INVITED PRESENTATIONS JULY 1, 2004 – JUNE 30, 2005
Michelle Alfa
“Flexible Endoscope Processing”. Society of Gastrointestinal Nurses Association. Minneapolis, MN. May 14, 2005.
“Keeping it Clean! Hands and the Environment”. CHICA, Winnipeg, MB. May 7, 2005.
“Perinatal Nightmare: Group B Streptococcus”. Presented at CSGNA Manitoba Chapter Spring G.I. Conference. Winnipeg, Manitoba. April 23, 2005.
“Diagnosis of C. difficile Infections”. Presented at CACMID Annual Meeting 2005. Ottawa, Ontario. April 14-17, 2005.
“Diagnosis of C. difficile Infections”. Presented at the Clostridium difficile Symposium on Emerging Issues and Research. Winnipeg, Manitoba. November 23, 2004.
“Infection Control Issues Related to Reprocessing Medical Devices”. Presented at the FUDESA Conference. Buenos Aires, Argentina. October 15 – 16, 2004.
“Infection Control in the GI-Unit; Value of Routine Bioburden Testing for Flexible Endoscopes”. Presented at the Canadian Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates 20th Annual Conference. Calgary, Alberta. September 22 – 26, 2004.
Fred Aoki
Antivirals, What is Known & Unknown: Effectiveness & Resistance. Mathematical Modelling, Implications for Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Workshop, British Columbia CDD, MITACS, PHAC & PIMS. Vancouver, BC, Mar 30-31, 2005.
Role of Antivirals in the Interpandemic Phase. Guidelines for Use. Combating Influenza: The Potential of Antivirals, National Antiviral Conference, Manitoba Health and PHAC, Winnipeg, MB, Mar 22-23, 2005.
Harvey Artsob
Canadian response to emerging and re-emerging diseases. Conference of the Canadian Association of Zoos and Aquariums. September 30, Winnipeg, Manitoba. 2004.
Laboratory surveillance for non-enteric zoonotic diseases. 3rd Journee de conference multidisciplinaires: Aspects pratiques et theoriques de la surveillance des maladies zoonotiques. October 29, Sainte-Hyacinthe, Quebec. 2004.
West Nile: the successful incursion of a previously exotic virus onto the North American continent. Wellcome History of Medicine Symposium entitled 'Impact of Hygiene: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow', November 10, Oxford, England. 2004.
New vaccines for viral diseases: West Nile vaccine. Third International on Tropical Arboviruses and Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers, November 30-December 3, Belem, Brazil. 2004.
Viral Zoonoses in Canada. Third International Symposium on Tropical Arboviruses and Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers, November 30-December 3, Belem, Brazil. 2004.
West Nile epidemiology in Canada. Third International Symposium on Tropical Arboviruses and Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers, November 30-December 3, Belem, Brazil. 2004.
Human West Nile vaccine status. National West Nile Review and Planning Meeting, January 10-11, Ottawa, Ontario. 2005.
Incursion of West Nile virus onto the North American Continent, Colloques du Service des Maladies Infectieuses, Geneva University Hospital, February 28, Geneva, Switzerland. 2005.
Summary of TDR/PDVI sponsored meeting on Dengue diagnostics, October 2004. Workshop on dengue diagnostics, April 25-26, Geneva, Switzerland. 2005.
Establishment of a Dengue Laboratory Network for test evaluation and quality control. Workshop on dengue diagnostics, April 25-26, Geneva, Switzerland. 2005.
Planning a WHO/TDR dengue laboratory network. Workshop on dengue diagnostics, April 25-26, Geneva, Switzerland. 2005.
Laboratory diagnostics for dengue virus. 3rd meeting of Dengue Net, April 29, Geneva, Switzerland. 2005.
Zoonotic diseases - an ongoing concern. Canadian Society of Medical Laboratory Science Congress 2005, May 28-June 1, Moncton, New Brunswick. 2005.
Kathryn Bernard
Pre-American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Workshop re: Corynebacterium sp and Coryneforms. June 5, 2005 at Spelman College, Atlanta Ga.
