*This list names part of our network of experts by alphabetical order and is based on publicly available information, the list is non-exhaustive. It gathers contributions and engagements of our network of experts to our field and further. IMPACTT and CMI2 team members, who do not their names in the list and would like to share news, please email us [email protected], we will be delighted to update the list. Thank you!
| Azad, Meghan | NEWS Dr. Meghan Azad transitions from Co-Leader of CHILD’s Manitoba site to a new position as the Study’s Deputy Director. |
| Allen-Vercoe, Emma | PUBLICATION The effect of a microbial ecosystem therapeutic (MET-2) on recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection: a phase 1, open-label, single-group trial. Kao D, Wong K, Franz R, Cochrane K, Sherriff K, Chui L, Lloyd C, Roach B, Bai AD, Petrof EO, Allen-Vercoe E. Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2021 Feb 22:S2468-1253(21)00007-8. doi: 10.1016/S2468-1253(21)00007-8. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33631102. NEWS UPCOMING TALK First International Symposium of Fusobacteria (Virtual) April 15, 2021. Title TBA – Session 1 Virulence Factors |
| Bandsma, Robert | PUBLICATION Protocol for a cluster randomised trial evaluating a multifaceted intervention starting preconceptionally-Early Interventions to Support Trajectories for Healthy Life in India (EINSTEIN): a Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (HeLTI) Study.Kumaran K, Krishnaveni GV, Suryanarayana KG, Prasad MP, Belavendra A, Atkinson S, Balasubramaniam R, Bandsma RHJ, Bhutta ZA, Chandak GR, Comelli EM, Davidge ST, Dennis CL, Hammond GL, Jha P, Joseph KS, Joshi SR, Krishna M, Lee K, Lye S, McGowan P, Nepomnaschy P, Padvetnaya V, Pyne S, Sachdev HS, Sahariah SA, Singhal N, Trasler J, Yajnik CS, Baird J, Barker M, Martin MC, Husain N, Sellen D, Fall CHD, Shah PS, Matthews SG. BMJ Open. 2021 Feb 16;11(2):e045862. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-045862. PMID: 33593789. |
| Bhutta, Zulfiqar A | PUBLICATION Clinical characteristics, treatment and outcomes of paediatric COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Irfan O, Muttalib F, Tang K, Jiang L, Lassi ZS, Bhutta Z. Arch Dis Child. 2021 Feb 16:archdischild-2020-321385. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2020-321385. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33593743 INTERVIEW by Imagine Institute of Futures Studies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZDrs6xknzc |
| Burgener, Adam | PUBLICATION SIV susceptibility, immunology and microbiome in the female genital tract of adolescent versus adult pigtail macaques. Berard AR, Miller C, Araínga M, Broedlow CA, Noël-Romas L, Schifanella L, Hensley-McBain T, Roederer A, Driscoll C, Coronado E, Manuzak J, McKinnon LR, Villinger FJ, Hope TJ, Burgener AD, Klatt NR. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2021 Jan 15. doi: 10.1089/AID.2020.0271. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33446027. |
| Danska, Jayne S | NEWS INTERVIEW On International Day of Women and Girls in Science, female mentors and mentees share how female mentorship plays an important role in shaping their careers. https://www.sickkids.ca/en/news/archive/2021/the-value-of-female-mentorship-for-women-and-girls-in-science/ |
| Kembel, Steven W | PUBLICATION Bacterial microbiota similarity between predators and prey in a blue tit trophic network. Dion-Phénix H, Charmantier A, de Franceschi C, Bourret G, Kembel SW, Réale D. ISME J. 2021 Feb 12. doi: 10.1038/s41396-020-00836-3. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33580209. |
