INVITED PRESENTATIONS JULY 1, 2007 – JUNE 30, 2008

Michelle Alfa

“Water quality and its impact on device reprocessing.” Presented at ASHCSP 40h Annual Conference & Technical Exhibition. St. Louis, MO. Sept. 16, 2007.

“Extended cycles.” Presented at ASHCSP 40th Annual Conference & Technical Exhibition. St. Louis, MO. Sept. 16, 2007.

“Bedpans and Clostridium Difficile: The new scoop on some “old poop.” Presented at CHICA. Montreal, Quebec. October 12, 2007.

“Steaming out of control” – extended steam sterilization cycle monitoring issues.” Montreal, Quebec. October 12, 2007.

Anton Andonov

Anton Andonov, Lisa Lin, Carla Osiowy, Elsie Grudeski and Amanda Cameron. A retrospective study on occult Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) infection in Indochinese immigrants to Canada; phylogenetic analysis of the s-gene. XVIIIth Regional Congress of the International Society of Blood Transfusion, Hanoi, Vietnam, November 10-13, 2007.

Fred Aoki

Oct 5, 2007. Treatment of Seasonal Infuenza in the Family Medical Practice. An Update on Influenza Management in Family Medicine Satellite Symposium. American Academy of Family Physicians, Chicago, Illinois.

Oct 12-14, 2007. Overview of Antiviral Drugs for Influenza Prophylaxis Therapy. Perspectives in Interpandemic Influenza, Madrid, Spain.

Oct 12-14, 2007. Better Benefits with Faster Use: The Importance of Speed to Access to Therapy. Ibid.

Oct 20, 2007. Genital Herpes Simplex Virus in Healthy Adults: Transmission & Prevention. Third Annual Virology Update, Edmonton, Alberta.

Harvey Artsob

Zoonotic diseases - an overview of emerging diseases and factors influencing their continuing emergence. 5th International Conference on Emerging Zoonoses. November 15-19, Limassol, Cyprus, 2007.

West Nile virus: current status in Canada. National Non-Enteric Zoonotic Diseases Meeting. January 23-24, Montreal, Quebec, 2008.

Wildlife health and disease: activities of the Public Health Agency of Canada. Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Center National Program Workshop. February 21-22, Calgary, Alberta, 2008.

Zoonotic diseases: biodiversity-related aspects and a Canadian approach to addressing these threats. 2nd International Conference on Health and Biodiversity. February 25-28, Galway, Ireland, 2008.

West Nile, a continuing problem in Canada? There can be no deNile. Manitoba College of Family Physicians 50th Annual Scientific Assembly. April 12, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 2008.

Addressing infectious disease threats to Canadians. Lectures in Hygiene Science, Brock University and the Stanier Institute, May 1, St Catharines, Ontario, 2008.

WHO Collaborating Centre for Arbovirus and Hemorrhagic Fever Reference and Research. Meeting of Collaborating Centres and Dengue National Reference laboratories for the Americas, June 10-12, Panama City, Panama, 2008.

Kathryn Bernard

Review of Taxa and research findings associated with Clostridial Cluster IV, the ‘Clostridium leptum supra-generic rRNA cluster group’. The 9th Biennial Congress of the Anaerobic Society of the Americas, June 24 2008. Long Beach, CA.

Synergistes Group of Organisms- a minireview. 2007 International Subcommittee of Systematics of Prokaryotes-Anaerobes. Sept. 3 2007 Edinburgh Scotland UK.

Creating a National Culture Collection for Canada: an Update. Federal Food Safety and Nutrition Research Meeting, Delta Winnipeg MB, Oct. 19 2007.

Demystifying Taxa which are catalase positive, Gram-positive Bacilli or Coccobacilli. ASM Teleconference AC-09, October 24 2007, hosted by the American Society for Microbiology. K. Bernard presenter, with > 70 participant sites.

Bacterial Culture and Identification: an Introduction. Laboratory Course for Field Epidemiologists. November 12 2007 at the CSCHAH Winnipeg MB.

Medically Relevant Gram Positive Rods or Coccobacilli. part of U Manitoba Dep’t Medical Microbiology, MMIC 7040 course. Dec 12 2007 at Bannatyne Campus, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg MB.

Multidrug Resistant or Otherwise Understudied Bacteria, which Fall Between Funding Cracks. Feb 11, 2008 at the National Forum on Antimicrobial Resistance, Ottawa, ON.

Review of the genus Corynebacterium and other medically relevant, Coryneforms. Hosted by the South Central Association for Clinical Microbiology, US, Feb 12 2008, with > 100 participant labs by teleconference.

Legionella: an Overview. part of U Manitoba Dep’t Medical Microbiology, MMIC 7040 course. March 5 2008 at Bannatyne Campus, University of Manitoba Winnipeg MB.

Faculty, Presentation of two 1.5 lectures, pre-American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Workshop re: Corynebacterium sp and Coryneforms. June 1, 2008 at Northeastern University, Boston MA.

James Blanchard

July, 2007: “The new global environment and its effect on sex work and sexual behaviour”. International Society for STD Research Conference, Seattle, USA.

July, 2007: “New developments in the social and behavioural aspects of sexually transmitted diseases: plenary panel review”. International Society for STD Research Conference, Seattle, USA.

December, 2007: “Strategies for scaling up HIV prevention in South Asia: perspectives and experiences of an undifferentiated epidemiologist”. Symposium on “Epidemiology as a Problem-Solving Discipline. Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, Baltimore, USA.

March, 2008: “Program Science: What is it?” Centres for Disease Control and Prevention meeting. Chicago, USA.

April, 2008: “HIV prevention in Canada: current challenges and future perspectives”. Canadian Association for HIV Research Annual Congress. Ottawa, Canada.

June, 2008: “Outreach for Vulnerable Populations: Knowledge Translation for Prevention of HIV & STBBI”. Canadian Public Health Association Annual Congress. Halifax, Canada.

Stephanie Booth

PrioNet Canada Networking and Collaboration Meeting, “Identification of miRNA driven regulatory circuits involved in neuronal survival and death in prion disease”, (2008).

Invited seminar at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, “Transcriptional profiling of prion diseases; from mRNA to miRNA”, (2007).

Timothy Booth

Experiences with SARS and Avian Influenza. Invited seminar, Institute for Animal Health, Compton, Newbury, Berkshire, England. September 24th, 2007.

Eric Bow

August 10, 2007 II Infection in Transplantation Conference, Sao Paulo, BrazilLecture: “Infections caused by filamentous fungi in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Prophylaxis and treatment”Round Table Discussion: “Controversies in Transplantation: Antibiotic Prophylaxis in neutropenic patients”

Sept 26, 2007 Clinical Microbiology/Infectious Disease Academic Rounds, London Health Sciences Centre, University of Western Ontario, London, ONLecture: “Invasive Fungal Infection in the Neutropaenic Patient. When did you say the neutrophils would come back?”

Sept 29, 2007 Hellenic Society of Haematology. Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Working Group Conference on Infections in Immunocompromised Patients. Elounda, Island of Crete, Greece.Presentation: “Managing Fungal Infections in Patients with Haematological Malignancies”

October 5, 2007 IDSA 45th Annual Meeting, Infectious Diseases Society of AmericaSan Diego, CAPresentation: “Managing Febrile Neutropenia in the Era of Mould Active Antifungal Prophylaxis”

October 29, 2007 3rd Trends in Medical Mycology (TIMM3) Congress, Torino, ItalyWorkshop on Prophylaxis of Invasive Fungal InfectionsPresentation: “Prophylaxis of Invasive Fungal Infections in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation”

November 14-17, 2007 Speaking Tour in JapanLecture x 3: "Management of fungal infection in hematological malignancy patients and hematopoietic transplantation patients" Presented to hematologists in Tokyo, Nagoya, and Sapporo, Japan

December 1, 2007 Posaconazole International Clinical Update meeting, Barcelona, SpainSession on Optimization of Antifungal TherapyPresentation: “How to measure response. Overview of criteria for response to antifungal management.”

