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-Dr. **Samira Mubareka**, MD, FRCPC is a Canada [[microbiology|microbiologist]] based in [[canada:ontario:Toronto]], [[canada:Ontario]]. She is a clinical scientist at the [[Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre]], and professor in the Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology at the [[University of Toronto]].((//Samira Mubareka.// University of Toronto. Retrieved September 10, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20220910175055/https://lmp.utoronto.ca/faculty/samira-mubareka)) She works as the Infectious Diseases Lead at the [[Centre for Research Expertise in Occupational Diseases]].((//Dr. Samira Mubareka.// Centre for Research Expertise in Occupational Diseases. Retrieved September 10, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20220910194545/https://creod.on.ca/aboutcreod/dr-samira-mubareka/))+Dr. **Samira Mubareka**, MD, FRCPC is a Canadian [[microbiology|microbiologist]] based in [[canada:ontario:Toronto]], [[canada:Ontario]]. She is a clinical scientist at the [[Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre]], and professor in the Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology at the [[University of Toronto]].((//Samira Mubareka.// University of Toronto. Retrieved September 10, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20220910175055/https://lmp.utoronto.ca/faculty/samira-mubareka)) She works as the Infectious Diseases Lead at the [[Centre for Research Expertise in Occupational Diseases]].((//Dr. Samira Mubareka.// Centre for Research Expertise in Occupational Diseases. Retrieved September 10, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20220910194545/https://creod.on.ca/aboutcreod/dr-samira-mubareka/))
  
 She serves as chair of the [[Royal Society of Canada]]'s Working Group on [[One Health]].((//One Health.// The Royal Society of Canada. Retrieved September 10, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20220107001421/https://rsc-src.ca/en/themes/one-health)) She serves as chair of the [[Royal Society of Canada]]'s Working Group on [[One Health]].((//One Health.// The Royal Society of Canada. Retrieved September 10, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20220107001421/https://rsc-src.ca/en/themes/one-health))
  
 ===== History ===== ===== History =====
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 +Mubareka was born in Gottingen, [[Germany]], and her family immigrated to a small town in northwestern [[canada:New Brunswick]] when she was two.((Hiebert, R. (2021, August 3). //Humans of LMP: Samira Mubareka.// University of Toronto. https://lmp.utoronto.ca/news/humans-lmp-samira-mubareka))
  
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 In March 2020, the [[University of Toronto]] announced that Mubareka had isolated the [[SARS-CoV-2]] virus along with teammate [[Robert Kozak]] and [[McMaster University]] researcher [[Arinjay Banerjee]].((Vendeville, G. (2020, March 13). //U of T and McMaster researchers at Sunnybrook Hospital isolate virus behind COVID-19.// University of Toronto. https://web.archive.org/web/20220419170812/https://lmp.utoronto.ca/news/u-t-and-mcmaster-researchers-sunnybrook-hospital-isolate-virus-behind-covid-19)) According to the press release, the team had "culture[d] the virus from two clinical specimens in a level three containment facility." Allegedly, "Mubareka and Kozak collected specimens of the [[coronavirus]] from the first confirmed case in Canada, an adult male who was treated and eventually discharged from Sunnybrook after returning from [[china:wuhan|Wuhan, China]] – the epicentre of the outbreak."((Vendeville, G. (2022, February 19). //U of T and Sunnybrook virologists work on tools to combat coronavirus outbreak.// University of Toronto News. https://archive.ph/X8eWZ)) They collaborated with [[Allison McGeer]] from the [[Dalla Lana School of Public Health]] in order to develop testing capabilities for the virus. In March 2020, the [[University of Toronto]] announced that Mubareka had isolated the [[SARS-CoV-2]] virus along with teammate [[Robert Kozak]] and [[McMaster University]] researcher [[Arinjay Banerjee]].((Vendeville, G. (2020, March 13). //U of T and McMaster researchers at Sunnybrook Hospital isolate virus behind COVID-19.// University of Toronto. https://web.archive.org/web/20220419170812/https://lmp.utoronto.ca/news/u-t-and-mcmaster-researchers-sunnybrook-hospital-isolate-virus-behind-covid-19)) According to the press release, the team had "culture[d] the virus from two clinical specimens in a level three containment facility." Allegedly, "Mubareka and Kozak collected specimens of the [[coronavirus]] from the first confirmed case in Canada, an adult male who was treated and eventually discharged from Sunnybrook after returning from [[china:wuhan|Wuhan, China]] – the epicentre of the outbreak."((Vendeville, G. (2022, February 19). //U of T and Sunnybrook virologists work on tools to combat coronavirus outbreak.// University of Toronto News. https://archive.ph/X8eWZ)) They collaborated with [[Allison McGeer]] from the [[Dalla Lana School of Public Health]] in order to develop testing capabilities for the virus.
  
