We have had a clean sweep of success with our promotion candidates this year - which was, of course, thoroughly well-deserved. Please join me in congratulating the following on their new roles:
Associate Professor, Andrea Boggild
Andrea Boggild has made important contributions to the diagnosis and management of parasitic and neglected tropical diseases. She has served as a consultant at the provincial level regarding risk of infection at mass gatherings. Her work to address the appropriate management of returning febrile travelers has garnered substantial attention and has practice changing impact.
Associate Professor, Matthew Muller
Matthew Muller is an international authority on hand hygiene, how to measure its impact on infection control outcomes and how to study compliance in a systematic way. Among his many roles, he represents infectious diseases on the Public Health Agency of Canada's Expert Working Group on Infection Prevention and Control.
Associate Professor, Nick Daneman
Nick Daneman has used his skills in clinical epidemiology to promote antimicrobial stewardship. He has established best practices for antimicrobial use for systemic bacterial infections in myriad settings, and quality improvement methodologies to move this evidence into clinical practice.
Professor, Shahid Husain
Shahid Husain has established an international reputation for his contributions to addressing infections in transplant recipients. Specifically, he has enabled physician training in the field in addition to earlier diagnosis and improved prophylaxis, prognostication, and treatment of infections in transplant recipients. He has also established a global consortium of 14 transplant centers to facilitate study of the epidemiology and treatment of fungal infections in lung transplant recipients.
Professor, Mona Loutfy
Mona Loutfy has made outstanding contributions to advancing care - particularly related to sexual health, fertility management and pregnancy - for women and vulnerable populations with HIV. In her work, she has creatively incorporated trained 'consumers' (women with HIV) to participate as researchers. Her work has highlighted the negative impact of gender bias and HIV-associated stigma on Canadian women seeking fertility services and care for HIV/AIDS.
AWARDS
Never satisfied with just one recognition, our last entry on that promotion list will also be receiving the inaugural 2017 CAHR-CANFAR Excellence in HIV Research Award for Clinical Sciences - fantastic work, Mona! Here are additional details about Mona's award.
