We are forming a new working group within ESGEM, called ESGEM-AMR (ESCMID Study Group for Epidemiological Markers - Antimicrobial Resistance Working Group).
The working group will be led by Prof Kat Holt (LSHTM) and Dr Natacha Couto (ESGEM Chair), and will be open to ESGEM members and others with relevant expertise. Active working group members will be encouraged to note their membership on their CV, and will be invited to co-author outputs.
Purpose
The overall purpose of the group is to capture expert knowledge on the relationship between antimicrobial resistance (AMR) genotypes and antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) phenotypes in bacterial pathogens. The initial focus of the ESGEM-AMR working group will be expert curation of interpretive standards for AMR genotypes, but may expand in future to include other activities/projects including generating matched genome-phenotype data to support AMR genomics. See the AMRrules website for more information.
Approach
Working group members will be required to sign a Memorandum of Understanding outlining the roles and responsibilities of the working, and a Code of Conduct, to formalize their involvement with the working group before attending the first meetings.
As a working group of ESGEM (the ESCMID Study Group for Epidemiological Markers), ESGEM-AMR members will be encouraged to also join ESGEM, which requires current membership of ESCMID, however this is not a requirement.
The initial call for expressions of interest to join the working group closed on by 2 June 2024.
We received over 120 applications, and are now reviewing these to ensure a balance of expertise across organisms.
If you would like to register your interest for joining the group in a possible second round, please complete this form instead.
