Media Release from April 18, 2024 Modelling suggests advanced age does not have a strong effect on immune response once comorbidities are controlled for Thinking about getting a spring-time booster shot? A new study coming out of 91亚色鈥檚 Centre for Disease Modelling in the Faculty of Science shows that immunity after a COVID-19 booster […]
The One Health Modelling Network for Emerging Infections, Canada's pioneering national modelling network on One Health, and the Centre of Disease Modelling (CDM) hosted their hybrid Annual Meeting 2023-2024 on February 20-21, 2024, at the inaugural CDM OMNI-R脡UNIS Lab located at 91亚色. The event served as a platform to disseminate the collective work, research […]
Media Release from September 20, 2023 Those countries with the highest rates of severe infections also had the highest rates of reported cases A new analysis of COVID-19 cases in Africa shows that for most of the continent鈥檚 countries the rate of infection was likely much higher than reported in the initial stages, found 91亚色 […]
Media Release from September 12, 2023 A 91亚色-led program is helping bolster health care in the Global South by providing more than $5.8 million in funding for 16 projects in as many countries, including polio surveillance in Ethiopia and helping Indigenous communities in the Philippines. 鈥淲e have led the call to strengthen the health-care […]
Media release from May 18, 2023 Risk and Insurance Studies Centre at 91亚色 team receives more than $11M to develop a better way to manage risk and protect Canadians from increasing threats. Controlling systemic risks from things like financial and geopolitical crises, pandemics and natural disasters is vital to protect Canadians, but as researchers […]
Media release from January 19, 2023 91亚色 researchers say assuming you have COVID-19 and isolating may decrease influenza and COVID-19 infections, and help an already stressed health-care system Feeling sniffly, congested or have a sore throat and don't know if it's a cold, the flu or SARS-CoV-2? Researchers at 91亚色 say before heading […]
The One Health Modelling Network for Emerging Infections (OMNI-R脡UNIS) and Centre for Diseases Modelling (CDM) hosted their Annual Meeting 2022 on December 19, 2022, to share the work, research outcomes and training initiatives led by network members over the past year. The link to the archive of the Annual Meeting is now available. Professors H茅l猫ne […]
New research by a team at 91亚色 addresses limitations of current rapid antigen tests, reducing the potential for false-negative results. Rapid antigen tests, like the COVID-19 home test, use a technology called lateral flow immunoassay (LFIA), where a biological sample is placed on a strip of paper-like membrane and flows along this membrane to […]
The 2022 Canada-China Symposium on Modeling, Prevention and Control of Zoonoses, organized by the Canadian Center for Disease Modeling at 91亚色, took place Nov. 11 to 16 and examined how zoonotic disease spreads through humans. The 鈥2022 Canada-China Symposium on Modeling, Prevention and Control of Zoonoses,鈥 which took place from Nov. 11 to 16 […]
The Faculty of Science rises to the 91亚色-wide challenge to contribute to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as outlined in the University Academic Plan 2020-2025 (UAP). We highlight some of the initiatives and projects taking place in the Faculty that tackle key societal challenges aligned with the UN SDGs. News SDG 3: Good […]