May 14, 2020
With predictions that drug-resistant superbugs’ could cause up to 10 million deaths a year by 2050, a new CSIRO survey has revealed a low level of community knowledge about antibiotics. The rise of superbugs, which claimed the lives of an estimated 700,000 people...
May 13, 2020
OUTBREAK’s Chief Technology Officer, Ian Pridham, explains the process of developing a world-first AI system with many complexities and potential users… Q: What is your role in the OUTBREAK project? My role is to make sure that we build technology and...
May 11, 2020
While most of us just flush and forget, what goes down our toilets and drains could be key to stopping a looming health and financial crisis in Australia from antibiotic resistant bacteria. If we identify which communities have the greatest prevalence of...
May 10, 2020
The OUTBREAK platform takes a world-leading AI approach to predicting the threat of an antibiotic resistant infection. Cloud and Data Management Lead Denis Bauer explains the novel approach to gathering and analysing data from humans, animals and the...
Apr 23, 2020
Hear from our CEO, Branwen Morgan, in an interview with Peter Gleeson from SKY News. Branwen discusses the link between COVID-19 and superbugs, and the benefits of developing an intelligent system – OUTBREAK – to track, trace and tackle antibiotic resistances. You...
Apr 22, 2020
As Australia grapples with the economic fallout of COVID-19, an even bigger financial disaster is on the horizon, with drug-resistant bacteria set to cost the nation up to $283 billion by 2050. Infectious diseases professor Steven Djordjevic, from the University of...
