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Toronto team leads first-in-Canada case of sustained HIV remission
Professor Mario Ostrowski (Photography by Johnny Guatto) 27 April 2026 By Betty Zou with files from Leslie Whyte Zhou A team of clinicians and researchers at the University of Toronto, University Health Network and Unity Health Toronto have reported the first Canadian...
How studying wildlife is changing the way we think about infectious disease
Samira Mubareka at Algonquin Park Research Station (Photography by Yuri Markarov) 23 April 2026 By Brianne Tulk Samira Mubareka is an infectious disease physician, medical microbiologist and scientist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and an associate professor of...
U of T-developed livestock vaccine for deadly bacterial disease advances toward use in Africa and South Asia
From left: Scott Gray-Owen, Jamie Fegan, Epshita Islam and Trevor Moraes (Photo: Rulin Yuan) 14 April 2026 By Betty Zou A vaccine developed by Emerging & Pandemic Infections Consortium (EPIC) researchers at University of Toronto is one step closer to market with...
EPIC celebrates four PhD graduates advancing infectious disease research as 2026 Future Leaders
From left: Krithika Muthuraman, Salma Sheikh-Mohamed, Alison Simmons and Maxine Ty 13 April 2026 By Betty Zou Four University of Toronto graduates are being recognized with the 2026 Future Leaders Prize from the Emerging and Pandemic Infections Consortium. The $5,000...
The Krause Lab investigates diet-microbiota-host interactions to find better treatments for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Henry Krause and Jaibao Liu 9 April 2026 By Kira Belaoussoff This article was originally published on the Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research News website. The Krause Lab at the Donnelly Centre has discovered a new potential treatment avenue for...
U of T’s Karen Maxwell named Peter Gilgan Canada Gairdner Momentum Award Laureate
Karen Maxwell (Photo by Erin Howe) 1 April 2026 By Erin Howe This story was originally published on the Temerty Faculty of Medicine News website. University of Toronto Professor and member of the Emerging & Pandemic Infections Consortium Karen Maxwell has been...
Gerry, Fred, Steve and a snowstorm tackle antimicrobial resistance: Contest winners explain superbugs to 6-year-olds
From Left: Cianne Coutinho, Md Ramim Tanver Rahman, Blair Reid and Paige Vowels 31 March 2026 By Aideen Teeling From googly-eyed germs and Minecraft heroes to bacteria braving antibiotic snowstorms, university students across Canada got creative in explaining a...
“Right people, right place, right time”: How an EPIC collaboration shaped the mpox research response in Canada
Evidence of cytopathic effect in Vero cells after incubation for 6 days following infection with mpox virus (Courtesy of Rob Kozak). 31 March 2026 By Aideen Teeling Darrell Tan remembers diagnosing the first-ever case of mpox in Ontario in May 2022. Based on reports...
Study maps how tuberculosis bacteria power themselves
John Rubinstein and Gautier Courbon 24 March, 2026 By Jelena Djurkic This article was originally published on the SickKids News website. Researchers at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) have uncovered how the bacteria...