- Overview
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Viruses that affect the health of women and their infants are plentiful. Many such infections are preventable through vaccination. My research aims to prevent viral infections in women and their infants using research that expands our understanding of these viruses as well as clinical studies that examine vaccines in action. Demonstrating how existing vaccines can be optimized and aiding the development of new vaccines will ultimately improve the health of women and their children globally.
- Publications
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Acceptance and attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy in Canada
Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics
Bondy, S. and McClymont, E. and Av-Gay, G. and Andrade, J. and Blitz, S. and Folkes, I. and Forward, L. and Fraser, E. and Grays, S. and Money, D. and Albert, A. and Ogilvie, G.S. and Barrett, J. and Bettinger, J. and Sadarangani, M. and Bogler, T. and Boucoiran, I. and Castillo, E. and Kuret, V. and D?Souza, R. and El-Cha{\^a}r, D. and Fadel, S. and Poliquin, V. and Scott, H. and Snelgrove, J.W. and Tunde-Byass, M.
DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2025.2458353
2025International Papillomavirus Society policy statement on human papillomavirus-based cervical cancer screening for women living with HIV
Preventive Medicine
McClymont, E. and de Sanjos{\'e}, S. and Garland, S.M. and Moscicki, A.-B.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2025.108314
2025Brief Report: Trends of Congenital Syphilis among Neonates in Canada 2012-2023
Journal of Pediatrics Clinical Practice
Nelson, C.R.M. and Ferro, A. and Naczk, K. and Bitnun, A. and Money, D. and McClymont, E. and Narvey, M. and Gravel, G. and Merckx, J. and Van den Hof, M. and Scott, H. and Thorp, L. and Shah, P.S.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedcp.2025.200146
2025Acceptance and preference between respiratory syncytial virus vaccination during pregnancy and infant monoclonal antibody among pregnant and postpartum persons in Canada
Vaccine
McClymont, E. and Wong, J.M.H. and Forward, L. and Blitz, S. and Money, D. and Barrett, J. and D{'}Souza, R. and Bogler, T. and Boucoiran, I. and Gantt, S. and Castillo, E. and Kuret, V. and El-Cha{\^a}r, D. and Fadel, S.A. and Ogilvie, G. and Poliquin, V. and Sadarangani, M. and Scott, H. and Snelgrove, J.W. and Tunde-Byass, M. and Ahmed, R. and Bettinger, J. and Brotto, L. and Elwood, C. and Karacabeyli, E. and Sotindjo, T. and Bocking, K. and Carson, G. and Cassell, K. and Crane, J. and Kakkar, F. and Malinowski, A.K. and Saunders, S.
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2025.126818
2025Retrospective Cohort Study on the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Pregnancy Outcomes for Women Living With HIV in British Columbia
Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
Fu, W. and McClymont, E. and Av-Gay, G. and Dorling, M. and Atkinson, A. and Elwood, C. and Van Schalkwyk, J. and Money, D. and Azampanah, A. and Sauv{\'e}, L. and Sotindjo, T.
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000003384
2024Empiric antibiotics for peripartum bacteremia: A chart review from a quaternary Canadian centre
International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Mohn, S.F. and Reimer, R. and Mar, N. and Katelieva, A. and Ting, J. and Elwood, C. and Paquette, V. and Albert, A.Y.K. and Roberts, A. and Tilley, P. and McClymont, E. and Boucoiran, I.
DOI: 10.1002/ijgo.15048
2024Maternal-infant transfer of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies following vaccination in pregnancy: A prospective cohort study
Vaccine
Korchinski, I. and Av-Gay, G. and Andrade, J. and Money, D. and Marquez, C. and Jassem, A. and Krajden, M. and Morshed, M. and Sekirov, I. and McClymont, E. and Elwood, C. and Sadarangani, M. and Tanunliong, G.
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.07.024
2024Comparison of Maternal and Infant Outcomes in SARS-CoV-2 Infected Pregnancies and Contemporaneous General Population Pregnancies From British Columbia
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada
Fu, W. and McClymont, E. and Av-Gay, G. and Elwood, C. and Sauv{\'e}, L. and van Schalkwyk, J. and Money, D. and Roberts, A. and Sadarangani, M. and Zhang, Q. and Bone, J.N.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jogc.2024.102631
2024Canadian SARS-CoV-2 serological survey using antenatal serum samples: a retrospective seroprevalence study.
