Andrea Osborn, University of Toronto

Research

Animal Value Chain Ecology Exposure Mpox Reservoir Spillover Surveillance Transmission

Latest funding

Mpox exposure and transmission at the human-animal interface; a One Health approach to viral ecology
CIHR · 2023 · Principal investigator
$499,007
A collaborative, One Health approach to zoonotic virus detection and risk assessment at the wildlife-human nexus
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$1,377,000

Mpox exposure and transmission at the human-animal interface; a One Health approach to viral ecology

Principal investigatorCIHR2023Team Grant: Mpox (monkeypox) and zoonotic threats - Ecological and zoonotic pool

Principal investigators: Mubareka, Samira; Osborn, Andrea L

Keywords: Animal Value Chain; Ecology; Exposure; Mpox; Reservoir; Spillover; Surveillance; Transmission; Wildlife; Zoonoses

$499,007

A collaborative, One Health approach to zoonotic virus detection and risk assessment at the wildlife-human nexus

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Project Grant

Principal investigators: Mubareka, Samira

Keywords: Ecology; Genomics; Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza; One Health; Pandemic Preparedness; Sars-Cov-2; Transmission; Viral Pathogenesis; Viral Zoonoses; Wildlife

$1,377,000

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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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Animal Value Chain Dear Professor Osborn, 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 animal value chain 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 "Mpox exposure and transmission at the human-animal interface; a One Health approach to viral ecology" (2023), 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]