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Daniel Coombs

ResearcherMicrobiology and ImmunologyUniversity of British Columbia

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Daniel Coombs

Researcher

Microbiology and Immunology

Health Sciences

University of British Columbia

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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12 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Principal investigator on 6 research grants (4 NSERC, 2 CIHR), most recently in 2020.
Supervisor on 2 trainee awards (2 CIHR), most recently in 2018.

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Research

B Cell Receptor B Lymphocytes Membrane Proteins Nanoclusters/Protein Islands Receptor Mobility Signal Transduction Single Particle Tracking Super-Resolution Microscopy

Latest papers

Mathematical modelling highlights the crucial role of early childhood immunization in preventing congenital CMV in countries with high CMV seroprevalence.
Vaccine · 2026
Chronic health consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on school workers: a cross-sectional post-pandemic analysis.
BMJ open · 2025
Spatial kinetics and immune control of murine cytomegalovirus infection in the salivary glands.
PLoS computational biology · 2024

All 52 publications

Latest funding

Estimating the value and long-term impact of implementing Risk Mitigation Guidance to reduce the harms of substance use disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic: A simulation modeling analysis
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$925,650
Household transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in a well-characterized African cohort
CIHR · 2020 · Co-investigator
One Health Modelling Network for Emerging Infections (OMNI)
NSERC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$2,500,000

All 19 grants and awards

52 publications.

Mathematical modelling highlights the crucial role of early childhood immunization in preventing congenital CMV in countries with high CMV seroprevalence.

Gazeau S, Byrne C, Coombs D, Kunzweiler C, Calheiros RC, Diaz-Decaro J, Gantt S, Craig M

Vaccine2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2026.128788 PMID: 42269282

Chronic health consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on school workers: a cross-sectional post-pandemic analysis.

Watts AW, Pitblado M, Li S, Irvine MA, Golding L, Coombs D, O'Reilly C, O'Brien SF, Goldfarb DM, Mâsse LC, Lavoie P

BMJ open2025

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-095685 PMID: 40730406

Spatial kinetics and immune control of murine cytomegalovirus infection in the salivary glands.

Byrne CM, Márquez AC, Cai B, Coombs D, Gantt S

PLoS computational biology2024

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1011940 PMID: 39150988

Estimating the total utilization of take home naloxone during an unregulated drug toxicity crisis: A Bayesian modeling approach.

Irvine MA, Bardwell S, Williams S, Liu L, Ge W, Kinniburgh B, Coombs D, Buxton JA

The International journal on drug policy2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104454 PMID: 38788389

Factors associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection in unvaccinated children and young adults.

Silverberg SL, Shulha HP, McMillan B, He G, Lee A, Márquez AC, Bartlett SR, Gill V, Abu-Raya B, Bettinger JA, Cabrera A, Coombs D, Gantt S, Goldfarb DM, Sauvé L, Krajden M, Morshed M, Sekirov I, Jassem AN, Sadarangani M

BMC infectious diseases2024

DOI: 10.1186/s12879-023-08950-1 PMID: 38225625

SARS-CoV-2 cross-sectional seroprevalence study among public school staff in Metro Vancouver after the first Omicron wave in British Columbia, Canada.

Watts AW, Mâsse LC, Goldfarb DM, Irvine MA, Hutchison SM, Muttucomaroe L, Poon B, Barakauskas VE, O'Reilly C, Bosman E, Reicherz F, Coombs D, Pitblado M, O'Brien SF, Lavoie PM

BMJ open2023

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-071228 PMID: 37308276

Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in K-12 Schools, British Columbia, Canada April to June 2021.

Choi A, Mâsse LC, Bardwell S, Kayda I, Zhao Y, Xu YXZ, Markarian A, Coombs D, Macdonald A, Watts AW, Dhillon N, Irvine M, O'Reilly C, Lavoie PM, Goldfarb DM

Microbiology spectrum2022

DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.00622-22 PMID: 35862938

Modestly protective cytomegalovirus vaccination of young children effectively prevents congenital infection at the population level.

Byrne C, Coombs D, Gantt S

Vaccine2022

DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.07.026 PMID: 35907677

Mathematical modeling of COVID-19 in British Columbia: An age-structured model with time-dependent contact rates.

Iyaniwura SA, Falcão RC, Ringa N, Adu PA, Spencer M, Taylor M, Colijn C, Coombs D, Janjua NZ, Irvine MA, Otterstatter M

Epidemics2022

DOI: 10.1016/j.epidem.2022.100559 PMID: 35447505

SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence among Vancouver public school staff in British Columbia, Canada: a cross-sectional study.

