Dr Taylor-Robinson is a principal investigator of an exciting initiative on wastewater epidemiological surveillance that is predicated on the methodology underpinning an early detection system for COVID-19. This project is a long-term collaboration between the Smart Health Center at VinUniversity and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. It is developing a non-invasive, privacy-preserved tool to monitor the spread of antibiotic resistance genes throughout a community. It has the potential to provide an early warning system for future infectious disease outbreaks. Its findings will help the interdisciplinary research team to unravel the evolution of AMR in response to human behavior, community practices, and medical interventions.