January 3-6, 2008 XIVth Natioanl CME in Haematology & Haemato-OncologyBombay Hospital Institute of Medical Sciences, Mumbai, IndiaPresentation 1: “Management of Systemic Fungal Infections: From Prophylaxis to Treatment”Presentation 2: “Management of Invasive Aspergillosis: Tricks of the Trade”

January 23, 2008 IDSA Fever & Neutropenia Guidelines Working Group MeetingInfectious Diseases Society of AmericaFort Lauderdale, Florida

April 29, 2008 Blood & Lymph Course, Med II Lecture: Approach to Infection in the Immunocompromised HostFaculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba

May 20, 2008 Haematology/Oncology Regional Grand Rounds, Section of Haematology/Oncology, UofM and Department of Medical Oncology and Haematology, CancerCare Manitoba.Presentation: “Out-patient management of the febrile neutropaenic patient: Risk is just a point of view …”

David Butler-Jones

Closing Banquet of the First National Aboriginal Council on HIV/AIDS Policy Forum; Montreal, Quebec; September 19th, 2007.

Future of Age Friendly Cities; Seminar; King’s College, London, UK; October 2, 2007.

14th Canadian Conference on International Health: Global Change and Health, Nov. 5, 2007, Ottawa, Ontario.

Meeting with Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health Unit; October 22, 2007, Guelph, Ontario.

Canadian Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion Conference; Nov. 12, 2007; Toronto, Ontario.

First Canadian Roundtable on Public Health Ethics; November 8, 2007; Montréal, Quebec.

University of Alberta School of Public Health Symposium; Nov 16, 2007; Edmonton, Alberta.

Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence, Topic of Study - Emergency Preparedness, Health Portfolio Appearance; February 4, 2008; Ottawa, Ontario.

McGill University - Emerging infectious diseases, the environment and Canada's role in global public health; March 18, 2008; Montreal, Quebec.

University of Toronto Public Health Interest Group; March 28, 2008; Toronto, ON.

University of Manitoba Departmental Colloquium Series; May 16, 2008; Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Canadian Public Health Association Annual Conference Plenary Session: Canadian Commentary on Reducing Health Inequalities; June 2, 2008; Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Kevin Coombs

Cavet, T. and K.M. Coombs (2008). Influenza: Let’s get a Grippe! Bench to Bedside, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, February 13.

Michael Drebot

Chikungunya and dengue viruses: An ongoing concern for Canadian travellers. National Meeting on West Nile Virus and Other Non-Enteric Zoonotic Diseases. Montreal, Quebec, January 23-24, 2008.

California serogroup and Cache Valley viruses: Updates on surveillance and possible impacts on public health. National Meeting on West Nile Virus and Other Non-Enteric Zoonotic Diseases. Montreal, Quebec, January 23-24, 2008.

Mosquito-borne viral disease: A Canadian Perspective. Plenary Session: Canadian Association of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Annual Meeting. Vancouver, British Columbia, February 27-March 1, 2008.

Lawrence Elliott

Presented “Win-Map: A feasibility study of geographic mapping of high risk areas for HIV acquisition in Winnipeg” at the Prairie Provinces – HIV Best Practices Meeting, Winnipeg, June 2008.

John Embil

Embil JM. What to do with what Lurks underneath the Bandage: A Continuing Education Session for Pharmacists. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, August 13, 2007.

Embil JM. Microbiology Scene Investigation. Kenora Rainy River Regional Laboratory Program 2007 Fall Symposium. Totem Resorts, Sioux Narrows, Ontario, September 20, 2007.

Embil JM. A “Best of Manitoba” Session: Look What Came Through the Door! An Interactive Case Discussion of Infectious Diseases in Primary Care. National Congress of the College of Family Medicine of Canada – Family Medicine Forum. Winnipeg, Manitoba, October 11, 2007.

Embil JM, Guzman R, Piper S, Duerksen F. Assessment and Management of Diabetic Foot Problems. National Congress of the College of Family Medicine of Canada – Family Medicine Forum. Winnipeg, Manitoba, October 12, 2007.

Embil J. University of Manitoba, Department of Medicine Medical Grand Rounds. Infection Control: Taking Inventory. October 16, 2007.

Embil JM. A View from the Trenches. Keynote Address. Annual General Meeting of the Canadian Association of Nephrology Nurses and Technologists. Winnipeg, October 28, 2007.

Embil JM. Surgical Scrubbing and the Waterless Option. Issues and Answers in the Operating Room. A Professional Continuing Education Program. Halifax, Nova Scotia, November 17, 2007.

Embil JM. Infection Prevention and Control in Healthcare. “Issues in Health” Department of Kinesiology KIN. 2305/3-Section 050, January 14, 2008.

Embil JM. Infections in our Neck of the Woods. Faculty of Dentistry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, January 21, 2008.

Embil JM. State of the Art Clinical Lectures: What to Do with What Lurks Beneath the Bandage: Science or Witchcraft. Annual Conference Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases of Canada. Vancouver, British Columbia. February 28, 2008.

Embil JM. What’s Hot, Doc? Continuing Medical Education Program for Manitoba Family Physicians. University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, March 7, 2008

Embil JM. Mini-Medical School: Infections in our Neck of the Woods. Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, March 12, 2008.

Embil JM. Infection Control and Tuberculosis. It’s a Small World. 6th Tuberculosis Conference, Edmonton, Alberta, March 14, 2008.

Embil JM. Emergency Medicine Update: Infectious Diseases Pearls. University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, April 18, 2008.

Embil JM. You Can Run But You Can’t Hide: Nosocomial Infections and You. The 21st Annual Symposium on Advanced Woundcare and the Wound Healing Society Meeting. San Diego, California, April 26, 2008.

Embil JM. Antibiotic Resistant Organisms in the Workplace: How to do the Right Thing! First Annual Safe Healthcare Conference, Winnipeg, Manitoba, May 2, 2008.

Embil JM. Infectious Diseases in Action: A Case Based Discussion of Hot Topics. University of Manitoba, Continuing Medical Education Program, Shoal Lake, Manitoba, May 13, 2008.

Embil JM. A View from the Trenches: Infection Prevention and Control in Action. National Association of Perianesthetic Nurses, Winnipeg, Manitoba, May 24, 2008.

Gabor JY, Embil JM. Neurocysticercosis in Rural Manitoba: A Case Report of Seizures in a Previously Healthy Young Man. Department of Internal Medicine, Resident Research Day, University of Manitoba, May 27, 2008.

Sochocki M, Embil JM. Tricked by Trichinosis. Department of Internal Medicine, Resident Research Day, University of Manitoba, May 27, 2008.

Joanne Embree

HPV Vaccine: The Pediatric Perspective. Masters Course in HPV, Winnipeg Manitoba, September 15, 2007.

From “Portage and Main” to Pumwani: 28 year collaboration between the University of Manitoba and the University of Nairobi. Family Medicine 2007 Forum, The College of Family Medicine of Canada, Winnipeg Manitoba, October 11, 2007.

Hot Topics in Immunization: HPV Vaccine. Family Medicine 2007 Forum, The College of Family Medicine of Canada, Winnipeg Manitoba, October 11, 2007.

