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Threads Lab is excited to announce a new paper published by James Kotuah Sakeah (PhD candidate), co-authored with Alison K. and Ian Colman. The paper explores how lessons from resilience research in epidemiology can help shape an emerging epidemiology of compassion, arguing that compassion should be viewed not only as a moral value but also as a measurable and actionable public health asset that supports collective wellbeing and human flourishing. This work contributes to th

Congratulations to Moussa Sangare for publishing his recent paper focused on mass drug administration in Mali. Moussa is completing a PhD program in Population and Health at the University of Ottawa.  This paper examined the gaps in coverage due to mobile populations (internally displaced persons (IDP), migrants, and nomads) missed in mass drug administration. A cross-sectional study was completed in two Malian health districts between March to July 2020 among 1067 participan

The Threads Lab is proud to announce that a paper submitted by Katarina Ost (PhD student) has been officially published in BMC Infectious...

Guyana remains one of four countries in the Americas endemic for lymphatic filariasis (LF). Elimination of LF requires repeated annual...

Check out our newly published paper discussing risk factors for malaria and schistosomiasis among children in Misungwi, Tanzania. This...

Research Day is an opportunity to share and celebrate the research conducted at the Bruyère Research Institute and to foster a community...

We're excited to share our latest research uncovering programmatic and research needs for 'never treated' individuals in mass drug...

If you're in Chicago on October 16 & 17, or virtually attending the 2023 Coalition for Operational Research on Neglected Tropical...

Congratulations to Threads Lab team members, James Kotuah and Carol Vlassoff for their newly published paper on the effect of female sex...

On May 11-12, 2023, Rachel Strohm attended KT Canada’s Scientific meeting in Ottawa, ON. She was selected to present her poster on using...

Congratulations to Kazeem Arogundade and his colleagues on their new paper "The Influence of Threatened Miscarriage on Pregnancy...

Check out this systematic review, authored by Obaraboye Olude, Carol Vlassoff, Julienne Niyikora, and Alison Krentel. It assesses...

The 4th annual Faculty of Medicine (at uOttawa) Research Day 2022 was held on Friday, September 23rd. Congratulations to Kruti Patel and...

On Monday, September 12, 2022, the FAST Package team participated in a Nursing Now Challenge webinar to raise awareness on Female Genital...

Congratulations to Moussa Sangare for his newly published paper: "No evidence of lymphatic filariasis transmission in Bamako urban...

Congratulations to Threads Lab team members Dr. Alison Krentel, Charles Thickstun, Daniel Dilliott and their colleagues for their newly...

Congratulations to Moussa Sangare for his newly published paper in the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene! Together with...

We are excited to share the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Supplement on the introduction of IDA (Triple Drug Therapy...

We are so proud of Threads' Lab PhD student, Claudia Duguay and MSc student, Kruti Patel who won the second and third place respectively...

In their newly published study, Moussa Sangare along with colleagues from the International Center for Excellence in Research Mali...