We are excited to announce that Dr. Darrell Tan has been re-elected to the International AIDs Society (IAS) Governing Council. He will continue to serve on the Governing Council, the elected thought leadership body of the IAS, for the next four years. Please see the following link for more information: Election results: 2024 IAS Governing […]

We are excited to announce that the PRECISE (Prepare, REact, Collect, Innovate, Share, and Engage) study has been awarded funding from the Government of Canada. This study, on which Dr. Darrell Tan is one of four clinical leads, is a $19 million initiative that will help improve diagnostics to strengthen Canada’s response to future pandemics. […]

Yasamin Sadeghi, a Master’s student in the Options Lab, has recently been awarded a 2024 St. Michael’s Hospital Research Training Centre Top-Up Award to support her graduate studies. Congratulations, Yas!

Matthew McGarrity, a previous MPH and summer student in the Options Lab, has just had his paper on hepatitis A, hepatitis B and HPV vaccination uptake in the ON-PrEP cohort study accepted for publication in a journal called Sexually Transmitted Infections! Matt is also currently pursing his medical degree in Ireland, and will be returning […]

Myo Minn Oo is joining the Options Lab as a Senior Research Associate. He brings a wealth of prior experience studying medicine in Myanmar and epidemiology in Thailand, followed by epidemiology fieldwork and research on a variety of global health issues including HIV, tuberculosis and malaria.  To start with, Myo’s role on our team will […]