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COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Our research group is working in collaboration with the Institut national de santé publique du Québec (INSPQ) on many different aspects of COVID-19 research.

Find out about our results, including the most recent, in these reports.

MODELING THE COVID-19 EPIDEMIC IN THE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC CONNECT: STUDY ON SOCIAL CONTACTS OF QUEBECERS
  • • Report 20 – December 12, 2022: Modélisation de l’évolution potentielle de la COVID-19 dans le Grand Montréal pendant la période des fêtes 2022-2023 (Modeling of the potential evolution of COVID-19 in Greater Montreal during the 2022-2023 holiday season) [ PDF ] High resolution figures [ ZIP ]
  • • Report – August 10 2022 (FR) [ PDF ]
  • • Report 19 – March 2 2022 (FR) [ PDF ]
  • • UPDATE Report 18 – January 31 2022 (FR) [ PDF ]
  • • UPDATE Report 18 – January 13 2022 (FR) [ PDF ]
  • • SUPPLEMENT – January 5 2022: Évolution des projections depuis le 25 novembre 2021 (Evolution of projections since November 25, 2021) [ PDF ]
  • • Report 18 – December 31 2021 (FR) [ PDF ]
  • • PRESENTATION: Modeling of the evolution of COVID-19 in Quebec (FR) [ PDF ]
  • • Report 17 – November 25 2021 (FR) [ PDF ]
  • • Report 16 – September 28 2021 (FR) [ PDF ]
  • • Report 15 – May 28 2021 (FR) [ PDF ]
  • • Report 14 – April 29 2021 (FR) [ PDF ]
  • • Report 13 (update) – April 9 2021 (FR) [ PDF ]
  • • Report 13 – March 18 2021 (FR) [ PDF ]
  • • Report 12 – March 4 2021 (FR) [ PDF ]
  • • Report 11 – February 17 2021 (FR) [ PDF ]
  • • Report 10 – February 4 2021 (FR) [ PDF ]
  • • Report 9 – January 29 2021 (FR) [ PDF ]
  • • Report 8 – January 21 2021 (FR) [ PDF ]
  • • Report 7 – December 17 2020 (FR) [ PDF ]
  • • Report 6 – November 9 2020 (FR) [ PDF ]
  • • Report 5 – October 16 2020 (FR) [ PDF ]
  • • Report 4 – June 29 2020 (FR) [ PDF ]
  • • Report 3 – May 28 2020 (FR) [ PDF ]
  • • Report 2 – May 7 2020 (FR) [ PDF ]
  • • Report 1 – April 28 2020 (FR) [ PDF ]
  • • Report July 21 2021 (FR) [ PDF, INSPQ ]
  • • Report June 1 2021 (FR) [ PDF, INSPQ ]
  • • Report May 11 2021 (FR) [ PDF, INSPQ ]
  • • Report April 27 2021 (FR) [ PDF, INSPQ ]
  • • Report April 13 2021 (FR) [ PDF, INSPQ ]
  • • Report March 30 2021 (FR) [ PDF, INSPQ ]
  • • Report March 16 2021 (FR) [ PDF, INSPQ ]
  • • Report March 2 2021 (FR) [ PDF, INSPQ ]
  • • Report February 12 2021 (FR) [ PDF, INSPQ ]
  • • Report January 29 2021 (FR) [ PDF, INSPQ ]
  • • Report January 19 2021 (FR) [ PDF, INSPQ ]
  • • Report December 15 2020 (FR) [ PDF, INSPQ ]

News

May 2023
CIRN GRANT

Marc Brisson was awarded a CIHR Canadian Immunization Research Network (CIRN) Grant: “Optimization of HPV vaccination and screening in Canada, considering opportunities provided by 1-dose vaccination: A mathematical modeling study”.

April 2023
PRESENTATIONS AT IPVC2023

Our team presented at the International Papillomavirus Conference 2023 held in Washington DC, April 17-22, 2023:

  • Jean-François Laprise made an oral presentation on the “Potential impact of switching from a 2-dose to 1-dose routine HPV vaccination program in high-income countries: A mathematical modeling study using North America as an example”.
  • Élodie Bénard made a poster presentation on the “Potential impact of one-dose HPV vaccination in low-and middle-income countries: a modelling analysis”.
March 2023
2023 AWARD FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING RESOURCES

Our proposal received an overall rating (out of 5) of 4.7 in the Digital Research Alliance of Canada 2023 resource allocation competition (Fast track application). Our research group was awarded 399 core-years on Calcul Québec’s Narval supercomputer, which is estimated to an annual contribution of $42,000 from the Alliance.

February 2023
PRESENTATIONS AT EUROGIN 2023
  • Marc Brisson was invited speaker for 2 presentations: the first on “Modelling the impact of HPV vaccination on colposcopy results in highly vaccinated populations” and the second on “Modelling the impact of 1-dose HPV vaccination”.
  • Mélanie Drolet presented on the “Potential impact of one-dose HPV vaccination in low-and-middle-income countries (LMIC): A modeling analysis using HPV-ADVISE LMIC”.
February 2023
PUBLICATION IN PLOS MED

Regional and country-level trends in cervical cancer screening coverage in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic analysis of population-based surveys (2000–2020)