CDC awards $26M to support research on new ways to prevent superbugs and improve healthcare quality
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded $26 million to Duke University, the University of North Carolina, and four other academic medical centers to create epicenters where researchers will develop and test innovative approaches to prevent healthcare-associated infections and the spread of dangerous bacteria infections, and to improve patient safety in healthcare settings.
Duke University and the University of North Caroline will share funding, creating the Duke-UNC Epicenter. Principal investigator of the CDC grant is Deverick Anderson, MD, MPH, associate professor of Medicine at Duke University School of Medicine. Duke has significant expertise in infection control and antimicrobial stewardship via two successful programs: the Duke Infection Control Outreach Network (DICON) and the Duke Antimicrobial Stewardship Outreach Network (DASON).
The four other Prevention Epicenters are Chicago Prevention and Intervention Epicenter at Rush University and Cook County Health and Hospitals System; The Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and University of California, Irvine; The University of Pennsylvania, and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and BJC Healthcare Prevention Epicenter. Funding for the five Prevention Epicenters begins immediately and extends through 2020.
For more information about the Duke University-UNC Epicenter Program, visit: http://www.cdc.gov/HAI/epiCenters/Duke_Univ.html
To read the full press release, visit :http://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2016/p0627-cdc-awards.html