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End-of-year message from the Scientific Director Dear Colleagues, It has been a busy six months since III transitioned to McMaster University, Hamilton on July 1st, 2018. We were very fortunate to be able to hire highly qualified and professional staff members within the first…

Welcome message from new III Scientific Director: Dr. Charu Kaushic As many of you may have already heard, III is moving to McMaster University on July 1, 2018. I am honored and humbled to be appointed as the next Scientific Director of III. It will be my privilege to serve the…

Statement from Dr. Charu Kaushic on World AIDS Day 2018 World AIDS Day is December 1 and it is important for us to remember that HIV infection remains a major global health issue, with almost 35 million people around the world still living with the virus. While anti-retroviral…

Message from Dr. Steven J. Hoffman and Dr. Charu Kaushic: The 2019 Novel Coronavirus outbreak CIHR is closely following the 2019 Novel Coronavirus outbreak and is coordinating with other federal agencies including the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC). CIHR is also consulting…

CIHR III & IPPH Collaborations on Global Health Dear colleagues, CIHR institutes are designed to support and mobilize research that can improve the health and wellbeing of people around the world. In particular, our two institutes – the CIHR Institute of Infection and Immunity…

Message from the Scientific Director: CIHR-III is pleased to launch its 2019-2020 Strategic Plan I am very pleased to announce the launch of the CIHR-Institute of Infection and Immunity (III)’s Strategic Plan: 2019-2020 . This will be a 2-year extension of the 2013-2018 Strategic…

Message from the Scientific Director: World Hepatitis Day - July 28, 2019 Hepatitis C Research Initiative On this World Hepatitis Day, the CIHR- Institute of Infection and Immunity reaffirms its commitment to the World Health Organization’s global goal of eliminating hepatitis as…

Statement from Dr. Charu Kaushic and Dr. Norman Rosenblum: World Microbiome Day The trillions of individual bacteria and viruses that live on the surface and inside the human body, known as the human microbiome, have challenged medicine’s view of microorganisms solely as agents…

Message from the Scientific Director – Update on Institute activities Dear colleagues, Welcome back from summer! I hope you all had a chance to rest and relax, and reunite with family and friends, after what has been an exhausting two years of unprecedented anxiety and…

Statement from Dr. Charu Kaushic on World AIDS Day The theme of this World AIDS Day is End inequalities. End AIDS. End Pandemics. Despite significant advances in developing a prevention and treatment toolkit, 1.5 million people around the world became newly infected with HIV in…