Executive Director and Chief Scientific Officer, CanCOGeN
Executive Director of a $40M initiative to advance the use of genomics to help us understand and control the COVID19 pandemic. She has worked in research and innovation for more than 20 years, in 7 different countries, in the academic and private sectors. She has worked with different...
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Senior Scientist, The Ottawa Hospital | Professor, Depts. Of Medicine and Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Ottawa | Scientific Director, BioCanRx | Director, Canadian Oncolytic Virus Consortium, PhD
He/himDr. John Bell is a world-renowned thought leader in oncolytic virus research and development. In addition to his many academic contributions to the field, Dr. Bell established a GMP manufacturing program that has produced clinical grade oncolytic viruses for worldwide use in...
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Commander, United States Public Health Service
Sarah Bennett (Commander, United States Public Health Service) is a Medical Officer and epidemiologist and Lead for CDC’s COVID-19 Response International Task Force responsible for supporting COVID-19 pandemic response activities in more than 60 countries. Dr. Bennett regularly...
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Director for International Affairs, Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency
Ms. Yujin Jeong was appointed as Director for International Affairs at Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency in 2020. She oversees KDCA's international coordination and partnership with the overarching goal of achieving bilateral, regional and global cooperation for effective...
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Professor of Public Health, Department of Public Health, University of Otago
Michael is passionate about opportunities to organise society in ways that promote health, equity and sustainability. His work during 2020-21 has been dominated by assisting with the Covid-19 pandemic response. He is a member of the Ministry of Health’s Covid-19 Technical Advisory...
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Senior Staff Scientist, Fogarty International Center
Cecile Viboud is a senior research scientist in the Division of International Epidemiology and Population Studies of the Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, USA. Her research focuses on the epidemiology and transmission dynamics of acute viral infections...
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