Since joining the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at Université de Montréal in January 2015, Dr. Abrahamyan has focused on studying the biology of viruses affecting both animals and humans, as well as the complex interactions between viruses and their hosts. The long-term goal of his research is to advance the understanding of virus-host interactions, paving the way for novel antiviral strategies and therapeutic interventions. His research interests span multiple areas, including:

• Molecular mechanisms of virus-host interactions (with a focus on coronaviruses, mink viruses, porcine viruses, and zoonotic viruses)
• Host restriction factors and viral pathogenesis
• The impact of viral and host genetic variations on molecular epidemiology
• Vaccine and antiviral development
• One Health approaches to zoonotic viruses and cross-species transmission

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My research covers the toxicity of mycotoxins which are toxic fungal metabolites produced by certain phytopathogenic fungi. These mycotoxins can contaminate crops, leading to economic losses and posing risks to human and animal health.

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Research within the laboratory focuses on three main themes.

(1) Virus-host interaction in wildlife reservoir species, such as bats, with a specific focus on comparative antiviral innate and intrinsic immunity against emerging zoonotic viruses.

(2) Virus-host interaction in spillover species, such as humans. We use a combination of primary and immortalized cell lines, air-liquid cultures, organoid models, and in vivo models to investigate how zoonotic viruses cause disease and suppress protective human antiviral immune response.

(3) Viral vaccine and therapeutic development. We harness data from our virus-host interaction studies to inform the development of next generation countermeasures against emerging zoonotic viruses.

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Dr. Barkema’s research program focuses on prevention and control of infectious diseases in livestock and humans, including antimicrobial resistance. He leads the Antimicrobial Resistance – One Health Consortium and the Canadian Antimicrobial Resistance Network (CAN-AMR-Net).

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Dr. Black is engaged in a cross-disciplinary research platform, incorporating technical civil and environmental engineering principles and research, with policy and socio-economic components, focusing on sustainable infrastructure and community wellbeing as contributors to healthy and resilient communities

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I lead the OH-HI (One Health, Human dimensions and Implementation) Science CoLab where we work across disciplines to investigate how community knowledge and perceptions of One Health issues relate to public participation in disease surveillance and health promoting behaviours. We are particularly interested in identifying communication strategies, programs, and policies that support communities in navigating making health decisions in a changing climate. Knowledge mobilization is a cornerstone and focus of our practice, and we are especially excited to develop novel and engaging knowledge products to share information across sectors.

https://www.ohhiscience.ca

I research how the different organs of the Inter-American Human Right System respond to the climate emergency, including the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. I am interested in the principles advanced by the Court in its advisory opinions and have written on how both could mainstream the One Health approach to better integrate the health-environment nexus, in particular in the context of pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response actions.

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Ben’s work investigates issues relating to the nexus between applied ethics, normative theory, and jurisprudence. In 2024, he published One Health Ethics with Cambridge University Press. He is a member of the Humanimal Trust Science Committee (registered charity), and chair of the Human Genome Organisation (HUGO) Committee on Ethics, Law and Society.

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Dr. Black is engaged in a cross-disciplinary research platform, incorporating technical civil and environmental engineering principles and research, with policy and socio-economic components, focusing on sustainable infrastructure and community wellbeing as contributors to healthy and resilient communities

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Dr. Dell is an animal therapy researcher and practitioner specializing in treatment for mental health and addictions. A specific focus oh her work and practice is within correctional institutions. Dr. Dell’s research program is grounded in an empowering, community-based, and patient-oriented participatory approach with both humans and animals. She works alongside community and academic partners, including canines, in studies examining how the human-animal bond can mutually enrich wellness among individuals, animals and communities (including therapy dogs, companion animals, service dogs, and emotional support animals).

www.colleendell.com, @ColleenAnneDell, www.pawsitiveconnectionslab.com, @PawsitiveConnectionsLab @AnnaBelleandSubiesAdventures

High-throughput culturing and characterization of human and animal microbiomes
The role of microbiome in modulation of immune homeostasis and colonization resistance against pathogens.
Genome-guided discovery of the therapeutic potentials of host-associated microbiomes
Mitigating environmental footprint of livestock production, including antimicrobial resistance and greenhouse gas emission

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My research areas include stress resonance and coregulation between humans and animals in various environments. Our projects include the study of coregulation between autistic children and their therapeutic horses with 2 different types of equine training, and the resonance of stress between dairy farmers and their cows.

My research combines multiple disciplines (endocrinology, epidemiology, social sciences, veterinary sciences) and bridges different knowledge systems to study the impacts of climate change on disease transmission in the Canadian Arctic and develop biomarkers of health in wild ungulates.

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Simon Dufour is a professor of veterinary epidemiology at the Université de Montréal’s Faculté de médecine vétérinaire. He currently leads the Op+lait FRQ-NT research group, and he is Co-director of the Chair in biosecurity of dairy production. He is passionate about infectious diseases epidemiology and about monitoring usage of antimicrobials in dairy animals and antimicrobial resistance in animal, humans, and the environment. He also has a strong expertise in diagnostic strategies, control of infectious diseases, and development of data visualization tools for monitoring and benchmarking health issues.