-On March 10, 2020, Mubareka participated in the convening of the [[Chief Science Advisor of Canada COVID-19 Expert Panel]].((//COVID-19 Expert Panel.// Government of Canada. Retrieved June 20, 2020, from https://web.archive.org/web/20200620110333/https://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/063.nsf/eng/h_98013.html)) ((//Evidence - INDU (43-2) - No. 20.// (2021, February 25). House of Commons of Canada. https://web.archive.org/web/20220910201916/https://www.ourcommons.ca/DocumentViewer/en/43-2/INDU/meeting-20/evidence))+On March 10, 2020, Mubareka participated in the convening of the [[Chief Science Advisor of Canada'COVID-19 Expert Panel]].((//COVID-19 Expert Panel.// Government of Canada. Retrieved June 20, 2020, from https://web.archive.org/web/20200620110333/https://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/063.nsf/eng/h_98013.html)) ((//Evidence - INDU (43-2) - No. 20.// (2021, February 25). House of Commons of Canada. https://web.archive.org/web/20220910201916/https://www.ourcommons.ca/DocumentViewer/en/43-2/INDU/meeting-20/evidence))
  
-In April 2020, [[Genome Canada]] announced the formation of the [[Canadian COVID-19 Genomics Network]] (CanCOGen).((//Canadian COVID-19 Genomics Network.// Genome Prairie. Retrieved September 10, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20220910202510/https://www.genomeprairie.ca/project/current/canadian-covid-19-genomics-network-cancogen/)) Mubareka serves on the project's Coordinating Committee, and on the Implementation Committee for CanCOGen's [[VirusSeq]] (Virus Sequencing Project).((//Governance.// Canadian COVID Genomics Network - VirusSeq. Retrieved September 10, 2022, from https://archive.ph/TQw1P)) Following a $1 million donation from [[QuestCap]], Mubareka formed the [[Sunnybrook Translational Research Program for Emerging and Respiratory Viruses]] (SERV) to focus on [[viral genomics]], transmission and the development of [[medical countermeasures]].((Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. (2020, April 1). //QuestCap Inc. makes timely $1-million investment in Sunnybrook to establish research group dedicated to fighting COVID-19.// Cision. https://web.archive.org/web/20220620155443/https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/questcap-inc-makes-timely-1-million-investment-in-sunnybrook-to-establish-research-group-dedicated-to-fighting-covid-19-857797510.html)) ((//Congratulations Dr. Samira Mubareka.// (2020, May 20). Sunnybrook Hospital. https://web.archive.org/web/20200616022303/https://sunnybrook.ca/media/item.asp?page=38&i=2116))+In April 2020, [[Genome Canada]] announced the formation of the [[Canadian COVID-19 Genomics Network]] (CanCOGen).((//Canadian COVID-19 Genomics Network.// Genome Prairie. Retrieved September 10, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20220910202510/https://www.genomeprairie.ca/project/current/canadian-covid-19-genomics-network-cancogen/)) Mubareka serves on the project's Coordinating Committee, and on the Implementation Committee for CanCOGen's [[VirusSeq]] (Virus Sequencing Project).((//Governance.// Canadian COVID Genomics Network - VirusSeq. Retrieved September 10, 2022, from https://archive.ph/TQw1P)) Following a $1 million donation from [[medivolve|QuestCap]], Mubareka formed the [[Sunnybrook Translational Research Program for Emerging and Respiratory Viruses]] (SERV) to focus on [[viral genomics]], transmission and the development of [[medical countermeasures]].((Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. (2020, April 1). //QuestCap Inc. makes timely $1-million investment in Sunnybrook to establish research group dedicated to fighting COVID-19.// Cision. https://web.archive.org/web/20220620155443/https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/questcap-inc-makes-timely-1-million-investment-in-sunnybrook-to-establish-research-group-dedicated-to-fighting-covid-19-857797510.html)) ((//Congratulations Dr. Samira Mubareka.// (2020, May 20). Sunnybrook Hospital. https://web.archive.org/web/20200616022303/https://sunnybrook.ca/media/item.asp?page=38&i=2116))
  
 In May 2020, Mubareka was included on a poster featuring "Women of COVID" alongside [[Janice Fitzgerald]], [[Theresa Tam]], [[Heather Morrison]], [[Bonnie Henry]], [[Barbara Yaffe]], [[Jennifer Russell]], [[Shelby Yamamoto]], and [[Deena Hinshaw]].((//Women of COVID.// Women in Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics. Retrieved September 10, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20220910221841/https://womeninstem.ingeniumcanada.org/portfolio-item/women-of-covid/#tab-id-9)) This and a second poster in 2021 were produced by the [[Canadian Science and Technology Museum]] through their [[Women in Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics]] initiative.((//Samira Mubareka.// Women in Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics. Retrieved September 10, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20220910203059/https://womeninstem.ingeniumcanada.org/portfolio-item/samira-mubareka/#toggle-id-2)) In May 2020, Mubareka was included on a poster featuring "Women of COVID" alongside [[Janice Fitzgerald]], [[Theresa Tam]], [[Heather Morrison]], [[Bonnie Henry]], [[Barbara Yaffe]], [[Jennifer Russell]], [[Shelby Yamamoto]], and [[Deena Hinshaw]].((//Women of COVID.// Women in Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics. Retrieved September 10, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20220910221841/https://womeninstem.ingeniumcanada.org/portfolio-item/women-of-covid/#tab-id-9)) This and a second poster in 2021 were produced by the [[Canadian Science and Technology Museum]] through their [[Women in Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics]] initiative.((//Samira Mubareka.// Women in Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics. Retrieved September 10, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20220910203059/https://womeninstem.ingeniumcanada.org/portfolio-item/samira-mubareka/#toggle-id-2))
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   * [[W. M. Keck Foundation]]   * [[W. M. Keck Foundation]]
   * [[World Health Organization]] (WHO)   * [[World Health Organization]] (WHO)
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 +===== External links =====
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 +  * [[https://wiki.whiteroseintelligence.com/en/Samira-Mubareka|White Rose Wiki]]
  
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