Tier 1 Workshop for recognition of the Agents of Bioterrorism. Oct. 1 2004, in Toronto, ON
International Continuing Education Teleconference hosted by CACMLE (Colorado Association for Continuing Medical Laboratory Education). Topic, Corynebacterium . February 23 2005
“Special Bacteriology from a Canadian Perspective”. informal lecture at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta Ga. June 3 2005
“Agents of Bioterrorism and National Microbiology Laboratory Response Planning”. Oral presentation at the NML for scientists from the Russian Federation and former Soviet Union countries. October 12 2004.
“Overview of the agents of Bioterrorism” - part of U of Manitoba Dept Med Microbiol. graduate level course, ‘Microbial Pathogenesis’ Oct 27 2004
“Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response” - part of U of Manitoba Dep’t Community Health/Med Micro graduate level course , Ecology of Infectious Diseases’, Dec 17 2004.
Stephanie Booth
Invited to give a seminar at the Department of Animal Sciences and Industry Seminar series, Kansas State University, “Prion Diseases: Pathogenesis and Diagnosis”
Invited to present a seminar at the 1st Government Related TSE Research Meeting, Ottawa “Transcriptional Analysis of the Mouse Central Nervous System in Response to Infection with the Scrapie Agent”
Invited to give a seminar at the University of Minneapolis, Department of Veterinary Science, Comparative Biomedical Series Seminars, “Prions, strains and genomics”
Timothy Booth
Investigation of Airborne SARS-coronavirus and Environmental Contamination in SARS Outbreak Units. International Congress of Virology, 23 - 28 July 2005, San Francisco, California, USA. Symposium: SARS-CoV Pathogenesis and Immune Response. 2005.
H7N3 Avian Influenza Outbreak in British Columbia, Canada. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, 21 November 2004, Memphis, Tennessee. 2004.
Eric Bow
Advances Against Aspergillosis Conference, “Long Term Prophylaxis”, San Francisco, CA, Sept 8-11, 2004.
Presentation to HSC OR Nurses and Technicians, Health Sciences Centre. Bone Marrow Harvesting”, September 29, 2004.
VFEND Masterclass Global Kick-Off Meeting, Barcelona, SPAIN. “Recent developments in antifungal therapy” and
“Treatment options before a definite diagnosis is made”, Nov 10-14, 2004.
Department of Otolaryngology, Grand Rounds, HSC, U of M, Winnipeg, MB. “Of Yeasts and Hyphae … Prevention, Pre-Emption & Empiricism in Management in Immunocompromised Hosts”, Nov 15, 2004.
Academic Half-Day for ID Fellows, Section of Infectious Diseases, U of M. “Management of the Febrile Neutropaenic Cancer Patient: Whose Guideline is it Anyway?”, Dec 8, 2004.
Focus on Fungal Infections 15, Miami, Florida. “Aspergillosis: Insights into classification, outcome definition and recent management”, March 16-18, 2005.
31st Annual Meeting of the European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT), Prague, Czech Republic
“Managing patients at risk for fungal infections – the role of prophylaxis”.
Expert Panel Meeting: “What are the options for early antifungal therapy?”
Japanese Meeting: “Empiric or early presumptive therapy for neutropenic patients … and the role of voriconazole”,
March 18-22, 2005.
Canadian Fungal Infections Consensus Forum, Marina Del Rey, CA. “Hospital-Based Guidelines for antifungal therapy – Key Learnings”, April 7-10, 2005.
AMMI Canada / CACMID 2005 Annual Conference, Ottawa, ON. “Does the Rapid Diagnosis of Fungal Infections Increase the Efficacy of Anti-Fungal Agents?”, April 16, 2005.
Speaking Tour in Ontario: Ottawa Hospital, Toronto General Hospital, London Health Sciences, Hamilton Health Sciences.
“Management of the Febrile Neutropaenic Cancer Patient” , April 25-29, 2005.
CancerCare Programs Network (CCPN) Annual Educational Conference, Winnipeg, MB. “Management of the Febrile Neutropenic Cancer Patient. Now, Can We Talk About Risk?”, April 30, 2005.
Community and Hospital Infection Control Association (CHICA) Canada 2005 National Education Conference, Winnipeg, MB. “Invasive Fungal Disease”, May 8, 2005.
Canadian Consensus Conference on Pediatric Antifungal Therapy. Toronto, ON. “Anti-fungal Wars: Combination Anti-fungal Therapy, or D, 95%CI ( -, + )?” , June 8-11, 2005.
