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Inna Sekirov

ResearcherSchool of Population and Public HealthUniversity of British Columbia

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Inna Sekirov

Researcher

School of Population and Public Health

Health Sciences

University of British Columbia

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
32 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 5 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 1 research grant (1 CIHR), most recently in 2025.

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Research

Cervical Cancer Colposcopy Displasia Human Papilloma Virus Immunity Loop-Mediated Electrosurgical Excision Procedure Mcobiome Metabolome

Latest papers

Drug-Resistant Tuberculous Meningitis (DR-TBM) in a Low-Incidence Setting: Two Cases and an Evidence Review Highlighting Key Advances and Knowledge Gaps in Clinical Management.
Open forum infectious diseases · 2026
Serological evaluation of coronavirus IgA and IgG antibodies in a repeated cross-sectional cohort of unvaccinated and vaccinated pregnant individuals over three months following SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Microbiology spectrum · 2026 · senior author
Seroprevalence of Respiratory Syncytial Virus in the antenatal population in British Columbia: A cross-sectional study.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology · 2026 · senior author

All 60 publications

Latest funding

HPV FOCAL LEGACY: Longterm Evaluations of Gains in Cervical Cancer Prevention
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$1,285,200
Subsequent to LEEP Evaluation of Disease Recurrence - Systemic and Comprehensive Pan-optic Exploration (SLEEPER-SCOPE 360) - A Comprehensive Exploration of post-LEEP HPV Infection and Cervical Dysplasia Recurrence and its Associated Factors
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
Teasing apart the differential impact of variants of concern on COVID-19 severity and health inequities: a population-based genomic epidemiological investigation in Ontario and British Columbia.
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$451,188

All 7 grants and awards

60 publications.

Drug-Resistant Tuberculous Meningitis (DR-TBM) in a Low-Incidence Setting: Two Cases and an Evidence Review Highlighting Key Advances and Knowledge Gaps in Clinical Management.

Boschung KF, Wong PHP, Werry D, Sekirov I, Turvey SL, Cook VJ, Johnston J, Connors WJA

Open forum infectious diseases2026

DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofag046 PMID: 41756205

Serological evaluation of coronavirus IgA and IgG antibodies in a repeated cross-sectional cohort of unvaccinated and vaccinated pregnant individuals over three months following SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Tanunliong G, Márquez AC, Sbihi H, Pidduck T, Chang Y, Li FF, Luk D, Forward L, McClymont E, Elwood C, Krajden M, Jassem AN, Money D, Sekirov I

Microbiology spectrum2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.02167-25 PMID: 41347502

Seroprevalence of Respiratory Syncytial Virus in the antenatal population in British Columbia: A cross-sectional study.

Beitari S, Márquez AC, Valadbeigy T, Luk D, Jassem A, McClymont E, Money D, Sekirov I

Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2026.105926 PMID: 41719840

COVID-19 serological survey utilizing antenatal serum samples in British Columbia.

Márquez AC, Beitari S, Valadbeigy T, Sbihi H, Zlosnik J, Forward L, Mansour S, Nesbitt Z, Tanunliong G, Krajden M, Jassem A, Sekirov I, Money D, Antenatal Serostudies Team

Vaccine2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2025.127310 PMID: 40472672

Series 2: Development of a Multiplex Amplicon Next Generation Sequencing Assay for Rapid Assessment of Resistance-Associated Mutations in M. tuberculosis Clinical Cases.

Cabrera A, Lee T, Kolehmainen K, Hird T, Jorgensen D, Lo CK, Hamze H, O'Dwyer A, Fornika D, KhunKhun RK, Rodrigues M, Prystajecky N, Tyson J, Zlosnik JEA, Sekirov I

Tropical medicine and infectious disease2025Senior author

DOI: 10.3390/tropicalmed10070194 PMID: 40711071

Series 1: The Use of hsp65- and erm(41)-Targeted Amplicon Sequencing in the Diagnostic Workflow for Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria.

Lee T, Cabrera A, Kolehmainen K, Hird T, Jorgensen D, O'Dwyer A, Fornika D, KhunKhun RK, Rodrigues M, Prystajecky N, Tyson J, Sekirov I, Zlosnik JEA

Tropical medicine and infectious disease2025

DOI: 10.3390/tropicalmed10070192 PMID: 40711069

Treatment of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis with Bedaquiline, Pretomanid, Linezolid with or Without Moxifloxacin (BPaL/M): Feasibility and Implementation Challenges in Western Canada.

Muir P, Cook VJ, Sekirov I, Johnston J, Connors WJ

Journal of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada = Journal officiel de l'Association pour la microbiologie medicale et l'infectiologie Canada2025

DOI: 10.3138/jammi-2024-0034 PMID: 40673052

Clinical Application of Phage Immunoprecipitation Sequencing to Diagnose Enterovirus D68 as the Underlying Etiology in a Case of Guillain-Barré Syndrome.

