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Makeda Semret

ResearcherMedicineMcGill University

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Makeda Semret

Researcher

Medicine

Health Sciences

McGill University

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
14 publications in the last five years, latest in 2027.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 3 research grants (3 CIHR), most recently in 2023.

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Research

Antimicrobial Stewardship Antimicrobial Resistance (Amr)Biomarker Phase 2 Clinical Trial Behavioral Analysis Clostridium Difficile Cost Effectiveness Extended Spectrum Betalactamase

Latest papers

Minimal supply chain and forecasting testing volumes for clinical bacteriology laboratories in resource-limited settings for individual patient care: a costing study.
The Lancet. Microbe · 2027 · first author
Identifying patients at high risk for antibiotic treatment following hospital admission: a predictive score to improve antimicrobial stewardship measures.
Infection · 2025
Subtle genomic differences in Klebsiella pneumoniae sensu stricto isolates indicate host adaptation.
One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2025

All 45 publications

Latest funding

Mapping and predicting patient trajectories for acute respiratory infections and related antibiotic use with the multisite COhort in PRImary Care (COPRI)
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$100,000
Clopidogrel vs. Aspirin in S. aureus Bacteremia (Clopido-SNAP)
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$539,325
Canadian One Health Antimicrobial Resistance Health Research Training Network (CAN-AMR-Net)
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$2,700,000

All 10 grants and awards

45 publications.

Minimal supply chain and forecasting testing volumes for clinical bacteriology laboratories in resource-limited settings for individual patient care: a costing study.

Semret M, Ajibola O, Barbé B, Campbell JR, Ondoa P, Affolabi D, Ronat JB, Corsini R, Jacobs J, Buhler C, Peter T, Abebe T, Hardy L, Yansouni CP

The Lancet. Microbe2027First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.lanmic.2026.101444 PMID: 42542126

Identifying patients at high risk for antibiotic treatment following hospital admission: a predictive score to improve antimicrobial stewardship measures.

Beck M, Koll C, Dumpis U, Giske CG, Göpel S, Jørgensen SB, Kessel J, Kleppe LK, Oma DH, Raz NE, Semret M, Simonsen GS, Vehreschild MJGT, Albus K, Biehl LM, Vehreschild JJ, Classen AY, PILGRIM study group

Infection2025

DOI: 10.1007/s15010-025-02525-9 PMID: 40232662

Subtle genomic differences in Klebsiella pneumoniae sensu stricto isolates indicate host adaptation.

O'Brien B, Yushchenko A, Suh J, Jung D, Cai Z, Nguyen NS, Semret M, Dufour S, Fanning S, Ronholm J

One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands)2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.onehlt.2025.100970 PMID: 39898312

Comparison of ciprofloxacin and aminoglycoside susceptibility testing for ceftriaxone non-susceptible Enterobacterales by disk diffusion and VITEK 2 vs. broth microdilution using updated Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute breakpoints.

Sohani ZN, Lieu A, Semret M, Cheng MP, Simic N, Bamba R, Patel M, Lawandi A, Lee TC

BMC microbiology2025

DOI: 10.1186/s12866-025-03923-7 PMID: 40165044

Oseltamivir Reduces 30-Day Mortality in Older Adults With Influenza: A Pooled Analysis From the 2012–2019 Serious Outcomes Surveillance Network of the Canadian Immunization Research Network

Pott H, Andrew MK, Shaffelburg Z, Nichols MK, Ye L, ElSherif M, Hatchette TF, LeBlanc JJ, Ambrose A, Boivin G

Open Forum Infectious Diseases202513 citations

DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofaf058

Clinical Practice Guideline-Supported Administration of Monoclonal Antibody Therapy for High-Risk Patients with COVID-19: Experience of a Quaternary Care Centre.

Hammond K, Bourdeau F, Klein M, Vinh DC, Semret M

Journal of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada = Journal officiel de l'Association pour la microbiologie medicale et l'infectiologie Canada2024Senior author

DOI: 10.3138/jammi-2024-0005 PMID: 40556808

Draft genome sequences of 148 Klebsiella pneumoniae species complex members from bovine and human hosts.

O'Brien B, Yushchenko A, Suh J, Jung D, Cai Z, Nguyen NS, Semret M, Dufour S, Ronholm J

Microbiology resource announcements2024

DOI: 10.1128/mra.00132-24 PMID: 38864639

Quality, availability and suitability of antimicrobial stewardship guidance: a multinational qualitative study.

