The Canada-Africa Mpox Partnership launches with $3 million team grant

The Canada-Africa Mpox Partnership launches with $3 million team grant

Researchers from the University of Toronto and Nigerian Institute of Medical Research have received $3 million from the federal government to launch an international project that will help inform the clinical and public health response to local and global epidemic of mpox. The new funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and International Development Research Centre builds on the collaborative projects and seed funding from the mpox rapid research response launched by EPIC earlier this year.

Toronto mpox studies suggest ways to reduce viral spread

Toronto mpox studies suggest ways to reduce viral spread

Less than three months since it launched, the monkeypox rapid research response led by the University of Toronto’s Emerging and Pandemic Infections Consortium (EPIC) and three partner hospitals is generating results that could help curb transmission of the virus. Modelling work describes how to optimize the initial rollout of a limited vaccine supply to prevent the most infections while other studies focus on the risk of environmental transmission. 

U of T and Toronto hospitals mount research response to monkeypox

July 6, 2022 By Betty Zou  The University of Toronto and its partner hospitals, including Sunnybrook Research Institute, Unity Health Toronto and the University Health Network, are leading a rapid research response to the global monkeypox outbreak, to better...