Rashid Ansumana, University of Manitoba

Research

Clades Clinical Outcomes Correlates Of Protection Endemic Serology Surveillance Vaccine Effectiveness Monkeypox

Latest funding

Enhancing surveillance and detection of Mpox across Africa
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$350,000
A prospective and retrospective multi-center, cohort study for clinical, virologic and immunologic characterization of monkeypox virus clade IIb by the International Monkeypox Response Consortium (IMREC)
CIHR · 2022 · Principal investigator
$1,840,500
Acute Respiratory Mortality Surveillance (ARMS) for Coronavirus Infection (COVID-19): A globally relevant technology to strengthen mortality surveillance for acute respiratory deaths in many countries lacking complete medical certification of death
CIHR · 2020 · Principal investigator

Enhancing surveillance and detection of Mpox across Africa

Principal investigatorCIHR2025Team Grant: Monkeypox Rapid Research Response - Extension

Principal investigators: Kindrachuk, Kenneth J; Ansumana, Rashid; Mbala, Placide K

Keywords: Clades; Clinical Outcomes; Correlates Of Protection; Endemic; Monkeypox; Mpox; Publice Health; Serology; Surveillance; Vaccine Effectiveness

$350,000

A prospective and retrospective multi-center, cohort study for clinical, virologic and immunologic characterization of monkeypox virus clade IIb by the International Monkeypox Response Consortium (IMREC)

Principal investigatorCIHR2022Team Grant: Monkeypox Rapid Research Response

Principal investigators: Kindrachuk, Kenneth J; Ansumana, Rashid; Mbala, Placide K

Keywords: Clades; Clinical Outcomes; Correlates Of Protection; Endemic; Monkeypox Virus; Public Health; Serology; Surveillance; Vaccine Effectiveness

$1,840,500

Acute Respiratory Mortality Surveillance (ARMS) for Coronavirus Infection (COVID-19): A globally relevant technology to strengthen mortality surveillance for acute respiratory deaths in many countries lacking complete medical certification of death

Principal investigatorCIHR2020Operating Grant: COVID-19 - Clinical management

Principal investigators: Jha, Prabhat; Ansumana, Rashid; Carshon-Marsh, Ronald R; Dikshit, Rajesh; Leung, Gabriel M; Mekonnen, Wubegzier; Qiu, Haibo; Satav, Ashish R

Keywords: Cause Of Death; Mortality Surveillance; Pneumonia Etiology; Post Mortem Review; Syndromic Surveillance; Verbal Autopsy

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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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Clades Dear Professor Ansumana, 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]. Your research on clades 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 "Enhancing surveillance and detection of Mpox across Africa" (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]