The Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease (AMMI) Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) are collaborating on an online open access webinar series to provide cutting edge continuing education to Canadian medical professionals in the context of COVID-19.
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Date: Thursday, July 23, 2020 Time: 16:00 – 17:00 Eastern
Presentation: Challenges in COVID-19 Laboratory Testing Speakers :
Carmen Charlton PhD, D(ABMM), FCCM
Dr. Carmen Charlton is a Clinical Microbiologist at the Alberta Public Health Laboratory and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology at the University of Alberta. She obtained her Ph.D. in biochemistry and biomedical sciences from McMaster University in 2010 and completed her clinical microbiology training at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), in 2013. Dr. Charlton is the Virology Program Leader for HIV, Hepatitis, Prenatal and Immunity Screening, and COVID Serology at the Alberta Public Health Laboratory. She is Past-President of the Canadian Association for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Disease (CACMID), served on the American Society for Microbiology’s (ASM) Practical Guidance for Clinical Microbiology Committee, and is a current member of the Canadian Public Health Laboratory Network (CPHLN) Serology Working Group, and the National COVID serology Testing Task Force.
Nathan Zelyas MD, MSc, FRCPC, D(ABMM)
Dr. Nathan Zelyas is a Medical Microbiologist at Alberta Precision Laboratories (APL) – Public Health and an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology at the University of Alberta. At APL – Public Health, his roles include Program Leader for respiratory virus testing and transplant virology. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Zelyas has supported the implementation of molecular diagnostic testing for SARS-CoV-2 infections in Alberta. He is also the Program Director of the Medical Microbiology residency training program at the University of Alberta.
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