Open AccessThe TACTIC experience: establishing an international, interdisciplinary network to tackle antimicrobial resistance
Author(s) -
Leena Al-Hassan,
Anne Roemer-Mahler,
James R. Price,
Jasmin Islam,
Hadir A. El-Mahallawy,
Paul G. Higgins,
Amira F. A. Hussein,
Ignasi Roca,
Melanie J. Newport
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of medical microbiology/journal of medical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.91
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1473-5644
pISSN - 0022-2615
DOI - 10.1099/jmm.0.001249
Subject(s) - antibiotic resistance , antimicrobial , resistance (ecology) , medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , antibiotics , ecology
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major global health threat that requires an interdisciplinary international approach to address. In response to calls from policymakers and funders alike, a growing number of research networks on AMR have been created with this approach in mind. However, there are many challenges facing researchers in establishing such networks and research projects. In this article, we share our experience of establishing the network ‘TACTIC: Tackling AMR Challenges through Translational Interdisciplinary Collaborations’. Although presented with many challenges both scientific and logistical, the network has underpinned productive interaction between biomedical and social scientists from several countries and fostered true collaboration in an educative, stimulating and sustainable way that forms a platform for important research on AMR.