In a repeated-measures study conducted between 2018-2021 in 7 semi-rural parishes of Quito, Ecuador, Heather Kathleen Amato and colleagues aim to identify determinants of antibiotic resistant E.coli infection in children.
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, UC Berkeley researchers from different areas of expertise rose in legions to respond to the crisis by studying the coronavirus and its impacts.
Researchers across campus designed and executed new studies with unprecedented speed and urgency, and their work throughout the past year has made significant contributions to understanding the pandemic. While campus’s Innovative Genomics Institute began its diagnostic testing program, other researchers looked into mentalhealtheffects and increases in food insecurity, among other topics.
Sarah Stanley, campus infectious diseases and vaccinology associate professor, said her lab one of three labs in the campus biosafety level 3 facility has been involved in “a little bit of everything.” Due to the risks involved with researching COVID-19, the live coronavirus must be studied in labs like Stanley’s, which have increased precautionary measures.