Opeyemi Lawal

UWindsor researchers secure seven federal funding awards

Researcher in lab.Seven awards span research in advanced digital technologies, clean technology and resource value chains, health and biotechnology, and food and water security. (FILE/University of Windsor)

The University of Windsor has secured seven Canada Impact+ Research Training Awards across the program’s two competition waves, supporting three postdoctoral researchers and four doctoral students in research areas aligned with Canada’s strategic priorities.

The one-time federal Impact+ initiative is designed to attract outstanding international or returning Canadian doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers to Canada in priority research areas, strengthening the country’s research and innovation ecosystem.

What happens when bacteria outsmart antibiotics? A UWindsor researcher is building the answer

Dr. Opeyemi Lawal Dr. Opeyemi Lawal is the Canada Research Chair in Environmental and Public Health Genomics. (PETER MARVAL/University of Windsor)

By Sara Elliott 

Drug-resistant infections are silently spreading through water, soil, food systems and healthcare settings — often undetected until they become a public health emergency. 

At the University of Windsor, environmental microbiologist Dr. Opeyemi Lawal is developing new ways to spot these threats early, understand why they persist, and stop them before they spread.