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    The University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban, South Africa is offering 3 PhD and 4 Masters opportunities in antibiotic resistance and one health starting in 2023. Students will receive full fee remission and research funding. The research aims to use metagenomic surveillance of waste water to monitor antimicrobial resistance and determine socio-behavioral drivers of resistance. Applicants must have relevant degrees with over 70% marks and good writing skills. Applications are due January 31, 2023 and should be emailed to Professor Sabiha Essack.

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    The University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban, South Africa is offering 3 PhD and 4 Masters opportunities in antibiotic resistance and one health starting in 2023. Students will receive full fee remission and research funding. The research aims to use metagenomic surveillance of waste water to monitor antimicrobial resistance and determine socio-behavioral drivers of resistance. Applicants must have relevant degrees with over 70% marks and good writing skills. Applications are due January 31, 2023 and should be emailed to Professor Sabiha Essack.

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    The University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban, South Africa is offering 3 PhD and 4 Masters opportunities in antibiotic resistance and one health starting in 2023. Students will receive full fee remission and research funding. The research aims to use metagenomic surveillance of waste water to monitor antimicrobial resistance and determine socio-behavioral drivers of resistance. Applicants must have relevant degrees with over 70% marks and good writing skills. Applications are due January 31, 2023 and should be emailed to Professor Sabiha Essack.

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    ANTIMICROBIAL RESEARCH UNIT

    SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES, UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL

    CALL FOR APPLICATIONS:


    MASTERS AND PHD OPPORTUNITIES
    DEADLINE: 31 JANUARY 2023

    The DST/NRF South African Research Chair Initiative (SARChI) in Antibiotic Resistance and One
    Health, under the leadership of Professor Sabiha Essack at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in
    Durban, South Africa is pleased to announce the following postgraduate opportunities for 2023:

    Postgraduate Level No. Available Package 1


    PhD 3 • Full fee remission for full-time students.
    Masters 4 • All research costs
    • International student exchange opportunities

    The research programme in Antibiotic Resistance and One Health encompasses the disciplines of
    epidemiology, infectious diseases, medical, veterinary and environmental microbiology, genomics,
    metagenomics, bioinformatics, mathematical modelling, anthropology and public health.

    The aim of this project is to determine whether the longitudinal metagenomic surveillance of the
    microbiome, resistome and mobilome from waste water proximate to vulnerable human and food
    animal populations is (1) representative of their microbiota and (2) superior to or representative of
    conventional clinical, veterinary and environmental AMR surveillance, thereby establishing proof of
    concept of an alternate antimicrobial resistance (AMR) monitoring system (ALARMS). A second aim
    is to delineate metagenomic signatures of AMR in selected sub-populations in correlation with
    ethnographic data to ascertain socio-behavioural drivers of AMR.

    Eligibility Criteria and Application Documents

    Postgraduate Eligibility Criteria Application Documents


    Level
    PhD The applicant must have: 1. A letter of motivation
    1. Completed a Masters degree in any of the 2. Curriculum vitae
    disciplines of epidemiology, infectious diseases, 3. Full academic record
    microbiology (ideally medical/pharmaceutical 4. The contact details of 2
    microbiology), veterinary science, academic referees.
    environmental health/microbiology, genomics, 5. A scientific writing sample
    metagenomics, bioinformatics, anthropology or
    public health in the past 3 years.
    2. Obtained a mark of >70% for the Masters
    dissertation.

    1
    Limited scholarships are available. Students are additionally encouraged to apply to the National
    Research Foundation (NRF) and other research funders for Masters and PhD scholarships/bursaries
    (application forms available on request).
    3. Good scientific writing skills.
    Postgraduate Eligibility Criteria Application Documents
    Opportunity
    Masters The applicant must have: 1. A letter of motivation
    4. Completed an Honours/Honours-equivalent 2. Curriculum vitae
    degree in any of the disciplines of epidemiology, 3. Full academic record
    infectious diseases, microbiology (ideally 4. The contact details of 2
    medical/pharmaceutical microbiology), academic referees.
    veterinary science, environmental health/ 5. A scientific writing sample
    microbiology, anthropology or public health.
    5. Obtained a mark of >70% for the research
    project
    6. Good scientific writing skills.

    • PhD and Masters students will be admitted into the research programme on a competitive
    basis, taking into account academic performance, research potential and research outputs (if
    applicable).
    • Preference will be given to applicants with a science/health sciences background.

    The deadline for applications is 31 January 2023.

    Applications should be submitted via email to Professor Sabiha Essack (essacks@ukzn.ac.za) with the
    subject line: Antibiotic Resistance & One Health Masters/PhD Application 2023.

    For further information please see: https://sabihaessack.ukzn.ac.za

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