The ABC’s of RSV and Pediatric Respiratory Infections. Bug Day, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, October 16, 2007.

Heinrich Feldmann

Spanische Grippe: Virusrekonstruktion und Pathogenenitaet – “A Day of Viruses” – Tribute to Wolfgang Garten, Philipps-University, Marburg, Germany (2007)

Neu- und wiederauftretende Zoonosen – Probleme fuer das Gesundheitswesen – Bundesministerium fuer Gesundheit, Berlin, Germany (2007)

High containment pathogens: future needs for genomics, proteomics and structural biology – University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada (2007)

Biosynthesis, structure and function of Ebola virus glycoproteins – 90th Canadian Chemistry Conference, Winnipeg, MB, Canada (2007)

Spanish flu and Ebola – reconstructed viruses to dissect pathogenesis – University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA (2007)

Molecular determinants of Ebola virus virulence – American Society for Microbiology, Toronto, Canada (2007)

Biosafety and Biosecurity in Canada – Euronetp4 Dissemination Meeting, National Institute for Infectious Diseases, IRCCS Lazzaro Spallanzani, Rome, Italy (2007)

Diagnostic methods for class 4 agents in Canada - Euronetp4 Dissemination Meeting, National Institute for Infectious Diseases, IRCCS Lazzaro Spallanzani, Rome, Italy (2007)

Emerging zoonotic diseases. Symposium – ‘Animal Disease Control in the 21st Century’, Greifswald/Insel Riems, Germany (2007)

Pathogenicicty of the 1918 influenza virus. Colloquium – Zentrum für Infektionsbiologie und Immunität, Charite, Berlin, Germany (2007)

Field laboratory response: Marburg hemorrhagic fever, Rift Valley fever and SARS. Robert-Koch-Institut, Berlin, Germany (2007)

Biocontainment: necessary component for public health and biodefense. International Symposium on ‘Current Situation of BSL4 Facilities in the World: Suggestions from the World to Japan. Tokyo, Japan (2007)

The role of filoviruas glycoproteins in pathogenesis and immunity. National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland, USA (2007)

Keith Fowke

“Elite HIV Controllers in Manitoba”. Manitoba First Nations AIDS Working Group. Winnipeg, Dec 6, 2007.

“HIV resistance studies: behind the scenes”. St. James Anglican Church Breakfast Club, Winnipeg. Dec 8, 2007.

“How be get your first grant” U of M, Faculty of Medicine Grant Writing Workshop. January 29, 2008.

Invited presenter for the “Special Feature Session: CAHR International Round Table” Canadian Association for HIV Researches (CAHR) Annual Conference, Montreal, Canada, April 27, 2008.

Visiting Professor, Positive Living Program, University of Saskatchewan. "Learning how to control HIV by studying the exceptions to the rule: The Elite Controller Study" May 29, 2008, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Manitoba/Saskatchewan Joint Immunology Retreat invited talk. The Laboratory of Viral Immunology: Learning how to control HIV infection. May 30, 2008, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Matthew Gilmour

International Collaboration on Gonococci (ICG) 2007 Workshop. Invited lecture in 'Typing and Diagnostics' session. Seattle, USA. July 29th, 2007.

Federal Food Safety and Nutrition Research Meeting 2007. The E. coli O-Typer webtool for determination of O-serogroups of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli. 'Microbiology – Detection, typing and growth' section, (Winnipeg, MB); October 17-19, 2007

Alfred Gin

Controversies in Antifungal Therapy (Barrie McTaggert Lecture) – Presented at the Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists Professional Practice Conference, January 2008.

Marco Gruwel

N.R.C. Plant Biotechnology Institute, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, February 2008, M.L.H. Gruwel, Magnetic Resonance Imaging at IBD; Applications and Developments for Solids and Living Materials.

Greg Hammond

HPV Vaccine Program Review Process, presented at the Manitoba HPV Master Class meeting, Winnipeg, September 14, 2007.

C difficile Update, Department of Medicine Grand Rounds, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, October 3, 2007.

The Role of a Public Health Laboratory, presented to the Board of the Ontario Public Health Agency, January 10, 2008, Toronto.

Antibiotic Stewardship and Recommendations in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Grand Rounds, February 13, 2008.

Update on C difficile and Its Infection Control Issues, CHICA Manitoba Conference, June 20, 2008, Victoria Inn, Winnipeg.

Godfrey Harding

Urinary Tract Infections 2008. Medical Grand Rounds. St. Boniface General Hospital. February 7, 2008.

Runtao He

Beijing University of Medical Sciences. June 2008. Activation of NFkB signal transduction by hepatitis B X protein.

Daryl Hoban

July 24/08 – Invited speaker, Wyeth Symposium, Toronto, ONSept 28/08 – Invited speaker, Pfizer, Thunder BayMarch 1/08 – Invited speaker, Wyeth Symposium, AMMI-CACMID Conference, Vancouver, BCApril 25/08 – Invited speaker, Bayer, WinnipegApril 28/08 – Invited speaker, ISERI Symposium, WinnipegApril 30-May 2/08 – Invited speaking tour, Abbott, ThailandMay 7/08 – Invited speaker, Bayer, WinnipegJune 3-4/08 – Invited speaker, Wyeth Symposium, ASM Conference, Boston, MAJune 11/08 – Invited speaker, Wyeth Symposium, CAEP Conference, Ottawa, ON

Alan Jackson

Jackson AC, Scott CA, Andrew RD, Rossiter JP: Structural abnormalities in neurons explain the clinical disease and outcome in experimental rabies in yellow fluorescent protein transgenic mice. Platform presentation at the symposium of the Viral Diseases Panel of the United States - Japan Cooperative Medical Sciences Program in Baltimore, Maryland on July 24, 2007.

Jackson AC: Rabies pathogenesis and human disease. Presented at World Rabies Day Symposium sponsored by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency in Ottawa, Ontario on September 6, 2007.

Jackson AC: Rabies. Presented at Medical Grand Rounds at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Manitoba on September 18, 2007.

Jackson AC: Update on rabies pathogenesis: Emphasis on post-exposure events and approach to therapy. Presented at the National Teachers’ Training Course for Rabies Post-exposure Treatment by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention in Chengdu, China on November 24, 2007.

Jackson AC: Rabies. Presented at Neurology Grand Rounds at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota on March 24, 2008.

Jackson AC: Rabies and intradermal rabies vaccination. Presented at the 6th Annual Travel Health and Tropical Medicine Conference in Winnipeg, Manitoba on April 25, 2008.

Steven J.M. Jones (B.C.)

4th Barbados Workshop on computational gene regulation: genetic variation and gene regulation. Bellairs Research Institute. April 2008. Platform Speaker. Title: Correlation of Chromatin Modification and Genetic Regulation.

Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Simon Fraser University. Feb. 2008. Invited Speaker. Title: Application of next generation sequencing in regulatory element detection and transdriptome analysis.

Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver. Feb. 2008. Invited Speaker. Title: The Chipping news and other applications for the next generation of DNA sequencing machines.

Canadian-Taiwan Symposium (CCAPSC) Vancouver, BC. Oct. 2007. Invited Speaker. Title: Next Generation DNA Sequencing.

James Karlowsky

Karlowsky JA. Antimicrobial Resistance Among Urinary Isolates of Escherichia coli. Department of Pathology, The Ohio State University. Columbus, OH, USA. March 2008.

Karlowsky JA. Clinically Relevant Microbiology - Specimen Collection and Laboratory Reporting. Community and Hospital Infection Control Association (CHICA) - Manitoba Branch Meeting. Winnipeg, MB, Canada. April 2008.

