Immunity Task Force Members and Secretariat in the World Literature
Van Caeseele, P., Bailey, D., Forgie, S.E., Dingle, T.C., Krajden, M. (2020). SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) serology: implications for clinical practice, laboratory medicine and public health. CMAJ, Aug 2020, 192 (34) E973-E979; DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.201588
Anderson, G., Frank, J. W., Naylor, C. D., Wodchis, W., & Feng, P. (2020). Using socioeconomics to counter health disparities arising from the covid-19 pandemic. BMJ, m2149. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m2149
Cheng, M. P., Papenburg, J., Desjardins, M., Kanjilal, S., Quach, C., Libman, M., Dittrich, S., & Yansouni, C. P. (2020). Diagnostic Testing for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome–Related Coronavirus 2. Annals of Internal Medicine, 172(11), 726–734. https://doi.org/10.7326/m20-1301
Task Force research funded to date
| Primary Investigator/Researcher | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Last name | First name | Institution | Project Title |
| Statistics Canada | The Canadian COVID-19 Antibody and Health Survey | ||
| Awadalla | Philip | Canadian Partnership for Tomorrow’s Health (CanPath) | National study looking at seroprevalence of COVID-19 antibodies among high-risk populations |
| Zinzser | Kate | Université de Montréal and Centre for Public Health Research | EnCORE Study: How many children and teens in Montreal have been infected with SARS-CoV-2 |
| Raina | Parminder | Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) | Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA): Platform for studying the epidemiology of the COVID-19 pandemic in aging populations (CLSA-COVID-19 Study) |
| Money | Deborah | University of British Columbia | Canadian Population Serological Survey Utilizing Antenatal Serum Samples |
| Awadalla | Philip | Ontario Institute for Cancer Research | Surveilling Prospective Population cOhorts for COVID19 pRevalence and ouTcomes in Canada (SUPPORT-Canada) |
| Azad | Meghan | University of Manitoba | Rapid research in the CHILD Cohort to inform Canada’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic: investigating the prevalence and predictors of SARS-CoV-2 infection, and the health and psychosocial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Canadian families |
| Cherry | Nicola | University of Alberta | The impact of COVID-19 on the health of physicians, nurses and other healthcare workers: an interprovincial cohort study |
| Cheung | Angela | University Health Network (Toronto) | Canadian COVID-19 Prospective Cohort Study (CanCOV) |
| Drabovich | Andrei | University of Alberta | Rational design and standardization of serology diagnostics using immunoaffinity-targeted proteomics assays |
| Grace | Daniel | University of Toronto | Engage-COVID-19: A mixed methods study of biomedical, behavioural, and psychosocial aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men in Canada |
| Grant | Michael | Memorial Universty of Newfoundland | Characterization of Cellular and Humoral Immunity Against SARS-CoV-2 |
| Hwang | Stephen | Unity Health Toronto | The COVENANT Study: COVID-19 Cohort Study of People Experiencing Homelessness in Toronto |
| Jarvi | Keith | Sinai Health System (Toronto) | Development of high throughput, inexpensive and scalable testing to detect SARS-CoV-2 antibodies using home blood collection kits and a fully automated ELISA antibody assay |
| Kaufmann | Daniel | Centre hospitalier de l’Universite de Montreal (CHUM) | Early immune predictors of sustained SARS-CoV-2 antibody responses after COVID-19 disease |
| Lachowsky | Nathan | University of Victoria | The COVID-19 Pandemic Among Sexual and Gender Marginalized Populations in Canada: Physical Distancing Impacts, SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence, and Health and Wellness Needs |
| Langlois | Marc-André | University of Ottawa | Analysis of Antibody Neutralization Efficiency and Cellular Immunity in SARS-CoV-2-Positive Individuals Identified in At-Risk Individuals |
| Little | Dustin | Ryerson University | A low-cost, portable, and decentralized microfluidic device for detecting SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies |
| Madathil | Sreenath Arekunnath | McGill University | COVID-19 incidence rates among Canadian dentists as they return to work: a cohort study |
| Maguire | Jonathon | Unity Health Toronto | TARGet Kids! COVID-19 Study of Children and Families: Safe Return to School, Work, and Play |
| McGeer | Alison | Sinai Health System (Toronto) | Are healthcare workers at higher risk of COVID-19 than other working adults? |
| Nazy | Ishac | McMaster University | Long-term protective immunity against SARS-CoV-2 virus in COVID-19 patients |
| O’Connor | Deborah | Sinai Health System (Toronto) / University of Toronto | Can COVID-19 and maternal antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 be transmitted through human milk? Implications for breastfeeding and human milk banking |
| Quach-Thanh | Caroline | Centre hospitalier universitaire Sainte-Justine | REinfection in COVid-19 Estimation of Risk (RECOVER) |
| Troyer | Ryan | University of Western Ontario | Simple assay to assess antibody-dependent enhancement of SARS-CoV-2 |
| Watts | Tania | University of Toronto | Towards a comprehensive understanding of adaptive immunity to SARS-CoV-2 |
| Wilson | Kumanan | Bruyère Research Institute | Immunity Passports for COVID-19: Scientific, Ethical, Policy and Design Implications |
| Canadian Blood Services | Collaborative nine-province SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence study based on 37,373 blood samples from blood donor centres across Canada (except Quebec and the Territories) | ||
