National Teleconference Rounds
Rounds on research in emerging disease topics are held online via Zoom, four times a year from September to March, from 10:00 – 11:00 am PST. Instructions and links, as well as announcements for upcoming rounds, will be emailed to the ADED community.
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2024-2025 Academic Year | |||
Nov 12, 2024 | Dr. Laura Backus Assistant Professor (Animal Science) Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, CA |
Rocky Mountain spotted fever: A One Health issue across North America (Register here) | |
Oct 8, 2024 | Dr. Samantha Swisher Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) |
Regulating nonhuman primate importation to reduce infectious disease risk (Register here) |
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2023-2024 Academic Year | |||
April 16, 2024 | Connor Meyer PhD Candidate, University of Montana | Parasitic Infection in a Social Carnivore: T. gondii Exposure Increases Risky Decision Making in Gray Wolves | |
Feb 20, 2024 | Dr Elena Garde Co-director The Global Alliance for Animals and People | One Health and our Dogs and Cats: Using Chile as a case study | |
Nov 14, 2023 | Dr Emily Jenkins University of Saskatchewan, Department of Veterinary Microbiology | Emerging issues with Echinococcus in Canada | |
2022-2023 Academic Year | |||
21-Mar-2023 | Dr Ellen Boyd UBC School of Population and Public Health & BC Ministry of Agriculture | Tracking Zoonotic Viral Outbreaks: SARS-CoV-2 in American Mink | |
Dr Cassandra Andrew UBC School of Population and Public Health & Dr Shannon Russell BC Center for Disease Control Public Health Laboratory | Avian Influenza in Western Canada | ||
21-Feb-2023 | Dr Judy Hodge & Dr Doris Leung Canadian Animal Health Surveillance System | Asian Longhorned Tick preparedness | |
22-Nov-2022 | Dr Bob Gerlach Alaska State Veterinarian | Domestic / Wildlife Interactions – Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae, Alaska update 2022 | |
2021-2022 Academic Year | |||
12-Apr-2022 | Dr Susan Kutz Department of Ecosystem and Public Health, University of Calgary | Lessons learned, and opportunities to advance, One Health surveillance in the Arctic | |
18-Jan-2022 | Dr Jane Parmley Department of Population Medicine, University of Guelph | Rethinking disease threats to make room for health benefits | |
19-Oct-2021 | Dr Craig Stephen | Reflections on ADED. Is there a need for a transformative view of One Health? | |
2020-2021 Academic Year | |||
16-Mar-2021 | Dr Pádraig (Patrick) J. Duignan Director of Pathology, The Marine Mammal Centre | Fresh water skin disease in dolphins: a case definition based on pathology and environmental factors in Australia | |
19-Jan-2021 | Dr Kaylee Byers Deputy Director, BC Node of the CWHC |
What rat movement reveals about rat-associated health risks | |
Elise Blake Simon Fraser University |
The Year of the Rat: Hepatitis E in Urban Rats | ||
17-Nov-2020 | Dr Michelle Barbieri Veterinary Medical Officer, NOAA Hawaiian Monk Seal Research Program |
Toxoplasmosis in the endangered Hawaiian monk seal | |
Dr Katie Colegrove Clinical Professor, Zoological Pathology Program, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois |
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15-Sept-2020 | Cancelled |
2019-2020 Academic Year | |||
17-Mar-2020 | Cancelled | ||
21-Jan-2020 | Dr Elemir Simko Department of Veterinary Pathology, WCVM |
Honey bee biology, beekeeping and bee diseases | |
Bee Medicine for bee vets – addendum and handout | |||
19-Nov-2019 | Dr John Harding Medical Health Officer, Vancouver Coastal Health Authority; Medical Director, Communicable Disease Control |
Case Report: Rabies in BC | |
Dr Mayank Singal Physician Epidemiologist, BCCDC |
Provincial increase in demand for RPEP | ||
Dr Erin Fraser Public Health Veterinarian, BCCDC |
Increase in reporting of potential rabies exposures in BC | ||
Kim Knowles Rabies Diagnostic Laboratory Supervisor, CFIA, Ottawa Laboratory-Fallowfield |
Diagnosis of rabies in humans | ||
17-Sep-2019 | Kayla Buhler PhD Graduate Student, Dept. of Veterinary Microbiology, Western College of Veterinary Medicine |