Goldfarb DM, Mâsse LC, Watts AW, Hutchison SM, Muttucomaroe L, Bosman ES, Barakauskas VE, Choi A, Dhillon N, Irvine MA, Reicherz F, O'Reilly C, Sediqi S, Xu RY, Razzaghian HR, Sadarangani M, Coombs D, O'Brien SF, Lavoie PM

BMJ open2022

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-057846 PMID: 35383082

Estimating the value and long-term impact of implementing Risk Mitigation Guidance to reduce the harms of substance use disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic: A simulation modeling analysis

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Nosyk, Bohdan P; Irvine, Michael A; Krebs, Emmanuel; Slaunwhite, Amanda K

Keywords: Cost-Effectiveness Analysis; Economic Modeling; Harm Reduction; Opioid Use Disorder; Overdose; Risk Mitigation Guidance; Service Systems; Simulation Modeling; Substance Use

$925,650

Household transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in a well-characterized African cohort

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Op Grant: COVID-19 Rapid Research FO - Social Policy and Public Health Responses

Principal investigators: Gantt, Soren M

Keywords: Age-Dependent Outcomes; Antibody-Dependent Enhancement; Children; Covid-19; Hiv; Household Transmission; Kenya; Sars-Cov-2; Serology; Viral Load

One Health Modelling Network for Emerging Infections (OMNI)

Co-investigatorNSERC2020Emerging Infectious Diseases Modelling Initiative (EIDM)

Principal investigators: Zhu, Huaiping

$2,500,000

CANMOD: Canadian Network for Modelling Infectious Disease

Co-investigatorNSERC2020Emerging Infectious Diseases Modelling Initiative (EIDM)

Principal investigators: Colijn, Caroline

$2,500,000

Super-resolution imaging, single cell analysis, and modelling approaches applied to the study of immune cell signaling and behaviour

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Coombs, Daniel

$414,000

Measuring the impact of current and future harm reduction strategies in the ongoing opioid overdose epidemic in British Columbia

SupervisorCIHR2018Health System Impact Fellowships - PostDoc Western Canada 2 year

Principal investigators: Irvine, Michael A

Keywords: Bayesian Statistics; Harm Reduction; Mathematical Modelling; Opioid Overdoses; People Who Use Drugs; Public Health Intervention

$63,500

Super Resolution Core Facility Upgrade

Co-investigatorNSERC2018Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Nabi, Ivan

$147,382

Understanding contextual factors to effectively and equitably scale up GetCheckedOnline to diverse populations and geographic settings

Co-investigatorCIHR2017Team Grant: HIV Implementation Science - Component 2

Principal investigators: Gilbert, Mark P; Lisk, Ryan C; McGowan, Regina L; Grace, Daniel; Worthington, Catherine A

Keywords: Blood Borne Infections; Community-Based Research; Implementation Science; Online Health Services; Sexually Transmitted Infections; Testing

$2,000,000

Viral determinants of natural human cytomegalovirus transmission

Co-investigatorCIHR2017Project Grant

Principal investigators: Gantt, Soren M

Keywords: Cytomegalovirus; Maternal-Child Health; Mathematical Modeling; Transmission; Viral Genomics

$1,143,675

Regulation of receptor mobility and spatial organization: Key factors in B cell activation

Principal investigatorCIHR2016Project Grant

Principal investigators: Gold, Michael R; Chou, Keng-Chang; Coombs, Daniel

Keywords: B Cell Receptor; B Lymphocytes; Membrane Proteins; Nanoclusters/Protein Islands; Receptor Mobility; Signal Transduction; Single Particle Tracking; Super-Resolution Microscopy; Toll-Like Receptors

$918,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Daniel Coombs

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Mathematical modelling highlights the crucial role of early childhood immunization in preventing congenital CMV in countries with high CMV seroprevalence.

Chronic health consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on school workers: a cross-sectional post-pandemic analysis.

Spatial kinetics and immune control of murine cytomegalovirus infection in the salivary glands.

Estimating the total utilization of take home naloxone during an unregulated drug toxicity crisis: A Bayesian modeling approach.

Factors associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection in unvaccinated children and young adults.

SARS-CoV-2 cross-sectional seroprevalence study among public school staff in Metro Vancouver after the first Omicron wave in British Columbia, Canada.

Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in K-12 Schools, British Columbia, Canada April to June 2021.

Modestly protective cytomegalovirus vaccination of young children effectively prevents congenital infection at the population level.

Mathematical modeling of COVID-19 in British Columbia: An age-structured model with time-dependent contact rates.

SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence among Vancouver public school staff in British Columbia, Canada: a cross-sectional study.

Estimating the value and long-term impact of implementing Risk Mitigation Guidance to reduce the harms of substance use disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic: A simulation modeling analysis

Household transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in a well-characterized African cohort

One Health Modelling Network for Emerging Infections (OMNI)

CANMOD: Canadian Network for Modelling Infectious Disease

Super-resolution imaging, single cell analysis, and modelling approaches applied to the study of immune cell signaling and behaviour

Measuring the impact of current and future harm reduction strategies in the ongoing opioid overdose epidemic in British Columbia

Super Resolution Core Facility Upgrade

Understanding contextual factors to effectively and equitably scale up GetCheckedOnline to diverse populations and geographic settings

Viral determinants of natural human cytomegalovirus transmission

Regulation of receptor mobility and spatial organization: Key factors in B cell activation

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