurleo
VP Social
Arianna is a 2nd year masters student the department of pharmacology and therapeutics under the supervision of Dr. Bastien Castagner. Her project is focused on understanding the benefits of polyphenols on human health by exploring their effect on the gut microbiota and elucidating the key bacterial players in their metabolism. Arianna is interested in spreading awareness and informing the public about key scientific issues with an emphasis on AMR in hopes to bring more attention to this growing problem.

Bridget O’Brien
VP Newsletter 
Bridget is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Food Science & Agricultural Chemistry supervised by Dr. Jennifer Ronholm. Her project focuses on mastitis infections in dairy cattle caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae, with the goal of identifying antibiotic alternatives for use in dairy farming. Bridget co-led the Outreach Team last year and is excited to be a part of the team for her third year!

Eszter Farkas
VP Internal
Eszter is a fifth year PhD student in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology supervised by Dao Nguyen. Her research is focused on the discovery of novel antibiotics from Arctic bacteria. Her interest in AMR began during her undergraduate Honour’s project which focused on antibiotic resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. She is passionate about raising awareness on AMR among the scientific community and the public. Eszter is excited to enter her fourth year with the Outreach Team after co-leading the team last year.

Jinha Suh ​​​​​​​
VP External 
Jinha is a second year MSc student in the Department of Animal Science supervised by Dr. Jennifer Ronholm. Her research focuses on characterizing and comparing the genomes of Singaporean wild red junglefowl and Canadian domestic chickens to better understand their ancestral relationships. Jinha is particularly interested in identifying novel bacteria from the wild gut microbiome that could help combat common poultry pathogens such as E. coli and Salmonella enterica.

LP (Louis-Philippe) Menard
Co-VP Finance
LP is a U2 undergrad student the department of Microbiology and Immunology. He came to discover more about antibiotic resistance when taking MIMM 211 in his first year and contributed to research in the growing field of antibiotic discovery through his time taking MIMM 212. Seeking to become more involved, LP joined the AMR outreach team to raise awareness of this emerging issue.

Emma Popesce
Co-VP Finance
Emma is a 2nd year undergraduate student in the microbiology and immunology program. She discovered her interest of AMR in her MIMM 211 and 212 class. She wants to spread awareness to her fellow undergraduates and the public about the growing issue that is AMR.