Vector-borne Zoonoses: The Role of Wildlife Sentinels in Northern Canada | |
Dr Lauren Tindale Postdoctoral Fellow, BC Centre for Disease Control and University of BC & Dr Michelle Coombe PhD Candidate, School of Population and Public Health, University of BC |
Novel genomic approach to avian influenza surveillance |
2018-2019 Academic Year | |||
12-Mar-2019 | Dr Kristin Mansfield Wildlife Veterinarian, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife |
Elk hoof disease in Southwest Washington | |
22-Jan-2019 | Dr Matilde Tomaselli PhD Program Alumna, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary |
Participatory wildlife health and disease surveillance: a promising new field | |
20-Nov-2018 | Dr Julia Keenliside Veterinary Epidemiologist, Alberta Agriculture and Forestry | Investigation into E. coli O157:H7 in swine and cattle associated with an outbreak of human illness in Alberta | |
18-Sep-2018 | Dr Michael Drebot Director, Zoonotic Diseases and Special Pathogens, National Microbiology Laboratory |
Emerging mosquito-borne viruses: At home and abroad | |
Dr Joel Hutcheson Centre for Vector-Borne Disease, National Centre for Animal Diseases, CFIA |
The Asian longhorned tick – In the US and Coming to Canada |
2017-2018 Academic Year | |||
03-Apr-2018 | Dr Jacques Godfroid Faculty of Biosciences, Fisheries and Economics, Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, University of Tromsø, Norway |
Zoonotic diseases without pandemic potential, like brucellosis, are in need of innovative One Health approaches | |
16-Jan-2018 | Dr Martin Haulena Head Veterinarian, Vancouver Aquarium |
Cryptococcosis in stranded marine mammals in British Columbia | |
21-Nov-2017 | Dr Dean Middleton Public Health Ontario |
A descriptive analysis of rabies post-exposure prophylaxis data: Ontario, 2013 | |
19-Sep-2017 | Lori Salzer Washington State Department of Fish & Wildlife |
White-Nose Syndrome Response | |
Dr Glenna McGregor B.C. Ministry of Agriculture |
Battling for Bats: BC’s response to the threat of White Nose Syndrome |
2016-2017 Academic Year | |||
21-Mar-2017 | Dr Ilona Houston Veterinary Clinician, Edmonton |
Salmonella outbreak in backyard flocks in Alberta – are owners at risk? | |
17-Jan-2017 | Dr Jasmine Dhillon Veterinary Epidemiologist, Canadian Food Inspection Agency |
Strategies and Solutions: Various pathways for successful dog population management and dog bite prevention in remote indigenous communities | |
Dr Catherine Filejski Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, Ontario Public Health |
Non-surgical dog population management strategies in Ontario’s remote northern communities | ||
22-Nov-2016 | Dr Chelsea Himsworth Veterinary Diagnostic Pathologist, Animal Health Centre, BC Ministry of Agriculture |
The Proof is in the Pond Scum! Genomics Analysis of Wetland Sediments as a New Tool for Avian Influenza Surveillance in Wild Waterfowl | |
20-Sep-2016 | Michael Yabsley University of Georgia |
A One Health approach to the study of the raccoon roundworm Baylisascaris procyonis |
2015-2016 Academic Year | |||
15-Mar-2016 | Dr Martin Haulena Head Veterinarian, Vancouver Aquarium |
Part 2: Sea star wasting syndrome: summary and ecological overview | |
Jessica Schultz Howe Sound Research Program, Vancouver Aquarium |
Part 1: Sea star wasting syndrome: summary and ecological overview | ||
19-Jan-2016 | Jordi Segers CWHC, Atlantic |
Bat White-nose Syndrome in Canada | |
17-Nov-2015 | Dr Muhammad Morshed BCCDC |
Lyme disease Expanding in the East Coast-What is Happening in the West: Closer look Through Vector-Host Surveillance | |
22-Sep-2015 | Dr Melissa McLaws BCCDC |
Surveillance and Control of Foot and Mouth Disease: Following the Progressive Control Pathway |
2014-2015 Academic Year | |||
17-Mar-2015 | Dr Dean Middleton Public Health Ontario |
Human rabies post exposure prophylaxis and animal rabies in Ontario, 2001-2012 | |
20-Jan-2015 | Dr Susan Kutz Department of Ecosystem and Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary |
The pivotal role of healthy wildlife in combatting food insecurity in the Arctic | |
