Hosted by Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
Dr. Pruden will provide perspective on the value of monitoring antimicrobial resistance in the environment, including wastewater, surface water, soil, and air, drawing on her 20+ year career conducting research in this realm. She will explain the rationale and relevance of the recommendations in UNEP’s Bracing for Superbugs report and highlight opportunities to translate environmental monitoring into Public Health Action.
Speaker: Amy Pruden, PhD
Prof. Amy Pruden is a University Distinguished Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Virginia Tech, USA. She earned her B.S. in Biological Sciences and her PhD in Environmental Science, both at the University of Cincinnati. Pruden is widely known for her research on antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) as environmental contaminants and is currently engaged in research aimed at advancing metagenomic approaches for surveillance of pathogens and antimicrobial resistance in sewage and affected surface waters. Pruden is the recipient of several awards, including the Paul L. Busch Award for innovation in water research, IWA/ISME Joint Biocluster Grand Prize, and is a Fellow of IWA.