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 The **COVID-19 Immunity Task Force** is a Canadian initiative intended to organize resources to study natural and vaccine-induced immunity to [[SARS-CoV-2]]. The **COVID-19 Immunity Task Force** is a Canadian initiative intended to organize resources to study natural and vaccine-induced immunity to [[SARS-CoV-2]].
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 +It was launched in April 2020 by the [[Government of Canada]].((//COVID-19 Immunity Task Force.// (2021, October 21). McGill University School of Population and Global Health. https://archive.ph/o6M3j)) The group is jointly funded by the [[Canadian Institutes of Health Research]] (CIHR) and the [[Public Health Agency of Canada]] (PHAC).((Nelson, M. (2020, September 10). //Canada’s COVID-19 Immunity Task Force partners with CIHR to support 22 studies investigating COVID-19.// COVID-19 Immunity Task Force. https://www.covid19immunitytaskforce.ca/canadas-covid-19-immunity-task-force-partners-with-cihr-to-support-22-studies-investigating-covid-19-2/))
  
 ===== Research ===== ===== Research =====
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 As of March 23, 2022, the CITF is supporting 112 [[COVID-19]] studies across Canada.((Evans, T. (2022, March 23). //The importance of pediatric vaccination.// COVID-19 Immunity Task Force. https://web.archive.org/web/20220403062829/https://www.covid19immunitytaskforce.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/CITF_CanCOVID_6_Pediatric-vaccination_2022_EN_FINAL-2.pdf)) As of March 23, 2022, the CITF is supporting 112 [[COVID-19]] studies across Canada.((Evans, T. (2022, March 23). //The importance of pediatric vaccination.// COVID-19 Immunity Task Force. https://web.archive.org/web/20220403062829/https://www.covid19immunitytaskforce.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/CITF_CanCOVID_6_Pediatric-vaccination_2022_EN_FINAL-2.pdf))
  
 +==== COVERED study ====
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 +COVERED is a [[COVID-19 vaccines|COVID-19 vaccine]] registry for pregnant and breastfeeding women across Canada.((Burns, R., Logothetis, P., & Rolfsen, E. (2021, May 19). //Canadian researchers studying effectiveness and safety of COVID-19 vaccines during pregnancy.// COVID-19 Immunity Task Force. https://archive.ph/21EZi))
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 +It is being run at the [[University of British Columbia]] in partnership with [[Canadian Vaccine Safety Network]] (CANVAS), the [[Public Health Agency of Canada]] and the [[Women's Health Research Institute]].((//Home | Canadian COVID-19 Vaccine Registry for Pregnant and Lactating Individuals.// University of British Columbia. Retrieved June 20, 2022, from https://archive.ph/REwD1)) The lead researcher is [[Deborah Money]].
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 +An additional "Immune-Substudy" was launched at the [[British Columbia Women's Hospital]].((//Immune Sub-Study | Canadian COVID-19 Vaccine Registry for Pregnant and Lactating Individuals.// University of British Columbia. Retrieved June 20, 2022, from https://covered.med.ubc.ca/immune-sub-study/))
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 +==== Ontario study ====
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 +This second study links information collected from [[BORN Ontario]], which collects data from every baby born in Ontario, with the province’s vaccination registry from the [[Ontario Ministry of Health]] ([[COVaxON]]). [[Deshayne Fell]] is the lead researcher.
 ===== Affiliations ===== ===== Affiliations =====
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 +The secretariat for the task force is housed at the [[McGill University School of Population and Global Health.]]((//COVID-19 Immunity Task Force.// (2021, October 21). McGill University School of Population and Global Health. https://archive.ph/o6M3j))
  
 ==== Team ==== ==== Team ====
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 | [[Jessica Minion]]  | Provincial & Territorial representative  | [[Saskatchewan Health Authority]]  | -  | | [[Jessica Minion]]  | Provincial & Territorial representative  | [[Saskatchewan Health Authority]]  | -  |
 | [[Michael Patterson]]  | Provincial & Territorial representative  | [[Government of Nunavut]]  | -  | | [[Michael Patterson]]  | Provincial & Territorial representative  | [[Government of Nunavut]]  | -  |
 +| [[Nathan Stall]]  | -  | [[Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table]], [[CanCOVID]], [[Sinai Health System]], [[Ontario Liberal Party]]  | Received funding from the Task Force for geriatric research.((Stall, N. M. (2021, January 29). //Declaration of Interest.// Wayback Machine; Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table. https://web.archive.org/web/20210425034556/https://covid19-sciencetable.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Declaration-of-Interest_Science-Table_Nathan-Stall-2.pdf))  |
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