Metagenomic analysis of drinking well water for rural and marginalized populations in regional Ontario – implications for testing, including human, public and environmental health Dr. Anna Majury, PhD, DVM, Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Division of Microbiology and Immunology and Schools of Environmental Sciences and of Public Health Sciences, Queen’s University at Kingston, and […]
Grants and Studentships
2015 CFID Themed Special Pilot Project
Performance and cost-effectiveness evaluation of multiplex molecular testing for enteric pathogens in a Canadian health-care setting Dr. Astrid Petrich, Division of Microbiology, The Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto Read project synopsis
2014 CFID Summer Undergraduate Student Research Projects
Pandemic waves-mortality in the Canadian expeditionary forces, 1918 Student – Alex Rewegan, McMaster University (Anthropology) Supervisor – Ann Herring PhD, Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Social Sciences, McMaster University Read research proposal Read project final summary The prevalence of STEC and stx+ wells and microbial source tracking of faecal contamination in rural Southern Ontario […]
2014 CFID Safe Drinking Water Pilot Project
Electrochemical disinfection using copper and/or silver Dr. Younggy Kim PhD, Department of Civil Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON Read project synopsis
2013 CFID Summer Undergraduate Student Research Projects
Exploring the overexpression of a central regulator of Aspergillus fumigatus asexual sporulation, brlA, as a way to reduce virulence through reduced vegetative growth Student – Mohamad Rabbani, McGill University (Bachelors Program) Supervisor – Don Sheppard MD, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, McGill University Read project report A Listeria monocytogenes-based Vaccine for Respiratory Syncytial Virus […]