UK-UC Microbiome Partnership

The Opportunity:

Arete began working with the British Consulate in Chicago in their efforts to enhance collaboration between researchers in the United Kingdom and the United States. Understanding the Consulate’s funding priorities, Arete helped build a partnership between Jack Gilbert, Associate Professor of Ecology & Evolution at the University of Chicago and Environmental Microbiologist at Argonne National Laboratories, and researchers in the UK to better understand how hospitals can be organized better to control disease-causing bacteria, some of which have become resistant to treatment by antibiotics. The Consulate funded and organized a workshop in London for scholars and health care leaders from the UK to learn more about the UChicago’s Hospital Microbiome Project and the potential for launching similar studies in the UK.

What we did for them:

• Engage external partners and community leaders
• Develop programs and initiatives
• Help funders achieve their funding visions

Principle Investigator: Jack Gilbert