CMAJ open
Atkinson A and Albert A and McClymont E and Andrade J and Beach L and Bolotin S and Boucoiran I and Bullard J and Carmen Charlton and Crane J and Dougan S and Forest JC and German GJ and Giguère Y and Girouard G and Hankins C and Krajden M and Lang A and Levett P and Minion J and Neudorf C and Poliquin V and Jason L Robinson and Scott H and Stein DR and Tran V and Zahariadis G and Zhou HY and Money D and Antenatal Serostudies Team
DOI: 10.9778/cmajo.20220045
PubMed: 37015743
03/2023Reactogenicity, SARS-cov-2 infection, and pregnancy outcomes following COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy in canada
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Mcclymont E and Atkinson A and Albert A and Andrade J and Barrett J and Bogler T and Boucoiran I and Castillo E and D'souza R and El-Chaâr D and Fadel S and Fell D and Kuret V and Ogilvie G and Poliquin V and Sadarangani M and Scott H and Snelgrove J and MTunde-Byass M and Money D
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2022.11.141
02/2023HSV-2 infection and HPV incidence, persistence, and precancerous lesions in a cohort of HPV-vaccinated women living with HIV
International Journal of STD and AIDS
McClymont, E. and Bondy, S. and Lee, M. and Ogilvie, G. and Money, D. and Tan, D.H.S. and Walmsley, S. and Albert, A. and Coutl{\'e}e, F.
DOI: 10.1177/09564624231154298
2023Reactogenicity, pregnancy outcomes, and SARS-CoV-2 infection following COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy in Canada: A national prospective cohort study
Vaccine
McClymont, E. and Atkinson, A. and Av-Gay, G. and Money, D. and Albert, A. and Andrade, J. and Korchinski, I. and Barrett, J. and Bogler, T. and Boucoiran, I. and Castillo, E. and Kuret, V. and D{'}Souza, R. and Snelgrove, J.W. and Tunde-Byass, M. and El-Cha{\^a}r, D. and Fadel, S. and Fell, D.B. and Ogilvie, G. and Poliquin, V. and Sadarangani, M. and Scott, H.
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.10.032
2023The shift to one-dose HPV vaccination: Where does this leave women living with HIV?
International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics
McClymont, E. and Money, D.
DOI: 10.1002/ijgo.14713
2023Spontaneous preterm birth risk among HPV-vaccinated and -unvaccinated women: a nationwide retrospective cohort study of over 240 000 singleton births
BJOG an International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
McClymont, E. and Faber, M.T. and Kjaer, S.K. and Belmonte, F.
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.17349
2023Increased frequency and quantity of mucosal and plasma cytomegalovirus replication among Ugandan Adults Living with HIV
Plos One
McClymont, E. and Bone, J. and Orem, J. and Okuku, F. and Kalinaki, M. and Saracino, M. and Huang, M.-L. and Selke, S. and Wald, A. and Corey, L. and Casper, C. and Johnston, C. and Boucoiran, I. and Gantt, S.
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0287516
2023Is ‘conflict of interest’ a Misnomer? Managing interests in immunization research and evaluation
Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
Elisabeth McClymont and Jason Brophy and Vinita Dubey and Jeff Kwong and Samantha Meyer and Natasha Crowcroft and Scott Halperin and Shannon MacDonald and Karen Simmons and Karina Top and Brian Ward and Manish Sadarangani
DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2021.1879580
01/2022Association of SARS-CoV-2 Infection during Pregnancy with Maternal and Perinatal Outcomes
JAMA
McClymont, E. and Elwood, C. and Van Schalkwyk, J. and Money, D. and Albert, A.Y. and Reeve, T. and Alton, G.D. and Sprague, A.E. and Fell, D.B. and Boucoiran, I. and Castillo, E. and Kuret, V. and Poliquin, V. and Scott, H. and Cassell, K. and Carson, G. and Crane, J. and Murphy, P. and Joynt, C. and Murphy-Kaulbeck, L. and Saunders, S. and Shah, P. and Snelgrove, J.W. and Yudin, M.H.