18-Nov-2014 | Dr Mike Cranfield Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project |
A One Health Approach to Eastern Gorilla Conservation | |
16-Sept-2014 | Dr Lucy Keatts Wildlife Conservation Society |
Surveillance for Zoonotic Diseases at wildlife-human interfaces in mainland Southeast Asia |
2013-2014 Academic Year | |||
15-Mar-2014 | Dr Katherine Haman | Great Shearwater mortality events along the eastern coast of the US: do oceanographic parameters play a role? | |
Barbara Schock Southwestern Cooperative Disease Study and Warnell School of Forestry, University of Georgia |
Diversity of piroplasms in blood-fed and questing Ixodid ticks. | ||
21-Jan-2014 | Kathryn Berger Department of Ecosystem and Public Health, University of Calgary |
Spatio-temporal patterns of Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease (EHD) occurrence in the Continental USA (1980-2010) | |
18-Feb-2014 | Dr Carmencita Lake Carmen Lake & Associates |
Antimicrobial utilization and resistance in companion animal veterinary medicine in Vancouver, British Columbia | |
21-Jan-2014 | Dr Kimberlee Beckmen Wildlife Veterinarian, Division of Wildlife Conservation, Alaska Dept. of Fish & Game |
Enhanced rabies surveillance in Alaskan wildlife: detection of new host range and risk to trappers | |
17-Dec-2013 | Dr Colin Chapman McGill University |
What determines animal abundance? The roles of disease, nutrition, and stress | |
19-Nov-2013 | Dr Chelsea Himsworth Veterinary Diagnostic Pathologist, Animal Health Centre, BC Ministry of Agriculture |
The Year of the Rat: Themes and Lessons from the Vancouver Rat Project | |
22-Oct-2013 | Karen Gesy Zoonotic Parasite Research Unit, University of Saskatchewan |
Echinicoccus multilocularis, an emerging zoonotic tapeworm in wildlife and domestic dogs in Canada | |
2012-2013 Academic Year | |||
16-Apr-2013 | Dr Vikram Misra Prof. and Head, Dept. of Microbiology, Western College of Veterinary Medicine |
Role of bats in disease emergence | |
19-Mar-2013 | Dr Chelsea Himsworth Veterinary Diagnostic Pathologist, Animal Health Centre, BC Ministry of Agriculture |
The Vancouver Rat Project: A small taste of the dynamic interplay among rats, cities, people and pathogens | |
19-Feb-2013 | Dr Patrick Leighton Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Montreal |
Parasite co-invasion and the emergence of Lyme disease in Canada | |
22-Jan-2013 | Dr Liz VanWormer University of California, Davis, Wildlife Health Center |
Tracing Toxoplasma gondii from land to sea:a One Health approach to studying pathogen pollution | |
18-Dec-2012 | Dr Katherine Haman National Institutes of HealthDepartment of Zoology, Fisheries Centre, UBC |
Marine mammals as sentinals of land-to-sea flow of coccidian parasites in the Pacific Northwest |
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20-Nov-2012 | Dr Sylvain Larrat CCWHC, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Université de Montréal |
Preventing human trichinellosis acquired from walrus meat in the Canadian North: The successful example of the Nunavik Trichinellosis Prevention Program (NTPP)See also: From science to action and from action to science: the Nunavik Trichinellosis Prevention Program | |
16-Oct-2012 | Manon Simard Wildlife Parasitologist, Nunavik Research Centre |
Anisakid nematodes in marine mammals and fish from Eastern Canadian Arctic waters | |
18-Sep-2012 | Rita Finley Enteric Surveillance Division, Centre for Food-borne, Environmental and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, PHAC |
Pets, Pet Food and Public Health | |
2011-2012 Academic Year | |||
17-Apr-2012 | Dr Victoria Ng Centre for Public Health and Zoonoses, Department of Population and Medicine, University of Guelph |
Quantitative Approach to the Prioritization of Zoonotic Diseases in Canada and the US | |
20-Mar-2012 | Dr Theresa Burns University of Calgary |
Exploration of the wild bird – poultry farm interface in British Columbia and Ontario | |
21-Feb-2012 | Dr Justin Brown Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia |
Understanding the epidemiology of avian influenza virus in the gull and shorebird reservoir systems | |
