About Us
The Canadian Antimicrobial Resistance Alliance (CARA) is a research group dedicated to the study of medical microbiology/infectious diseases issues with special interest in infections caused by antimicrobial resistant pathogens as well as antimicrobial usage in Canada. The CARA headquarters are in Winnipeg, Canada. CARA has collaborators all across Canada, including the study members who contribute to national antimicrobial resistance surveillance studies including CANWARD, CLEAR, and other CARA initiatives.
ROLE OF THE WEBSITE
“This website is the official website of the Canadian Antimicrobial Resistance Alliance (CARA), which focuses on both community (e.g., respiratory and urinary) and hospital (e.g., ICU, nosocomial, respiratory, urinary, and MDR) infections. The website continues to grow under my leadership. As Editor-in-Chief, I will continue to work with a multidisciplinary group of Canadian experts to improve this unique, multipurpose, multidisciplinary infectious diseases/medical microbiology content-based website which addresses Canadian issues in antimicrobial resistance and antimicrobial usage.”
George G. Zhanel, PhD, FCAHS
Principal members
The CARA Principal members are a Winnipeg-based research group, who coordinate and perform CARA's surveillance studies.
Dr. George Zhanel
Dr. Heather Adam
Melanie Baxter
Dr. James Karlowsky
Dr. Philippe Lagacé-Wiens
Dr. Andrew Walkty
Affiliate members
The CARA Affiliate members are actively involved with CARA as leaders of primary collaborative studies.
- Dr. Denice Bay
- Dr. Alyssa Golden
- Dr. George Golding
- Laura Mataseje
- Melissa McCracken
- Dr. Frank Schweizer
National consulting members
The CARA National/International consulting members consist of internationally renowned experts in the field of antimicrobial resistance surveillance.
- Dr. Joseph Blondeau
- Dr. Ross Davidson
- Dr. Gerald Evans
- Dr. Jeff Fuller
- Dr. Yazdan Mirzanejad
- Dr. Johann Pitout
- Dr. Susan Poutanen
- Dr. Fred Tenover
- Dr. Daniel Thirion
In memoriam
- Dr. Don Low
- Dr. Michael Mulvey
- Dr. Ethan Rubinstein