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Presseau, Justin,
PhD
Deputy, Pillar 9, Knowledge, Implementation, and Training Team (KITT), CoVaRR-Net
Associate Professor, School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa
Scientist, Ottawa Hospital Research InstituteExpertise:
Can answer questions about:
How psychology affects public compliance with public health measures. How to use the best current evidence to create new policies and best practices.
Twitter Handle:
@JPresseau
Ragoussis, Ioannis,
PhD
Lead, Pillar 5, Viral Genomics & Sequencing
Member, Wastewater Surveillance Research Group, CoVaRR-NetProfessor, McGill University
Head of Genome Sciences, McGill Genome CenterExpertise:
Host and Virus Genetics, Evolution, Genomic Surveillance, Wastewater Surveillance, Variant Characterization
Can answer questions about:
Sequencing and analysis of mutations. Identification of new variants.
Twitter Handle:
None
Rasmussen, Angie,
PhD
Lead, Pillar 2, Host-Pathogen Interactions, CoVaRR-Net
Research Scientist III, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization, University of Saskatchewan
Affiliate, Georgetown Center for Global Health Science and SecurityExpertise:
Vaccines, Immunity, Infection Diagnostics, Variant Characterization, Animal Reservoirs, Evolution, Virology
Can answer questions about:
Virus replication, evolution, transmission, and severity. Measuring immune response to infection. Infection detection and tracing. Vaccines. Animal reservoirs and spread between animals and humans.
Twitter Handle:
@angie_rasmussen
Sadarangani, Manish,
BM BCh, DPhil
Deputy, Pillar 1, Immunology & Vaccine Protection, CoVaRR-Net
Director, Vaccine Evaluation Center, BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia
Sauder Family Chair in Pediatric Infectious DiseasesExpertise:
Can answer questions about:
Vaccines and immunity. Child health and immunity (clinician).
Twitter Handle:
@manishs_
Sagan, Selena,
PhD
Deputy, Pillar 2, Host-Pathogen Interactions, CoVaRR-Net
Canada Research Chair in RNA Biology and Viral Infections
Associate Professor, Departments of Microbiology & Immunology and Biochemistry, McGill UniversityExpertise:
Can answer questions about:
Viral translation, replication, and virion assembly, viral evolution, RNA viruses, viral RNAs, molecular virology, miRNAs, RNA biology.
Twitter Handle:
@SaganLab
Saginur, Raphael,
MD, FRCPC, FIDSA, FISAC
Bioethics Co-Director, CoVaRR-Net
Chair of the Ottawa Health Science Network Research Ethics Board
Expertise:
Can answer questions about:
COVID-19 disease (retired clinician). Bioethics of COVID-19 disease. How banked biological samples can help us study and understand the effects of infection and develop new therapeutics.
Twitter Handle:
None
Santer, Deanna,
PhD
Deputy, Pillar 10, Antiviral Strategies and Antiviral Therapeutics, CoVaRR-Net
Assistant Professor and GlaxoSmithKline Research Chair in Immunology of Infectious Diseases, University of Manitoba
Expertise:
Host-Virus Interactions, Immunocompromised People, Vaccines & Therapeutics, Human Immunology, Antiviral Immunity, Interferons, Immune Regulation, Immunity
Can answer questions about:
Infectious diseases. Chronic inflammation. Immune cell biology.
Twitter Handle:
@drdeannasanter
Shapiro, Jesse,
PhD
Co-Lead, Pillar 6, Computational Analysis, Modelling and Evolutionary Outcomes (CAMEO)
Member, Wastewater Research Surveillance Group, CoVaRR-NetAssociate Professor, McGill University & Genome Center
Expertise:
Variant Characterization, Evolution, Genomic Surveillance, Wastewater Surveillance, Virus Genetics, Vaccines
Can answer questions about:
Sequencing and analysis of mutations. Identification of new variants. Implications of the identified mutations on transmission, infection and transmissiblity.
Twitter Handle:
@bjesseshapiro
Snutch, Terrance P.,
PhD, DSc (hc), FRSC, FCAHS, FNAI (USA)
Deputy, Pillar 5, Viral Genomics & Sequencing, CoVaRR-Net
Professor, Michael Smith Laboratories
Director of Translational Neuroscience, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, University of British ColumbiaExpertise:
Can answer questions about:
Sequencing and analysis of mutations. Identification of new variants.
Twitter Handle:
None
Strynadka, Natalie,
PhD
Deputy, Pillar 10, Antiviral Strategies and Antiviral Therapeutics, CoVaRR-Net
Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of British Columbia
Canada Research Chair in Structure-based Antimicrobial Discovery on the Bacterial MembraneExpertise:
Can answer questions about:
Understanding, at the molecular level, how antibiotic resistance mechanisms work in bacteria. Characterizing and designing inhibitors for entirely novel antibiotic targets found in a wide range of pathogenic bacteria.
Twitter Handle:
None
Vanrolleghem, Peter,
Member, Wastewater Surveillance Research Group
Professor, Department of Civil and Water Engineering, Université Laval
Canada Research Chair on Water Quality ModellingExpertise:
Can answer questions about:
Wastewater sampling and data analysis
Twitter Handle:
None
Vidal, Silvia,
PhD
Deputy, Pillar 3, Virology, CoVaRR-Net
Professor, McGill University
Canada Research Chair in Pathogenesis of Infection and InflammationExpertise:
Can answer questions about:
Virus interaction with host immune system. Measuring immune response to infection.
Twitter Handle:
None
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media@covarrnet.ca