Partners

Kate O’Connor is a Registered Nurse Educator with the Community Antimicrobial Stewardship team at the BC Centre for Disease Control. As a settler on the traditional and unceded Coast Salish territory of the Musqueum, Squamish, and Tseil-Waututh Nations, Kate is very grateful to live on this land and learn from traditional ways of knowing and…

Dr. Edith Blondel-Hill, MD FRCP(C) is a founder and Medical Director of the Do Bugs Need Drugs? program. She received her training in medical microbiology and infectious diseases at the University of Alberta and is currently the Medical Director of the Antimicrobial Stewardship Program for Interior Health in British Colombia. Dr. Blondel-Hill has chaired advisory committees in Edmonton and…

Dr. Michael Becker currently works as a research scientist at the Public Health Agency of Canada. His research program explores diagnostics for SARS-CoV-2 and sexually transmitted and blood borne infections (STBBIs), with a focus on deploying, evaluating, and developing rapid or point-of-care tests. This work strives to support Northern, Remote, and Isolated (NRI) communities by…

Monali Varia currently serves as the Director, Public Health Intelligence at Peel Public Health. Her portfolio includes public health surveillance, population health assessment, evaluation and emergency response. As an epidemiologist with certification in infection control, Monali has had the opportunity to work in public health at various levels of government in communicable disease control and…

Dr. Hrudey is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Alberta’s Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry. He was the 97th President of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA) in 2016-17. Dr. Hrudey has been engaged in environmental and public health risk research for 50 years and has published extensively (>200 refereed…

Dr. Malika Sharma is an HIV and Infectious Diseases physician and Clinician Teacher at St. Michael’s Hospital. Clinically, she focuses on caring for people and communities who are often marginalized and oppressed by our healthcare systems, including those who use substances and people living with HIV. Her teaching and scholarly interests center on anti-racist and…