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# Charu Kaushic
- URL: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/charu-kaushic/
- Published: 1999-01-02T13:28:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-01-27T23:43:14.000Z
- Author: Liam Sturgess
- Tags: Profiles, #docs, #individual

**Charu Kaushic** is a Canadian medical researcher. She is chair of the [Global Research Collaboration for Infectious Disease Preparedness](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Global-Research-Collaboration-for-Infectious-Disease-Preparedness) (GloPID-R), scientific director of the CIHR Institute of Infection and Immunity (III), Professor in the McMaster University Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, and a member of the Joint Programming Initiative on Antimicrobial Resistance (JPIAR) Steering Committee.[\[1\]](#fn1)

## History

During the declared COVID-19 pandemic, Kaushic was “closely involved in shaping [CIHR](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Canadian-Institutes-of-Health-Research)’s research response” and served on the [COVID-19 Immunity Task Force](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/COVID-19-Immunity-Task-Force).

Kaushic attended an event called "[2019 novel Coronavirus Global research and innovation forum: towards a research roadmap](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/2019-novel-Coronavirus-Global-research-and-innovation-forum)" hosted on February 11-12, 2020 by GloPID-R and the [World Health Organization](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/World-Health-Organization)'s R&D Blueprint.[\[2\]](#fn2) She was a signatory to the WHO's "Public statement for collaboration on COVID-19 vaccine development," published April 13, 2020.[\[3\]](#fn3)

On October 18, 2021, Kaushic delivered a presentation to [Cochrane](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Cochrane) on the subject of pandemic preparedness and her work with GloPID-R.[\[4\]](#fn4)

## Publications

- March 27, 2020: "[Message from the Scientific Director: The CIHR response to the COVID-19 pandemic](https://archive.vn/2023.05.01-221055/https://cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/51925.html)"

## External links

- [Campfire Wiki](https://www.campfire.wiki/doku.php?id=charu%5Fkaushic)

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1. *Dr Charu Kaushic - Global Research Collaboration for Infectious Disease Preparedness (GloPID-R).* Open Access Government. Retrieved May 1, 2023, from <http://archive.today/2023.05.01-222432/https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/contributor%5Fprofile/dr-charu-kaushic-global-research-collaboration-for-infectious-disease-preparedness-glopid-r/> [↩︎](#fnref1)
2. *2019 novel Coronavirus Global research and innovation forum: towards a research roadmap AGENDA.* (2020). GloPID-R. <https://web.archive.org/web/20230208185417/https://www.glopid-r.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/covid-19-global-research-and-innovation-forum-2020-program.pdf> [↩︎](#fnref2)
3. Jasarevic, T. (2020, April 16). *Public statement for collaboration on COVID-19 vaccine development.* World Health Organization. <http://archive.vn/2020.10.04-153106/https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/13-04-2020-public-statement-for-collaboration-on-covid-19-vaccine-development> [↩︎](#fnref3)
4. Cochrane. (2021, October 18). *Cochrane Convenes Keynote from Dr Charu Kaushic.* YouTube. <https://web.archive.org/web/20211125091204/https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gpy3MGNqcM0> [↩︎](#fnref4)