Linkage Tool: Avian Influenza One Health Research funding opportunity

To achieve the goals and objectives of the Avian Influenza One Health Research Funding Opportunity, strong connections are essential. One of the ways CIHR is supporting the development of such connections is through this Linkage Tool. The table below provides information submitted by individuals and/or organizations interested in sharing information and/or establishing collaborations in relation to the Avian Influenza funding opportunity.

Information is provided on a voluntary basis and in no way confers any advantages in the evaluation and/or funding of applications.


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Contact information Location Stakeholder/
Participant Type
Area(s) of Interest Additional Information
Dr. Melanie Courtot
mcourtot@oicr.on.ca
647-259-4240
Ontario Institute for Cancer Research and University of Toronto
Ontario

Independent Researcher

  • Big data portal development
  • Data standardization
  • Data curation
  • Data models FAIR

My team developed the Overture suite, https://www.overture.bio/, which enables the deployment of big data portals for genomic data. We lead the development of the VirusSeq portal for COVID data, https://virusseq-dataportal.ca/. I was also a PHAC/CIHR Influenza Research Network (PCIRN) co-investigator. For more information, please visit: https://courtotlab.genomeinformatics.org/

Andrew Pinto
Clinician-Scientist
upstreamlab@unityhealth.to
416-864-6060 x76148
Upstream Lab & University of Toronto
Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec

Independent Researcher

Health Professional

respiratory surveillance; clinical trials; pandemic preparedness; accelerating biomanufacturing; health equity

Our team was recently funded for PREPARED, a national initiative focused on 1) improving respiratory surveillance in primary care and emergency departments; 2) linking patients with acute infections to trials; 3) accelerating Canadian biomanufacturing of diagnostics, therapeutics and vaccines. For more information, please visit: https://upstreamlab. org/project/ prepared/

Anh Tran
Associate Research Officer
Anh.Tran@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
613-298-7516
National Research Council Canada

Ontario

Ottawa

Independent Researcher

Federal Government agency

Vaccine development to respiratory virus infection, specifically Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza and SARS-COV-2. Research focus also on host immunity to infection and vaccination.

Research Scientist at the National Research Council Canada (NRC) in Ottawa, leading the NRC's small animal CL-3 facility for HPAI and SARS-COV-2 research.

Ralph Pantophlet
Professor
rpantophlet@sfu.ca
778-782-8648
Simon Fraser University
British Columbia

Independent Researcher

anti-viral antibodies, humoral immunity, vaccines

For more information, please visit: Ralph Pantophlet - Faculty of Health Sciences - Simon Fraser University

Nelson Lee
Professor, Director
nelsonls.lee@utoronto.ca
416-978-0901
Institute for Pandemics, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
Ontario

Independent Researcher

Health Professional

public health, epidemiology, health policy; vaccines, antivirals, non-pharmaceutical interventions; human-animal interface, occupational exposure risk; surveillance; modeling; clinical and epidemiological studies

IFP is an Institutional Strategic Initiative of the University of Toronto to advance interdisciplinary research on pandemics and pubic health threats; currently with 170+ faculty members from 11 divisions. Our expertise in avian influenza includes epidemiology / clinical studies; surveillance; modeling, AI, and public health response. For more information, please visit: https://pandemics.utoronto.ca/research-themes/

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