Karlowsky JA. MRSA in Canadian Hospitals. Astellas Advisory Board Meeting. Niagra-on-the-Lake, ON, Canada. June 2008.

Joshua Kimani

Access and Benefit Sharing for Genetic Resources; Policy Debates; March 6-7, 2008, New Delhi, IndiaEmerging ABS Trends in Human Genetics; Majengo sex workers case study.

Tom Klonisch

RELAXIN 2008, 5th International Conference on Relaxin and related peptide hormones. Hawaii, USA, 2008. Chair Tumorbiology Session and Invited Speaker.

David Knox

The Urine Proteome: Time Course Analysis of an in vivo model of Prion Disease. GE Health Care 2D-DIGE meeting. Edmonton, Alberta, December, 2007.

Monitoring Prion Disease Progression. Federal food Safety and Nutrition Research Meeting. Winnipeg, Manitoba, October, 2007.

Targeting the prnp mRNA using RNA interference renders neuroblastoma cells more resistant to challenge with the cytotoxic PrP106-126 peptide. International Symposium on Emerging Resistant Infections (ISERI), Winnipeg, Manitoba, April 2008

Darwyn Kobasa

Pathogenesis of the 1918 Pandemic Influenza A Virus, Hamilton, Montana, December 7, 2007.

Pathogenesis of the 1918 Pandemic Influenza A Virus, Department of Biochemistry, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, January 30, 2008.

Pathogenesis of the 1918 Pandemic Influenza A Virus, Department of Immunology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, February 7, 2008.

Gary Kobinger

3rd Annual PHAC forum: March 2008.

4th Canadian Gene Therapy and Vaccines Symposium: Montreal May 2008.

Denis Krause

Krause, Denis O. 2008. “Microbial etiologies of IBD”. Department Seminar, Department of Medical Microbiology, Winnipeg, May 28.

Krause, Denis O., Charles, N Bernstein, and Roman Kotlowski. 2008. "Global gene expression analysis of HT29 cells infected with adherent/invasive Escherichia coli isolated from inflammatory bowel disease tissues.", Clermont-Ferrand, France, June. https://colloque.inra.fr/inra-rri2008_eng.

Krause, Denis O. 2007. "Is there a IBD bug out there?" Saskatoon Chapter of Crohn's and Colitis Foundation, Saskatoon, SK, October 6.

Krause, Denis O. 2007. "Is there a gut bug in IBD?" Regina Chapter of Crohn's and Colitis Foundation, Regina, SK, September 7.

Krause, D.O. 2007. Microbial etiologies in inflammatory bowel disease. Gut Forum, University of Manitoba, June 5.

McAllister, Tim, Kim Sanford, Yushi Wang, J Baah, S Back, R Sharma, and Denis O. Krause. 2007. "Sustainable feed management stratagies to reduce ruminant pathogen shedding in the environment." Canadian Nutrition Congress, Winnipeg, June 20.

Anand Kumar

Optimizing Outcomes: Lessons from the Cooperative Antimicrobial Therapy of Septic Shock (CATSS) Database. Critical Care Grand Rounds. University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics (Madison, WI) Sept 11, 2007.

Optimizing Outcomes: Lessons from the Cooperative Antimicrobial Therapy of Septic Shock (CATSS) Database. Symposium Lecture. Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (Chicago, IL) Sept 17, 2007

Diagnosis and Management of Septic Shock. Critical Care Grand Rounds, Rush University and Medical Center (Chicago, IL) Sept 18, 2007

Management of Septic Shock. ICU Grand Rounds. St. Joseph’s Hospital and the Sudbury Regional Health Authority (Sudbury, ON) Sept 24, 2007

Optimizing Outcomes: Lessons from the Cooperative Antimicrobial Therapy of Septic Shock (CATSS) Database. Sudbury Regional Health Authority CME lecture (Sudbury ON) Sept 24, 2007

Optimizing Outcomes: Lessons from the Cooperative Antimicrobial Therapy of Septic Shock (CATSS) Database. City-wide Pharmacy Grand Rounds, Princess Margaret Hospital (Toronto, ON) Sept 25, 2007

Optimizing Outcomes: Lessons from the Cooperative Antimicrobial Therapy of Septic Shock (CATSS) Database. City-wide Critical Care Rounds. St. Michael’s Hospital (Toronto, ON) Sept 25, 2007

Optimizing Outcomes: Lessons from the Cooperative Antimicrobial Therapy of Septic Shock (CATSS) Database. Surgery Grand Rounds. McMaster University Medical Center (Hamilton, ON) Sept 26, 2007

Optimizing Outcomes: Lessons from the Cooperative Antimicrobial Therapy of Septic Shock (CATSS) Database. ER Grand Rounds. St. Joseph’s Hospital (Hamilton, ON) Sept 26, 2007

Management of Septic Shock. St. Catherines Regional Health Authority ER Grand Rounds (St. Catherines, ON) Sept 26, 2007

Optimizing Outcomes: Lessons from the Cooperative Antimicrobial Therapy of Septic Shock (CATSS) Database. Surgery Grand Rounds. Grand River Hospital (Kitchener, ON) Sept 27, 2007

Optimizing Outcomes: Lessons from the Cooperative Antimicrobial Therapy of Septic Shock (CATSS) Database. Critical Care Rounds. Victoria Hospital, London Health Sciences Centre. (London, ON) Sept 27, 2007

Management of Septic Shock. Pharmacy/ID Conjoint Rounds. London Health Sciences Centre (London, ON) Sept 27, 2007.

Optimizing Outcomes: Lessons from the Cooperative Antimicrobial Therapy of Septic Shock (CATSS) Database. Critical Care Rounds. St. Paul’s Hospital (Vancouver, BC) Oct 11, 2007

Optimizing Outcomes: Lessons from the Cooperative Antimicrobial Therapy of Septic Shock (CATSS) Database. IDology Club. Ottawa General and Ottawa Civic Hospitals. (Ottawa, ON) Oct 15, 2007

Optimization of Antimicrobial Therapy in Septic Shock: Speed is Life. Critical Care Rounds. Pharmacy Grand Rounds. (Ottawa, ON) Oct 16, 2007

Optimizing Outcomes: Lessons from the Cooperative Antimicrobial Therapy of Septic Shock (CATSS) Database. 16th Critical Care Medicine Conference, University of Wisconsin (Madison, WI) Oct 23, 2007

Cardiovascular Dysfunction in Septic Shock: From Bench to Bedside and Back. Canadian Critical Care Forum (Toronto, ON) Oct 30, 2007

Managing Infections in the Immuno-suppressed Patient. Canadian Critical Care Forum (Toronto, ON) Oct 30, 2007

Managing Fungal Sepsis and Septic Shock. Canadian Critical Care Forum (Toronto, ON) Nov 1, 2007

Optimizing Antimicrobial Management of Septic Shock: Speed is Life. Canadian Critical Care Forum (Toronto, ON) Nov 1, 2007

Optimizing Outcomes: Lessons from the Cooperative Antimicrobial Therapy of Septic Shock (CATSS) Database. ICU and ID/Micro Interhospital Rounds. Pierre Boucher Hospital (Monteregie, QC) Nov 14, 2007.

