Adjunct professor
Max Rady College of Medicine
Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Room, 543-745 Bannatyne Avenue
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB, R3E 0J9
Catherine Card, BSc, PhD
Cross appointments
Does not hold any cross appointments.
Research achievements
Research summary
Dr. Card’s research interests include understanding the immunological mechanisms controlling viral susceptibility and disease progression, with emphasis on HIV.
In particular, her research addresses questions about how inflammation affects interactions between immune cells and tissue stromal cells, and the downstream effects of those interactions on susceptibility to HIV acquisition.
Dr. Card also studies the development of inflammatory and immune-mediated disease in people living with HIV.
Recently, Dr. Card’s research interests have grown to include immune responses to vaccination in diverse populations, with a focus on COVID-19 vaccines.
Research affiliations
Research scientist, JC Wilt Infectious Disease Research Centre, Public Health Agency of Canada
Keywords
- COVID-19
- HIV
- Inflammatory and immune mediated disease
- Viral susceptibility and disease progression
Biography
Dr. Card is a research scientist in the Division of Sexually-transmitted and Blood-borne Infections (STBBI) at the National Microbiology Laboratory Branch of the Public Health Agency of Canada. She is also an adjunct professor in the Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases at the University of Manitoba.
After completing her PhD in HIV immunology at the University of Manitoba, Dr. Card pursued a post-doctoral fellowship studying interactions between immune and tissue stromal cells in the context of cancer at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Dr. Card's current interests are focused on improving HIV diagnostic algorithms for complex cases and understanding how inflammatory exposures impact heterogeneity in HIV acquisition and progression.
Education
Post-doctoral fellow, University of Manitoba (2019)
Post-doctoral fellow, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (2015)
PhD, Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba (2012)
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Microbiology, University of Manitoba (2005)
Awards
Lymphatic Education and Research Network Award (2014)
Health Sciences Centre Foundation Award for Research in Infection and Immunity (2012)
Canadian Institutes of Health Research Doctoral Research Award for Research in HIV/AIDS (2010)
Contact us
Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Max Rady College of Medicine
Room 543 - 745 Bannatyne Avenue
University of Manitoba (Bannatyne campus)
Winnipeg, MB R3E 0J9 Canada
204-789-3299
204-789-3926