Linde-Ozola Z, Classen AY, Giske CG, Göpel S, Eliakim-Raz N, Semret M, Simonsen GS, Vehreschild JJ, Jørgensen SB, Kessel J, Kleppe LKS, Oma DH, Vehreschild MJGT, Vilde A, Dumpis U, PILGRIM study group

JAC-antimicrobial resistance2024

DOI: 10.1093/jacamr/dlae039 PMID: 38486662

Selfie-diagnosed tuberculosis.

Semret M, Behr MA

IDCases2023First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.idcr.2023.e01718 PMID: 36875150

Leveraging Influenza Virus Surveillance From 2012 to 2015 to Characterize the Burden of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Disease in Canadian Adults ≥50 Years of Age Hospitalized With Acute Respiratory Illness

ElSherif M, Andrew MK, Ye L, Ambrose A, Boivin G, Bowie W, David M-P, Gruselle O, Halperin SA, Hatchette TF

Open Forum Infectious Diseases202327 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofad315 PMID: W4380445827

Mapping and predicting patient trajectories for acute respiratory infections and related antibiotic use with the multisite COhort in PRImary Care (COPRI)

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant - Priority Announcement: Patient-Oriented Research

Principal investigators: de Pokomandy, Alexandra; Gaboury, Isabelle; Paquette, Jean-Sébastien; Rodrigues, Isabel

Keywords: Acute Respiratory Infections; Cohort; Learning Health Systems; Primary Care

$100,000

Clopidogrel vs. Aspirin in S. aureus Bacteremia (Clopido-SNAP)

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Lee, Todd C; Cheng, Matthew P; Daneman, Nick; Davis, Joshua; Goodman, Anna L; Lawler, Patrick R; McDonald, Emily G; Mertz, Dominik; Paul, Mical; Siegal, Deborah M; Tong, Steven; Walls, Genevieve

Keywords: Antithrombotic Therapy; Bacteremia; Randomized Controlled Trial; Staphylococcus Aureus

$539,325

Canadian One Health Antimicrobial Resistance Health Research Training Network (CAN-AMR-Net)

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Training Grant: HRTP - One Health - Antimicrobial Resistance

Principal investigators: Barkema, Herman W; Cheng, Zhenyu; Lee, Amy H; Nguyen, Dao; Otto, Simon J; Wiktorowicz, Mary E

Keywords: Antimicrobial Resistance; Collaboration; Communication; Education; Employment Readiness; Experience; Highly-Qualified Personnel; Knowledge Transfer; One Health; Transdisciplinary

$2,700,000

Dabigatran for the adjunctive treatment of Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia: the DABI-SNAP nested randomized controlled trial

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: McDonald, Emily G; Cheng, Matthew P; Daneman, Nick; Davis, Joshua; Goodman, Anna L; Lawandi, Alexander; Lawler, Patrick R; Lee, Todd C; Mertz, Dominik; Paul, Mical; Siegal, Deborah M; Tong, Steven; Walls, Genevieve

Keywords: Adjunctive Therapies; Anticoagulants; Comparative Effectiveness Trial; Desirability Of Ordinal Outcomes Rating; Infectious Diseases; Nested Trials; Platform Trial; Pragmatic Trials; Staph Aureus Bacteremia

$539,325

Biomarker Signature-supported Antibiotic Treatment Decisions in ICU (BAST-ICU)

Nominated PICIHR2023Operating Grant: Clinical Trials Projects

Principal investigators: Semret, Makeda; Bourdeau, Francois

Keywords: Antimicrobial Resistance (Amr); Antimicrobial Stewardship; Biomarker; Phase 2 Clinical Trial

$932,531

Biomarker Signature-supported Antibiotic Treatment Decisions in ICU (BAST-ICU)

Nominated PICIHR2023Operating Grant: Clinical Trials Projects - Indirect Costs

Principal investigators: Semret, Makeda; Bourdeau, Francois

Keywords: Antimicrobial Resistance (Amr); Antimicrobial Stewardship; Biomarker; Phase 2 Clinical Trial

$233,132

Expanding the Staphylococcus Aureus Network Adaptive Platform (SNAP^2)

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Operating Grant: Clinical Trials Projects

Principal investigators: Lee, Todd C; Cheng, Matthew P; Daneman, Nick; Davis, Joshua; Goodman, Anna L; Johnstone, Jennie; Lawandi, Alexander; Lye, David C; McDonald, Emily G; Paul, Mical; Tong, Steven; Walls, Genevieve; Wuerz, Terence

