Kylie Hewson
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Dr. Kylie Hewson is a leading researcher at the intersection of veterinary microbiology, food safety, and public health, with a core focus on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance. Her most impactful work addresses a critical gap in global health security: the limited scale of traditional AMR monitoring in food animals. In her landmark 2023 study, Dr. Hewson pioneered the use of high-throughput robotics to dramatically augment surveillance capacity, enabling the analysis of thousands of *Escherichia coli* isolates rather than the typical few hundred. This innovative approach led to the early detection of a fluoroquinolone-resistant *E. coli* strain’s transnational flow into poultry—a finding with profound implications for both animal and human medicine. By demonstrating an affordable, scalable method for emerging resistance detection, her work has reshaped how national surveillance programs can assess public health risk. Though recently published, this highly cited paper has already garnered 5 citations, signaling its rapid adoption by the scientific community. Dr. Hewson’s contributions are pivotal for developing proactive, data-driven strategies to combat the global AMR crisis.
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