17-Jan-2012 | Dr Colleen Duncan Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University |
Coxiella burnetii in Northern Fur Seals: Cause for concern or have red herrings infiltrated the Pacific Herring niche? | |
20-Dec-2011 | Dr David Abraham Greendale (Field Station), Thrissur, India; Department of Ecosystem and Public Health, University of Calgary Veterinary Medicine |
Risk factors for Tuberculosis Infection in Captive Elephants in Southern India | |
15-Nov-2011 | Lisa Werden Ontario Veterinary College |
The Lyme disease cycle in the 1000 Islands region of Ontario | |
18-Oct-2011 | Dr Paul Sockett Communicable Disease Control Division, Primary Health Care and Public Health Directorate, First Nations and Inuit Health Branch |
First Nations “Dog Tales”Dog related human health issues: Understanding the Risks and Finding Solutions. A collaboration with First Nations Communities | |
20-Sep-2011 | Sarah Olsen Wildlife Epidemiologist, Wildlife Conservation Society |
Optimizing fecal surveys for emerging infectious disease surveillance in the Republic of Congo | |
2010-2011 Academic Year | |||
19-Apr-2011 | Dr Brett Elkin Wildlife Veterinarian, Government of the Northwest Territories |
Anthrax in free-ranging Wood Bison 1962-2011: History, Management and Research Needs | |
15-Mar-2011 | Dr Craig Stephen President, Centre for Coastal HealthProfessor, University of Calgary Veterinary Medicine |
Policy of Emerging Diseases – Experiences from Asia | |
15-Feb-2011 | Dr Michael Drebot Chief of Viral Zoonoses, Zoonotic Diseases and Special Pathogens, National Microbiology Laboratory |
Newly Recognized Arbovirus Variants of Animal and Public Health Significance | |
18-Jan-2011 | Dr Douglas Campbell Pathologist, CCWHC, Ontario and Nunavut Region |
Type E Botulism on the Lower Great Lakes | |
14-Dec-2010 | Dr Todd Shury Wildlife Health Specialist (Wildlife Veterinarian),Parks Canada, U of S |
Re-emergence of sylvatic plague insouthern Saskatchewan during 2010 | |
16-Nov-2010 | Manon Simard Wildlife Parasitologist, Nunavik Research Centre |
IPY Zoonotic disease results and communication to Inuit communities | |
19-Oct-2010 | Dr Erin Rees Spatial Epidemiologist, Faculté de médecine vétérinaire, Université de Montréal |
Raccoon Rabies in Québec: a landscape approach to target surveillance and fine-tune disease control | |
21-Sep-2010 | Dr Michael Grigg Chief Investigator, Molecular Parasitology Unit |
Wild birds indigenous to the Victoria outbreak of human toxoplasmosis are reservoirs of virulent Type I Toxoplasma gondii | |
2009-2010 Academic Year | |||
20-Apr-2010 | Cancelled | Cancelled | |
16-Mar-2010 | Linda Vrbova PhD, School of Population and Public Health, UBC |
Emerging Zoonoses Surveillance: Using Animal Data for Public Health | |
16-Feb-2010 | Mr James Dunlop Deputy Project Manager, Fore-CANTDV Global Inc |
Application of Foresight to the Canadian Animal Health Emergency Management System – Insights from the Fore-CAN Project | |
19-Jan-2010 | Dr William (Bill) Bowie Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, UBC |
Risk Assessment in Animal Health | |
15-Dec-2009 | Dr David Patrick Director, Epidemiology Services, BCCDCProfessor, School of Population and Public Health, UBC |
Pandemic H1N1 Influenza: What Have We Learned, Are (Were) We Ready and What Do You Need to Know? | |
17-Nov-2009 | Dr Kate Sawford PhD, Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Calgary |
Obstacles and Opportunities for Animal Disease Surveillance in Sri Lanka | |
Dr Amanda Salb MSc Dept. of Medical Science, U of CalgaryResident, Zoological Medicine, St. Louis Zoo |
Predicting and detecting anthrax outbreaks in Northern Canada – can we see the bison for the trees? | ||
20-Oct-2009 | Dr Chelsea Himsworth Senior Resident, Veterinary Anatomic Pathology, WCVM |
The emergence of sylvatic Echinococcusgranulosus as a parasitic zoonosisof public health concern in an Indigenous Canadian community | |
Dr Emily Jenkins Assistant Professor, Veterinary Public Health & Food SafetyAssistant Joint Member, School of Public Health |
Recent emergence of alveolar hydatid disease (Echinococcus multilocularis) in northcentral British Columbia? | ||
ADED Rounds from 2003 to 2009 | |||
21-April-2009 | Dr Jane Pritchard Long Term Technical Administrator, Livestock Health Extension Services Project, ChinaBCMAL |
Rabies in China: A personal review | |
Dr John Pasick Classical Swine Fever and Avian Diseases UnitNational Centre for Foreign Animal Disease |
Avian Influenza Surveillance in Canadian Wild Birds, 2005 to 2007 | ||
17-March-2009 | Dr Erin Leonard,PhD Candidate Epidemiology, Ontario Veterinary College |
Salmonella spp, Campylobacter spp, and Giardia spp in dogs in southwestern Ontario, 2005-2006 and present | |
Samantha Allen Masters student, University of Guelph, Department of Pathobiology |
Antimicrobial resistance in generic E. coli isolated from wildlife living in rural, urban and natural environments | ||
17-Feb-2009 | Danna Schock Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary |
The role of infectious diseases in global amphibian declines | |
Dr. Tyler Stitt Public Health Veterinarian, Centre for Coastal Health |
The potential impacts of american bullfrogs on drinking water quality | ||
20-Jan-2009 | Jack Teng PhD Candidate. UNC, Dept. of Resource Management & Environmental Studies |
Infection risk to tick borne zoonoses in relation to land use in rural areas | |
Stefan Iwasawa Biologist, Centre for Coastal Health |
A pilot study to inventory tick species, tick distribution and the presence of an emerging zoonotic pathogen (Borrelia burgdorferi) on Vancouver Island | ||
16-Dec-2008 | Dr. Emily JenkinsAssistant Professor, Dept of Veterinary Microbiology, WCVM | Climate change and public health: furtune telling vs. Fourier Analysis | |
18-Nov-2008 | Dr. Margot Parkes Editor for the Journal of EcoHealthFellowship from the Canadian Institute for Health research |
A Canadian community of practice in Ecosystem Approaches to health: Building capacity to address the determinants of health and sustainability | |
28-Oct-2008 | Dr. Brian Radke Public Health Veterinarian, BCCDC |
One World, One Health: How many Economies? | |
20-May-2008 | Dr. Vikram Misra Professor Department of Microbiology, WCVM |
A preliminary survey of viruses of bats of Canada | |
15-April-2008 | Dr. Mira Leslie Public Health Veterinarian (Food Safety and Quality Branch, BCMAL) |
Challenges in rabies surveillance and control in the Pacific Northwest | |
18-March-2008 | Dr. Sue Pollock Canadian Field Epidemiology Program (PHAC)Dr. Lea BordenResearch Associate Centre for Coastal HealthDr. Michele AnholtMSc Candidate University of Calgary |
An animal health data inventory for Canada: sources and opportunities for integrated surveillance. | |
19-Feb-2008 | Dr Liz Dykstra Public Health Entomologist, Zoonotic Disease Program, WA Dept of Health |
Canine Leptospirosis Surveillance in Washington | |
18-Dec-2007 | Dr. Gary Wobeser Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre, Department of Veterinary Pathology, University of Saskatchewan |
Tularemia in wild rodents and lagomorphs in Canada | |
20-Nov-2007 | Sunny Mak MSc. Medical Geographer, BC Centre for Disease Control |
Ecological Niche Modeling of Cryptococcus gattii in British Columbia | |
Caroline Millins MSc Candidate, Department of Veterinary Pathology, University of Saskatchewan |
House Sparrow Nestlings as Sentinels for West Nile Virus in Saskatchewan | ||
16-Oct-2007 | Dr. Colleen Duncan, DVM MSC PhD Candidate, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado |
Bovine viral diarrhea virus in wildlife | |
Dr. Bruce McNab, DVM PhD Office of the Chief Veterinarian, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, Guelph Ontario |
Simple Disease Spread Models and Schematics | ||
18-Sept-2007 | Dr. David Patrick Associate Professor, UBC Director, Epidemiology Services, BC Centre for Disease Control |
The Impact of Imported European Infectious Diseases on Aboriginal Health. | |
19-Jun-2007 | Dr. Joan Robinson Stollery Childrens’ Hospital Edmonton, Alberta |
Swine Influenza in Humans – What’s happened since 1976 | |
22-May-2007 | Dr. David Léger and Dr. Sheryl Gow Laboratory for Foodborne Zoonoses, Public Health Agency of Canada. |
On-Farm Swine – A pilot framework for antimicrobial use & resistance surveillance. | |
Dr. Dale Douma Dept of Large Animal Clinical Science, Western College of Veterinary Medicine |
Environmental distribution of M. paratuberculosis on cow-calf farms with clinical Johne’s disease in western Canada | ||
17-April-2007 | Dr. Lea Berrang Ford Environmental Epidemiologist – Medical Geographer, Public Health Agency of Canada, LFZ & CIDPC-FWZID |
Spatial and temporal analyses of sleeping sickness re-emergence in SE Uganda | |
20-Mar-2007 | Dr Susan Kutz Associate Professor of Wildlife and Ecosystem Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary |
Community-based Monitoring of Wildlife Health in the NWT | |
Dr. Jane Pritchard Public Health Veterinarian, BC Ministry of Agriculture and Lands |
On-farm baseline surveillance for zoonotic enteric pathogens within the lower Fraser River valley. | ||
20-Feb-2007 | Dr. Harvey Artsob Director, Zoonotic Diseases and Special Pathogens, National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada |
Overview of hantavirus activity and the occurrence of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in Canada. | |
David SafronetzPhD candidate, Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Zoonotic Diseases and Special Pathogens, National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada | Sin Nombre virus prevalence and transmission in deer mice in southern Manitoba | ||
23-Jan -2007 | Dr. John Prescott Professor and Chair, Department of Pathobiology, University of Guelph |
Canine leptospirosis in Canada: Climate change, raccoons, increased awareness, or what? | |
19 -Dec-2006 | Dr John Berezowski Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development |
Text mining; a tool for animal health surveillance | |
Dr Damien Joly Senior Science Advisor – Wildlife Health Field Veterinary Program Wildlife Conservation Society |
Epizootiology of avian influenza in Asian wild birds: a Mongolian case study | ||
21-Nov-2006 | Eleni Galanis Physician Epidemiologist, BC Centre for Disease Control |
Spread of Cryptococcus gattii, an emerging fungal pathogen, from Vancouver Island to the Mainland. | |
Dr. Muhammad G. Morshed Senior Scientist, Laboratory Services, BCCDC and Clinical Associate Professor, Pathology Laboratory Medicine, UBC |
An update of Relapsing fever in BC | ||
17-Oct-2006 | Dr. Brett Elkin Wildlife Veterinarian, Wildlife Division, GNWT Environment Natural Resources |
Anthrax in Free-Ranging Wood Bison 1962-2006. History, management and research needs. | |
Renee Sebastian Field Epi, Public Health Agency of Canada, British Columbia Centre for Disease Control |
Anthrax in Saskatchewan, 2006: Assessing Human Exposures. | ||
16-May-2006 |
Dr. Scott Weese Department of Clinical Studies, Ontario Veterinary College |
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in companion animals: implications for public health | |
Dr. Jane Parmley Epidemiologist, Centre for Coastal Health |
Avian influenza: Canadian wild bird survey, 2005 | ||
18-Apr-2006 | Norma Ruecker PhD candidate, University of Calgary |
The public health significance of zoonotic species of Cryptosporidium in drinking water | |
Dr. Nancy de With Epidemiologist, BC Ministry of Agriculture and Lands |
Antimicrobial resistance on broiler farms in the Fraser Valley, BC | ||
21-Mar-2006 | Dr. John Berezowski Alberta Agriculture, Food, and Rural Development |
Veterinary practice surveillance in Alberta | |
Amandeep Nandra MSc candidate, UBC |
Diversity of tissue-dwelling coccidia in BC birds | ||
17-Jan-2006 | Dr. Sue Pollock Community medicine resident, University of British Columbia |
Is it safe to eat bear meat? Anatomy of an outbreak of trichinosis on Vancouver Island, 2005 | |
Dr. Connie Argue Canadian Food Inspection Agency |
Epidemiology of an outbreak of chronic wasting disease on elk farms in Saskatchewan | ||
22-Nov-2005 | Dr. Nick Ogden Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Montreal |
Ixodes scapularis and Lyme disease spread in Canada: Climate change and migratory birds | |
Dr. Josh Waddington BC Ministry of Agriculture and Lands |