Optimizing Outcomes: Lessons from the Cooperative Antimicrobial Therapy of Septic Shock (CATSS) Database. McGill University Interdepartmental Rounds, Jewish General Hospital (Montreal, QC) Nov 14, 2007

Optimizing Outcomes: Lessons from the Cooperative Antimicrobial Therapy of Septic Shock (CATSS) Database. Montreal General Hospital CME Lecture (Montreal, QC) Nov 14, 2007

Optimizing Outcomes: Lessons from the Cooperative Antimicrobial Therapy of Septic Shock (CATSS) Database. CHUM ICU/ID/Microbiology Interhospital Video-Conference, Notre Dame Hospital (Montreal, QC) Nov 15, 2007

Optimizing Outcomes: Lessons from the Cooperative Antimicrobial Therapy of Septic Shock (CATSS) Database. Medical Grand Rounds, Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital (Montreal, QC) Nov 15, 2007

Optimizing Outcomes: Lessons from the Cooperative Antimicrobial Therapy of Septic Shock (CATSS) Database. Quebec City Inter-hospital CME Lecture (Quebec City, QC) Nov 15, 2007.

Optimzing Outcomes in Septic Shock: Speed is Life. University of Massachusetts Medical Center Medical Grand Rounds (Boston, MA) Nov 29, 2007.

Optimizing Outcomes: Lessons from the Cooperative Antimicrobial Therapy of Septic Shock (CATSS) Database. Apollo Hospital CME Lecture (New Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, India) Dec 5, 2007.

Principles of Treating Infectious Diseases in Critical Care. Multiprofessional Board Review Course (Course Director; Anand Kumar), Asia Pacific Conference on Critical Care (New Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, India) Dec 6, 2007

Life-threatening Infections in the Immunosuppressed. Multiprofessional Board Review Course (Course Director; Anand Kumar), Asia Pacific Conference on Critical Care (New Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, India) Dec 6, 2007

Shock and Basic Hemodynamic Monitoring. Multiprofessional Board Review Course (Course Director; Anand Kumar), Asia Pacific Conference on Critical Care (New Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, India) Dec 6, 2007

Optimizing Antimicrobial Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock. Asia Pacific Conference on Critical Care (New Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, India) Dec 8, 2007

Management of Fungal Sepsis and Septic Shock: Emerging Concepts in Diagnosis and Management. Asia Pacific Conference on Critical Care (New Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, India) Dec 8, 2007

Utility of PA Catheters and CVP in Critically Ill. Asia Pacific Conference on Critical Care (New Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, India) Dec 9, 2007

Optimizing Outcomes: Lessons from the Cooperative Antimicrobial Therapy of Septic Shock (CATSS) Database. Max Super-Specialty Hospital Grand Rounds (New Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, India) Dec 5, 2007.

Optimizing Outcome in Septic Shock. Multispecialty Grand Rounds. Altru Medical Center, University of North Dakota (Grand Forks, ND) Jan 16, 2008

Antimicrobial Use in the ICU. Medical Microbiology Rounds, University of Manitoba (Winnipeg, MB) Jan 21, 2008

Antimicrobial Use in Septic Shock. Medical Microbiology Rounds, University of Manitoba (Winnipeg, MB) Jan 28, 2008

Optimizing Outcomes: Lessons from the Cooperative Antimicrobial Therapy of Septic Shock (CATSS) Database. Interdisciplinary ICU/Microbiology/ID Rounds, Royal Glamorgan Hospital (Cardiff, Wales, Great Britain) Feb 25, 2008

Optimizing Outcomes: Lessons from the Cooperative Antimicrobial Therapy of Septic Shock (CATSS) Database. Interdisciplinary ICU/Microbiology/ID Rounds, Southampton University Hospital (Southampton, England) Feb 26, 2008

Optimizing Outcomes: Lessons from the Cooperative Antimicrobial Therapy of Septic Shock (CATSS) Database. The London Intensive Care Group City-Wide Rounds, St. Thomas Hospital (London, England) Feb 26, 2008

Optimizing Outcomes: Lessons from the Cooperative Antimicrobial Therapy of Septic Shock (CATSS) Database. ICU/Microbiology/ID Rounds, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital (Birmingham, England) Feb 27, 2008

Optimizing Antimicrobial Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock. City-wide ITS/ICU Conference, Birmingham Heartland Hospital (Birmingham, England) Feb 27, 2008

Interactive Pneumonia Case History: Focus on Pathogen and Antibiotic Treatment. 1st Intensivists Forum, Hilton Vienna Hotel (Vienna, Austria) Feb 28, 2008

Saving Lives with Early Antimicrobial Intervention: Speed is Life. 1st Intensivists Forum, Hilton Vienna Hotel (Vienna, Austria) Feb 29, 2008

Optimizing Outcome in Septic Shock: Lessons from the CATSS database; Speed is Life: Part 1. 3º Simpósio de Infecção e Sépsis 2008, Sheraton Hotel (Porto, Portugal) April 3, 2008

Optimizing Outcome in Septic Shock: Lessons from the CATSS database; Speed is Life: Part 2. 3º Simpósio de Infecção e Sépsis 2008, Sheraton Hotel (Porto, Portugal) April 3, 2008

Optimizing Outcome in Septic Shock: Lessons from the CATSS database; Speed is Life. Medical Grand Rounds, Toronto East General Hospital (Toronto, ON) April 16, 2008

Optimizing Outcome in Septic Shock: Lessons from the CATSS database; Speed is Life. Grand Rounds, William Osler Medical Center (Toronto, ON) April 16, 2008

Optimizing Outcome in Septic Shock: Lessons from the CATSS database; Speed is Life. Critical Care Rounds, Southlake Hospital (Richmond, ON) April 16, 2008

Optimizing Outcomes: Lessons from the Cooperative Antimicrobial Therapy of Septic Shock (CATSS) Database. Critical Care Rounds, Queens University Hospital (Kingston, ON) April 17, 2008

Speed is Life: Lessons from the Cooperative Antimicrobial Therapy of Septic Shock (CATSS) Database. Critical Care Rounds, Gold Coast Hospital (Brisbane, Australia) April 28, 2008

Speed is Life: Lessons from the Cooperative Antimicrobial Therapy of Septic Shock (CATSS) Database. Critical Care Rounds, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital (Brisbane, Australia) April 28, 2008

Speed is Life: Lessons from the Cooperative Antimicrobial Therapy of Septic Shock (CATSS) Database. Combined Critical Care and Infectious Diseases Rounds, Royal Melbourne Hospital (Melbourne, Australia) April 29, 2008

Speed is Life: Lessons from the Cooperative Antimicrobial Therapy of Septic Shock (CATSS) Database. Infectious Diseases Rounds, Monash Medical Centre (Melbourne, Australia) April 29, 2008

Speed is Life: Lessons from the Cooperative Antimicrobial Therapy of Septic Shock (CATSS) Database. Critical Care Rounds, Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute (Melbourne, Australia) April 30, 2008

Speed is Life: Lessons from the Cooperative Antimicrobial Therapy of Septic Shock (CATSS) Database. Combined Critical Care and Infectious Diseases Rounds, Royal Adelaide Hospital (Adelaide, Australia) April 30, 2008

Speed is Life: Lessons from the Cooperative Antimicrobial Therapy of Septic Shock (CATSS) Database. Combined Critical Care and Infectious Diseases Rounds, Royal North Shore Hospital (Sydney, Australia) April 30, 2008

Speed is Life: Lessons from the Cooperative Antimicrobial Therapy of Septic Shock (CATSS) Database. Combined Critical Care and Infectious Diseases Rounds, Westmead Hospital (Sydney, Australia) April 30, 2008

A Novel Paradigm of the Pathogenesis of Septic Shock: Predictions and Implications for Management. Special Consulting Lecture. Astra-Zeneca Corporate and Research Center (Wilmington, DE) May 14, 2008

Optimizing Outcomes in Fungal Sepsis and Septic Shock. Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM) ICU Critical Care Conference (Montreal, QC) June 5, 2008

Optimizing Outcomes in Fungal Sepsis and Septic Shock. Medical-Surgical Grand Rounds, Hospital Maissoneuve-Rosemont (Montreal, QC) June 5, 2008

Speed is Life: Lessons from the Cooperative Antimicrobial Therapy of Septic Shock (CATSS) Database. Continuing Education Conference (Montreal, QC) June 5, 2008

Yan Li

Li Y. “H5N1 avian influenza virus: a threat to public health” Children Hospital, Chongqing University of Medical Sciences, China (August 20, 2007).

