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Fatima Kakkar

ResearcherPediatricsUniversité de Montréal

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Fatima Kakkar

Researcher

Pediatrics

Health Sciences

Université de Montréal

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.
27 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 5 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 8 research grants (8 CIHR), most recently in 2025.

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Research

Hiv Pediatrics Biomarkers Congenital Cytomegalovirus Cytokines Neurodevelopmental Delay Sensineural Hearing Loss Viral Dynamics

Latest papers

Outcomes and Multimorbidity among Children and Youth with Chronic Neurologic Disorders Hospitalized for COVID-19: A Canadian Immunization Monitoring Program, ACTive Study.
The Journal of pediatrics · 2026
SARS-CoV-2 Coinfections and Severity in Hospitalized Children With Systematic Testing.
The Pediatric infectious disease journal · 2026
Pediatric COVID-19 severity by SARS-CoV-2 lineage and vaccine status in Canada: an IMPACT study.
Pediatric research · 2025

All 50 publications

Latest funding

Predictors for Early Characterization and Identification of Sequelae in Newborns with Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection: The PRECISE-CMV cohort Study
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
$585,226
Towards a National Research Consortium for Congenital CMV: A Canadian Collaborative Initiative
CIHR · 2024 · Nominated PI
$20,000
COVID-19 seroepidemiology in children Using Retrieved POPCORN site Leftover Samples (CURNLS)
CIHR · 2022 · Principal investigator

All 9 grants and awards

50 publications.

Outcomes and Multimorbidity among Children and Youth with Chronic Neurologic Disorders Hospitalized for COVID-19: A Canadian Immunization Monitoring Program, ACTive Study.

Farrar DS, Huang RS, Donner EJ, Bettinger JA, Campigotto AJ, Di Chiara C, Drouin O, Embree JE, Halperin SA, Jadavji T, Kazmi K, Moore Hepburn C, Papenburg J, Purewal R, Sadarangani M, Sauvé L, Top KA, Kakkar F, Morris SK, Canadian Immunization Monitoring Program, Active (IMPACT) Investigators

The Journal of pediatrics2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2026.115012 PMID: 41620077

SARS-CoV-2 Coinfections and Severity in Hospitalized Children With Systematic Testing.

Di Chiara C, Farrar DS, Bettinger JA, Campigotto A, Drouin O, Embree J, Halperin SA, Jadavji T, Kazmi K, Papenburg J, Purewal R, Sadarangani M, Sauvé L, Top KA, Kakkar F, Morris SK, for Members of the Canadian Immunization Monitoring Program, Active (IMPACT) COVID-19 Study

The Pediatric infectious disease journal2026

DOI: 10.1097/inf.0000000000005396 PMID: 42717388

Pediatric COVID-19 severity by SARS-CoV-2 lineage and vaccine status in Canada: an IMPACT study.

Farrar DS, Bettinger JA, Campigotto AJ, Deeks SL, Drouin O, Embree JE, Haddad E, Halperin SA, Jadavji T, Kazmi K, King M, Moore Hepburn C, Papenburg J, Purewal R, Sadarangani M, Sauvé L, Yeung RSM, Top KA, Kakkar F, Morris SK, Canadian Immunization Monitoring Program, Active (IMPACT) Investigators

Pediatric research2025

DOI: 10.1038/s41390-025-03853-0 PMID: 39856228

Postnatal prophylaxis and the use of presumptive HIV therapy for the prevention of vertical transmission of HIV in Canada 1997-2020.

Brochon J, Lee T, Brophy J, Singer J, Metras ME, Comeau J, Tse-Chang A, McConnell A, Money D, Boucoiran I, Sauve LJ, Bitnun A, Kakkar F

Journal of the International AIDS Society2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1002/jia2.26510 PMID: 40462501

Evaluation and Management of Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection.

Coskun E, Kakkar F, Riley LE, Ciaranello AL, Prabhu M

Obstetrics and gynecology2025

DOI: 10.1097/aog.0000000000005840 PMID: 39847776

Prenatal Screening for CMV Primary Infection: A Cost-Utility Model.

El Hachem G, Poder TG, McCarey C, Gantt S, Kakkar F, Sab M, Renaud C, Boucoiran I

BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology2025

DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.18080 PMID: 39895506

Active Surveillance for Myocarditis and Pericarditis in Canadian Children from 2021 to 2022: A Canadian Immunization Monitoring Program ACTive Study.

