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Dr. Costanza Di Chiara<\/h2><\/div>
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Research Fellow in the Division of Infectious Diseases<\/h3><\/div>

Costanza Di Chiara is a paediatrician with expertise in the field of Infectious Diseases. She is a PhD candidate in the Division of Paediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Padova in Italy, attending a research fellowship at SickKids in Toronto. Viral infections are her research interest area, and since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, she has been focusing on epidemiological, clinical and immunological features of SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 vaccination in children.<\/p>\n<\/div>

<\/i>Visit Dr. Costanza Di Chiara’s ResearchGate profile<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Dr. Robyn Elphinstone<\/h2><\/div>
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Research Fellow in the Division of Infectious Diseases<\/h3><\/div>

Robyn Elphinstone is a pediatric infectious diseases physician. She did the combined MD\/PhD Program through the University of Toronto. Robyn completed her PhD under the supervision of Dr. Kevin Kain looking at the host response to severe malaria. She is currently a post-doctoral research fellow looking at a novel biomarker for the diagnosis of bacterial meningitis in neonates and young infants. Her other research interests including host pathogen interactions, endothelial dysfunction, CNS infections and neonatal outcomes.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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