Li Y. “Searching for new emerging respiratory pathogens” at an International conference on Viral Infection and Immunity, Liyi, China (October 18-19, 2007)

Li Y. “Emerging Respiratory Virus Threat: Avian Influenza”. Institute for Biodiagnostics, National Research council (NRC), Winnipeg, Canada (November 16, 2007).

Bruce Light

Update in Critical Care Medicine, 2007 Rocky Mountain/ACP Internal Medicine Meeting. Banff, Alberta, Canada November 17, 2007.

David Mburu

Emerging and re-emerging health challenges of the 21st century (specifically hemorrhagic fever viruses and HIV/AIDS). Third JKUAT Scientific, Technological and Industrialisation Conference held on 25th - 26th October 2007, Juja, Kenya.

Chester Morris

AfriComNet/USAID, Conference on HIV, Alcohol, HIV and Gender, August 2007, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.PEPFAR, PEPFAR Implementers meeting, June 3-7, Kampala, Uganda.CDC South Africa, Tb HIV Conference, March 2008, Johannesburg, South Africa

Stephen Moses

Invited plenary speaker, Seventeenth Biennial Meeting of the International Society for STD Research (ISSTDR), Seattle, Washington, USA, July 29 - August 1, 2007. Plenary Session - New and emerging STD and HIV prevention tools: “The role of male circumcision:  clinical trials”.

Celine Nadon

June 9, 2008. “National Update for the PulseNet International Steering Committee”. 2008 PulseNet International Strategic Planning Meeting, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

May 27, 2008. “Putting PFGE Data Into Context: The Canadian Experience” 2008 PulseNet Canada Annual Meeting & Foodborne Epidemiologists Meeting, Toronto, Ontario.

March 27, 2008. “Interpreting PFGE Patterns in Foodborne Disease Surveillance and Outbreak Investigations”. Health Canada Special Seminar on Epidemiology and Molecular Typing, Ottawa, Ontario.

March 18, 2008. “Overview of the National Molecular Subtyping Network for Foodborne Disease Surveillance”. Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Ottawa, Ontario.

March 17, 2008. “Laboratory Surveillance for Enteric Bacterial Disease: The Role and Impact of PulseNet Canada”. 2008 Public Health Agency of Canada Research Forum. Ottawa, Ontario.

October 26, 2007. “Findings and Recommendations: Establishment of a bacterial laboratory network in China”. World Health Organization, Western Pacific Regional Office, Manila, Philippines.

October 22, 2007. “Development and Operation of PulseNet”. Training Course for Laboratory Technicians, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.

October 18, 2007. “Laboratory Networks for Bacterial Infectious Diseases: Components of a Successful Network”. National Institute of Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.

Lai-King Ng

Laboratory Perspectives and Priorities in the Areas of Gastrointestinal Illnesses. Community Etiology Study, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, 31 Mar – 2 Apr 2008.

Do Policy Decision Makers and Regulators Require Information from PulseNet Canada. PulseNet Asia Pacific Planning Meeting, Kolkata, India, 25-27 Feb 2008.

Emerging Diseases. Public Health Laboratory Centre, Hong Kong, 23-30 Nov 2007.

Molecular Typing. WHO GSS meeting, Guangzhou, China, 17-22 Nov 2007.

Salmonella & Shigella Serotyping. WHO GSS Enhanced Salmonella Surveillance Project Planning Meeting, Guilin, China, 12-16 Nov 2007.

Gastroenteritis & Specimen Collection. WHO GSS Enhanced Salmonella Surveillance Project Planning Meeting, Guilin, China, 12-16 Nov 2007.

Emerging Pathogen Detection. Shenzhen Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shenzhen, China, 4-11 Nov 2007.

TB Anywhere Is Everywhere. Tuberculosis Research Center for Disease Prevention, Beijing Children’s Hospital. Beijing, China, 1-3 Nov 2007.

Does any one question your laboratory results? Pan American Health Organization Symposium Brazil-Argentina for Microbial resistance, Foz du Iguacu, Brazil, 22-24 Oct 2007.

Canadian Network for Monitoring of Bacterial Pathogens in Hospitals. Pan American Health Organization Symposium Brazil-Argentina for Microbial resistance, Foz du Iguacu, Brazil, 22-24 Oct 2007.

Control of Quality. Symposium Brazil-Argentina for Microbial Resistance, Foz do Iguacu, Brazil. 22-24 Oct, 2007.

Laboratory-based Surveillance - Vibrio cholerae and V. parahaemolyticus. WHO Global Salm-Surv Workshop CAREC, Port of Spain, Trinidad, 21-29 Sep 2007.

Laboratory-based Surveillance - Staphylococcus aureus: Food Poisoning. WHO Global Salm-Surv Workshop CAREC, Port of Spain, Trinidad, 21-29 Sep 2007.

Comparison of Molecular Methods for Subtyping Campylobacter Jejuni and C. Coli for Prospective Surveillance and Case Cluster Detection. 4th Annual International Collaboration on Enteric Disease Burden of Illness Studies Meeting, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 2-5 Sep 2007.

Antibiotic Resistance in Canadian Neisseria Gonorrhoeae Strains (2001-2005). Conference of International Society Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Seattle, U.S.A., 29 Jul – 1 Aug 2007.

Wassay Niazi

Presentation on Public Health and epidemiology training needs of the MOPH of Afghanistan: a U of M fact finding trip for a Canadian response.

Presentation on Public Health Training in Afghanistan to PHAC.

Lindsay Nicolle

Faculty APIC-Minnesota 30th Annual Infection Control Conference “Long Term Care Infections Control Program, Minneapolis, September 27, 2007.

Faculty: Prevention in Renal Disease. 6th Annual Conference. “Prevention of urinary tract infection: when should antimicrobials be used?” Toronto, September 28, 2007.

Speaker: “Bugs in the Urine” Breakout Session. Infectious Diseases for Primary Care. Halifax, October 27, 2007.

Guest speaker. “UTI’s and the Aging Urinary Tract”, Dalhousie University, Department of Urology, Conference on Voiding Dysfunction and the Aging Population. Halifax, October 28, 2007.

Speaker “Asymptomatic bacteriuria: Frequency and management”. CME for Family Physicians: Infectious Diseases, Winnipeg, MB, March 7, 2008.

Pamela Orr

March 13, 14, 2008. “Tuberculosis in Manitoba, 2007”, Sixth Bi-Annual Conference on TB, Alberta Lung Association, Edmonton, Alberta

October 16, 2007. “The Five W’s of Tuberculosis”, Bug Day, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba

June 17, 2008. “Prevention, Diagnosis and Therapy of Tuberculosis: Primary Care Update“, Rural Continuing Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Minnedosa, MB

January 18, 2008. “TB Update for Manitoba Clinicians, 2008”, St. Boniface Hospital, Winnipeg, MB

March 7, 2008. “TB Update for Manitoba Primary Care Practitioners, 2008”, Continuing Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB

Carla Osiowy

Characterization of Hepatitis B Virus Genotypes in Canada [Invited speaker at the University of Calgary Liver Unit Visiting Speaker seminar series, September 26, 2007].

