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NML and the COVID19 Outbreak: Dynamic emergency response, innovative research, effective diagnostics Webinar
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Description: Learn about the important role that the NML plays within the national response to COVID-19. More specifically, how the NML serves Canadians: surveillance, emergency response, research, and diagnostics. Hear stories of exciting and innovative COVID-19 research that takes place in Canada’s only level 4 laboratory, while also delving into the details of modern laboratory technology and how it is used to inform ground-breaking studies on this novel virus.
Start date: Upon registration
Completion: Up to 52 weeks

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FREE FOR MEMBERS!

Description: Learn about the important role that the NML plays within the national response to COVID-19. More specifically, how the NML serves Canadians: surveillance, emergency response, research, and diagnostics. Hear stories of exciting and innovative COVID-19 research that takes place in Canada’s only level 4 laboratory, while also delving into the details of modern laboratory technology and how it is used to inform ground-breaking studies on this novel virus.

Start date: Upon registration

Completion: Up to 52 weeks

 

 

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At the end of this webinar you will be able to:

  • Better understand the role that NML plays in Canada’s response to COVID-19
  • Appreciate the value of Canada’s only level 4 research laboratories
  • Describe a handful of innovative COVID-19 research projects taking place at the NML

 

Speaker: Dr. Guillaume Poliquin, MD

Dr. Poliquin completed his medical degree at Western University prior to pursuing a paediatrics residency at the University of Manitoba, followed by a fellowship in paediatric infectious diseases also at the University of Manitoba.

After residency, Dr. Poliquin joined the Public Health Agency of Canada’s National Microbiology Laboratory’s Special Pathogens Division to complete his PhD, focused on Ebola virus. He has since assumed the role of Medical Advisor to the Scientific Director General at the NML. This part-time role is rounded out with a paediatric infectious diseases consultative practice in Winnipeg as well as general paediatrics practice in remote communities in northern Manitoba and Nunavut.

Dr. Poliquin has a research portfolio that is primarily focused on vaccine research.

Recorded: June 1, 2020

PEP hours: 1.0

CPS credits: 0

*Note: PEP hours and/or CPS credits will only be awarded upon successful completion of the quiz.

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