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====== Jesse Papenburg ======

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Dr. **Jesse Papenburg** is a Canadian paediatric infectious diseases specialist and microbiologist based in Montreal, Quebec.

===== Education =====

Papenburg obtained his medical degree from [[McGill University]] and completed residency and subspecialty training at the [[Montreal Children's Hospital]]. He then completed a research fellowship on the molecular virology of [[RNA]] respiratory viruses at [[Laval University]] and a Master of Science in epidemiology at McGill.

===== Affiliations =====

==== Public Health Agency of Canada ====

Papenburg is a member of the [[National Advisory Committee on Immunization]] (NACI), responsible for approving the [[COVID-19 vaccines]] in Canada.((//National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI): Membership and representation.// (2020, December 18). Wayback Machine; Government of Canada. https://web.archive.org/web/20201218222110/https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/immunization/national-advisory-committee-on-immunization-naci/naci-membership-representation.html))

==== McGill University ====

Papenburg is an Assistant Professor of Paediatrics and an Associate Member of the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health at [[McGill University]].((//Jesse Papenburg.// (2021, March 4). McGill Newsroom. https://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/jesse-papenburg)) He practices Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology at the [[Montreal Children's Hospital]] of the [[McGill University Health Centre]].((//Jesse Papenburg, MD, FRCPC, Pediatric Infectious Disease Specialist and Medical Microbiologist.// Montreal Children’s Hospital. Retrieved April 19, 2022, from https://www.thechildren.com/departments-and-staff/staff/jesse-papenburg-md-frcpc-pediatric-infectious-disease-specialist-and))

He is also a clinical investigator for the [[MUHC Vaccine Study Centre]].((//About Us.// (2020, July 23). MUHC Vaccine Study Centre; Wayback Machine. https://archive.ph/R2Pr5))
==== COVID-19 Immunity Task Force ====

Papenburg is a scientific advisory on the secretariat of the [[COVID-19 Immunity Task Force]].((Labonne, S. //Secretariat.// COVID-19 Immunity Task Force. Retrieved April 19, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20220322055327/https://www.covid19immunitytaskforce.ca/secretariat/)) The CITF collaborates with the [[Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations]] (CEPI) on vaccine development.((//Final Version Scientific Strategy, Governance, and Operational Plan.// (2020). COVID-19 Immunity Task Force. https://web.archive.org/web/20220120225658/https://www.covid19immunitytaskforce.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/CITF-Strategic-Plan_Final_ENG_FINAL_2.pdf#page=17))
===== Research =====

Papenburg's research is on the epidemiology of viral respiratory infections, with a focus on diagnostics to improve treatment and outcomes. He actively contributes to national and provincial guidelines on [[RSV]] immunoprophylaxis and [[influenza]] antiviral treatment.

==== COVID-19 ====

Papenburg and [[Patricia Fontela]] are co-Primary Investigators in the [[CATCO-Kids]] study, investigating the use of [[hydroxychloroquine]] in children with [[COVID-19]]. The trial is funded by the [[Montreal Children's Hospital Foundation]], and is a spinoff study from the [[CATCO]] trial, which is itself the Canadian branch of the [[SOLIDARITY Trial]].((//Funded Research.// COVID-19 Resources Canada. Retrieved April 19, 2022, from https://archive.ph/htYhS)) ((//Results of MI4 Emergency COVID-19 Research Funding.// (2021, August 23). McGill MI4. https://archive.ph/X6BWG)) Papenburg and Fontela are also both investigators for CATCO, including investigating [[remdesivir]].((Ali, K., Azher, T., Baqi, M., Binnie, A., Borgia, S., Carrier, F. M., Cavayas, Y. A., Chagnon, N., Cheng, M. P., Conly, J., Costiniuk, C., Daley, P., Daneman, N., Douglas, J., Downey, C., Duan, E., Duceppe, E., Durand, M., English, S., & Farjou, G. (2022). //Remdesivir for the treatment of patients in hospital with COVID-19 in Canada: a randomized controlled trial.// CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal = Journal de l’Association Medicale Canadienne, cmaj.211698. https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.211698))

In December 2021, Papenburg appeared in a video promoting [[COVID-19 vaccines]] for children and insisting no concerning long-term effects will occur, published on [[ScienceUpFirst]].((//Dr. Papenburg: Are COVID-19 vaccines safe for kids long-term?// (2021, December 9). ScienceUpFirst. https://archive.ph/HyQ64)) He also appeared in a January 6, 2022 interview discussing segregation of "unvaccinated" people in Quebec.((CBC News. (2022, January 6). //Quebec announces new COVID-19 measures aimed at the unvaccinated.// MSN News. https://web.archive.org/web/20220419224615/https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/other/quebec-announces-new-covid-19-measures-aimed-at-the-unvaccinated/vi-AASvMIo))
==== Influenza ====

Papenburg has conducted research on [[influenza vaccines]].((Baz, M., Papenburg, J., Hamelin, M., Ouakki, M., Skowronski, D. M., De Serres, G....Boivin, G. (2012). //Seroconversion to Seasonal Influenza Viruses after A(H1N1)pdm09 Virus Infection, Quebec, Canada.// Emerging Infectious Diseases, 18(7), 1132-1134. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1807.111680.))