Rosanna Peeling

July 20, 2007. New York. Diagnostics Target Discovery. Diagnostics research and development for infectious diseases in the developing world.

July 30 - Aug 1, 2007. Seattle. International Society for STD Research. Global STI Strategy; Lessons learnt from the introduction of rapid syphilis tests in the developing world.

Aug 7 - 10, 2007. Havana. International Dengue Symposium. Evaluation of dengue IgM tests.

Sept 17 - 19, 2007. Montevideo, Uruguay. Regional Technical Consultation on HIV Free and Syphilis Free Generation in Americas. Control of STIs: Will Rapid Tests Make a Difference? The Use of Rapid Syphilis Tests.

Oct 22 - 26, 2007. Kuala Lumpur. WHO/TDR-PDVI meeting on dengue clinical aspects and diagnosis. Quality Standards for BioBanks and Laboratories in Clinical Trials.

Oct 29 - 31, 2007. Penang, Malaysia. Western Pacific Regional consultation on STIs. STI Testing Update. Nov 1, 2007. Beijing China. Global Forum for Health Research, Forum 11. Equitable access to diagnostics: promises and challenges of translating research on use of rapid syphilis tests into policy and practice.

Nov 2, 2007. Philadelphia, USA. American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene meeting. Taking the guesswork out of clinical practice:diagnostics for STIs.

Dec 1-2, 2007. Bangkok, Thailand. Asia Pacific Dengue Prevention Board meeting. Quality issues in diagnostics; Evaluation of dengue IgM tests.

Jan 31 – Feb 1, 2008. Geneva, Switzerland. WHO STI Surveillance Meeting. The use of STI tests for surveillance.

Feb 2 - 6, 2008. Dubai. International Union against STIs Meeting. The promises and challenges of rapid tests for STIs.

April 7 - 11, 2008. Montreux, Switzerland. WHO STI Guidelines Consultation. The use of rapid tests in the syndromic management of STIs.

May 26 - 28, 2008. Singapore. Diagnostics Asia. Point-of-Care Diagnostics for Infectious Diseases in the Developing World.

May 31 – June 4, 2008. Kathmandu. Southeast Asia Regional meeting for Visceral Leishmaniasis. The use of diagnostic tests in the Elimination of Visceral Leishamaniasis from the Indian sub-continent.

June 10, 2008. Annecy, France. BioMerieux/Merieux Fondation meeting. Point-of-Care Diagnostics for Infectious Diseases in the Developing World.

June 26 - 28, 2008. Dakar, Senegal. ViralCheck Symposium. Diagnostics for Infectious Diseases in the Developing World.

Pierre Plourde

Immigrant and Refugee Health Management Guidelines for Primary Care Providers (Family Medicine Forum 2007, 50th Annual Scientific Assembly, Winnipeg) – October 11, 2007

Doing it Safely! Infection Control While Traveling (Bug Day, University of Manitoba) – October 16, 2007

Pandemic Historical Perspectives: Can anything good come out of an Influenza Pandemic? (National Judicial Institute Scientific Seminar, Vancouver) – October 28, 2007

Science as a Career (The Canadian Medical Hall of Fame Discovery Day, Winnipeg) – November 2, 2007

Pragmatic Solidarity: A Preferential Option for the Poor (Inaugural Guest Speaker Seminar, Catherine Booth College, Winnipeg) – January 23, 2008

Pre-Travel Risk Assessment (Infectious Diseases CME presented to family physicians in Winnipeg) – March 7, 2008

Immigrant and Refugee Health Care Guidelines (Infectious Diseases CME presented to family physicians in Winnipeg) – March 7, 2008

A Gut Feeling: Small Round Enteric Viruses (Internal Medicine Grand Rounds, St. Boniface General Hospital, Winnipeg) – April 10, 2008

Mise à jour: vaccination des voyageurs (Travel Vaccines Update) (18E Colloque sur la Santé des Voyageurs Internationaux, Montreal) – April 18, 2007

Le point sur les insectifuges et les insecticides (Update on Repellents and Insecticides) (18E Colloque sur la Santé des Voyageurs Internationaux, Montreal) – April 18, 2007

HIV and the Law – HIV Nondisclosure: Human Nature or Criminal Behaviour? (HIV and Immigration Service Advocate Training Workshop, Winnipeg) – April 21 and 25, 2008

CATMAT Update (Manitoba 6th Annual Travel Health Conference, Winnipeg) – April 24, 2008

Hepatitis Prevention in Travellers (Manitoba 6th Annual Travel Health Conference, Winnipeg) – April 25, 2008

Influenza Outbreaks in PCHs (CME presented to family physicians in Dauphin) – May 5, 2008

The ABCs of STDs (CME presented to family physicians in Dauphin) – May 5, 2008

Travel Vaccines (CME presented to family physicians in Dauphin) – May 5, 2008

Bringing Home Unwelcome Guests: Skin Lesions Acquired While Travelling (CME presented to family physicians in Dauphin) – May 5, 2008

Eosinophilia in Refugees (CME presented to family physicians in Winnipeg) – May 28, 2008

Travel Gadgets (Alberta Association of Travel Health Professionals Annual Conference, Kananaskis) – June 13, 2008

Preparing Health Care Workers for Travel (Alberta Association of Travel Health Professionals Annual Conference, Kananaskis) – June 14, 2008

Frank Plummer

December 4, 2007. Collaboration for HIV Vaccine Development (Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation). Plenary session: Immunity not luck: lessons from a model of natural immunity to HIV. Lausanne, Switzerland.

Allan RonaldGairdner Award. McGill University. October 20, 2007. “Global Health: A Canadian Priority”.

University of Ottawa. October 21, 2007. “Advancing Canada’s Role in Global Health”.

Queens University. October 22, 2007. “Advancing Canada’s Role in Global Health”.

Canadian Mennonite University. April, 2008. “Future Prospects”.

Makerere University. February 2008. “HIV Prevention: Translating Knowledge into Programs”.

Frank Schweizer

Schweizer, F. (2008). Design, synthesis and properties of carbohydrate-templated amino acidsn (invited) Technical University Munich, May 29, 2008.

Schweizer, F. (2007). Novel approaches to antimicrobial drug discovery (invited). Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, November 26, 2007. Alberto Severini

“Genital herpes testing: Viral identification and serology” PHAC/MITAC Meeting on genital herpes and human papillomavirus modeling for public health. York University, Toronto, Canada, May 29 and 30, 2008.

“HPV viral testing and serology” PHAC/MITAC Meeting on genital herpes and human papillomavirus modeling for public health. York University, Toronto, Canada, May 29 and 30, 2008

“The science of infectious disease control at the National Microbiology Laboratory” Science Week, Concordia University College of Alberta, Edmonton AB, Canada, March 14, 2008.

Meenu Sharma

Breakout session presentation at 2nd Public Health Agency of Canada Research Forum, Winnipeg, March 12 – 13, 2007. “The new TB superbug - XDR-TB”.

Stuart Skinner

Advisory Board Meeting/Prairie Provinces – “HIV Best Practices” - June 26th and 27th, 2008 – Winnipeg, Manitoba.

TB Advisory Group, June 12th, 2008, “HIV Testing Among HIV Positive Individuals”.

The College of Dental Surgeons of Saskatchewan Continuing Dental Education, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, November 17, 2007, “Review of the 2007 AHA Guidelines for Prevention of Infective Endocarditis for Dental Patients”.