Keywords: Combination Therapy; Endocarditis; Randomized Controlled Trial; Staphylococcus Aureus Bacteremia

$1,999,745

Expanding the Staphylococcus Aureus Network Adaptive Platform (SNAP^2)

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Operating Grant: Clinical Trials Projects - Indirect Costs

Keywords: Combination Therapy; Endocarditis; Randomized Controlled Trial; Staphylococcus Aureus Bacteremia

$499,936

Impact of Prescription Quality, Infection Control and Antimicrobial Stewardship on Gut Microbiota Domination by Healthcare-Associated Pathogens (PILGRIM)

Nominated PICIHR2017Operating Grant: Joint Programming Initiative on Antimicrobial Resistance

Principal investigators: Semret, Makeda

Keywords: Antimicrobial Stewardship; Behavioral Analysis; Clostridium Difficile; Cost Effectiveness; Extended Spectrum Betalactamase; Infection Control; Microbiome Analysis; Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci

Canadian Immunization Research Network

Co-investigatorCIHR2017Canadian Immunization Research Network - Full application

Principal investigators: Halperin, Scott A; Andrew, Melissa K; Bettinger, Julie A; Bolotin, Shelly; Brisson, Marc; Burchell, Ann N; Coleman, Brenda L; Crowcroft, Natasha S; De Serres, Gaston; De Wals, Philippe; Deeks, Shelley L; Doroshenko, Alexander; Dubé, Eve; Gagneur, Arnaud A; Kwong, Jeffrey C; Langley, Joanne M; Loeb, Mark B; McNeil, Shelly A; Sadarangani, Manish; Top, Karina A; Ulanova, Marina; Ward, Brian J

Keywords: Adverse Events Following Immunization; Immunogenicity; Population-Based Methodology; Rapid Response Research Capacity; Vaccine Coverage; Vaccine Effectiveness; Vaccine Hesitancy; Vaccine Modeling And Economic Analysis; Vaccine Safety; Vulnerable Populations

$932,667

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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Makeda Semret

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Minimal supply chain and forecasting testing volumes for clinical bacteriology laboratories in resource-limited settings for individual patient care: a costing study.

Identifying patients at high risk for antibiotic treatment following hospital admission: a predictive score to improve antimicrobial stewardship measures.

Subtle genomic differences in Klebsiella pneumoniae sensu stricto isolates indicate host adaptation.

Comparison of ciprofloxacin and aminoglycoside susceptibility testing for ceftriaxone non-susceptible Enterobacterales by disk diffusion and VITEK 2 vs. broth microdilution using updated Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute breakpoints.

Oseltamivir Reduces 30-Day Mortality in Older Adults With Influenza: A Pooled Analysis From the 2012–2019 Serious Outcomes Surveillance Network of the Canadian Immunization Research Network

Clinical Practice Guideline-Supported Administration of Monoclonal Antibody Therapy for High-Risk Patients with COVID-19: Experience of a Quaternary Care Centre.

Draft genome sequences of 148 Klebsiella pneumoniae species complex members from bovine and human hosts.

Quality, availability and suitability of antimicrobial stewardship guidance: a multinational qualitative study.

Selfie-diagnosed tuberculosis.

Leveraging Influenza Virus Surveillance From 2012 to 2015 to Characterize the Burden of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Disease in Canadian Adults ≥50 Years of Age Hospitalized With Acute Respiratory Illness

Frequent collaborators

Mark Loeb

Allison McGeer

Anne McCarthy

Guy Boivin

Jennie Johnstone

Todd Hatchette

Caroline Quach

Cedric Yansouni

Jesse Papenburg

Janet McElhaney

Marina Klein

Marina Klein

Stephanie Smith

John Conly

Eva Suarthana

Jason Weatherald

Ken Parhar

Sunita Mulpuru

Shane English

Ryan Zarychanski

Alexandra Binnie

Francois Lamontagne

Jennifer Tsang

Kevin Schwartz

Nick Daneman

Ryan Zarychanski

Yoav Keynan

Ryan Zarychanski

Alexis Turgeon

Scott Halperin

Francois Lamontagne

Joanne Langley

Beate Sander

Nandini Dendukuri

Nick Daneman

Jane Mccusker

Alain Bitton

Shane English

Alexis Turgeon

Patricia Fontela