The CRAU Standard:
Certified Responsible Antibiotic Use
 

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What You Need to Know:
Diagnostics & Antibiotic Resistance

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U.S. Policy Roadmap to Reduce Use
of Medically Important Antibiotics

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Video: Food Safety in Your Kitchen
Safe Handling of Meat & Poultry Products
 

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Our Specialities




Groundbreaking Research

We prioritize closing critical knowledge gaps regarding the public health impact of antibiotic overuse and misuse in people and animals so that all the major drivers of antibiotic resistance are properly addressed.



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Creative Communications

We disseminate information through a range of creative outlets with the aim of fostering an informed public that understands antibiotic resistance and calls for improved antibiotic use policies in people and animals.



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Smart Policy

We bring to bear expertise in policy analysis to foster collaboration among policymakers, industry leaders, and consumers to develop evidence-based policies that preserve the effectiveness of antibiotics. 



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Our Priorities

 

Discover

Uncover the origins and drivers of antibiotic-resistant bacteria; develop probiotic therapies to block their spread
 
 

Policy

Promote evidence-based policy and practice in human medicine and agriculture
 

Identify

Identify targets for new diagnostics to guide antibiotic prescription, improve patient care and decrease costs
 
 

Quantify

Quantify the drug-resistant human infections arising from antibiotic overuse in food animals
 

Engage

Engage consumers and policymakers using new and traditional media
 
 

Solutions

Promote market-based solutions to improve antibiotic stewardship in agriculture

FEATURED NEWS

CQ Researcher takes an in-depth look at antibiotic use in the U.S. and globally and the growing threat of antibiotic resistance.

 

WASHINGTON, DC (June 13, 2018)—The Milken Institute School of Public Health at the George Washington University (Milken Institute SPH) today announced it has received a $3.1 million (£2.74 million) grant from the Wellcome Trust to study the impacts of California’s new legislation limiting the use

Scientific American explores how climate change may fuel antibiotic resistance. ARAC Director Dr. Lance Price notes "I think that we are going to have a problem” unless action is taken down to reduce unnecessary antibiotic use in people and animals.