2024-2025 Companion Animal Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Control Seminar Series presents:Paws and Effect: Bridging Human and Pet Antimicrobial StewardshipAntimicrobial stewardship is a cornerstone of human medicine to optimize the quality of care and mitigate the looming threat of antimicrobial resistance. With the frequency of antibiotic prescription in the veterinary setting, transmission of pathogens between humans and animals, and enhanced focus on One Health, there are opportunities to implement some best practices from human medicine into veterinary medicine. This talk by Drs. Krista Gens and Kristen Clark will outline antimicrobial stewardship principles and practices that can be or have successfully been translated into veterinary medicine including behavioral science, diagnostic stewardship, and duration of therapy interventions.
Krista Gens, PharmD, BCPS, BCIDP, DPLA is the System Antimicrobial Stewardship Program Manager at Allina Health, a 12-hospital health system in Minnesota and Wisconsin. She is board-certified in pharmacotherapy and infectious diseases, and she completed ASHP’s Pharmacy Leadership Academy. She has been an infectious diseases pharmacist for over 14 years, and in her current role she is collaborating with partners across the system to cast a vision for the future of antimicrobial stewardship, capitalize on new opportunities, and drive change to positively impact patient care. She has a strong interest in One Health and recently co-authored the paper Antimicrobials in Animal Agriculture in the United States: A Multidisciplinary Overview of Regulation and Utilization to Foster Collaboration: On Behalf Of the Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists | Open Forum Infectious Diseases | Oxford Academic. Professionally, she is active in the Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists (SIDP), the National Institute of Antimicrobial Resistance Research and Education (NIAMRRE), and the MN One Health Antibiotic Stewardship Collaborative.Dr. Kristen Clark holds her BS in Zoology and DVM from Iowa State University, her MPH from the University of Minnesota, and is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine. In addition to working in private practice, she previously served as an epidemiologist with the Iowa Department of Public Health. She then worked for eight years as a public health veterinarian at Iowa State University, including most recently as the University’s Public Health Coordinator. In 2023, she began serving in her current role as the Director of the Minnesota One Health Antibiotic Stewardship Collaborative with the Minnesota Department of Health. Dr. Clark currently serves as the AVMA Delegate for the American Association of Food Safety and Public Health Veterinarians and as Immediate Past President of the Iowa Veterinary Medical Association.**NOTE: Continuing education credit will NOT be available for this seminar. We apologize for any inconvenience.
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