6th Infectious Disease and Antibiotic Chemotherapy Congress (IDAC). Shanghai and Beijing, China. “Recent Developments in Antifungal Therapy”, June 29-July 7, 2005.
Jingxin Cao
First Symposium of Emerging Viral Diseases Control hosted by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China, October 14-15, 2004.
Kevin Coombs
Reovirus structure/function, assembly and characterization of a potential neurotropic isolate. Neuroimmunology Seminar Series, Johns Hopkins University Medical Institute, Baltimore, October 13, 2004.
Michael Coulthart
“Are we going mad yet? Prion disease biology, medicine and surveillance.” CHICA National Education Conference, Winnipeg MB May 2005 (Symposium talk).
Markus Czub
Susceptibility of ferrets (Mustelia putorius furo) to SARS Coronavirus. 23rd Annual Meeting of the American
Society for Microbiology, Montreal, Canada, 2004.
Michael Drebot
Health Canada Programs and Priorities. Canadian Biological Sciences Colloquium, Moscow, Russia, September 15-17, 2004.
West Nile virus update. Canadian Public Health Laboratory Network Semi-Annual Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, October 7-8, 2004.
John Embil
Complicated Skin and Skin Structure Infections. 5th Annual Infectious Diseases/Microbiology Fellowship Training. Toronto, Ontario, August 16, 2004.
Wilderness Bugs Northwestern Ontario Medical Society Annual Meeting, Fort Frances, Ontario, September 25, 2004.
Antibiotics Revisited – To Use or Not to Use? Northwestern Ontario Medical Society Annual Meeting, Fort Frances, Ontario, September 25, 2004.
Infectious Disease, Microbes and Infection Prevention, The Fundamentals of Microbiology for Footcare Nurses. Moving Forward with Nursing Foot Care, 4th Annual Nursing Foot Care Workshop. Winnipeg, Manitoba, September 27, 2004.
SARS and Beyond…The Truth About Respiratory Infections. Multidisciplinary Respiratory Interest Group (MRIG), Manitoba Lung Association, Winnipeg, Manitoba, October 6, 2004.
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly: Infectious Diseases Case History. Continuing Medical Education Program, Winnipeg, Manitoba, October 7, 2004.
Infection Control: Do You Know What to Do? Bug Day 2004, Medical Grand Rounds, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, October 19, 2004
Complications from Body Modification: Tattooing and Body Piercing. Manitoba Congress of Medical Laboratory Science, Winnipeg Manitoba , October 21, 2004.
Infections of the 21st Century: Microbes Rule the World. Current Medical Issues and How they Affect You. University of Winnipeg 55 Plus Program, Winnipeg, Manitoba, January 13, 2005.
Case Studies in Skin and Soft Tissue Infections. Learn: Leading the Way in Resistance Knowledge. Toronto, Ontario, January 22, 2005.
The Foot, The Wound and You: The Diabetic Foot and What to do With It…Medical Grand Rounds, Royal Alexandra Hospital. Edmonton, Alberta, February 24, 2005.
“Who Let the Bugs Out?” Infection Control in Action. Cowboy Bug Day, Workshop for Pediatric Healthcare Professionals. Edmonton, Alberta, February 25, 2005.
Should it Stay or Should it Go: An Approach to Common Office Infectious Diseases. Asian Physicians Association of Manitoba, Annual General Meeting. Winnipeg, Manitoba, February 26, 2005.
Osteomyelitis: Debride or Suppress? Diabetic Foot Global Conference. Los Angeles, March 3-
5, 2005.
Travel Related Respiratory Illnesses. Do you Have to Hold Your Breath? Manitoba Travel Conference. Winnipeg, Manitoba, April 21, 2005.
Infectious Diseases Pearls. Manitoba Emergency Physicians Symposium. University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, April 22, 2005.
Infectious Diseases: Transport Consideration. CAMATA 2005 Aeromedical Conference and Exhibit, Winnipeg, Manitoba, May 1, 2005.
Who Let the Bugs Out. CHIRP (Community and Hospital Infections in Real Practice). Winnipeg, Manitoba, May 7, 2005.
Look What Came Through the Door. 2005 National Education Conference, Community and Hospital Infection Control Association of Canada. Winnipeg, Manitoba, May 11, 2005.