==== RSV ====

Papenburg was an author on an [[RSV]] study funded by the [[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]].((Scheltema, N. M., Gentile, A., Lucion, F., Nokes, D. J., Munywoki, P. K., Madhi, S. A., Groome, M. J., Cohen, C., Moyes, J., Thorburn, K., Thamthitiwat, S., Oshitani, H., Lupisan, S. P., Gordon, A., Sánchez, J. F., O’Brien, K. L., Gessner, B. D., Sutanto, A., Mejias, A., & Ramilo, O. (2017). //Global respiratory syncytial virus-associated mortality in young children (RSV GOLD): a retrospective case series.// The Lancet Global Health, 5(10), e984–e991. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(17)30344-3)) ((//University Medical Center Utrecht, Netherlands.// (2016, April). Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. https://archive.ph/yfvkp))

==== Funding ====

Papenburg is funded by a career award from [[Fonds de Recherche du Québec]], and funding from the [[Quebec Ministry of Health and Social Services]].((Gilca, R., Billard, M.-N., Zafack, J., Papenburg, J., Boucher, F. D., Charest, H., Rochette, M., & De Serres, G. (2020). //Effectiveness of palivizumab immunoprophylaxis to prevent respiratory syncytial virus hospitalizations in healthy full-term <6-month-old infants from the circumpolar region of Nunavik, Quebec, Canada.// Preventive Medicine Reports, 20, 101180. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2020.101180)) He has received research funding from the [[CHUM Foundation]] and the [[Canadian Institutes of Health Research]] (CIHR). He has received grants from [[pharmaceutical_companies:MedImmune]] and [[pharmaceutical_companies:Sanofi]], as well as grants and personal fees from [[pharmaceutical_companies:AbbVie]], [[medical_technology_companies:Beckton Dickenson and Company|BD Diagnostics]], [[pharmaceutical_companies:Janssen]], and [[pharmaceutical_companies:Seegene]].((Papenburg, J., Mubareka, S., Allen, U. D., Skowronski, D., Stiver, H. G., Aoki, F. Y., & Evans, G. A. (2020). //Guidance on the use of antiviral agents for the 2019–2020 influenza season.// Official Journal of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada, 5(2), 57–60. https://doi.org/10.3138/jammi.2020-01-13)) ((Papenburg, J., Cheng, M. P., Corsini, R., Caya, C., Mendoza, E., Manguiat, K., Lindsay, L. R., Wood, H., Drebot, M. A., Dibernardo, A., Zaharatos, G., Bazin, R., Gasser, R., Benlarbi, M., Gendron-Lepage, G., Beaudoin-Bussières, G., Prévost, J., Finzi, A., Ndao, M., & Yansouni, C. P. (2021). //Evaluation of a Commercial Culture-Free Neutralization Antibody Detection Kit for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Related Coronavirus-2 and Comparison With an Antireceptor-Binding Domain Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay.// Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 8(6). https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofab220)) ((Papenburg, J., Cheng, M. P., Corsini, R., Caya, C., Mendoza, E., Manguiat, K., Lindsay, L. R., Wood, H., Drebot, M. A., Dibernardo, A., Zaharatos, G., Bazin, R., Gasser, R., Benlarbi, M., Gendron-Lepage, G., Beaudoin-Bussières, G., Prévost, J., Finzi, A., Ndao, M., & Yansouni, C. P. (2021). //Evaluation of a Commercial Culture-free Neutralization Antibody Detection Kit for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Related Coronavirus-2 and Comparison with an Anti-RBD ELISA Assay.// medRxiv. Preprint. https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.01.23.21250325)) He has also received consulting fees from [[pharmaceutical_companies:Merck]], and personal fees from [[pharmaceutical_companies:Cepheid]] and [[pharmaceutical_companies:Roche]].((Cheng, M. P., Papenburg, J., Desjardins, M., Kanjilal, S., Quach, C., Libman, M., Dittrich, S., & Yansouni, C. P. (2020). //Diagnostic Testing for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome–Related Coronavirus 2.// Annals of Internal Medicine, 172(11), 726–734. https://doi.org/10.7326/m20-1301)) ((Merckx, J., Cooke, S., El Tal, T., Bitnun, A., Morris, S. K., Yeh, E. A., Yea, C., Gill, P., Papenburg, J., Lefebvre, M.-A., Scuccimarri, R., Ulloa-Gutierrez, R., Brenes-Chacon, H., Yock-Corrales, A., Ivankovich-Escoto, G., Soriano-Fallas, A., Mezerville, M. H., Dewan, T., Restivo, L., & Nateghian, A. (2022). //Predictors of severe illness in children with multisystem inflammatory syndrome after SARS-CoV-2 infection: a multicentre cohort study.// Canadian Medical Association Journal, 194(14), E513–E523. https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.210873)) He has also published research funded by the [[Janeway Children's Hospital Foundation]]. He also served on a Scientific Steering Committee for AbbVie.((Papenburg, J., & Harrison, R. (2021, October 27). //Seasonal Influenza Immunization 2021-2022.// National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases. https://web.archive.org/web/20220419211302/https://nccid.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/DATAPOST-Rev-EN-Seasonal-Influenza-Webinar-2021-2022_Nov-23.LFpptm.pdf))

Papenburg appeared in a feature article discussing his many media appearances related to [[COVID-19]], and solicited donations for more COVID-19 research to the [[Montreal Children's Hospital Foundation]].((//The Children’s COVID-19 media authority: Dr. Jesse Papenburg.// Montreal Children’s Hospital Foundation. Retrieved April 19, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20220419225627/https://fondationduchildren.com/en/heroes/the-childrens-covid-19-media-authority-dr-jesse-papenburg))