Adjunct professor
Max Rady College of Medicine
Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Room 543 - 745 Bannatyne Avenue
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3E 0J9
Paul McLaren, PhD
Research achievements
Research summary
Dr. McLaren heads the host genomics program in the National Lab for HIV Genetics where his group uses bioinformatic and molecular techniques to study how the human genome can be leveraged to inform knowledge of drivers of infection susceptibility, disease progression and response to treatment.
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Research affiliations
Research scientist, Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
Research groups
- National Lab for HIV Genetics
- International Collaboration for the Genomics of HIV
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Research interests
- Bioinformatics
- Gene editing
- HIV host genetics
- Immunity
- Microbiome
- Molecular biology
Biography
Dr. McLaren received his PhD from the University of Manitoba in 2008 for work that described an association between a reduced T cell activation state and natural resistance to HIV infection in a highly exposed human population.
From there, Dr. McLaren pursued his post-doctoral research at the Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School and the Broad Institute examining how the human genome contributes to elite HIV control.
In 2012, Dr. McLaren joined the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, Switzerland as junior group leader in bioinformatics where he helped to establish the International Collaboration for the Genomics of HIV.
A global collaborative effort that to date has combined genetic and phenotypic data on >12,000 people living with HIV to address how host and viral genomes interact to modify the natural history of infection.
Dr. McLaren started his research group in the department of medical microbiology and infectious diseases in 2015.
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Education
PhD medical microbiology and infectious diseases, University of Manitoba (2008)
BSc Genetics (Hons), University of Manitoba (1999)
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Awards
Collaboration for AIDS Vaccine Discovery Young/Early Career Investigator Award (2012)
Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections Young Investigator Award (2011)
Apotex Fermentation Major Thesis Award for Molecular Biology (2008)
Contact us
Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Max Rady College of Medicine
Room 543 - 745 Bannatyne Avenue
University of Manitoba (Bannatyne campus)
Winnipeg, MB R3E 0J9 Canada
204-789-3299
204-789-3926