Toby Le is a PhD student from the Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases at the University of Manitoba, studying under the supervision of Drs. Keith Fowke and Julie Lajoie. As part of his doctoral studies, he works with a community of female sex workers from Kenya to investigate the effects of a common injectable contraceptive, Depot Medroxyprogesterone Acetate (DMPA), on the immune system and its implications on HIV susceptibility. Beyond his academic studies, Toby is also a research assistant at the National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCCID), where he has led several public health knowledge translation projects, including a COVID-19 variants tracking webpage that curated over 18,000 views. Currently, Toby is working with the NCCID and the Public Health Agency of Canada to organize stakeholder engagement sessions on the Pan-Canadian Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance.
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