Welcome to the Emerging Pathogens & Infectious Diseases Consortium
Welcome to EPIC – the Emerging Pathogens and Infectious Diseases Consortium.
EPIC brings together researchers, clinicians, and institutions across the University of Toronto and its hospital partners to advance infectious disease research and build lasting resilience against emerging threats.
This work builds on a long legacy: EPIC partners have played an integral role in infectious disease research for a century, from work that helped control diphtheria and eradicate smallpox, to today’s front-line research in antimicrobial resistance and infection control. Our collective response to COVID-19, highly pathogenic avian influenza, and mpox makes clear there’s never been a more important time to advance that work, from emerging pathogens and antimicrobial resistance to health inequities and public trust.
Building on this momentum, EPIC marshals the advanced research infrastructure and world-renowned research and training expertise of our EPIC partners to deliver an integrated, innovative response to the infectious disease challenges facing communities today and in the future.
Seven EPIC research clusters
Antimicrobial Resistance
Protecting the effectiveness of the medicines we depend on.
Chronic Infections
Addressing the long-term burden of infections that don’t resolve.
Emerging Pathogens
Detecting and responding to new and re-emerging threats before they spread.
Health Inequities
Ensuring infectious disease research and response reach everyone, equitably.
Health Systems Resilience
Building health systems that bend, not break, under infectious threats.
Misinformation, Disinformation & Public Trust
Strengthening public trust through clear, credible information.
Sepsis & Acute Respiratory Distress
Improving detection and treatment when every minute counts.
EPIC News
New funding furthers AI-driven public health projects in the Global South
Jude Kong is harnessing the power of artificial intelligence to improve public health in communities in the Global South November 22, 2024 By Ishani Nath There were no hospitals in the small village where assistant professor Jude Kong of the Dalla Lana...
Artificial intelligence and infectious diseases speaker series
How do researchers use artificial intelligence (AI) to predict and prevent outbreaks of infectious diseases? How are advances in AI and machine learning (ML) algorithms improving healthcare systems and how can researchers and clinicians harness the power of AI to...
Connecting dots and building bridges to strengthen our fight against infectious diseases
From left to right: Rob Kozak, Samira Mubareka, Inger Damon, Kanta Subbarao, Donald Sheppard, Senjuti Saha, Scott Gray-Owen and Natasha Christie-Holmes (Photo credit: Horst Herget Photography) October 25, 2024 By, Sunitha Chari The development of effective pandemic...
