Network Partners are current and immediate collaborators who complement the interest, expertise and resources of the Network Nodes. Network Partnerships provide an avenue to share key resources, expertise and samples that MIMI will leverage to generate pilot data for targeted grant applications. 

  • Dr. Malcolm Sears, Professor of Medicine, McMaster University; Principal Investigator, Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Design (CHILD) Study.
  • Dr. Deborah Money, Executive Director, Women’s Health Research Institute; Principal Investigator, Vaginal Microbiome (VOguE) Project.
  • Dr. Kieran O’Doherty, Assistant Professor of Applied Social Psychology, University of Guelph, Ontario. 
  • Dr. Pedro Alonso, Director, Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB), Barcelona, Spain.
  • Dr. Eusebio Macete, Director, Manhiça Health Research Centre (CISM), Manhiça, Mozambique.
  • Dr. Leon M.T. Dicks and Dr. Monika Esser, Departments of Microbiology and Paediatrics, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa.
  • Dr. Arnaud Marchant and Dr. Tessa Goetghebuer, Institut d’Immunologie Médicale and Hôpital Saint-Pierre, Belgium.
  • Dr. Rogatus Kabyemera, Bugando Medical Centre, Mwanza, Tanzania.
  • Dr. Martin Ota, Medical Research Council – the Gambia Unit, Gambia, West Africa.
  • Institutional Network Partners: