This workshop, co-chaired by Dr. Curtis Cooper (University of Ottawa) and Dr. Susan Richardson (University of Toronto), brought 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 […]
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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 […]
2017 CFID Bug Run
The morning of May 6, 2017 dawned grey and unsettled in Toronto, which was an improvement over the near-continual rain of the preceding week. An intrepid group of about 25 runners congregated outside the Sheraton Centre Hotel on Queen Street West to begin a historical/medical tour of central Toronto over the course of the run. […]
What’s Hot in Infectious Diseases & Quality Improvement (2017)
These plenary talks were presented at the 2017 AMMI Canada/CACMID Annual Conference in Toronto, ON, during May 3-6, 2017: What’s Hot in Adult & Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Quality Improvement 2017 What’s Hot in Adult Infectious Disease? (Dr. Sumon Chakrabarti, University of Toronto) What’s Hot in Pediatric Infectious Disease? (Dr. Sarah Forgie, University of Alberta) What’s Hot […]