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2022.5906
2022Human papillomavirus genotype concordance between Anyplex II HPV28 and linear array HPV genotyping test in anogenital samples
Journal of Medical Virology
Coutl{\'e}e, F. and Rodrigues-Coutl{\'e}e, S. and Com{\`e}te, ?. and Mayrand, M.-H. and Rouleau, D. and El-Zein, M. and Franco, E.L. and de Pokomandy, A. and Burchell, A.N. and Money, D. and McClymont, E.
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.27605
2022Vaginal microbiota associated with oncogenic HPV in a cohort of HPV-vaccinated women living with HIV
International Journal of STD and AIDS
McClymont, E. and Lee, M. and Money, D.M. and Albert, A.Y. and Lipsky, N. and Wang, C. and Harris, M. and Dos Santos, S.J. and Hill, J.E. and Coutl{\'e}e, F. and Walmsley, S. and Loutfy, M. and Yudin, M.H. and Trottier, S. and Smaill, F. and Klein, M.B. and Wobeser, W.
DOI: 10.1177/09564624221109686
2022Vaccine regulation should require and enforce the inclusion of pregnant and breastfeeding women in prelicensure clinical trials
Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics
Manca, T.A. and Halperin, S.A. and Langley, J.M. and Top, K.A. and Sadarangani, M. and McClymont, E. and MacDonald, S.E.
DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2022.2104019
2022Prevalence, incidence, and risk factors associated with cytomegalovirus infection in healthcare and childcare worker: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Systematic Reviews
Balegamire, S.J. and M{\^a}sse, B. and Boucoiran, I. and Dodin, P. and Gantt, S. and Besharati, A.A. and Renaud, C. and McClymont, E. and Croteau, A.
DOI: 10.1186/s13643-022-02004-4
2022Management of Isolated Fever in Labour Compared with Clinical Chorioamnionitis in a Quaternary Centre
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada
Wang, C. and Sirluck-Schroeder, I. and Cazales, A.C.S. and Kim, S.R. and van Schalkwyk, J. and Elwood, C. and Albert, A. and McClymont, E.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jogc.2021.06.013
2022Human Papillomavirus Infection Among Pregnant Women Living With HIV: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
Mcclymont, E. and Faber, M.T. and Lindquist, S. and Kj?r, S.K. and Bone, J.N.
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000003050
2022Systematic review of the safety, immunogenicity, and effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines in pregnant and lactating individuals and their infants
International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Fu, W. and Sivajohan, B. and McClymont, E. and Elwood, C. and Money, D. and Albert, A. and Ogilvie, G.
DOI: 10.1002/ijgo.14008
2022Canadian Surveillance of COVID-19 in Pregnancy (CANCOVID-Preg): A Rapidly Coordinated National Response Using Established Regional Infrastructures
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada
Elisabeth McClymont and Haim Abenhaim and Arianne Albert and Isabelle Boucoiran and Krista Cassell and Eliana Castillo and Joan Crane and Chelsea Elwood and Deshayne B. Fell and Chloe Joynt and Andrew Kotaska and Phil A. Murphy and Lynn Murphy-Kaulbeck and Vanessa Poliquin and Shannon Ryan and Sarah Saunders and Heather Scott and Prakeshkumar Shah and John Snelgrove and Julie van Schalkwyk and Mark H. Yudin and Deborah Money
DOI: 10.1016/j.jogc.2020.10.005
02/2021Implementing a Penicillin Allergy De-Labelling Service for the Obstetric Population.
The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaip.2021.01.023
PubMed: 33545395
02/2021Population SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence Using Antenatal Serum Samples in British Columbia, Canada
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada
McClymont, E. and Elwood, C. and Money, D. and Sekirov, I. and Morshed, M. and Levett, P. and Jassem, A. and Krajden, M. and Liu, A. and Sbihi, H. and Ogilvie, G.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jogc.2021.06.001
2021Prevalent and persistent oncogenic HPV types in a cohort of women living with HIV prior to HPV vaccination.
International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics
DOI: 10.1002/ijgo.13185
PubMed: 32342504
06/2020Investigation of factors associated with spontaneous preterm birth in pregnant women living with HIV.
