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
Grants and Studentships
2014 CFID Undergraduate Summer Research Award 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 Undergraduate Summer Research Award 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 […]
2012 CFID Undergraduate Summer Research Award Projects
Conventional compared to biofilm antimicrobial susceptibility testing for Stenotrophomonas maltophilia isolates from cystic fibrosis patients (submitted for publication). Student – Kitty Wu (Cells Systems Biology, University of Toronto) Supervisor – Dr. Valerie Waters, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Hospital for Sick Children Accepted for publication in Antimicrobial Agents Chemotherapy, January 2, 2013 Read project abstract Deficits […]