David Safronetz, BSc, MSc, PhD
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Adjunct Professor
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Accepting graduate students
Research themes
Research interests
Emerging High Consequence Viral Pathogens
Keywords
Research affiliations
Research groupsSpecial Pathogens, National Microbiology Laboratory Branch
Research summaryMy research program is primarily focused on neglected highly pathogenic zoonotic viruses including hantaviruses, Lassa virus, Lujo virus and Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus. Our research concentrates on characterizing existing in vitro and in vivo disease models and/or developing novel models and utilizing them to better understand viral pathogenesis for the purpose of evaluating medical countermeasures.
BiographyDr. Safronetz is a Principle Investigator at the National Microbiology Laboratory, Public health Agency of Canada and an Adjunct professor at the University of Manitoba. In his current role as Chief of Special Pathogens, Dr. Safronetz oversees a diverse research program focused on emerging and high consequence viral pathogens. His research highlights include the development and characterization of several disease models including a non-human primate model for hantavirus pulmonary syndrome as well as the pre-clinical development of a promising Lassa fever vaccine candidate. Prior to joining the Public Health Agency and the University of Manitoba, Dave studied at NIAIDs Rocky Mountain Laboratories. He has published extensively in the field of emerging viral hemorrhagic fever diseases, ecology and pathogen discovery, disease modelling and medical countermeasures.
Education
Awards
ORCID ID/Google Scholar/ResearchGateOCID ID0000-0002-9024-728X
Safronetz - Search Results - PubMed (nih.gov)
- Masters – Not at this time
- PhD – Not at this time
Research themes
- Disease Modelling
- Pathogenesis
- Medical Countermeasures
- Ecology
Research interests
Emerging High Consequence Viral Pathogens
Keywords
- Lassa virus
- Lujo virus
- Hantaviruses
- Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic fever virus
Research affiliations
- Research Scientist, Public Health Agency of Canada
Research groupsSpecial Pathogens, National Microbiology Laboratory Branch
Research summaryMy research program is primarily focused on neglected highly pathogenic zoonotic viruses including hantaviruses, Lassa virus, Lujo virus and Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus. Our research concentrates on characterizing existing in vitro and in vivo disease models and/or developing novel models and utilizing them to better understand viral pathogenesis for the purpose of evaluating medical countermeasures.
BiographyDr. Safronetz is a Principle Investigator at the National Microbiology Laboratory, Public health Agency of Canada and an Adjunct professor at the University of Manitoba. In his current role as Chief of Special Pathogens, Dr. Safronetz oversees a diverse research program focused on emerging and high consequence viral pathogens. His research highlights include the development and characterization of several disease models including a non-human primate model for hantavirus pulmonary syndrome as well as the pre-clinical development of a promising Lassa fever vaccine candidate. Prior to joining the Public Health Agency and the University of Manitoba, Dave studied at NIAIDs Rocky Mountain Laboratories. He has published extensively in the field of emerging viral hemorrhagic fever diseases, ecology and pathogen discovery, disease modelling and medical countermeasures.
Education
- PhD, Medical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, University of Manitoba (2008)
- MSc, Medical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases ,University of Manitoba (2003)
- BSc (hons), Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Saskatchewan (2000)
Awards
- National Institutes of Health Visiting Fellowship (2008-2012)
- NIH Fellows Association research Excellence Award (2011, 2012)
- NIH Performance Award (2013)
- NIAID Merit Award (2014)
- NIH Director’s Award (2015)
ORCID ID/Google Scholar/ResearchGateOCID ID0000-0002-9024-728X
Safronetz - Search Results - PubMed (nih.gov)