AIDS (London, England)
DOI: 10.1097/qad.0000000000002464
PubMed: 31895145
04/2020Impact of quadrivalent HPV vaccine dose spacing on immunologic response in women living with HIV.
Vaccine
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.02.075
PubMed: 32147300
03/2020Brief Report: Persistence of Non-Vaccine Oncogenic HPV Genotypes in Quadrivalent HPV-Vaccinated Women Living With HIV.
Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999)
DOI: 10.1097/qai.0000000000002258
PubMed: 31917750
03/2020Intraoperative human papillomavirus testing: earlier prediction of treatment failure
BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
E McClymont and M Lee
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.15969
01/2020Different and diverse anaerobic microbiota were seen in women living with HIV with unsuppressed HIV viral load and in women with recurrent bacterial vaginosis: a cohort study
BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
C Elwood and AYK Albert and E McClymont and E Wagner and D Mahal and K Devakandan and BL Quiqley and Z Pakzad and MH Yudin and JE Hill and D Money
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.15930
01/2020Cervical Cancer Screening in Immunocompromised Women
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada
Elisabeth McClymont and Marette Lee and Chelsea Elwood and Sheona Mitchell-Foster and Julie van Schalkwyk and Gina Ogilvie and Deborah Money
DOI: 10.1016/j.jogc.2019.03.005
08/2019The Efficacy of the Quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus Vaccine in Girls and Women Living With Human Immunodeficiency Virus
Clinical Infectious Diseases
Elisabeth McClymont and Marette Lee and Janet Raboud and François Coutlée and Sharon Walmsley and Nancy Lipsky and Mona Loutfy and Sylvie Trottier and Fiona Smaill and Marina B Klein and Marianne Harris and Jeffrey Cohen and Mark H Yudin and Wendy Wobeser and Deborah Money and Ariane Alimenti and Arezou Azampanah and Ari Bitnun and Sandra Blitz and Jason Brophy and Jan Christilaw and Andrew Coldman and Simon Dobson and Catherine Hankins and Christos Karatzios and Mel Krajden and Normand Lapointe and Jessica McAlpine and Dianne Miller and Erin Moses and Dirk van Niekerk and Gina Ogilvie and Neora Pick and Lindy Samson and Julie van Schalkwyk and David Scheifele and Joel Singer and Sarah Stone and Gavin Stuart and Marcie Summers and Laura Vicol and Melissa Watt
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciy575
02/2019Interaction effect of psychological distress and asthma control on productivity loss?
European Respiratory Journal
Moullec, G. and FitzGerald, J.M. and Rousseau, R. and Chen, W. and Sadatsafavi, M. and Bekirov, A. and Dhoot, S. and Dinh, L. and Chan, J. and Dhillon, J. and Gill, G. and Iwanski, J. and Jiwa, Z. and Agoes, I. and Li, R. and Deppiesse, J. and Gray, S. and Terekhova, E. and Brunton, N. and Taylor, D. and Ludwig, M. and FitzGerald, L. and Zou, M. and McClymont, E. and Rolfe, D. and Tan Hogg, W.
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00141614
2015 - Research
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CMV DETAIL: Improving Identification of Maternal CMV Reinfection and Characterization of Congenital CMV Strains
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is the most common congenital infection globally, which results in an enormous burden of childhood hearing loss and neurodevelopmental delay. This project uses provincial surveillance of congenital CMV cases from 2018 onwards. Data collected will allow us to better understand the importance and role of maternal (re)infection with CMV in the development of congenital CMV, as well as the specific strains of CMV that are transmitted to infants. The information gained from this project will help inform future CMV prevention methods and determine which types of CMV should be included in candidate vaccines.The NOVA-HIV Study: A Study of Reduced Dosing of the Nonavalent HPV Vaccine in Women Living with HIV
Cervical cancer can be prevented through HPV vaccination, as HPV is the causal agent of virtually all cervical cancers. This vaccine is safe and effective in young women without HIV. However, there are very little data on nonavalent HPV vaccination among the 18 million women living with HIV globally, who constitute a population most vulnerable to HPV and cervical cancer. This study will determine whether two doses of 9vHPV vaccine can be used in women living with HIV instead of three, and will examine additional aspects of HPV vaccination in these women including the detailed immune response, vaccine safety and efficacy, and attitudes towards self-collected HPV samples in this population. This is a multi-site, phase IV clinical trial. Recruitment began in late 2023 and is currently ongoing. Findings from the study will inform global public health policy and programming, as well as inform the global strategy for cervical cancer elimination.GrantsPrincipal Investigator. International Papillomavirus Society Podcast. Funding Source: CIHR - Planning & Dissemination Grant (2024-2025).