Top KA, Bettinger JA, Embree JE, Jadavji T, Purewal R, Sauvé L, Papenburg J, Deeks SL, Wilson SE, Dahdah N, Sadarangani M, Halperin SA, Kakkar F, Morris SK, IMPACT Investigators

The Journal of pediatrics2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2025.114642 PMID: 40373954

Clinical and Immunologic Impact of CMV Coinfection Among Children Living With HIV in Canada

Fougère Y, Brophy J, Hawkes MT, Lee T, Samson L, Gantt S, Dufour M-SK, Renaud C, Dieumegard H, Diallo MA

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal20254 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1097/inf.0000000000004811

Variations in CD4 counts during pregnancy in women living with HIV.

Boucoiran I, Côté HCF, Jodoin C, Elwood C, Kakkar F, Valois S, Money DM, Soudeyns H

HIV medicine2024

DOI: 10.1111/hiv.13569 PMID: 37879717

From Pancytopenia to Hyperleukocytosis, an Unexpected Presentation of Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome in an Infant with Methylmalonic Acidemia.

Sassine S, Remy A, Demaret T, Proulx F, Autmizguine J, Kakkar F, Tran TH, Laverdière C, Cunan ET, Maftei C, Mitchell G, Decaluwe H, Hindié J

Children (Basel, Switzerland)2024

DOI: 10.3390/children11080990 PMID: 39201925

Predictors for Early Characterization and Identification of Sequelae in Newborns with Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection: The PRECISE-CMV cohort Study

Nominated PICIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Kakkar, Fatima

Keywords: Biomarkers; Congenital Cytomegalovirus; Cytokines; Neurodevelopmental Delay; Sensineural Hearing Loss; Viral Dynamics

$585,226

Towards a National Research Consortium for Congenital CMV: A Canadian Collaborative Initiative

Nominated PICIHR2024Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Kakkar, Fatima; Tétrault, Robert; Brophy, Jason C

Keywords: Congenital Infectious; Consortium; Cytomegalovirus

$20,000

COVID-19 seroepidemiology in children Using Retrieved POPCORN site Leftover Samples (CURNLS)

Principal investigatorCIHR2022Operating Grant: POPCORN Supplement

Principal investigators: Quach-Thanh, Caroline; Galanis, Eleni; Strang, Robert A; Basta, Nicole; Bhatt, Maala; Buchanan, Francine; Constantin, Evelyn; Côté, Sylvana; Drouin, Olivier; Dugas, Marc-André; Fontela, Patricia S; Foo, Cheryl P; Foster, Jennifer; Freedman, Stephen B; Gagneur, Arnaud A; Gantt, Soren M; Gill, Peter J; Kakkar, Fatima; Kellner, James D; Klassen, Terry P; Lacaze-Masmonteil, Thierry; Lalgudi Ganesan, Saptharishi; Li, Patricia T; Mahant, Sanjay; Mater, Ahmed; Muttalib, Fiona; Papenburg, Jesse; Sadarangani, Manish; Sehgal, Anupam V; 't Jong, Geert W; Wahi, Gita; Wright, Bruce

Keywords: Covid 19

Pediatric Outcomes imProvement through COordination of Research Networks (POPCORN)

Principal investigatorCIHR2022Op. Grant: Canadian Pediatric COVID-19 Research Platform

Principal investigators: Quach-Thanh, Caroline; Galanis, Eleni; Strang, Robert A; Basta, Nicole; Bhatt, Maala; Buchanan, Francine; Burstein, Brett S; Carwana, Matthew; Choong, Karen; Constantin, Evelyn; Côté, Sylvana; Drouin, Olivier; Dugas, Marc-André; Fontela, Patricia S; Foo, Cheryl P; Foster, Jennifer; Freedman, Stephen B; Gagneur, Arnaud A; Gantt, Soren M; Gill, Peter J; Kakkar, Fatima; Kellner, James D; Klassen, Terry P; Lacaze-Masmonteil, Thierry; Lalgudi Ganesan, Saptharishi; Li, Patricia T; Mahant, Sanjay; Mater, Ahmed; Morris, Shaun K; Muttalib, Fiona; Papenburg, Jesse; Sadarangani, Manish; Sehgal, Anupam V; 't Jong, Geert W; Top, Karina A; Wahi, Gita; Wright, Bruce

