Canadian Foundation for Infectious Diseases
Dedicated to the advancement of knowledge in Infectious Diseases
These awards were established in 2012 to attract bright young minds with outstanding academic records to the field of infectious diseases, microbiology, and infection control, and to fulfill the CFID mission of supporting research in infectious diseases. Each award is funded for $5,000 for a 10-12 week research term. Adjudication is by a selection committee and will be competitive based on academic achievement, research potential or experience, and mentor acceptance. Student awardees are required to submit a summary report within 4 weeks of the termination of their project, and are encouraged to submit a poster or oral presentation about their work at the AMMI Canada/CACMID annual meeting.
Applications are due no later than February 13, 2026.
Trainee: Jack Boule, Western University and Karan Desai, McMaster University
Supervisor: Dr. Susan Poutanen
Project: Whole Genomic Sequencing using the Illumina and Nanopore Platforms compared with Fournier IR Mass Spectroscopy as a Replacement for Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis in the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory
Trainee: Justine Beghin, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Supervisor: Dr. Vanessa Meier-Stephenson
Project: “Targeting Hepatitis B Virus by pretending to be Hepatitis D Virus”
Trainee: Subin Park, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Supervisor: Dr. Valerie Waters
“Examining the HIV risks and associated factors among male clients of female sex workers (FSW) in Dnipro, Ukraine”
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“An Assessment of Empiric Management Practices of Common Infections in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients — A Retrospective Cohort Study”
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“Evaluating the efficacy of PslG hydrolase antibiotic combination therapy in the eradication of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms”
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“Putative neuroprotective agents for cerebral malaria”
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“Frailty and Immune Response to Influenza Vaccine in Older Adults”
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“Can sCD127 secretion in response to IL-7 be predicted by a single nucleotide polymorphism?”
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Whole Genome Sequencing of Mumps Virus from an Adult Outbreak in Brisith Columbia
Understanding poor vaccine responses: transcriptomics of vaccine failure
Designing and testing the efficacy of a RSV phosphoprotein mimetic on the inhibition of RSV replication and infection
Parasitologic correlates of genomic differences in Plasmodium ovale wallikeri and Plasmodium ovale curtisi
Pandemic waves-mortality in the Canadian expeditionary forces, 1918
The prevalence of STEC and stx+ wells and microbial source tracking of faecal contamination in rural Southern Ontario drinking water wells
The role of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and and the lung microbiome in Pseudomonas eradication in cystic fibrosis
Exploring the overexpression of a central regulator of Aspergillus fumigatus asexual sporulation, brlA, as a way to reduce virulence through reduced vegetative growth
A Listeria monocytogenes-based Vaccine for Respiratory Syncytial Virus
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Predictors of Influenza vaccine failure and impact of influenza immunization on severity of illness and outcomes among hospitalized Canadian adults
Conventional compared to biofilm antimicrobial susceptibility testing for Stenotrophomonas maltophilia isolates from cystic fibrosis patients (submitted for publication).
Accepted for publication in Antimicrobial Agents Chemotherapy, January 2, 2013
Deficits in cell-mediated immune recovery among HIV+ individuals on effective antiretroviral therapy
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Invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae in Canada 2012: Serotyping, antimicrobial susceptibility and virulence assessment
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