Interspecies transmission of Influenza A virus in the Fraser Valley, BC | ||
20-Sep-2005 | Stephen Parker Canadian Network for Public Health Intelligence, Public Health Agency of Canada |
Making Canada a world leader in public health intelligence management | |
Dr. William Bowie Professor of Infectious Disease, Faculty of Medicine, UBC |
Leptospirosis: in a traveller, and in a country | ||
WHO –Human Leptospirosis: Guidance for diagnosis, surveillance and control | |||
21-Jun-2005 | Dr. Corinne Ong Senior Scientist, BC Centre for Disease Control and Assistant Professor, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, UBC |
Cyclosporiasis: an emerging zoonotic disease? | |
Dr. Karen Bartlett Assistant Professor Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholar, School of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, UBC |
Cryptococcus gattii in British Columbia: temporary visa or landed immigrant? | ||
17-May-2005 | Rita Finley Foodborne, Waterborne & Zoonotic Infections Division, Public Health Agency of Canada |
Bacteria in commercially available pet treats and raw food diets: prevalence survey and canine feeding trial | |
Kate Thomas Foodborne, Waterborne & Zoonotic Infections Division, Public Health Agency of Canada |
A possible role of high impact weather events in waterborne disease outbreaks in Canada, 1975-2001 |
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22-Mar-2005 | Dr. David Léger and Brent Avery Laboratory for Foodborne Zoonoses, Public Health Agency of Canada |
The Canadian Integrated Program for Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance – Retail Meat Program | |
Dr. Muhammad Morshed UBC Centre for Disease Control |
The Role of Passerine Birds in Dispersing Lyme Disease Spirochete Vector Ticks in Non Endemic Area: Proposal for an Extended Study | ||
22-Feb-2005 | Laura MacDougall Epidemiologist, BC Centre for Disease Control |
Tularemia in pet rodents imported into British Columbia | |
02-Feb-2005 | Dr. Sarah Randolph Professor of Parasite Ecology, Oxford University |
Biotic layers in GIS for predicting emergent disease risk | |
Dr. John Campbell Professor, Large Animal Clinical Sciences,WCVM |
Tracking animal movement and emerging diseases: A case study of BSE | ||
23-Nov-2004 | Dr. Alvin Gajadhar Canadian Food Inspection Agency |
Introduction to the CFIA Centre for Parasitology and its work on novel parasites | |
Dr. Michael Grigg Professor of Infectious Disease, UBC |
Sex, Virulence and Ecology: the Toxoplasma success story | ||
19-Oct-2004 | Dr. Patricia Daly Communicable Disease Control, Medical Health Officer, Vancouver Coastal Health Authority |
Public health response to rabies in skunks in Vancouver’s Stanley Park | |
Dr. Tasha Epp MSc candidate, WCVM |
West Nile virus in horses |
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21-Sept 2004 | Dr. Jane Parmley PhD candidate, Epidemiology, OVC |
Evaluating the usefulness of human health databases in the surveillance of zoonotic, enteric disease in Alberta | |
Shannon Majowicz PhD candidate, Epidemiology, OVC |
Burden and distribution of gastrointestinal illness in the community | ||
22-Jun-2004 | Dr. Ron LewisBC chief veterinarian, BCMAFF | Canadian laboratory response to an animal health emergency: recent experience with avian influenza in BC | |
Dr. John PasickCanadian Food Inspection Agency | Characterization of H7N3 viruses isolated during the BC Avian influenza outbreak | ||
16-Mar-2004 | Dr. Harvey Artsob Director, Zoonotic Diseases and Special Pathogens, National Microbiology Laboratory, Health Canada |
West Nile virus: research challenges and opportunities presented from this flavivirus | |
21-Jan-2004 | Sheila McCarthy PhD candidate, Epidemiology, UBC |
Application of network theory to communicable disease research | |
Dr. Colleen Duncan MSc candidate Epidemiology, WCVM |
An overview of a multispecies outbreak of Cryptococcus neoformans gattii on Vancouver Island | ||
26-Nov-2003 | Dr. Melissa McLaws PhD candidate, Epidemiology, OVC |
Surveillance and early detection of foot and mouth disease | |
Dr. Claire Jardine PhD candidate, Pathology, WCVM |
Rodent associated Bartonella in Saskatchewan |