Li FF, Faber A, Caleta JM, Goldfarb DM, Sekirov I, Prystajecky NA, Srigley JA, Mishaal R, Jassem AN

The Journal of infectious diseases2025

DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiae411 PMID: 39215587

Antibodies Against SARS-CoV-2 Do Not Cross-React with Endemic Coronaviruses in a Pediatric Population: Data from a Bangladesh Cohort.

Márquez AC, Tanunliong G, Kabir M, Alam M, Hossain B, Rashid H, Jassem AN, Sekirov I, Haque R, Morshed M

Viruses2025

DOI: 10.3390/v17020161 PMID: 40006916

Early prediction of Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission clusters using supervised learning models.

Gharamaleki OG, Colijn C, Sekirov I, Johnston JC, Sobkowiak B

Scientific reports2024

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-78247-z PMID: 39532933

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Cervical Cancer Dear Professor Sekirov, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Drug-Resistant Tuberculous Meningitis (DR-TBM) in a Low-Incidence Setting: Two Cases and an Evidence Review Highlighting Key Advances and Knowledge Gaps in Clinical Management." (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "Subsequent to LEEP Evaluation of Disease Recurrence - Systemic and Comprehensive Pan-optic Exploration (SLEEPER-SCOPE 360) - A Comprehensive Exploration of post-LEEP HPV Infection and Cervical Dysplasia Recurrence and its Associated Factors" (2025), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]

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Inna Sekirov

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Drug-Resistant Tuberculous Meningitis (DR-TBM) in a Low-Incidence Setting: Two Cases and an Evidence Review Highlighting Key Advances and Knowledge Gaps in Clinical Management.

Serological evaluation of coronavirus IgA and IgG antibodies in a repeated cross-sectional cohort of unvaccinated and vaccinated pregnant individuals over three months following SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Seroprevalence of Respiratory Syncytial Virus in the antenatal population in British Columbia: A cross-sectional study.

COVID-19 serological survey utilizing antenatal serum samples in British Columbia.

Series 2: Development of a Multiplex Amplicon Next Generation Sequencing Assay for Rapid Assessment of Resistance-Associated Mutations in M. tuberculosis Clinical Cases.

Series 1: The Use of hsp65- and erm(41)-Targeted Amplicon Sequencing in the Diagnostic Workflow for Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria.

Treatment of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis with Bedaquiline, Pretomanid, Linezolid with or Without Moxifloxacin (BPaL/M): Feasibility and Implementation Challenges in Western Canada.

Clinical Application of Phage Immunoprecipitation Sequencing to Diagnose Enterovirus D68 as the Underlying Etiology in a Case of Guillain-Barr&#xe9; Syndrome.

Antibodies Against SARS-CoV-2 Do Not Cross-React with Endemic Coronaviruses in a Pediatric Population: Data from a Bangladesh Cohort.

Early prediction of Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission clusters using supervised learning models.

HPV FOCAL LEGACY: Longterm Evaluations of Gains in Cervical Cancer Prevention

Subsequent to LEEP Evaluation of Disease Recurrence - Systemic and Comprehensive Pan-optic Exploration (SLEEPER-SCOPE 360) - A Comprehensive Exploration of post-LEEP HPV Infection and Cervical Dysplasia Recurrence and its Associated Factors

Teasing apart the differential impact of variants of concern on COVID-19 severity and health inequities: a population-based genomic epidemiological investigation in Ontario and British Columbia.

Rapid Response to Emerging Serious Pathogen Outbreaks using Next-gen Data: R2ESPOND

COVID-19 household study to assess secondary attack rates and the proportion asymptomatic, including children

Sex as a Biological Variable Supplement - Rapid Response to Emerging Serious Pathogen Outbreaks using Next-gen Data: R2ESPOND

Bioinformatics Tools to Improve Data Sharing and Re-use in Public Health - applications in antimicrobial resistance profiling and source tracking.

Frequent collaborators

Mel Krajden

Natalie Prystajecky

Manish Sadarangani

Soren Gantt

Deborah Money

Kamila Romanowski

Agatha Jassem

Hind Sbihi

Anne-Claude Gingras

Chen Liang

Allison McGeer

Adeera Levin

James Johnston

Vilte Barakauskas

Jonathan Gubbay

Sriram Subramaniam

Elisabeth McClymont

Sofia Bartlett

Neil Cashman

Paul Keown

Clinical Application of Phage Immunoprecipitation Sequencing to Diagnose Enterovirus D68 as the Underlying Etiology in a Case of Guillain-Barré Syndrome.