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null Theresa Gyorkos, PhD

Senior Scientist, RI-MUHC , 5252 de Maisonneuve

Infectious Diseases and Immunity in Global Health Program

Centre for Outcomes Research and Evaluation

Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University

Department of Medicine, Division of Clinical Epidemiology, MUHC

 

Keywords

global health • parasite epidemiology • neglected tropical diseases

Research Focus

My research focuses on parasite epidemiology and the prevention and control of parasitic diseases worldwide. I have been a researcher in global health and parasite epidemiology for over 30 years, conducting population-based primary epidemiological field research focused on maternal and child health both in Canada and in parasite-endemic countries. Research topics have focused on: deworming control programs in high-risk population subgroups; interdisciplinary approaches to the prevention and control of parasitic diseases; and infection and (mal)nutrition in child populations and pregnant women. As director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)/World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Parasite Epidemiology and Control, based at McGill University, I continue to work with the WHO, PAHO and national governments in developing global guidelines for the prevention and control of various neglected tropical diseases and in promoting health policy focused on reducing the burden of disease attributed to worm infections.

Selected Publications

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  • Gyorkos TW. Attempt to assess Canada’s expertise in global health research falls short. Health Research Policy and Systems 2020;18:130. doi:10.1186/s12961-020-00634-5. PMID: 33138844.

  • Montresor A, Mupfasoni D, Mikhailov A, Mwinzi P, Lucianez A, Jamsheed M, et al… and Gyorkos TW. The global progress of soil-transmitted helminthiases control in 2020 and World Health Organization targets for 2030. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2020;14(8):e0008505. PMID: 32776942.

  • *St-Denis K , Blouin B, Rahme E, Casapia M, Montresor A, Mupfasoni D, Mbabazi PS, Gyorkos TW. Ruling out early trimester pregnancy when implementing community-based deworming. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2020;14(1): 0007901. PMID: 31999690.

  • Gyorkos TW, St-Denis K. Systematic review of exposure to mebendazole or albendazole during pregnancy on adverse birth outcomes, with particular reference to exposure in the first trimester. International Journal for Parasitology 2019;49(7):541-554. PMID: 31071321.

  • Gyorkos TW, Montresor A, Belizario V, Biggs B-A, Bradley M, Brooker SJ, Casapia M, Cooper P, Deb S, Gilbert NL, Imtiaz R, Khieu V, Knopp S, Lincetto O, Mofid LS, Mupfasoni D, Vail C, Vercruysse J. The right to deworming: the case for girls and women of reproductive age. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2018;12(11):e0006740. PMID: 30462641.