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Event Series Accelerating Discovery: Killam Accelerator Research Fellowship Lectures

Global Health Lunch and Learn: Global Health and Decolonization

School of Population and Public Health (SPPH) 2206 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia

About the presentation: In this presentation, Dr. Sewankambo will speak about his longstanding career in global health and decolonization efforts within the field. About the presenter: Prof. Nelson K. Sewankambo MBChB, MSc, M.MED, FRCP, LLD (HC), a Professor of Medicine is the Principal (Head) of Makerere University College of Health Sciences and previously Dean of […]

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Population Effects of Implementing Multi-gene Panel Sequencing for Advanced Cancers in BC: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis

School of Population and Public Health (SPPH) 2206 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia

Speaker: Deirdre Weymann, BC Cancer Register to attend in-person in SPPH (room B104) or virtually (via Zoom). In September 2016, British Columbia became the first Canadian province to publicly reimburse multi-gene panel sequencing for informing advanced cancer care. The impacts of Oncopanel sequencing on population health and health system expenditures remain unknown. We draw on […]

Global Health Lunch and Learn: The Neglected Tropical Diseases

School of Population and Public Health (SPPH) 2206 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia

About the presentation: The presentation will discuss the conception and evolution of the Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) ecosystem now leading to the mass treatment of more than one billion people annually with low cost or donated essential medicines. The concept of “blue marble health” the hidden burden of neglected diseases or poverty in wealthy nations […]

Global Health Lunch and Learn Seminar Series – An Update of Global Health Initiatives in the Faculty of Land and Food Systems

School of Population and Public Health (SPPH) 2206 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia

Global Health Lunch & Learn Seminar Series:  An Update of Global Health Initiatives in the Faculty of Land and Food Systems Presenter: Dr. Rickey Yada, Professor and Dean, Faculty of Land and Food Systems This will be a hybrid event, both on-line and in-person. Please register HERE: About the presenter: In 2014, Professor Rickey Yada was appointed Dean of […]

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