Dr. Karina Top
MD, MS, FRCPC

Executive Board Member

Dr. Karina Top is a pediatric infectious disease specialist and clinician-scientist in vaccinology. She is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Community Health & Epidemiology at Dalhousie University in Halifax, NS and is an Investigator at the Canadian Center for Vaccinology. She completed medical school and pediatric residency at Dalhousie University followed by fellowship training in pediatric infectious diseases and a Master of Science in Epidemiology at Columbia University. Dr. Top is the Principal Investigator of the Canadian Immunization Research Network’s Special Immunization Clinic Network which aims to standardize and improve the management of patients with adverse events following immunization. She is also an Investigator in the Canadian Immunization Monitoring Program, Active (IMPACT).

Her research focuses on vaccine safety surveillance, management of patients with previous adverse events following immunization, vaccine safety in pregnancy, and the evaluation of vaccine safety and effectiveness in immunocompromised patients.