Date: Wednesday, April 29, 2020, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Webinar Main Objectives:
- To review the current epidemiology, containment, and clinical management of COVID-19 in BC
- To describe COVID-19 molecular virology and bioinformatics support that the BC-CfE laboratory is providing to the local and international community
- To provide background on the virus and some understanding of it’s evolution and molecular epidemiology in BC, Canada, and beyond
- To provide a brief update regarding the approach of the BC-CfE to HIV treatment and Prevention within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic
Presentations:
Update on the Epidemiology and Clinical Aspects of COVID-19 in BC
Dr. Peter Phillips
Clinical Professor
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of British Columbia
Update on Virology Research
Dr. Zabrina Brumme
Laboratory Director
BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
Evolutionary genomics and molecular epidemiology of COVID-19
Dr. Jeffrey Joy
Research Scientist (Evolutionary Genetics and Bioinformatics)
BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
COVID-19, BC-CfE Activities in the DTES
Dr. Rolando Barrios
Senior Medical Director, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
Director STOP HIV/AIDS® Program
BC-CfE Update
Dr. Julio Montaner
Executive Director & Physician-in-Chief
BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
Cost: Free registration.
The recorded session will be accessible on the BC-CfE’s website at education.bccfe.ca/webinars.