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Women's history month - Highlighting Women who Advance Health through Groundbreaking Research
For Women's history month, The Task Force of Global Health celebrated Dr. Alison Krentel for advancing health breakthroughs and breaking...

THREADS Lab
Apr 1, 20221 min read


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


Health worker training on #FGSchisto in Ghana
Dr. Alison Krentel and Dr. Kazeem Arogundade were part of a health worker training on the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of Female...

THREADS Lab
Mar 11, 20221 min read


New award: Exploring patterns of non-participation across multiple health campaigns
The Threads Lab received a new award from the Health Campaign Effectiveness (HCE) Coalition to explore the potential that “never...

THREADS Lab
Mar 9, 20221 min read


Calling Ottawa to Kigali: an opportunity for Canada to fight neglected tropical diseases
As part of World NTD Day, Dr. Alison Krentel and Senator Stanley Kutcher co-authored an op-ed in the Hill Times on the importance of...

THREADS Lab
Feb 17, 20221 min read


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


#WorldNTDDay!
Our Threads Lab members braved the Ottawa cold on this #WorldNTDDay to show they are #100PercentCommitted to #EndTheNeglect and #beatNTDs!

THREADS Lab
Jan 30, 20221 min read


Canada🇨🇦, let's sign the Kigali Declaration #100percentComitted
The Threads Lab is standing with the Canadian Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases, members & allies to ask the Canadian Government to...

THREADS Lab
Jan 27, 20221 min read


Blog: Climate Financing and the Power Asymmetries between Global South and Global North
Kruti Patel's blog, published on the Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education (GCCHE) website, highlights the barriers faced by...

THREADS Lab
Jan 26, 20221 min read


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


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...

THREADS Lab
Nov 18, 20211 min read


Congratulations Professor Margaret Gyapong! 🎉
The Threads Lab is delighted to celebrate our colleague Professor Margaret Gyapong, who has won the European and Developing Countries...

THREADS Lab
Oct 19, 20211 min read


Evaluation of MDA for schistosomiasis and STH in school-aged children in Bankass, Mali
In their newly published study, Moussa Sangare along with colleagues from the International Center for Excellence in Research Mali...

THREADS Lab
Oct 15, 20211 min read


Incorporating qualitative research methods into the monitoring and evaluation of NTD programmes
Dr. Alison Krentel together with colleagues from Research Triangle Institute (RTI) International, University of Washington, World Health...

THREADS Lab
Oct 13, 20211 min read


Lessons and challenges faced in implementation research: Reflections from the FAST Package Project
Threads Lab's Master student, Kruti Patel, presented a poster at the 2nd Virtual Edition: University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine...

THREADS Lab
Sep 27, 20211 min read


Assessing factors influencing communities’ acceptability of MDA for the elimination of LF in Guyana
Threads Lab team members Alison Krentel, Charles Thickstun, and Daniel Dilliott undertook an acceptability study in preparation for the...

THREADS Lab
Sep 21, 20211 min read


Welcome to James!
The Threads Lab welcomes James Kotuah Sakeah to the team! James has joined the School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of...

THREADS Lab
Sep 7, 20211 min read


Practicum experience by Jacie Liu
Our summer practicum student, Jacie Liu, recently wrote a blog on her experience working with the iCHORDS Community of Practice. She...

THREADS Lab
Sep 6, 20211 min read


Social Prescribing to combat the effects of isolation
Congratulations to our research partners Drs. Sue Bennett and Heather Dunlap at the Children's Hospital at Eastern Ontario who have...

THREADS Lab
Aug 27, 20211 min read


COVID-19 isn’t the only infectious disease needing Canadian global health investment
It’s been a tough year for global efforts to beat Neglected Tropical Diseases. Community health workers supporting NTD programs were...

THREADS Lab
Aug 27, 20211 min read
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