Co-Investigator. PREGTRIAL: Inclusion of Pregnant and Lactating People in Clinical Trials. Funding Source: CIHR Operating Grant (2024-2027).
Co-Investigator. Towards the eradication of congenital syphilis in Canada. Funding Source: CIHR Operating Grant (2024-2025)
Co-Principal Investigator. NOVA-HIV: Establishing a community advisory committee and co-leading a clinical trial. Funding Source: MSHRBC Convening & Collaborating Grant (2023-2024).
Co-Principal Investigator. Community Engagement for A Study of Reduced Dosing of the Nonavalent HPV Vaccine in Women Living with HIV. Funding Source: UBC Partnership Recognition and Exploration Fund (2023).
Co-Investigator. COVID-19 Surveillance in Pregnancy. Funding Source: Public Health Agency of Canada (2023-2024).
Principal Investigator. CMV DETAIL (Improving iDEntification of maTernAl reInfection and characterization of congenitaL CMV strains). Funding Source: National CMV Foundation Early Career Congenital CMV Research Award (2022-2024).
Co-Investigator. A Study of Reduced Dosing of the Nonavalent HPV Vaccine in Women Living with HIV (The NOVA-HIV Study). Funding Source: CIHR Project Grant (2022-2027).
Co-Investigator. Canadian Surveillance of COVID-19 in Pregnancy: Epidemiology, Maternal, and Infant Outcomes (CANCOVID-Preg). Funding Source: COVID-19 Immunity Task Force/Public Health Agency of Canada (2021-2023).
Co-Investigator. Canadian Surveillance of COVID-19 in Pregnancy: Epidemiology, Maternal, and Infant Outcomes (CANCOVID-Preg). Funding Source: CIHR Operating Grant (2021-2022).
Co-Investigator. CMV Dynamics and Transmission in Pregnancy: Comparison Between Women Living With and Without HIV. Funding Source: NIH R21 Grant (2021-2023).
Co-Investigator. CMV Dynamics and Transmission in Pregnancy: Comparison Between Women Living With and Without HIV. Funding Source: CIHR Project Grant (2021-2025).
Co-Investigator. Canadian COVID-19 Vaccine Registry for Pregnant and Lactating Individuals (COVERED): An Evaluation of Safety, Effectiveness, and Acceptability. Funding Source: Vaccine Surveillance Reference Group (2021-2022).
Co-Investigator. Canadian Surveillance of COVID-19 in Pregnancy: Epidemiology, Maternal, and Infant Outcomes (CANCOVID-Preg). Funding Source: Public Health Agency of Canada (2020-2021).
Co-Investigator. Canadian Population Serological Survey Utilizing Antenatal Serum Samples. Funding Source: COVID-19 Immunity Task Force/Public Health Agency of Canada (2020-2021).
Co-Investigator. Rapid Response Maternal-Infant Clinical and Biospecimen Access Platform. Funding Source: UBC COVID-19 Strategic Investment Fund (2020-2021).
Co-Investigator. Canadian Surveillance of COVID-19 in Pregnancy: Epidemiology, Maternal, and Infant Outcomes (CANCOVID-Preg). Funding Source: CIHR Operating Grant (2020-2021).
Honours & Awards2020–2023 - MSHRBC Research Trainee. “Viral Determinants of Natural Human Cytomegalovirus Transmission”
2020–2022 - CTN Postdoctoral Fellowship. “Viral Determinants of Natural Human Cytomegalovirus Transmission in Women Living with HIV”
2020–2023 - Lundbeck Foundation Postdoc. “The Impact of the HPV Vaccine on Preterm Birth in Denmark and Sweden”
2016 - Dr. Bernard Duval Award for Vaccination
2016 - Young Investigator Award, Infectious Diseases Society for Obstetrics & Gynecology
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