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About us
Who are we?
We are a transdisciplinary team working together to make things happen!
These are our areas of expertise.
Meet the team
Leadership Team
Dr. Zulma Rueda
Associate Professor and Tier 2 Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Sexually-Transmitted Infection –Resistance and Control at the Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases at the University of Manitoba.
Dr. Yoav Keynan
Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases and Community Health Sciences at the University of Manitoba
Head, Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine
Scientific Director, National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases
Margaret Haworth-Brockman Senior Program Manager at the National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases.
Researchers & Collaborators
Dr. Katharina Maier
Associate Professor, Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Winnipeg
Dr. Mariana Herrera-Diaz
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Medical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases at the University of Manitoba
CIHR-REDI Awardee
Dr. Lauren J. MacKenzie
Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases at the University of Manitoba
Associate Medical Director of the Manitoba HIV Program
Dr. Catherine Card
Adjunct Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases at the University of Manitoba
Dr. Julie Lajoie
Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases at the University of Manitoba
Dr. Diana Marin
Associate Professor, School of Health Sciences at Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana
Dr. Lucelly López-López
Professor and leader of the Public Health Research Group, School of Health Sciences at Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana
Dr. Beatriz Salazar-Giraldo
Assistant Professor, School of Medicine at the University of Antioquia
Dr. Luisa Arroyave
Postdoctoral Fellow, National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases
Dr. Jared Bullard
Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Child Health at the University of Manitoba
Section Head of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Winnipeg Children’s Hospital
Associate Medical Director of Cadham Provincial Laboratory
Dr. Roberto Hincapie
Professor and Dean, School of Engineering at Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana
Dr. Diego Muñoz
Associate Professor, School of Mathematics at the National University of Colombia
Researcher, Scientific Computing Research Group at the National University of Colombia
Dr. Olga María Agudelo-García
Lecturer, School of Medicine at the University of Antioquia
Dr. Juan Pablo Isaza
Full-time lecturer and Junior Researcher at Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana
Dr. Sandra Gonzalez-Diaz
Research Associate, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases at the University of Manitoba
Natasha Hollett
MSc, Research Technician & Program Coordinator of the International Infectious Disease and Global Health Training Program at the University of Manitoba
Trainees
Angela Copete
PhD candidate, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases at the University of Manitoba
Katherine Peña Valencia
PhD student, Department of Microbiology at the University of Antioquia
Will Riaño-Echavarria
Medical student at the University of Antioquia, Research assistant at the University of Manitoba
Liliana López-Manjarres
Master's student, Department of Microbiology at the University of Antioquia
Ashley Heilmann
PhD Student, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases at the University of Manitoba
Camilo Suarez-Ariza
PhD Student, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases at the University of Manitoba
Zipporah Gitau
PhD student, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases at the University of Manitoba
Maria Cristina Arango-Uribe
Master's student , Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases at the University of Manitoba
Dr. Megan Sorokopud-Jones
Internal Medicine resident at the University of Manitoba
Dr. Alexander Sharp
Internal Medicine resident at the University of Manitoba
Olivia Lovett
Master's student, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases at the University of Manitoba
Cara Follows
Master's student, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases at the University of Manitoba
Itay Amrom
Summer Research Student, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases at the University of Manitoba
Undergraduate student, University of British Columbia
Camila Oda-Jallime
Summer Research Student, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases at the University of Manitoba
Undergraduate student, University of Manitoba
Maya Polevoi
Summer Research Student, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases at the University of Manitoba
Medical student, University of Manitoba
Adi Keynan
Research Assistant, Department of Psychology at the University of Winnipeg
Undergraduate student, University of Winnipeg
Staff
Heather Pashe
Cultural Advisor at the University of Manitoba
Mariana Echeverri Alvarez
Communications Specialist at the
University of Manitoba
Vanessa Schulz
Research technician, Public Health Agency of Canada
Coordinator, the Women-Centred HIV Care Manitoba Sub-hub
Rotem Keynan
Research Assistant & Alltogether4IDEAS Peer Research Coordinator
Maya Sykes
Research Nurse, Alltogether4IDEAS
Daniela Aguirre
Microbiologist and Clinical Laboratory Scientist, University of Antioquia
Past Members
Enrique Villacis-Álvarez
Research Associate, Dalhousie University
Ryan Ha
MSc Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, University of Manitoba
Erwin Taguiam
Research Assistant, Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Manitoba
Sophie Teskey
Undergraduate student, University of British Columbia
We believe all people can embrace who they are,
can define their future, and can change the world.
Our Mission
Our Mission
Our mission is to improve people’s lives and health through engagement, science, and capacity building.
To do that, our transdisciplinary team aims to understand how the confluence of several diseases and infections (HIV, pneumonia, tuberculosis and sexually-transmitted and blood-borne infections – called syndemics) affects the health of women, men and non-binary gendered people. We blend ways of knowing, disciplines and an extensive network of partners to understand how these syndemic diseases and infections intersect with daily living, because a person’s life is influenced by individual experiences as well as external and structural factors.
Our Vision
To improve the health and wellbeing of people diagnosed with pneumonia, HIV and sexually transmitted infections through the development of diagnostic tests, predictive and prognostic algorithms for treatment management, and advocating for evidence-based policy and
decision-making.
Our Partners
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