Dr. Kamran Kadkhoda

 
Assistant Professor
Clinical Microbiologist and Scientific Supervisor, Serology, Parasitology & Blood-borne pathogens; Cadham Provincial Public Health Laboratory,

Adjunct Professor - Department of Immunology, University of Manitoba.

Investigator at Manitoba Institute of Child Health (MICH)

Degrees & Certificates:
B.Sc in Biology (1998);
Ph.D. in Immunology (Tehran, Iran, 1998-2005) 
Fellowship in Clinical Microbioloy (PGME, University of Manitoba; 2010) 
The American Society of Clinical Pathology (ASCP): Specialist in Microbiology (2011)
Canadian College of Microbiologists (CCM): Fellow in Clinical Microbiology (2011)
The American Board of Medical Microbiology D(ABMM): (2011)
The American Board of Medical Laboratory Immunology (ABMLI): Eligible; pending
New York State Laboratory Director Certificate of Qualification (2013)

Mailing Address:
PL 325, Serology Section
750 William Avenue
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, R3C 3Y1 

Ph: (204) 945-7545, Fax: (204) 948-1258
email:kamran.kadkhoda@gov.mb.ca
Research Interests:
  • Research and Development in the field of serological diagnosis of infectious diseases
  • Sero-epidemiological investigations of infectious diseases
  • Molecular laboratory diagnosis of blood-borne pathogens including but not limited to: HIV,  HTLV, Hepatitis B and C
  • Molecular epidemiological studies of Blood-borne pathogens including mutations and drug resistance patterns change
  • Research and Development in the field of laboratory diagnosis of parasitic infections

Recent Publications:

    1. Kadkhoda, K., Wang, S., Fan, Y., Qiu h., Yang X. Th1 cytokine responses fail to effectively control Chlamydia lung infection in ICOSL knockout mice. The Journal of Immunology 2010; 184(7):3780-8.
    2. Kadkhoda K., Manickam K., DeGagne P., Sokolowski P., Pang P., Kontzie N., & Alfa M. UF-1000iTM Flowcytometry is an Effective Screening Method for Urine Specimens. Diag. Microbiol. Infectious Dis. 2011; 69: 130-136. <
    3. Sergio Fanella, Kamran Kadkhoda, Michelle Shuel, Raymond Tsang. Autochthonous Transmission of Endemic Syphilis in Canada: A Case Report and Discussion of Molecular Diagnostics. Emerg. Infect. Dis. 2012; 18(6): 1002-1004.
    4. Kamran Kadkhoda, Heather Adam, Matthew W. Gilmour, and Gregory W. Hammond. Non-toxigenic Vibrio cholerae septisemia in an immunocompromised patient. Case Reprts in Infec. Dis.2012 (Volume 2012; article ID 698746.
    5. Kamran Kadkhoda, Gerry Smart. HCV antigen testing for the diagnosis of Hepatitis C infection: a cost-efficient algorithm. Clin. Lab 2013. (accepted for publication)
    6. Vanessa Allen, Muhammad Morshed, Max Chernesky, Gayatri Gayaraman, Kamran Kadkhoda, and Raymond S. W. Tsang. Direct detection of Treponema pallidum for laboratory investigation of syphilis infection (under peer review).
    7. Paul Levett, Kevin Fonseca, Muhammad Morshed, Kamran Kadkhoda, Raymond Tsang. CPHLN Laboratory Guidelines for use of Serological Tests for Syphilis (excluding POC testing) in Canada (under peer review).
    8. Anton Andonov, Kamran Kadkhoda, Carla Osiowy, and Kelly Kaita. Pre-treatment resistance to hepatitis C virus protease inhibitors boceprevir/telaprevir in HCV subgenotype 1a infected patients from Manitoba, Canada. Canadian Journal of Gatroenterology (2013).

Teaching Interests:
Laboratory Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases.
Pathogenesis mechanisms of infectious agents.
Infection and Immunity

Consulting Interests:
Interpretation of high-complexity serological and molecular testing results; public health strategies in preventing and controlling infectious diseases diagnosable by serological means or those of blood-borne nature

Projects Undergoing:

  1. Study of the prevalence of HPV genotypes in cervical cancer patients: a five-year collaborative study
  2. Study of the California Serogroup viruses in Manitoba; a collaborative study with National Microbiology Laboratory (NML) in Winnipeg, MB
  3. The study of the prevalence of HTLV in HCV-infected patients in Manitoba
  4. The study of the prevalence of HBV pre-core and basal core promoter mutations in HBV-infected patients in Manitoba

Laboratory Members:

Mr. Gerry Smart          R & D Technologist          (204)945-3183