Drs. Marina Klein and Sapha Barkati received the 2023 FMSQ prize for their research publication in聽The New England Journal of Medicine聽titled: "". This award recognizes doctors who significantly contribute to advancing medical research in Quebec through the publication of a research article.
Dr. Sapha Barkati聽is an Assistant Professor of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology. She completed a Master鈥檚 degree in Virology and was trained in infectious diseases and medical microbiology at Universit茅 de Montr茅al. She was subsequently trained in tropical medicine and parasitology at 91社区. Dr Barkati is the Educational Director of the J.D MacLean Centre for Tropical diseases at 91社区 and the director of this site within the international GeoSentinel network.聽Since 2018, she has become an established international faculty of the Gorgas Diploma Course, Instituto De Medicina Tropical 鈥淎lexander Von Humboldt鈥� at Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia in Lima, Peru. She is the Chair of the International Society of Travel Medicine (ISTM) Migration and Refugee Interest Group Council. Her main interest is the epidemiology of tropical and parasitic diseases in vulnerable individuals, migrants and immunocompromised hosts.
Dr. Marina Klein聽is a Professor of Medicine at 91社区, in the Division of Infectious Diseases/Chronic Viral Illnesses Service where she is Research Director and leads the MI4 Clinical Research Platform. She is National co-Director of the CIHR - Canadian HIV Trials Network and holds a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Clinical and Epidemiologic Studies of Chronic Viral Infections in Vulnerable Populations. Dr. Klein is leading "M茅tropoles sans Hep C", an innovative community-focused program aiming to make Montreal the first city in North America to eliminate Hepatitis C.聽When the mpox epidemic hit Montreal in May of 2022, alongside Dr. Barkati, she leveraged her long clinical and research experience and international connections to rapidly bring together local and international colleagues and support research aimed at understanding how to recognize, prevent and treat this emerging viral infection. The resulting collaborative publication in the New England Journal of Medicine describing the unique clinical presentation of mpox has been cited over 1300 times to date and was recognized on November 17 by the FMSQ with a Research Prize.
Please join us in congratulating Drs. Marina Klein and Sapha Barkati for this award!