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Inna Sekirov
MD, PhD

Investigator and Medical Microbiologist, BC Children's Hospital

Humans have evolved to live in partnership with trillions of microbes that inhabit nearly every part of our bodies — including our skin, lungs, and gut. This vast and complex community of bacteria, fungi, and viruses interacts with many body systems and can influence how we stay healthy or become sick. These microbial communities, known collectively as the microbiome, are themselves shaped by changes in our bodies over time.

My proposed research aims to study how the microbiome changes before and during disease, to uncover early signs that could predict illness. Understanding these changes could help us develop new diagnostic tools that allow medical teams to detect and treat disease sooner and more precisely.

Academic Affiliations

  • Clinical Associate Professor, , Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia
  • Research Theme: Healthy Starts
  • Research Group(s): Origins of Child Health and Disease; Vaccines, Infections, and Host Defenses

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Location

4480 Oak Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6H 3V4

inna.sekirov@cw.bc.ca
Grants

Co-Applicant. HPV FOCAL LEGACY: Longterm Evaluations of Gains in Cervical Cancer Prevention. Funding Source: CIHR

Co-Investigator. FOCAL MOMENTUM (MicrObiome Monitoring for ElimiNaTion of Cervical Cancer) Study. Funding Source: VFoundation

Principal Investigator. PILOT TB: Phylogenetic Improvements using Long-Read Sequencing for Understanding Transmission of M. tuberculosis. Funding Source: BC Lung Association

Co-Investigator. Linking Transmission Metadata to Viral Genotype and Serological Responses of COVID-19. Funding Source: CFI

Co-Investigator. One Health Genomics: COVID-19 Adaptation Investigation in Mink. Funding Source: Genome BC

Co-Investigator. CARE-COVID-19: Characterizing Antibody Response to Emerging COVID-19 Virus. Funding Source: Genome BC

Principal Investigator. PACEiiR: Prognostication of ACE II Receptor. Funding Source: Genome BC

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