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 His research focus includes: HIV disease progression: immunogenetic determinants and anti-inflammatory interventions Influenza: innate and adaptive immune responses to infection…
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…
Sophie Webb is a Canadian PhD candidate in Sociology at the University of California, San Diego. Her research examines public health ethics, pandemic response policies, and the operationalization of equity in public health decision-making. She has worked with the National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCCID) on projects related to health equity indicators and public…
Robert Delatolla is a Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Ottawa, and CIHR Applied Public Health Chair of Environment, Climate Change and One Health. He is the Director of the Ottawa-Carleton Institute for Environmental Engineering, Director of the national CoVaRR-Net Wastewater Surveillance Research Group, co-founder of the Ontario Wastewater Surveillance Consortium. Professor…