Infectious Disease Cases. Central Region (Morden/Winkler) Educational Session. University of Manitoba. Altona, Manitoba, May 12, 2005.
We Are Transporting What? Case Histories in Infectious Diseases. Paramedic Association of Manitoba. Winnipeg, Manitoba, May 29, 2005.
Superbugs. Physical Medicine Rehabilitation Grand Rounds, University of Manitoba. Winnipeg,
Manitoba, May 30, 2005.
Controversies in Diagnosis and Treatment of Osteomyelitis. 65th Scientific Sessions, American Diabetes Association. San Diego, California, June 13, 2005.
Oops…You Mean I Have to Gown and Glove for That!!? Continuing Medical Education Program for Northwestern Ontario Physicians, Kenora, Ontario. June 23, 2005.
Joanne Embree
Out of Africa: the story of pediatric AIDS research in Kenya. Keynote speaker. 2005 Department of Pediatrics Research Day, Dalhousie University. Pier 21. Halifax, Nova Scotia, April 21, 2005.
Immunization Update: An ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure. Roads to Best Practice Woman and Child Program Conference 2005. Winnipeg, Manitoba, April 29, 2005.
Immunizations. International Meeting on Inuit and Native American Child Health AND 17th Annual Indian health Service Research Conference. Seattle Washington, April 29-May1, 2005.
Immunization Workshop. International Meeting on Inuit and Native American Child Health AND 17th Annual Indian health Service Research Conference. Seattle Washington, April 29-May1, 2005.
STDS from Cradle to Grave: Adolescent Health and Reproductive Health Overview. International Meeting on Inuit and Native American Child Health AND 17th Annual Indian health Service Research Conference. Seattle Washington, April 29-May1, 2005.
Reproductive Health and Sexually Transmitted Disease Workshop. International Meeting on Inuit and Native American Child Health AND 17th Annual Indian health Service Research Conference. Seattle Washington, April 29-May1, 2005.
What’s Wrong with This Baby? Infections in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Embree JE and Olekson K. Community and Hospital Infection Control Association 2005 Meeting Preconference Day. Winnipeg, Manitoba, May 8, 2005.
Translation in International child Health: From research to advocacy. 82nd Canadian Paediatric Society Meeting. Vancouver, Canada, June 21-25,2005.
Should all adolescents get hepatitis A vaccine? 82nd Canadian Paediatric Society Meeting. Vancouver, Canada, June 21-25,2005.
Heinrich Feldmann
The role of field diagnostics for emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases. Armold G. Wedum Memorial Lecture. 47th Annual Meeting of the American Biological Safety Association (ABSA), San Antonio, Texas, US
Biosafety Level 4: Operation, Public Health and Research. Institute of Biodiagnostics, National Research Council of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Clinic and pathogenesis of viral hemorrhagic fevers. Workshop on Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers in Africa, Nairobi, Kenya
The role of biocontainment in public health and biodefense. Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases: The Interface of Animal and Human Health. Galveston, Texas, US
Marburg and Ebola viruses. Seattle, Washington. US
Marburg and other emerging viral diseases. MITRA, San Diego, California, US
Pathogenesis and Host Immune Response of Filoviruses (Marburg and Ebola Viruses). International Union of Microbiological Sciences (IUMS). San Francisco, California. US
The role of biocontainment in public health and biodefense. International Conference on Diseases in Nature Communicable to Man (INCDNCM), Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Emerging infectious diseases: preparedness and response. Biodefense & Emerging Infectious Diseases. Institute for Human Infections and Immunity. University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), Galveston, Texas, US.
Marburg and Ebola viruses: host-pathogen interaction. Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, US.
Keith Fowke
Epidemiological and molecular studies of a new genetic risk factor for HIV acquisition and disease progression. Section of Respiratory Medicine Research in Progress Seminar Series. University of Manitoba. Oct. 20, 2004.
Lawrence Gelmon
Capacity-building for State Level Preparedness; presented at the First National Conference of State AIDS Societies; Jaipur, India; April, 2005
Matthew Gilmour
Plasmid Biology 2004, ‘Transfer’ symposium (Corfu, Greece); September 19th, 2004
Institute for Biological Sciences (Ottawa, Canada): October 28th-29th, 2004; host: Dr. John Nash