Post by National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)

Foodborne diseases affect our livelihoods and economies, but they are largely preventable. Professor Glenn Browning (Faculty of Science at the University of Melbourne) and collaborators across Australia, Hong Kong and Indonesia are leading research to build more resilient communities, recognising the connections between people, animals and the environment. This 2025 Centre of Research Excellence will partner with village communities in low and middle income countries to develop approaches to controlling animal diseases that impact on human health and welfare, as well as food safety, food security and the environment. Professor Browning’s research will examine how measures that consider interactions between people and their domestic animals can reduce the unnecessary use of antibiotics, helping to prevent antimicrobial resistance and limit the spread of disease from animals to humans.