Posted on: July 4, 2024
Last year, we collected feedback on Grand Rounds’ format, topic & presenters, and want to thank those who responded – your voice was heard and helped define our schedule for the past year! Below, you can find a list of some of the most requested topics from the 2023 survey with links to watch related Grand Rounds presentations.
Please consider filling out this year’s BCCDC Grand Rounds feedback survey. The survey will close on Friday, July 12. Your submission can be anonymous, but if you’d like to be entered into a draw for a $50 gift card, please enter your name and email address at the end of the survey so we can contact the winner.
Climate change and public health
- Sept 19, 2023: Natasha Cowie & Shannon Waters, BC’s hydrology: past, present, and future of freshwater resources
- Nov 21, 2023: Dylan Clark, Climate science update: Projections, new evidence, and the implications for public health in BC
- Feb 13, 2024: Holly Clermont, Jordan Brubacher & Lorraine McIntyre, Our Seafood WATCH in a changing climate
- Apr 16, 2024: Nicholas Ogden, Adaptation to climate change-driven infectious disease risks in Canada
- May 7, 2024: Massimo Stafoggia, Health effects of air pollution on mental health: a literature review and an application in the Rome Longitudinal Study
Indigenous health & Indigenous-focused research
- Sept 26, 2023: Stephanie Spence, Brotherhood and Ceremony: The Impact of Cultural Programming on Urban Indigenous Men
- Nov 14, 2023: Judy Sturm, Nikki Hunter & Lisa Bourque Bearskin, Co-Creating Indigenous Wellness Support Networks by and for Indigenous Health Care Professionals in Interior, British Columbia
- May 28, 2024: Jessica Chenery, Amanda Porter, Harlan Pruden, Naomi Dove, and Judy Sturm, Kǝmtǝks Yakwa Testing Project - Sexually Transmitted and Blood Borne Infection Testing Technologies within Indigenous Communities
- June 18, 2024: Karen Mooder, Untangling Testing Access for First Nations Communities in BC
STBBI & sexual health topics
- Oct 31, 2023: Troy Grennan, Doxycycline for bacterial STI prevention
- March 19, 2024: Members of the BC STBBI Surveillance Community Leadership Council (CLC), Pacific AIDS Network (PAN) and BCCDC Clinical Prevention Services Surveillance & Epidemiology Team, Enhancing community access to data and engagement in surveillance of Sexually Transmitted and Blood-Borne Infections (STBBIs)
- June 11, 2024: Agatha Jassem, Sofia Bartlett, Kate Twohig, and Janice Duddy, Dried blood spot (DBS) sampling for HIV, hepatitis C, and syphilis: Evaluating pilot implementation processes across British Columbia
AI & mathematical modelling in medicine and health care
- Jan 16, 2024: Caroline Mburu, The Utility of Mathematical Modelling of Serological Data in Assessing the Impact of Vaccination Programs in Kenya
- Apr 30, 2024: Mike Irvine & Binay Adhikari, Geospatial and machine learning approaches for respiratory disease surveillance
Diversity/equity/inclusion related work, cultural safety, anti-racism
- Apr 23, 2024: Rania Awaad, Understanding Public Health Challenges within Muslim Communities
One Health
- Oct 3, 2023: Kevin Kuchinski, Hunting for bird flu in the mud: genomic surveillance of avian influenza viruses using environmental specimens from wetland habitats
Social determinants of health
- Dec 12, 2023: Silvia Stringhini, Epidemiological insights into the health and biological consequences of social inequalities across the lifecourse
Thank you,
The Grand Rounds Committee