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BCCDC Grand Rounds

BCCDC Grand Rounds are a forum for state of the art research or review provided by faculty or invited lecturers, and will be broadcast throughout the province using our webinar functions. This is a College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada CME accredited activity.
Date  Title                          Presenter                      

2013-05-09

"A Closer Examination of Heat-Related Mortality in Seven U.S. Cities"

D. Hondula

2013-05-07

"Global Burden of Disease 2010"

F. Pourmalek

2013-04-30

"Improved TB control by boosting BCG immunity"

K. Karunakaran

2013-04-25

Environmental Health Seminar Series
"Escherichia coli: The misunderstood microbial indicator"
N. Fok

2013-04-15

“Innovative approaches for effective responses to HIV epidemics among men who have sex with men"
D. Wilson

2013-03-26

"Health Effects Related to Radiofrequency Exposure"
Please note, this presentation is available as a pdf only
T. Kosatsky
H.D. Ward
2013-03-21
"Metagenomics and its Application in Understanding the Role of Gut Microbes in Malnourishment"
S. Mande
2013-03-18
"Radiofrequency fields in the environment – Physical aspects and exposure control"
M. Shum
A. Zitouni
2013-03-12
"Navigating the Politics of Harm Reduction: The Ongoing Abbotsford Experience"
D. Portesi

2013-03-01

“Explorations of the Human Microbiome”
D. Relman
2013-02-29
"From research to resource: Development of food safety education for pregnancy"
E. Galanis
M. Taylor

2013-02-28

Environmental Health Seminar Series
"Bed Bugs: Management Options and Four Canadian Experiences"
D. Fong
2013-02-19
“It’s Gone Viral: Emergence of Norovirus GII.4 Sydney 2012 in British Columbia"
N. Prystajecky
2013-01-29
"Toxicity of Cocaine Adulterated with Levamisole – Recent Genomics Advances"
M. Kuo
R. Purssell
C. Ross
2013-01-22
"When's there's no magic bullet: Applying communicable disease and social theory to renew HIV prevention for gay and bisexual men in BC"
M. Gilbert
2013-01-15
"Is there one or are there 16 best ways of achieving 'on time' immunization of young children?"
B. Donald
2012-12-20
Environmental Health Seminar Series
"Quantitative Risk Assessment: An Overview and Discussion of Emerging Issues"
A-M. Nicol
2012-12-18
"Health Communication: Through The Lens of Mass Media"
K. Kabasele
Nov 26-30
2012 Research Week
 
Programme:  "The Evolution of Ideas"
2012 Research Week Archived presentations
various
2012-11-20
"Public Health and the Supreme Court of Canada. The Good, the Bad and the Smudgy"
M. Tyndall

2012-11-13

"Forensic Toxicology in BC"
W. Schreiber
2012-11-06
"What the BC Public Health Act can (and can’t) do: from the sublime to the ridiculous"
J. Carsley
2012-10-29
Environmental Health Seminar Series
"Food Handler Knowledge Retention - Retraining effectiveness in FOODSAFE trained food handlers in BC, Canada
"
D. Peng
2012-10-16
"NAOMI: The Trials and Tribulations of Heroin-Assisted Therapy"
M. Schechter
2012-10-09
“Antibiotic Stewardship: What Could Health Promotion Possibly Have to Do With Evolution?”
D. Patrick
2012-09-18
“The public health implications of a food animal reservoir for the Escherichia coli that cause human urinary tract and other extraintestinal infections”
A. Manges
2012-06-29
"Public Health Ethics and Pandemic Planning"

B. Henry
D. Unger
2012-06-26
Environmental Health Seminar Series
"The Tattoo Machine Study : Investigating Organic contaminants on bagged and unbagged Tattoo machines"
S. Jalili
2012-06-01
“Introducing the BC and Yukon Panorama Operational Support Team”

J. Reedijk
B. Lefebvre
2012-05-25
"AIDS Before AIDS in St. Louis: If the Shoe Fits – A Retrospective Discovery”
M. Elvin-Lewis
2012-04-24
Environmental Health Seminar Series
“An overview of practice and policy changes as a result of several food-borne illness outbreaks in British Columbia and Alberta”
L. McIntyre
N. Hislop
B. Slater
2012-04-20
"The public's perceptions of the H1N1 vaccine during the 2009 pandemic: Using on-line comments to identify real-time reactions to health crises"
N. Henrich
2012-03-30
"Developing a Vaccine Against Human Chlamydia trachomatis Genital Infection"
D. Hickey
2012-02-28
Environmental Health Seminar Series
"Effectiveness of public health and public policy in adapting to climate change in industrialized countries"
T. Kosatsky
2012-02-17
"Diagnostic Challenges in Syphilis: Revisiting the Gold Standard"
M. Morshed
2012-02-03
"Navigating the New Frontier: Developing Online Sexual Health Services for BC"
M. Gilbert
J. Shoveller
2012-01-20
“Street Drug Toxicity: are we seeing something new?”
D. Kent
2012-01-06
"A sentinel platform to evaluate influenza vaccine & forecast strain selection: results from 2010-11 and implications for 2011-12"
Please note, this presentation is not available online.
D. Skowronski
2011-12-12 Environmental Health Seminar Series
"Effectiveness of Alternative Antimicrobial Agents for Disinfection"
D. Fong
C. Gaulin
M. Le
M. Shum
2011-12-09
“An outbreak of INH-resistant tuberculosis in Kelowna's street-involved population: management, epidemiology, and molecular biology"
R. Parker
J. Johnston
J. Gardy
2011-11-25
"Measles Elimination: Are We There Yet?"
M. Naus
Nov 14-18, 2011
"2011 Research Week"

