According to Darrell Tan, our clinician-scientist at the division of infectious diseases at St Michael’s Hospital, municipal public health data combined with international research collaboration, indicates 99 per cent plus of monkeypox infections in nonendemic countries are of men who have sex wit h men (MSM). Tan noted the antiviral tecovirimat used for serious cases […]

Our lead investigator, Dr. Darrel Tan who is also an associate professor of medicine at the University of Toronto, said the emergence of monkeypox in the community is very new, and it’s challenging to sort out the public health response and how best to support patients. Levels of patient care should include individualized care and […]

Limited vaccine supply could thwart Canada’s efforts to contain monkeypox writes CBC. Featuring our very own Dr. Darrell Tan who explains that although vaccine uptake was great at the start, limited supply of the vaccine does not help fast uptake. Read the rest of the article here.  

1 month ago Dr. Darrell Tan spoke to CBC: The National about scaling up Monkeypox vaccinations. You can watch the full story here.

Our very own Dr. Darrell Tan speaks to CBC about monkeypox. You can read the entire article here.

Earlier this week our team learned that Ashan was one of the only handful of recipients of the 2022 Temerty Faculty of Medicine GSEF Merit Scholarships for International Students. What an accomplishment! Congratulations!

CONGRATULATIONS OSCAR PICO ESPINOSA!! Oscar’s application for a CTN Postdoctoral Fellowship was successful! This award provides a $50,000 stipend plus an additional $5,000 travel allowance for meetings beginning this Summer for 1 year and potentially renewable for a second year. Oscar is extremely deserving of this and as we already know, has even secured an OHTN […]

A few weeks ago, the Options Collaboratory for HIV/STI Treatment and Prevention Science were asked to be featured on the UnityNet Twice-A-Week announcement page because the whole team has been working tirelessly throughout the pandemic. Read the whole article here! The entire team should be very proud about all that has been accomplished.

Congratulations once again Robinson! The international AIDS Conference 2022 scholarship team announced that our very own student, Robinson Truong, has been awarded a scholarship to attend AIDS 2022, the 24th International AIDS Conference, which takes place in Montreal, Canada, and virtually from July 29th to August 2nd, 2022. This year, the scholarship includes financial support […]

Congratulations to our post-doctoral fellow, Dr. Oscar Javier Pico Espinosa for having his abstract titled, The Best Thing About PrEP is ___:Benefits of HIV PrEP According to PrEP-using Gay, Bisexual and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men in Ontario and British Columbia, Canada accepted to the International AIDS Society (IAS) Conference 2022. The conference will be […]