Patrick Leighton, University of Ottawa

Research

Climate Change Clinical Science Diagnostics Infectious Diseases Knowledge Mobilization Lyme Disease Patient Engagement Public Health

Latest funding

2026 TickNet Canada Scientific Symposium and Canadian Tick-Borne Disease Summit
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$20,000
Predicting the Current and Future Burden of Lyme Disease with a Platform for Integrating Computation, Analysis, and Simulation for Ontario (PICASO)
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$436,050

All 2 grants and awards

2026 TickNet Canada Scientific Symposium and Canadian Tick-Borne Disease Summit

Principal investigatorCIHR2025Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Kulkarni, Manisha A; Bouchard, Catherine; Leighton, Patrick

Keywords: Climate Change; Clinical Science; Diagnostics; Infectious Diseases; Knowledge Mobilization; Lyme Disease; Patient Engagement; Public Health; Surveillance; Tick-Borne Pathogens

$20,000

Predicting the Current and Future Burden of Lyme Disease with a Platform for Integrating Computation, Analysis, and Simulation for Ontario (PICASO)

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Jalal, Hawre; Kulkarni, Manisha A

Keywords: Climate Change; Land Cover; Lyme Disease; Mathematical Modeling; Population Change; Spatiotemporal Modeling; Ticks (Ixodes Scapularis); Urbanization; Vector-Borne Diseases

$436,050

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: Climate Change Dear Professor Leighton, 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 climate change 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 "2026 TickNet Canada Scientific Symposium and Canadian Tick-Borne Disease Summit" (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]