This 3-day online workshop introduces participants to the use of artificial intelligence, genomic epidemiology, and interactive dashboards for antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance. The workshop focuses on understanding AMR datasets, resistance gene profiling, pathogen tracking, outbreak intelligence, and public health visualization. Participants will learn how genomic and epidemiological data can be transformed into meaningful dashboards for monitoring AMR trends across clinical, environmental, food, and One Health settings.
Aim
The aim of this workshop is to equip participants with practical knowledge of AI-driven AMR surveillance, genomic epidemiology, and public health dashboard development for monitoring antimicrobial resistance patterns, resistance genes, pathogen spread, and risk indicators.
What Participants Will Learn
Understand the fundamentals of antimicrobial resistance and genomic epidemiology.
Learn how AMR surveillance data is collected, cleaned, and interpreted.
Explore resistance genes, antibiotic classes, pathogen profiles, and metadata fields.
Understand how AI can support AMR pattern detection and risk interpretation.
Learn the role of dashboards in public health surveillance and decision-making.
Build conceptual understanding of AMR data visualization and reporting workflows.
Interpret pathogen-wise, region-wise, and antibiotic-wise AMR trends.
Understand One Health perspectives in AMR monitoring across human, animal, food, and environmental sources.
Structure
📅 Day 1: AMR Surveillance and Genomic Epidemiology Foundations
Introduction to antimicrobial resistance as a global public health challenge
AMR burden in clinical, environmental, food, and animal health settings
Role of genomic epidemiology in AMR surveillance
Overview of pathogen surveillance and infectious disease monitoring
Genomic data types used in AMR studies
AMR genes, resistance mechanisms, and antibiotic classes
Public health metadata: sample source, location, date, pathogen, and resistance profile
One Health approach for AMR surveillance
Introduction to AI-driven AMR data interpretation and surveillance workflows
🛠️ Hands-on:
Explore AMR surveillance datasets in Google Colab
Understand sample metadata and resistance gene fields
Perform basic data cleaning using Python
Generate pathogen-wise and antibiotic class-wise summaries
🧰 Tools Covered: Python, Google Colab, pandas, AMR sample datasets, public health metadata templates
📅 Day 2: AMR Gene Detection and Resistance Profiling
Introduction to AMR gene detection workflows
Overview of CARD/RGI and AMRFinderPlus-style outputs
Understanding AMR gene annotation tables
Resistance class and mechanism interpretation
Pathogen-wise resistance profiling
Detection of high-risk resistance genes and multidrug resistance patterns
Preparing AMR data for AI-based analysis
Pathogen-risk mapping for surveillance and reporting
Research relevance of AMR profiling in genomic epidemiology
🛠️ Hands-on:
Analyze AMR gene detection tables in Google Colab
Interpret resistance gene, drug class, and mechanism columns