Yassen Tcholakov, McGill University

Research

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Global Health Infectious Disease Epidemiology Public Health

Latest papers

Dignity over DOT: Call to transition from directly observed therapy to rights-based, person-centered care and treatment support.
PLOS global public health · 2025
Integrating Youth Perspectives: Adopting a Human Rights and Public Health Approach to Climate Action.
International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
Global health training in Canadian family medicine residency programmes
Family Medicine and Community Health · 2020

All 5 publications

Latest funding

Enhancing knowledge mobilization for syphilis research in Nunavik
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$150,000
Stopping Syphilis Transmission in Arctic Communities Through Rapid Diagnostic Testing in Non-Traditional Testing sites (STAR-NT study)
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$249,000
Community-partnered infectious disease modeling to inform Covid-19 policies and advocacy in Nunavik
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$249,658

All 3 grants and awards

5 publications.

01

Dignity over DOT: Call to transition from directly observed therapy to rights-based, person-centered care and treatment support.

Vo LNQ, Ashesh A, Tcholakov Y, Enkh-Amgalan H, van der Westhuizen HM, members of the WHO Civil Society Task Force on Tuberculosis

PLOS global public health2025

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0005665 PMID: 41452849

02

Integrating Youth Perspectives: Adopting a Human Rights and Public Health Approach to Climate Action.

Gasparri G, Tcholakov Y, Gepp S, Guerreschi A, Ayowole D, Okwudili ÉD, Uwandu E, Sanchez Iturregui R, Amer S, Beaudoin S, Sato M

International journal of environmental research and public health2022

DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19084840 PMID: 35457706

03

Global health training in Canadian family medicine residency programmes

Family Medicine and Community Health20202 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1136/fmch-2019-000250 PMID: W3010856333

04

The Paris agreement: charting a low-emissions path for a child born today

Courtney A. Howard, Yassen Tcholakov, Christian Holz

The Lancet Planetary Health20195 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/s2542-5196(19)30246-3 PMID: 31836432

05

Climate Change and Human Health: Health Impacts of Warming of 1.5 °C and 2 °C.

McGushin A, Tcholakov Y, Hajat S

International journal of environmental research and public health2018

DOI: 10.3390/ijerph15061123 PMID: 29857466

Enhancing knowledge mobilization for syphilis research in Nunavik

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Other: Enhancing knowledge mobilization for syphilis research

Principal investigators: Yansouni, Cedric P

Keywords: Nunavik; Syphilis Rapid Diagnostic Testing

$150,000

Stopping Syphilis Transmission in Arctic Communities Through Rapid Diagnostic Testing in Non-Traditional Testing sites (STAR-NT study)

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Op. Gr.:Addressing Infectious/Congenital Syphilis-Syphilis Impl. Science-General

Principal investigators: Yansouni, Cedric P

Keywords: Microbiology; Non-Traditional Testing Sites; Nunavik; Point Of Care; Syphilis Rapid Diagnostic Testing

$249,000

Community-partnered infectious disease modeling to inform Covid-19 policies and advocacy in Nunavik

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Operating Grant - Indigenous COVID-19 Rapid Research FO - Research

Principal investigators: Ahmad Khan, Faiz

Keywords: Covid-19; Dynamic Modeling; Infectious Disease Modeling; Nunavik

$249,658

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

Frequent collaborators

Courtney Howard

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2019

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Global Health Dear Professor Tcholakov, 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 "Dignity over DOT: Call to transition from directly observed therapy to rights-based, person-centered care and treatment support." (2025), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] 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]

Yassen Tcholakov