Dr. Catalina Alfonso-Parra has been a researcher at the Instituto Colombiano de Medicina Tropical – CES University since 2015. She earned her PhD in Biochemistry and Biophysics from Texas A&M University and completed postdoctoral research at Cornell University, first in developmental biology with Dr. Natasza Kurpios and later in vector biology with Dr. Laura Harrington….
Dr. Julie Sutherland is a White settler committed to a lifelong journey of cultural humility, learning, and practicing respectful engagement with Indigenous communities. A recipient of the Ian Fairclough Teaching Price (University of British Columbia) and the Honoring the Spirit of Reconciliation Award (Public Health Agency of Canada), Dr. Sutherland has received awards for teaching…
Dr. Carl Boodman, MD, FRCPC, DTM&H, CTropMed is a Canadian infectious diseases physician, medical microbiologist, and PhD candidate whose research focuses on culture-negative bacterial infections as neglected diseases at the intersection of poverty, homelessness, migration, and public health. He is currently a PhD candidate in the Unit of Neglected Tropical Diseases at the Institute of Tropical…
Mark Gilbert is a public health physician at the BC Centre for Disease Control and an Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia School of Population & Public Health, and leads the Digital & Sexual Health Initiative. Mark is the medical and research lead for GetCheckedOnline, BC’s digital testing service for STBBI, and holds an…
Yoav Keynan, M.D Ph.D Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases Scientific Director, National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences University of Manitoba Dr. Yoav Keynan‘s research focuses on the immune and genetic factors involved in immune activation and their roles in HIV…
Dr Sarah Henderson is trained as an environmental engineer and environmental epidemiologist. She is the Scientific Director of Environmental Health Services at the BC Centre for Disease Control and the Scientific Director of the National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health (NCCEH). She is also a professor at the UBC School of Population and Public Health….
Dr. Winnie Siu, MD, MSc, CCFP, FRCPC, is a public health physician and Senior Medical Advisor for the NACI Secretariat at PHAC, supporting the development of immunization guidance for influenza, RSV, vaccines in pregnancy and Indigenous Peoples. Previously, she worked on infectious disease surveillance and the COVID-19 response. Dr. Siu also practices as a family…
Dr. Elissa Abrams, MD, FRCPC, MPH, is a Professor at the Department of Pediatric Allergy and Clinical Immunology at the University of Manitoba and an Adjunct Professor at the University of British Columbia. She serves as President of the Allergy Section of the Canadian Pediatric Society and sits on the Board of the Canadian Society…
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Dr. Parmley is an Associate Professor in One Health in the Department of Population Medicine. She is a graduate of the doctoral program in epidemiology at the Ontario Veterinary College (2005) and the DVM program at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine (1998). Throughout her career, Dr. Parmley has followed a unique career path rooted…
Jason Tutt completed a Masters of Public Health degree at Lakehead University (2025), which included a student practicum with NCCID. His practicum project focused on expanding an online educational resource repository on the NCCID-managed website (www.AMRAware.ca), developing the ‘Getting to Know OH’ podcast series, and hosting two initial episodes that aimed to clarify the One…