Lab Information
Michael Libman (MD)
InvestigatorClinical Research Unit
Department of Medicine (McGill)
Research Profile
Keywords
Tropical diseases • parasitology • travel medicine • epidemiologyResearch Interests
My research focuses on tropical and travel related illness. My primary focus is on the epidemiology of imported infections. Much of my work is through the GeoSentinel network, a multi-centre collaboration among clinics seeing post travel illness, under the oversight of the International Society for Travel Medicien and the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.I am also involved in the study of diseases found in our native and northern communities. Our lab studies new methods for the diagnosis of parasitic infections.Team Members
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Latest Publications
- Boggild, A., Bierbrier, R., Libman, M., Yansouni, C., McCarthy, A., Hajek, J., Ghesquiere, W., Mirzanejad, Y., Plewes, K., Vincelette, J., Kuhn, S., Plourde, P., Greenaway, C., Kain, K., Morris, S. & Barkati, S. (2025). Cutaneous larva migrans in Canadian travellers returning from the Caribbean: A 10-year surveillance analysis from CanTravNet. Canada communicable disease report = Releve des maladies transmissibles au Canada, vol. 51, p. 179-186.
- Huits, R., Buonfrate, D., O'Laughlin, K., Hamer, D. H., Libman, M. & GeoSentinel network (2025). Measles Importations by International Travelers, GeoSentinel 2019-2025. Travel medicine and infectious disease, p. 102885.
- Barkati, S., Libman, M. & Schwartz, E. (2025). Severe Malaria in Travelers-Time to Create a Specific Definition. Journal of travel medicine.
- Hadid, A., McDonald, E. G., Ding, Q., Phillipp, C., Trottier, A., Dixon, P. C., Jlassi, O., Cheng, M. P., Papenburg, J., Libman, M. & Jensen, D. (2025). Development of machine learning prediction models for systemic inflammatory response following controlled exposure to a live attenuated influenza vaccine in healthy adults using multimodal wearable biosensors in Canada: a single-centre, prospective controlled trial. The Lancet. Digital health, p. 100886.
- Huits, R., Libman, M., Hamer, D. H., Javelle, E. & GeoSentinel network (2025). Resurgence of chikungunya in the Indian Ocean Region in 2024-2025. Journal of travel medicine.
- O'Laughlin, K., Huits, R., Libman, M., Kozarsky, P. & Hamer, D. H. (2025). Oropouche Virus: A Rising Threat in the Western Hemisphere. Annals of internal medicine, vol. 178, p. 116-118.
- Weckman, A. M., Guagliardo, S. A. J., Crowley, V. M., Moro, L., Piubelli, C., Ursini, T., van Ierssel, S. H., Gobbi, F. G., Emetulu, H., Rizwan, A., Angelo, K. M., Licitra, C., Connor, B. A., Barkati, S., Ngai, M., Zhong, K., Huits, R., Hamer, D. H., Libman, M. & Kain, K. C. (2024). Host Response Markers of Inflammation and Endothelial Activation Associated with COVID-19 Severity and Mortality: A GeoSentinel Prospective Observational Cohort. Viruses, vol. 16.
- McGuinness, S. L., Veit, O., Angelin, M., Antonini, P., Boecken, G., Boering, M., Bühler, S., Calleri, G., Éperon, G., Flaherty, G., Gossner, C., Askling, H. H., Holmberg, V., Kuenzli, E., Landry, P., Lefevre, E., Libman, M., Longley, N., Maniewski-Kelner, U., Neumayr, A., Rapp, C., Ridpath, A. D., Rodriguez, N., Rosdahl, A., Rosenbusch, D., Rossanese, A., Rothe, C., Schlagenhauf, P., Soentjens, P., Staehelin, C., Visser, J., Visser, L., Wagner, A., Walker, A., Wiedermann, U., Wroczynska, A. & Hatz, C. (2024). Streamlining malaria prevention recommendations for travellers: current and future approaches. Journal of travel medicine, vol. 31.
- Xia, Y., Caya, C., Morin, V., Singh, A. E., Serhir, B., Libman, M., Goldfarb, D. M., Wong, T., Xiu, F., Bélanger, R., Touchette, J.-S., Yansouni, C. P. & Maheu-Giroux, M. (2024). The population-level impact of introducing rapid diagnostic tests on syphilis transmission in Canadian arctic communities - a mathematical modeling study. Lancet regional health. Americas, vol. 37, p. 100845.
- McGuinness, S. L., Muhi, S., Nadimpalli, M. L., Babiker, A., Theunissen, C., Stroffolini, G., Motta, L., Gobbi, F., Huits, R., Libman, M., Leder, K. & GeoSentinel Network (2025). Patient characteristics and antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae infections in international travellers: a GeoSentinel analysis. Journal of travel medicine, vol. 32.
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