click on link above to view all archived presentations

various
2011-11-04
“Health impact assessment for waste incineration”

C. Elliott
2011-10-27
Environmental Health Seminar Series

"Personal Service Establishments: Looking at Infections Risk"
P. Barn
T. Chen
2011-10-21
“The Potential Impact of New Hepatitis C Treatments: How Should Public Health Respond?”

Please note, this presentation is not available online.
M. Krajden
2011-10-07
“HPV vaccination in Peru, Uganda, India and Vietnam and implications for global adoption”

S. LaMontagne
2011-09-23 "Ripples of Change: Using Metagenomics to Explore New Frontiers in Water Quality Testing" J. Isaac-Renton
P. Tang
J. Gardy
N. Prystajecky
2011-09-09
"Illegal drug use epidemiology; engaging the experts
to reduce harms"
J. Buxton
A. Crabtree
2011-06-17
“Neutropenia and Vasculitis Secondary to Levamisole-Adulterated Cocaine”

R. Purssell
2011-05-20
"Return of the Rumor Viruses: XMRV and MMTV - Contaminants or Pathogens?"
A. Mason
2011-05-06
"Burden of illicit drug overdose mortality in British Columbia and the effect of Vancouver's supervised injection facility"

M-J Milloy
2011-04-15
"Expedited Partner Therapy for Gonorrhea & Chlamydia"

M. Golden
2011-04-01 "Reactor Failure at Fukushima - Risks and BC Responses" B. Henry
T. Kosatsky
A. Zitouni
2011-03-18
"The local and global health impacts of landscape fire smoke"

S. Henderson
2011-03-04
“Modeling Before, During, and After Disease Outbreaks to Improve Outcomes”
N. Hupert
2011-02-18
“Modelling and Economic Analysis of the Conjugated Pneumococcal Vaccine”    
Please note, this presentation is currently not available online.
M. Sadatsafavi
2011-02-04
"Is it the chicken or the egg? The ongoing investigation of Salmonella Enteritidis in BC: Challenges, collaboration and next steps"

E. Galanis
M. Taylor
2011-01-21
"Oral Cancer and HPV"
A. Hovan
2011-01-18
"Squeezing predictive value out of IGRAs"
M. Pai
2011-01-07
"ACTG:ID - Infectious Disease Genome Sequencing at BCCDC"

J. Gardy
2010-12-10
"Social Psychology and Infectious Disease"

M. Schaller
2010-11-26
"Progress using an integrated approach to viral hepatitis in BC"

M. Krajden and G. Butt
2010-11-12
"Measles - An Unwelcome Consequence of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games"
V. Sahni and M. Naus
2010-10-29
"The Ongoing Evolution of Diagnostic Testing in Microbiology: From PCR to Metagenomics to Proteomics"
Click here to view webcast
M. Petric, L. Hoang, P. Tang
2010-10-15
"Why Andrea isn't taking her pills and other Public Health dilemmas from the Downtown Eastside"

Mark Tyndall
2010-10-01
"Treatment of Latent TB Infection: How Low Can We Go?"
Kevin Elwood
2010-09-17
"
Occurrence and Distribution of Listeria Species in Facilities Producing Ready-To-Eat Foods Under Provincial Inspection Authority in British Columbia"
Please note, this presentation is currently not available online.
J. Kovacevic, L. McIntyre, T. Kosatsky
2010-08-27
“Haiti Experience"
Please note, this presentation is currently not available online.
Michael D. Christian
2010-06-18
TB control and migration: “TB anywhere is TB everywhere"
Jan Hajek
2010-06-04
"How does air pollution cause heart disease: is inflammation
the missing link?"
Please note, this presentation will not be available online.
Don Sin
2010-05-21
"Genomics approaches to immunoprofiling and immunological cancer control: The Human T cell Repertoire"
Rob Holt
2010-05-07
"The Other S Word:  Stigma Interrupted" G. Butt, N. Dhalla, J. Stevenson
Last Updated: May 10, 2013