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Julie Lajoie

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PhD in immunology and virology, mucosal immunology and female genital tract, ID and HIV. I hold the Francis A Plummer Global Infectious diseases professorship at UofManitiba. Mom of two girls and home baker

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To be fair, I don’t know how single mom do. I have the help of my partner but still many of that falls on me; how I do… added help to clean the house, exhausted all the time and failing (or anyway feeling like I am failing) all the time

02.03.2026 18:26 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Denmark becomes first country in the European Union to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis The World Health Organization (WHO) has certified Denmark for the elimination of mother-to-child transmission (EMTCT) of HIV and syphilis, recognizing the country's sustained commitment to ensuring ev...

Great News!

www.who.int/news/item/27...

02.03.2026 18:21 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Measles outbreaks are costing the U.S. millions of dollars. The true losses can't be counted. As vaccination rates decline, the economic consequences will increase, research suggests.

www.nbcnews.com/health/kids-...

Do we think Canadian health care is ready? While those are USA projection, our health care will also see major impact of vaccination rate continue to go down.
And it is not just measles, whooping cough, mumps …

02.03.2026 00:04 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Team Grants: Bringing Biology to Cancer Prevention - Canada.ca The Canadian Institutes of Health Research and its partners, the Terry Fox Research Institute, the Canadian Cancer Society, the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development, the Cancer Research S...

We can now say it! Really happy to be able to announced that our team lead by Dr. Fowke was awarded one of the bringing biology to cancer prevention team grant :) this is part of a 44M funding to prevent cancer

www.canada.ca/en/institute...

www.canada.ca/en/institute...

26.02.2026 23:09 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

And now I have to go see my daughter playing against the best team of the league and she is goalie today…

My heart is being tested today ….

22.02.2026 16:43 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

My cortisol level us up up up

22.02.2026 15:35 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Not sure I needed that coffee after all !

22.02.2026 13:58 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

So who is having coffee and who is having beer?

Or a coffee mixed with something lol

22.02.2026 13:04 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

Good morning Canada

22.02.2026 12:52 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Those games are way, way too stressful this week!

20.02.2026 19:29 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Manitoba’s Joss Reimer named as Canada’s chief public health officer Dr. Joss Reimer—the medical lead for Manitoba’s COVID-19 vaccine task force—has been appointed as Canada’s next chief public health officer.

This is great news!

www.ctvnews.ca/winnipeg/art...

20.02.2026 19:28 👍 15 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Agree education is essential

12.02.2026 16:45 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Taking a moment to show respect.

But at the same time making sure that we don’t forget and as Canadian we push are government to make important steps to address the gap in mental health within our health care system.

12.02.2026 15:40 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

We certainly have to talk about mental illness and the fact that there is not enough support in the healthcare system for it.

But IMO we first need to take the time to acknowldge the lives that were lost, support their families and those who are at the hospital right now fighting for their lives

12.02.2026 15:40 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 3 📌 0

Yes we need to talk about mental illness and access to care. We really have to. What happen should never happen.
But being a Trans person is not being mentally ill. Taking a gun and killing people is. Big difference.
But 1st we need to focus on the victims and their families

12.02.2026 13:18 👍 160 🔁 14 💬 13 📌 0
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Le Manitoba connaît la pire éclosion de rougeole au pays Le Manitoba est aux prises avec la pire éclosion de rougeole au Canada en 2026. Cette situation est caractérisée par une transmission généralisée dans les communautés du sud, comme Winkler et Morden, ...

sometimes be number one is not a good thing at all.

ici.radio-canada.ca/info/videos/...

06.02.2026 18:08 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

Switching grant application from submitted to funded is always fun!!

04.02.2026 18:01 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The lab just welcomed 3 new lab members!
2 MSc and 1 postdoc all based in Nairobi
This is exciting!!

04.02.2026 17:57 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The Lajoielab Instagram account is live. Follow us to know what we do

28.01.2026 06:48 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Yesterday we hold the first Let’s talk hot flashes workshop with peer leaders from SWOP. Talking about menopause, answering questions, learning about Taboo and stigma sex workers and women aging in Kenya faces. Thanks to MMSF and CANfAR for funding this work

28.01.2026 06:07 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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First talk at an international meeting for Cara from my lab. Cara is in Nairobi this week to meet with community and to talk about her project on how Th17 cells and low estrogen may impact the capacity of the immune system to control HPV
Good job Cara!! Proud of you

27.01.2026 08:19 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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First talk at an international meeting for Cara from my lab. Cara is in Nairobi this week to meet with community and to talk about her project on how Th17 cells and low estrogen may impact the capacity of the immune system to control HPV
Good job Cara!! Proud of you

27.01.2026 08:18 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Congrats to Reagan for presenting his work. Great job too!! Reagan works on understanding the impact of menopause on the immune response in women living with HIV or not.
Super proud of my two Master students for their presentation and hard work

27.01.2026 08:14 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Despite the attack on science and global health, despite the stop in USAIDS and PEPfAR funding and it impact on HIV and STIs prevention,
We are here today in Nairobi for our annual meeting with colleagues for Kenya, US, Canada, UK, Sweden and many other place
To say we will continue to fight

26.01.2026 06:33 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Despite the attack on science and global health, despite the stop in USAIDS and PEPfAR funding and it impact on HIV and STIs prevention,
We are here today in Nairobi for our annual meeting with colleagues for Kenya, US, Canada, UK, Sweden and many other place
To say we will continue to fight

26.01.2026 06:33 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Despite the attack on science and global health, despite the stop in USAIDS and PEPfAR funding and it impact on HIV and STIs prevention,
We are here today in Nairobi for our annual meeting with colleagues for Kenya, US, Canada, UK, Sweden and many other place
To say we will continue to fight

26.01.2026 06:29 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

That Norovirus was really nasty for sure.

08.01.2026 14:37 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Norovirus is in the house and it is hitting me really hard :/

06.01.2026 23:18 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Our paper is out on how the immune system of female sex workers respond differently to the phase of the menstrual cycle according to if they are newer into sex work or highly exposed seronegative and with follicular phase seeing more T cell activation

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

29.12.2025 11:37 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

TV and internet down since Monday. A week now! How long does it take to @BellMts to fix a problem?
This is getting ridiculous. Problem started Monday 22 after lunch.
You got 7 days to fix the issue or communicate with customer. Nothing

29.12.2025 11:03 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0