5rd Annual CFID Bug Run Date: Saturday April 6, 2019 Time: 6:30 – 8:00 AM Start location: Lobby of Westin Ottawa Join your colleagues, friends, competitors or just challenge yourself to a Bug Run/Walk in support of the Canadian Foundation for Infectious Diseases charitable mission. Win a prize!! The cost is $50 to participate, and […]
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2018 Bug Run
The Vancouver seawall was once again the beautiful sunny setting for the Annual Canadian Foundation for Infectious Diseases (CFID) Bug Run that took place at the AMMI Canada CACMID Annual Conference. Nearly 40 enthusiasts braved the early hour and joined together to run, jog or stroll the 2.5/5km course prior to attending their first session […]
Professional Development Workshop for Canadian Virologists
This workshop, co-chaired by Dr. Curtis Cooper (University of Ottawa) and Dr. Susan Richardson (University of Toronto), grought together two leading infectious disease based organizations: the Canadian Foundation for Infectious Diseases (CFID) and the Canadian Association for HIV Research (CAHR). Date: Wednesday March 21 – Friday March 23, 2018 Location: Buffalo Mountain Lodge, Banff, AB […]
The GeoSentinel Surveillance Project of the CDC and International Society of Travel Medicine
Dr. Davidson H. Hamer, Project Lead of the GeoSentinel Global Surveillance Network and Professor of Global Health & Medicine, Boston University, gave a fascinating analysis of travel-related illnesses and outbreaks reported to the Network during 2007-2011, including Zika virus infections and acqusition of multidrug antimicrobial resistant microorganisms. His talk was presented at the Intercity Rounds […]
Emerging Arboviral Threats: Dengue, Chikungunya and Zika
Dr. Davidson H. Hamer, Professor of Global Health & Medicine, Boston University, and Director of the Boston Medical Center Travel Clinic, described the epidemiology, clinical manifestations and laboratory diagnosis of these emerging arboviral threats as well as their risk assessment and prevention strategies, including vaccines. This talk was presented to ID and Med Micro professionals […]