Transmissions Characteristics of COVID-19 Variants
Transmission Characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern: Rapid Scoping Review
Project Status:Complete
Knowledge User(s)
Alberta Health Services, Public Health Agency of Canada
Patient/Public Partner(s)
Trudy Flynn, Rebecca Mackay
Project Trainee(s)
Mari Somerville, Justine Dol, Bearach Reynolds, Danielle Shin, Allyson Gallant
Funding Source(s)
- COVARR-NET
Project Objectives
To identify (1) how much more transmissible are the variants of concerns; (2) why are they more transmissible; and (3) what criteria are used to define new variants of concerns.
Research Approach
Rapid Scoping Review
Project Lead(s)
Janet Curran
Janet Curran is an Associate Professor in the School of Nursing and the Department of Emergency Medicine in the Faculty of Medicine at Dalhousie University. She is Co-Director of the Aligning Health Needs and Evidence for Transformative Change: Joanna Briggs Centre in the School of Nursing and holds a scientific appointment in pediatrics and emergency medicine at the Izaak Walton Killam Health Centre.
Dr. Curran’s program of research is focused on developing and evaluating interventions to improve transitions in care for children and their families/caregivers. She received the Pediatric Emergency Research Canada (PERC) Terry Klassen Young Investigator Award and the Dalhousie University Faculty of Health Professions Early Career Research Excellence Award in 2015. Her program of research is supported by a CIHR New Investigator Award in Knowledge Translation and her research is directly informed by the inclusion of multiple stakeholders (patients, caregivers, clinicians, and administrators). She currently leads a CIHR-NSHRF funded multi-centred national study exploring best practice strategies for discharge communication in paediatric emergency practice settings.
Janet Curran
Dalhousie University, Maritimes SPOR SUPPORT Unit
Janet Curran is an Associate Professor in the School of...
Project Outputs
Publication (Public Health Implications)
Publication (Health System Impacts)
Report (Transmission Characteristics)
Report (Public Health and Health Systems Impacts)
Report (Public Health Implications: July 2021)
Report (Public Health Implications: September 2021)