Keywords: Child Health; Covid-19; Critical Care; Data Infrastructure; Emergency Department; Epidemiology; Inpatient Medicine; Vaccine Safety And Effectiveness

$6,700,000

Human Cytomegalovirus as a Driver of Adverse Health Outcomes among Children Exposed to HIV in Utero

Nominated PICIHR2020Project Grant

Principal investigators: Kakkar, Fatima; Read, Stanley E

Keywords: Children; Cmv; Hiv; Infants; Perinatal; Transmission

$612,000

CMV Dynamics and Transmission in Pregnancy: Comparison Between Women Living with and without HIV

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Project Grant

Principal investigators: Boucoiran, Isabelle; Gantt, Soren M

Keywords: Cmv; Congenital Infection; Hiv; Maternal Reinfection; Next-Generation Sequencing; Virscan

$707,624

Uninfected but not unaffected? Health outcomes among HIV-Exposed Uninfected (HEU) Children

Nominated PICIHR2018Project Grant - Priority Announcement - HIV/AIDS

Principal investigators: Kakkar, Fatima

Keywords: Antiretroviral Drugs; Cohorts; Development; Health Outcomes; Hiv; Pediatric; Pmtct; Pregnancy

$56,667

CPARG @30: Knowledge translation in the digital age

Nominated PICIHR2017Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Kakkar, Fatima

Keywords: Hiv; Knowledge Dissemination; Pediatrics; Tools

$19,811

Pediatric HIV infection: exploring determinants of a functional cure.

Principal investigatorCIHR2013Team Grant: Canadian Initiative for HIV Cure Research

Principal investigators: Soudeyns, Hugo; Brophy, Jason C; Bitnun, Sean A; Hawkes, Michael T; Kakkar, Fatima; Kaul, Rupert; Lapointe, Normand D; Lavoie, Pascal; Read, Stanley E; Samson, Lindy M; Vaudry, Wendy L

Keywords: Antiretroviral Therapy; Functional Cure; Hiv-Aids; Immunology; Inflammation; Mother-To-Child Transmission; Pathogenesis; Pediatrics; Viral Reservoir; Virology

$1,775,000

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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Fatima Kakkar

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Latest papers

Latest funding

Outcomes and Multimorbidity among Children and Youth with Chronic Neurologic Disorders Hospitalized for COVID-19: A Canadian Immunization Monitoring Program, ACTive Study.

SARS-CoV-2 Coinfections and Severity in Hospitalized Children With Systematic Testing.

Pediatric COVID-19 severity by SARS-CoV-2 lineage and vaccine status in Canada: an IMPACT study.

Postnatal prophylaxis and the use of presumptive HIV therapy for the prevention of vertical transmission of HIV in Canada 1997-2020.

Evaluation and Management of Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection.

Prenatal Screening for CMV Primary Infection: A Cost-Utility Model.

Active Surveillance for Myocarditis and Pericarditis in Canadian Children from 2021 to 2022: A Canadian Immunization Monitoring Program ACTive Study.

Clinical and Immunologic Impact of CMV Coinfection Among Children Living With HIV in Canada

Variations in CD4 counts during pregnancy in women living with HIV.

From Pancytopenia to Hyperleukocytosis, an Unexpected Presentation of Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome in an Infant with Methylmalonic Acidemia.

Frequent collaborators

Isabelle Boucoiran

Jason Brophy

Jesse Papenburg

Olivier Drouin

Manish Sadarangani

Jesse Papenburg

Olivier Drouin

Hugo Soudeyns

Christian Renaud

Deborah Money

Julia Orkin

Soren Gantt

Normand Lapointe

Chelsea Elwood

Fatima Kakkar

Mona Loutfy

Sylvie Girard

Alexandra de Pokomandy

Ann Yeh

Stanley Read

Manish Sadarangani

Peter Gill

Ryan Giroux

Sarah Forgie

Manish Sadarangani

Jacqueline Khet-Ling Wong

Elie Haddad

Neora Pick

Mel Krajden

Helen Trottier

Gina Ogilvie

Deborah Kelly

Sarah Khan

Jason Brophy

Lawrence Mbuagbaw

Sandra Seigel

Melissa Roy

Fiona Smaill

Jeffrey (Des) Pernica

Janet Raboud