Adjunct professor
Max Rady College of Medicine
Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
750 Bannatyne Avenue
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB, R3E 0W2
Amrita Bharat, PhD
Cross appointments
Does not hold any cross appointments.
Research achievements
Research summary
Dr. Amrita Bharat aims to understand the dissemination of antibiotic resistance and antifungal resistance in Canadians.
She uses whole genome sequencing of human clinical isolates to illuminate the epidemiology and mechanisms of resistance in Candida species as well as enteric bacteria.
These studies can inform antimicrobial stewardship policies and improve infection prevention and control in healthcare facilities.
Dr. Bharat is also interested in prediction of antibiotic and antifungal resistance from whole genome sequences.
Research themes
- Genomic epidemiology of antimicrobial resistant bacteria and fungi
- Mechanisms of antimicrobial and antifungal drug resistance
- Prediction of resistance from genome sequence
Keywords
- Antifungal resistance
- Antimicrobial resistance
- Candida
- Enteric
- Enterobacterales
Biography
Dr. Amrita Bharat is head of Mycology and Molecular Enteric AMR at the National Microbiology Laboratory.
She has an appointment as an adjunct professor in the department of medical microbiology at the University of Manitoba.
She is currently using genomics to understand the dissemination of antimicrobial resistance in gram negative enteric pathogens and antifungal resistance in candida species.
Education
NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship, National Microbiology Laboratory (2016)
PhD in Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University (2012)
Awards
Dr. Lucie Dutil Memorial Award in Applied Science and Research (PHAC)
Contact us
Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Max Rady College of Medicine
Room 543 - 745 Bannatyne Avenue
University of Manitoba (Bannatyne campus)
Winnipeg, MB R3E 0J9 Canada
204-789-3299
204-789-3926