Dear UPEI community members,

I want to invite you to the following seminars:

Seminar 1: Presenter: Maja Lykke Brinch; When: Thursday, November 2, 12 pm AT; Format: Online 
To attend, please register here

Title: "Source Tracking of Sporadic Infections—Exemplified with Salmonella and Campylobacter"

Bio: Maja Lykke Brinch is a PhD student at the National Food Institute at the Technical University of Denmark, working with Professor Tine Hald. She is a visiting scholar at the University of Guelph and University of Prince Edward Island. Her PhD focuses on strategies to reduce the burden of antimicrobial resistance. She is working with different source attribution methodologies and compartmental models to investigate the transmission of resistance between animals and humans and to assess the impact of prevention strategies, such as vaccines.

Seminar 2: Presenter: Dr. Ian Gardner; When: Monday, November 6 ,10 am; Format: In-person, Room AVC*286C N, AVC*286B N 

Title: "Simulation modelling of waterborne spread of pathogens among Atlantic salmon sites in Nova Scotia"

Bio: Ian A. Gardner holds a PhD and master’s degree in preventive veterinary medicine from the Davis School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of California. Ian is internationally recognized for developing methods to assess disease risk in terrestrial and aquatic food animals. Ian was the Canada Excellence Research Chair in Aquatic Epidemiology at UPEI. As a Chair, he developed a strong research network in aquatic epidemiology in Canada and worldwide.  

Javier Sanchez
Professor Epidemiology
Director CVER