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Celebrating Katarina Ost’s Achievements!
The Threads Lab proudly congratulates Katarina Ost, a PhD candidate in Epidemiology at uOttawa, on earning two well-deserved...

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Feb 101 min read
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Catch Us in Action: Upcoming Posters and Presentations!
This season, our lab is excited to showcase the findings from our talented team of researchers! Members of the Threads lab will be...

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Nov 8, 20244 min read
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Changing the Game: The FAST Approach to Ending Female Genital Schistosomiasis!
Female Genital Schistosomiasis (FGS)Â is a neglected tropical disease that affects an estimated 56 million women and girls worldwide,...

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Sep 3, 20241 min read
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Congratulations to Dr. Claudia Duguay!
We are thrilled to announce that on June 18, 2024, Claudia Duguay successfully defended her PhD! Throughout her PhD journey, Claudia...

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Jul 3, 20241 min read
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Huge congratulations to James on receiving uOttawa's Graduate Studies Leadership Award in EDI!
Congratulations to James Sakeah for receiving University of Ottawa's Faculty of Medicine Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Research...

THREADS Lab
Nov 24, 20231 min read
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Canada makes landmark investment to put an end to blindness due to trachoma in the Americas
On September 21, 2023, at the 78th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), the Government of Canada announced $15 million to eliminate...

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Sep 25, 20232 min read
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Congratulations, Jeremiah!
Congratulations to Jeremiah Acharibasam, who was recently awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology...

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Jun 15, 20231 min read
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Congratulations to James Sakeah for being awarded the Ontario Graduate Scholarship!
Congratulations to James on being awarded the Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS)! The OGS program is designed to recognize and support...

THREADS Lab
Jun 7, 20231 min read
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Congratulations, James!
Congratulations to James Sakeah for receiving uOttawa's International and Global Health Office's (IGHO) Advancements in Global Health...

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Apr 21, 20231 min read
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Congratulations, Moussa!
Congratulations to Moussa Sangare on being selected as one of the nine recipients of the 2023 African Researchers’ Small Grants Program;...

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Apr 21, 20231 min read
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Congratulations Charles!
The Threads Lab is delighted to celebrate Charles Thickstun, who won the Young Investigator Award at the American Society of Tropical...

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Nov 9, 20221 min read
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Conference season is here... check out this year's posters and oral presentations!
If you are in Seattle, Toronto, Ottawa, and/or Benin, do check out the following posters and presentations, put together by our amazing...

THREADS Lab
Oct 31, 20221 min read
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Congratulations Dr. Alison Krentel!
Congratulations to Dr. Alison Krentel for the very well deserved Faculty of Medicine International Impact Award 🎉This award "recognizes...

THREADS Lab
Sep 15, 20221 min read
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New grant - Acceptability study preceding mass drug administration in Belitung, Indonesia
Our Lab has received a new subgrant to explore lymphatic filariasis elimination in Indonesia in partnership with colleagues at Washington...

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May 27, 20221 min read
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Welcome to our summer students!
The Threads Lab is excited to welcome summer students 🎉 Joses Robinson, a first-year Master at the School of Epidemiology and Public...

THREADS Lab
May 23, 20221 min read
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Launch of the AJTMH Supplement on IDA & Other Innovations
We are excited to share the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Supplement on the introduction of IDA (Triple Drug Therapy...

THREADS Lab
Mar 16, 20221 min read
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Congratulations Claudia and Kruti!🎉
We are so proud of Threads' Lab PhD student, Claudia Duguay and MSc student, Kruti Patel who won the second and third place respectively...

THREADS Lab
Feb 16, 20221 min read
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The Threads Lab at the Canadian Conference on Global Health!
Our team members participated in two symposia and presented one poster at the Canadian Conference on Global Health, which was held from...

THREADS Lab
Dec 1, 20211 min read
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Check out the Threads Lab at #TropMed21!
Check out the Threads Lab at the ASTMH Annual Meeting this week! Symposium: 1) Ending the Neglect of Female Genital Schistosomiasis...

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Nov 18, 20211 min read
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Online Learning Event on FGS as Part of the FAST Package
As part of the FGS Accelerated Scale Together (FAST) project, we are pleased to announce a training workshop for health professionals...

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Mar 26, 20211 min read
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