Our Team
Our multidisciplinary team of researchers is studying the transmission, clinical course, immune response and genetic factors related to COVID-19 in Alberta children, with a focus on discovering and describing information that will contribute to control of the pandemic.
Study Team
Dr. Jim Kellner, MD
Dr. Kellner is leading a team of scientists and physicians to study children with COVID-19. He is a professor in the departments of Paediatrics, Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Disease, and Community Health Sciences at the Cumming School of Medicine, and a member of the Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute (ACHRI). He is a member of the Leadership Group of the national COVID-19 Immunity Task Force.
Dr. François Bernier, MD
Dr. Bernier and his colleagues will delve into the unique bar code of each instance of the virus itself. He is the head of the Department of Medical Genetics and professor in the Department of Paediatrics at the CSM and an ACHRI physician-scientist who is leading the genomics arm of the study.
Joslyn Gray, Research Manager
Joslyn Gray has been with the Pediatric Infectious Diseases research team, ACHIEVE, for most of her career. In her role as the ACHIEVE Research Manager, she coordinates all aspects of the planning and conduct of numerous single-centre and multi-centre clinical research studies and clinical trials.
On behalf of the AB3C Study Investigators:
Dr. Claire Arrieta, PhD, Physiology & Pharmacology, University of Calgary
Dr. Susanne Benseler, MD, PhD, Pediatrics, University of Calgary
Dr. Byron Berenger, MD, MSc, FRCPC, D(ABMM), Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University of Calgary
Dr. Jaime Blackwood, BScH, MD, FRCPC, Pediatrics, University of Calgary
Dr. Jason Cabaj, MD, MSc, Community Health Sciences, AHS Medical Officer of Health
Dr. Eliana Castillo, MD, Medicine, University of Calgary
Dr. Carmen Charlton, PhD, D(ABMM), FCCM, Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta
Dr. Cora Constantinescu, MD, Pediatrics, University of Calgary
Dr. Suzette Cooke, MD, Pediatrics, University of Calgary
Dr. Jessica Dunn, MD, Pediatrics, University of Calgary
Dr. Michael Esser, PhD, MD, FRCPC, Pediatrics, University of Calgary
Dr. Kevin Fonseca, PhD, D(ABMM), Clinical Virology, Alberta Provincial Laboratories
Dr. Nils Daniel Forkert, Dr. rer. nat., M.Sc., Radiology, University of Calgary
Dr. Stephen Freedman, MD, Pediatrics, University of Calgary
Dr. Marvin Fritzler, MD, PhD, Medicine , University of Calgary
Dr. Jia Hu, MD, Community Health Sciences, AHS Medical Officer of Health
Dr. Ari Joffe, MD, FRCPC, Pediatrics, University of Alberta
Dr. David Wyatt Johnson, MD, Pediatrics, University of Calgary
Dr. C. Adam Kirton, MD, FRCPC, Pediatrics, University of Calgary
Dr. Susan Kuhn, MD, Pediatrics, University of Calgary
Dr. Thierry Lacaze, MD, PhD, Neonatology, University of Calgary
Dr. Piush Mandhane, MD, PhD, FRCPC, Pediatrics, University of Alberta
Dr. Deborah Marshall, BSc, MHSA, PhD, Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary
Dr. Sheila McDonald, MSc, PhD, Pediatrics, University of Calgary
Dr. Luis Murguia-Favela, MD, FRCPC, Pediatrics, University of Calgary
Dr. Jillian Parboosingh, PhD, FCCMG, Lab Director, Genetics, University of Calgary
Dr. Joan Robinson, MD, Pediatrics, University of Alberta
Dr. Graham Thompson, MD, Pediatrics, University of Calgary
Dr. Graham Tipples, PhD, FCCM, D(ABMM), Medical-Scientific Director, Public Health, Alberta Public Laboratories
Dr. Suzanne Tough, PhD, Pediatrics, University of Calgary
Dr. Marinka Twilt, MD, PhD, Pediatrics, University of Calgary
Dr. Otto Vanderkooi, BMedSc, MD, FRCPC, DTMH, Pediatrics, University of Calgary
Dr. Tyler Williamson, PhD, Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary
Dr. Nicola Wright, MD, Pediatrics, University of Calgary
This study has been approved by the University of Calgary's Conjoint Health Research Ethics Board (CHREB). Ethics ID: REB20-0480
Cette étude a été approuvée par le Comité conjoint d'éthique de la recherche en santé de l'Université de Calgary, Ethics ID: REB20-0480
The AB3C study is supported by Alberta Health Services (AHS), Alberta Precision Laboratories-Public Health, the University of Calgary, and the Alberta Children’s Hospital, and is funded by Genome Alberta, Alberta Health, and the Alberta Children’s Hospital Foundation through the Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute (ACHRI).
