Our team

Profile

• Healthcare professional with 18 years of experience in public health, epidemiology, medical data management, clinical medicine, and biomedical research
• Expert in data management in the Expanded Programme on Immunization (Polio, Measles, Neonatal Maternal Tetanus, etc.) – WHO/CDC
• Expert in surveillance of the target diseases of the Expanded Programme on Immunization (Polio, Measles, Neonatal Maternal Tetanus, Yellow Fever, etc.) – WHO/CDC
• Expert in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of scientific and medical data – WHO/CDC
• Expert in Epidemiology and Surveillance of Communicable Diseases (HIV, Hepatitis C and Tuberculosis) – Public Health Agency of Canada
• Expert in clinical and medical research – Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR)
• Author of scientific articles on medical/pharmaceutical research and public health
• Leadership and personnel management expertise
• Excellent ability to motivate staff and foster teamwork
• Expertise in writing scientific reports
• PhD in Cellular and Molecular Biology / Faculty of Medicine from Laval University, Quebec Canada

Scientific publications

1. Singh AE, Plitt SS, Osiowy C, Surynicz K, Kouadjo E, Preiksaitis J, Lee B. Factors associated with vaccine failure and vertical transmission of hepatitis B among a cohort of Canadian mothers and infants. J Viral Hepat. 2010 Jun 11.
2.  Stephanie Yanow, Ettienne Kouadjo, Ameeta Singh, Kevin Fonseca. Syphilis RT-PCR valuation, Alberta Provincial Laboratory (unpublished data), July 2009
3. Irene E. Martin, Raymond S.W. Tsang, Karen Sutherland, Barbara Anderson, Colleen Roy, Stephanie Yanow, Kevin Fonseca, Wanda White, Kami Kandola, Ettienne Kouadjo, and Ameeta E. Singh. Molecular typing of Treponema pallidum Strains in Western Canada: Predominance of 14d subtypes .
   Sex Transm Dis. 2010 Sep;37(9):544-8.
4. Ameeta Singh, Bonita Lee, Jayne Fenton, Jutta Preiksaitis, Ettienne Kouadjo. Evaluation of Rapid HIV Testing Pilot Program in Acute Care Settings in Alberta (unpublished data), February 2009
5. HIV/AIDS Epidemiology in Canada update, 2009-2010
6. HIV/AIDS in Canada, surveillance report, December 31, 2009
7. HIV/AIDS in Canada, surveillance report, December 31, 2008
8. Kouadjo KE, Nishida Y, Yoshioka M, St-Amand J: Most expressed transcripts in sexual organs and other tissues. Mol Reprod Dev. 2008; 75: 230-42
9. Kouadjo KE, Nishida Y, Cadrin-Girard JF, Yoshioka M, St-Amand J: Housekeeping and tissue-specific genes in mouse tissues. BMC Genomics. 2007; 8:127.
10. Kouadjo Kouamé Ettienne, Yoshioka Mayumi, St-Amand Jonny. The top ten most abundant transcripts in mouse tissues. Genomics functional laboratory, CREMO,CRCHUL, Anatomy and physiology department, Laval University. Poster (14-15 May 2007)
11. Kouadjo Kouamé Ettienne, Yoshioka Mayumi, St-Amand Jonny. Charaterization of mammalian tissues by genomic functional. Genomics functional laboratory, CREMO,CRCHUL, Anatomy and physiology department, Laval University. Poster (29 May 2007)