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Ecophysiology, ecoimmunology, and disease ecology of arthropods

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The CFP-Lab deciphers how protozoan parasites evolve drug resistance and exchange genetic information through extracellular vesicles. By fusing multi-omics with cutting-edge cellular and molecular assays, we chart resistance networks and pinpoint actionable therapeutic targets. These discoveries are rapidly transformed into point-of-care diagnostics and zoonotic-surveillance tools, fortifying One Health ‘defences’ at the nexus of human, animal, and environmental health.

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Dr. Greer’s research program explores the introduction, spread, dynamics, and control of infectious diseases in populations. She integrates empirical data with mathematical models to test the mechanisms leading to the epidemic spread of pathogens and identify optimal prevention and control strategies. Her research aims to examine the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of both public health and veterinary health interventions to make informed decisions regarding policy.

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Exotic animal medicine, with a special focus on reptile renal diseases, free-ranging bird orthopedics, and fish diseases.

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My research group focuses on the regulation and management of plant diversity. We explore the ecology, genetics and reproductive biology of plant populations – wild and domesticated – and the implications for species formation, population dynamics, conservation and food production.

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My research takes a One Health approach to parasites and diseases that transmit among animals and people via food, water, vectors, and the environment, especially in the rapidly changing climate of the Canadian North. I co-lead the USask One Health Signature Area of Research, which includes themes of surveillance, diagnosis, drugs and vaccines for existing and emerging infectious diseases; antimicrobial and antiparasitic resistance; risks as well as benefits at the animal/human/environmental interface; impacts of contaminants, biodiversity loss and climate change on the health of ecosystems, humans, and animals. Finally, I am member and faculty mentor of the One Health Against Pathogens (OHAP) NSERC CREATE Training program at McGill and the Canadian One Health Training Program on Emerging Zoonoses (COHTPEZ), based at Guelph.

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Exotic animal medicine, with a special focus on reptile renal diseases, free-ranging bird orthopedics, and fish diseases.

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Qualitative and quantitative epidemiological studies associated with infectious diseases and non-infectious risks, risk assessment, mathematical modeling

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Samira is a CIHR-PHAC Applied Public Health Chair in Pandemic and Health Emergency Prevention, Preparedness, Response and Recovery who is focused on viral zoonoses research from a biological perspective that also takes a One Health approach. She is part of the Wildlife Emerging Pathogens Initiative (Wild EPI), a highly collaborative, multidisciplinary collective of researchers focused on detecting and characterizing viruses in the natural world.

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In my work I study agricultural technology and policy and the interaction between agricultural activity, society, and the environment.

My research focuses on topics relevant to bovine management and need a multidisciplinary team to address. Some of my work is in Eastern Africa a/o in the Canadian North embedded in a One Health framework

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Dr. Mathieu JP Poirier is the Director of the Global Strategy Lab, Scientific Director of the AMR Policy Accelerator, Assistant Professor of Social Epidemiology at the York University School of Global Health, and York Research Chair in Global Health Equity. His research ranges from evaluating international law to developing health equity metrics and generating policy-relevant research on socially and politically determined inequities in health. He is the co-Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre on the Global Governance of Antimicrobial Resistance and has previously directed vector-borne disease research for the University of Notre Dame Haiti Program. His research is now contributing to the development of an Independent Panel on Evidence for Action against AMR and more equitable One Health governance and policies to ensure sustainable access to antimicrobials for all.

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Ranaivo has led and conducted research that transcends disciplines and systems (e.g., terrestrial and marine). His research address global challenges related to human health, development, and environmental sustainability. He has integrated approaches from social sciences (participatory methods), economics (causal inference), ecology, and epidemiology to investigate the health, social, and environmental impacts of environmental change and programs. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on the interlinked global challenges of environmental degradation, climate change, and sustaining human health.

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My research focuses on characterizing the mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance and virulence in pathogenic bacteria in animal production, as well as optimizing antimicrobial dosing regimens in livestock. This research is based on a risk assessment approach, within the ‘farm-to-fork’ continuum, aimed at minimizing the selection of antimicrobial-resistant (AMR) bacteria and ensuring food safety from a One Health perspective.

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Dr Rocheleau holds a doctorate in veterinary medicine and a PhD in epidemiology from the Université de Montréal. His work focuses on One Health approaches for risk characterization and management of vector-borne diseases, antimicrobial resistance, and integrated public health surveillance.

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Veterinary epidemiologist with research in antimicrobial resistance, surveillance, disease and risk assessment, zoonotic diseases and One Health.

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The continued rise of antimicrobial resistant infections, which consistently kill more Canadians each year than the year before, is driven primarily by the overuse of antibiotics. In Canada, the vast majority (more than 70%) of antibiotics are used in livestock. However, we cannot simply stop using antibiotics in agriculture without destroying farm productivity and causing immediate food insecurity. My research aims to harness the power of the animals’ natural microbiome to prevent infections and negate the use of antibiotics, so that antibiotics can be saved for human medicine and agricultural productivity can be maintained.

Clinical teaching on livestock farms in Canada and Kenya with senior veterinary students and veterinary techs and veterinarians, reminding them of the need for One Health approaches. Research on livestock farms in Canada and Kenya with senior veterinary students and veterinary techs and veterinarians, on various topics, using a One Health approach.

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Corneal regeneration, platelet-rich plasma for corneal lesions, optical coherence tomography, anaesthesiometry as useful tool of corneal regeneration improvement.