a) Air sampling in hospital with special focus on carbapenemase-producing bacteria.

b) Air samples analysis using qPCR and genome sequencing.

c) ARG identification using AI.

a) Air sampling in wastewater treatment plants.

b) Air samples analysis using qPCR and genome sequencing.

c) ARG identification using Artificial Intelligence.

a) Air and water sampling in Québec province fish farms, with special focus on furunculosis disease and antimicrobial resistance plasmid pSN254b.

b) Study of ARG preferential aerosolisation in laboratory scale fish farm.
 

a) ARG emissions from swine and poultry barns.

b) Air samples collection inside, upwind and downwind.

c) Air flow rate measurement for emission calculation.

d) Comparison of farms in Saskatchewan and Québec provinces.

a) Measurement of ARG upwind and downwind during manure spreading.

b) Comparison of manure and spreading method.

c) Geolocalisation of source and air samplers.

d) Survey of surrounding for correlation with ARG concentration and odour perception.
 

• Aim 2a 
  • Epidemiologist and assistant professor - University of Toronto

• Aim 2a
  • Infectious disease epidemiologist and professor in Laboratory medicine and Pathobiology - University of Toronto

• Aim 2c
  • Biochemist and a molecular and cellular biologist-Département de biochimie, de microbiologie et de bio-informatique-Université Laval
  • Supervises Ph.D. student : Alicia Durocher

• Aim 2d in Québec
  • Assistant professor in the pathology and microbiology Department at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine- Université de Montréal

• Aim 2d in Saskatchewan
  • Industrial hygienist and associate. Professor- Department of Medicine -University of Saskatchewan

• Aim 2e
  • Researcher at the Research and development institute for the agri-environment (IRDA)

2022-04-28 to 2024-04-28

2020-05-02 to 2022-05-01

2020-05-03 to 2022-05-01

2020-05-03 to 2023-04-30

2020-05-03 to 2024-04-28