Current Positions

Associate Professor
Canada Research Chair
Laboratory of Emerging and Re-Emerging Viruses Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Manitoba Centre for Proteomics and Systems Biology
Department of Internal Medicine
Investigator, Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba

Education

2002-2007 Ph.D., Department of Biochemistry
University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada Supervisor: Dr. Scott Napper
Thesis Title: Host and Pathogen Sensory Systems as Targets for Therapeutic Intervention

1996-2001 B.Sc. (Honors), Department of Biochemistry
University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada

Research Focus

Dr. Kindrachuk is an Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in emerging and re-emerging viruses in the Departments of Medical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases and Internal Medicine, University of Manitoba. His research focuses on the circulation, transmission and pathogenesis of emerging zoonotic viruses that pose the greatest threat to global health. Findings from these investigations will help inform emerging virus therapeutic treatment strategies, outbreak prediction and preparedness efforts. He currently leads multiple national and international research investigations including Director of the International Mpox Response Consortium (IMREC), co-lead for Pillar 2 of CoVaRR-Net, and Principal Investigator for ongoing investigations on Ebola virus and monkeypox virus in sub-Saharan Africa.

Research Interests

Research themes
Emerging virus circulation, transmission, and preparedness/response

Research interests
-Emerging virus pathogenesis
-Outbreak preparedness/response
-Global health
-Emerging zoonoses
-Host-pathogen interactions
-Virus surveillance & diagnostics
-One health

Keywords
-Emerging viruses
-Host-pathogen interactions
-Filoviruses
-Monkeypox virus
-Coronaviruses
-Kinome
-Blood-tissue barriers
-Global health
-Community engagement