Ute Stroher

2008. ‘Progress’ towards the treatment of Ebola haemorrhagic fever. Fundaciòn Ciencia Para La Vida, Santiago, Chile.

Jim Strong

Reactivation of dormant Ebola virus through stimulation of the RAS/MAPK/ERK pathway. Presented to: 4th International Symposium on Filoviruses - 4ième Congrès International sur les Virus Ebola et Marburg Filoviruses: Cellular system and ecosystem study towards outbreak assessment Libreville, Gabon; March 26, 27 & 28, 2008.

Development and evaluation of an improved Adenovirus-based Ebola vaccine. Presented to: 4th International Symposium on Filoviruses - 4ième Congrès International sur les Virus Ebola et Marburg Filoviruses : Cellular system and ecosystem study towards outbreak assessment Libreville, Gabon; March 26, 27 & 28, 2008.

Graham Tipples

Challenges of diagnostic testing for HHV-6. 6th International Conference on HHV-6/7, Baltimore, USA, June 19-22, 2008 [invited presentation].

Paul Van Caeseele

What’s happening out there: Global shifts in disease. Manitoba 6th Annual Travel Conference, Winnipeg, Manitoba, April 2008.

Proper Specimen Collection Microbiology Laboratory Use and Etiquette. “Practice and Participate”. CHICA MB Chapter Conference, Winnipeg, Manitoba. June 20, 2008.

Stefan Wagener

Oct 2007: ABSA National Conference, Nashville, USA. “CWA International Standard for Laboratory Biosafety and Biosecurity”.

Oct 2007: IAG Meeting, Moscow, Russia. “CWA International Standard for Laboratory Biosafety and Biosecurity”.

Nov 2007: JBSA Conference, Tokyo, Japan. “CWA International Standard for Laboratory Biosafety and Biosecurity”.

March 2008: APBA Conference, Bangkok, Thailand. “CWA International Standard for Laboratory Biosafety and Biosecurity”.

April 2008: Tradeline Conference, Washington, USA. “CWA International Standard for Laboratory Biosafety and Biosecurity”.

John Wylie

Update on M-track. January, 2008. Requested to present at the “Relationship Building and Evaluation Workshop” sponsored by the Public Health Agency of Canada (National).

Respondent driven sampling. December, 2007. Requested to present at the National “M-track” meeting for second generation HIV surveillance amongst MSM populations (National).

Social networks: what are they and what have we learned. November, 2007. Requested to present to the outreach workers from Nine Circles Health Centre (Provincial).

Social networks, geography and infectious disease. 2007. Requested to present to the “Win-map” field team – a geographic mapping study in Winnipeg to identify locations associated with HIV risk behaviours (Provincial) .

Review of recent STI and BBP research in Manitoba. 2007. Presented to Public Health Nurses and Program Managers staff of the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (Provincial).

Review of STI research in Manitoba, 1996-2007. 2007. Presented to staff of the Public Health Branch, Manitoba Health (Provincial).

Bloodborne pathogens and risk behaviours: the influence of social networks. The University of Winnipeg Global College Summer Institute in Infectious Disease 2007 (Provincial).

Xi Yang

Invited Talk: NKT subsets in Chlamydia infection. National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, May 2008.

Invited Talk: Role of NKT cell in chlamydial infection. Tianjin Medical University, Tianji, Nov 2007.

Invited Talk: NKT and DC interaction: Shandong University, Jinan, Nov 2007.

Invited Talk: DC subsets in chlamydial infection, Hebei Northern University, ZhangjiaKou, Nov 2007.

Invited Speaker and Chair of Symposium (Infection and Immunity), Second International Congress on Immune-Mediated Diseases: From Theory to Therapy, Moscow, Russia, Sept. 2007.

Xiao-Jian Yao

Development and Characterization of A Safe and Efficient Avian Influenza H5N1 Virus Entry System for Virological and Antiviral studies. The 5th Anniversary Congress of International  Drug  Discovery Science  and  Technology(IDDST)-2007, Xi'an  and  Beijing,  China. Nov 9, 2007.

Overcoming HIV-1 Vif’s blockage and inhibiting viral replication by an Apobec3G fusion protein. BIT’s 1st Annual World Summit of Antivirals Conference. Kunming, China. July 20-22. 2008.

George Zhanel

“Resistance in Canadian hospitals” Presented at the Canadian Critical Care Foundation (CCCF) annual meeting, Toronto, Ontario, October 30, 2007.

“Correlating antimicrobial resistance with antimicrobial usage in Canada” Presented at the Canadian College of Hospital Pharmacy, Satellite Symposium, Toronto, Ontario, November 16, 2007.

“Daptomycin: Review of chemistry, mechanism of action and resistance, microbiology, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics and comparison to vancomycin and linezolid ” Presented at a Medical Microbiology/Infectious Diseases meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia, Nov 30, 2007.

“Role of ewer antimicrobials in the treatment of resistant infections” Presented at a Critical care Specialist meeting, Toronto, Ontario, December 7, 2007.

“The fluoroquinolones: A review of all the data and their role in the future” Presented at a Specialty representative training, Winnipeg, Manitoba, January 21, 2008.

“Antibiotic resistance in Canadian hospitals: How to prevent it and how to treat resistant infections” Presented at a Professional Practice Conference, Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists (CHSP) annual meeting, Toronto, Ontario, January 27, 2008.

“What does the future hold for the fluoroquinolones” Presented at a Specialty representative training, Winnipeg, Manitoba, January 28, 2008.

“How should internists treat infectious diseases in the days of resistant superbugs” Presented to the internal medicine residence, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, March 25, 2008.

“New antibiotics in 10 minutes ? ” Presented to the Manitoba assembly of family physicians, Winnipeg, Manitoba, April 10, 2008.

“New antimicrobials and vaccines: Whats on the horizon ? ” Presented to family practitioners, Family physicians update, Winnipeg, Manitoba, April 19, 2008.

“Antibiotic resistant infections: Current activities of the Canadian Antimicrobial Resistance Alliance (CARA) ” Presented to the Manitoba Chapter and the Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists (CSHP), family practitioners, Winnipeg, Manitoba, April 19, 2008.

“New antibiotics for the treatment of community-associated (CA) and healthcare-associated (HA) methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ” Presented at a Specialist update, Dallas, Texas, April 21, 2008.

“What´s new in the treatment of infectious diseases ” Presented at an infectious diseases update, Dallas, Texas, April 22, 2008.

“Comparing antibiotic resistant infections and antibiotic usage in the US and Canada ” Presented at internal medicine grand rounds, Methodist Health System, Dallas, Texas, April 22, 2008.

“Antibiotic resistant infections: Problems and solutions” Presented at a specialist update, Dallas, Texas, April 22, 2008.

“Comparison of ceftobiprole to cefepime, ceftriaxone, cefotaxime and ceftazidime: Chemistry, mechanisms of action and resistance, microbiology, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, clinical trials, adverse effects and role in therapy ” Presented to the Comprehensive Antimicrobial Management Program (CAMP) group, Presbyterian Hospital, Dallas, Texas, April 23, 2008.

“Comparison of doripenem to ertapenem, imipenem and meropenem: Chemistry, mechanisms of action and resistance, microbiology, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, clinical trials, adverse effects and role in therapy” Presented at internal medicine grand rounds, Presbyterian Hospital, Dallas, Texas, April 23, 2008.

“The Canadian Antimicrobial Resistance Alliance (CARA); What Who and How ” Presented at the National Collaborating Center for Infectious Diseases (NCCID) symposium, Winnipeg, Manitoba, June 24, 2008.