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 […]
Awards
2024 – Verity/CFID Resident Travel Award in Infectious Diseases – Wayne Leung
Wayne completed his medical school and Internal Medicine Residency at UBC and is currently a PGY-4 in Infectious Diseases at the University of Western Ontario. His research interests include the management of infectious diseases in marginalized populations. Wayne is very grateful to his mentors who have supported his research and career goals. After graduation, he […]
2024 Embil Trainee Award: Dr. Anthony Lieu
Dr. Anthony Lieu is a recently dual board-certified infectious diseases and medical microbiologist physician. He completed his fellowship training at the University of Calgary and McGill University, respectively. He is currently completing a clinical fellowship in immunocompromised host infectious diseases at Stanford University. His research interests include diagnostics in immunocompromised hosts, with a focus on […]
2024 Embil Mentorship Award: Dr. Donald Vinh
Dr. Vinh is Infectious Disease physician, Medical Microbiologist and Section head (ID-Hematology-Oncology/Transplant) at the McGill University Health Centre. He is Fonds de recherche du Québec–Santé Senior Clinician-scientist. As the Director of the Centre of Excellence for Genetic Research in Infection and Immunity, his translational research program aims to decipher how molecular defects of human immunity […]
2023 – Verity/CFID Resident Travel Award in Infectious Diseases – Shealynn Carpenter
Trainee: Shealynn Carpenter, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Supervisor: Dr. Justin Chen Project: “The period prevalence of a beta-lactam allergy label in patients prescribed carbapenems: A retrospective cohort study”.