| Kozyrskyj, Anita L | PUBLICATION The Milk Metabolome of Non-secretor and Lewis Negative Mothers. Wang A, Koleva P, du Toit E, Geddes DT, Munblit D, Prescott SL, Eggesbø M, Johnson CC, Wegienka G, Shimojo N, Campbell D, Kozyrskyj AL, Slupsky CM. Front Nutr. 2021 Feb 2;7:576966. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2020.576966. PMID: 33634158; PMCID: PMC7901958. |
| Langille, Morgan G | NEWS FUNDING https://www.dal.ca/news/2021/02/25/government-of-canada-invests-in-first-of-its-kind-research-study.html |
| McCoy, Kathy | IN THE NEWS Insights in the news on how Isolation and sanitation during COVID-19 may affect human microbiome, scientists say. The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 21, 2021. Laura Dhillon Kane. PUBLICATION Impact of the microbiome on tumor immunity. McCoy Kathy D, Mager Lukas F. Curr Opinion in Immunology. Apr 2021. |
| Paredes, Roger | PUBLICATION Prevalence and Outcomes for Heavily Treatment-Experienced (HTE) Individuals Living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus in a European Cohort. Pelchen-Matthews A, Borges ÁH, Reekie J, Rasmussen LD, Wiese L, Weber J, Pradier C, Degen O, Paredes R, Tau L, Flamholc L, Gottfredsson M, Kowalska J, Jablonowska E, Mozer-Lisewska I, Radoi R, Vasylyev M, Kuznetsova A, Begovac J, Svedhem V, Clark A, Cozzi-Lepri A; EuroSIDA study. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2021 Feb 11. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000002635. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33587506. PODCAST In this episode, Part 15 of an ongoing series, Roger Paredes, MD, PhD, provides a brief update on emerging COVID-19 variants and their potential impacts on the pandemic. After the update, Dr. Paredes answers clinician questions on various aspects of COVID-19. Released: January 25, 2021 |
| Raymond, Frederic | PUBLICATION Criibacterium bergeronii gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Peptostreptococcaceae, isolated from human clinical samples.Maheux AF, Boudreau DK, Abed JY, Bérubé È, Brodeur S, Bernard KA, Hashimi A, Ducrey É, Guay ÉF, Raymond F, Corbeil J, Domingo MC, Roy PH, Boissinot M, Tocheva EI, Omar RF. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2021 |
| Schertzer, Jonathan D | PUBLICATION Bacterial Postbiotics as Promising Tools to Mitigate Cardiometabolic Diseases. Fernando F. Anhê, et al. J Lipid Atheroscler. Jan 2021. |
| Surette, Michael G | PUBLICATION Neutrophilic asthma: misconception or misnomer? Parameswaran Nair, Michael G Surette and J Christian Virchow Lancet Respiratory Medicine, The, Copyright © 2021 Elsevier Ltd |
| Tropini, Carolina | NEWS FUNDING https://www.microbiology.ubc.ca/news-events/news/carolina-tropini-allen-distinguished-investigator PUBLICATION The hygiene hypothesis, the COVID pandemic, and consequences for the human microbiome. Finlay BB, Amato KR, Azad M, Blaser MJ, Bosch TCG, Chu H, Dominguez-Bello MG, Ehrlich SD, Elinav E, Geva-Zatorsky N, Gros P, Guillemin K, Keck F, Korem T, McFall-Ngai MJ, Melby MK, Nichter M, Pettersson S, Poinar H, Rees T, Tropini C, Zhao L, Giles-Vernick T. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 Feb 9;118(6):e2010217118. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2010217118. PMID: 33472859. |
| Wine, Eytan | PUBLICATION Efficacy of metformin and fermentable fiber combination therapy in adolescents with severe obesity and insulin resistance: study protocol for a double-blind randomized controlled trial. Edward C. Deehan, Eloisa Colin-Ramirez, Lucila Triador, Karen L. Madsen, Carla M. Prado, Catherine J. Field, Geoff D. C. Ball, Qiming Tan, Camila Orsso, Irina Dinu, Mohammadreza Pakseresht, Daniela Rubin, Arya M. Sharma, Hein Tun, Jens Walter, Christopher B. Newgard, Michael Freemark, Eytan Wine, and Andrea M. Haqq. corresponding author. Trials. 2021 Feb 17. |
