Hosted by Unity Health, EPIC member Greg German and team (Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine, U of T; Unity Health Chronic Infection Clinic and Microbiology Service), and the U of T Phage Therapy Interest Group.
This special event will feature Steffanie Strathdee, infectious disease epidemiologist, Harold Simon Distinguished Professor of Medicine at the University of California San Diego, Co-Director of the Center for Innovative Phage Applications and Therapeutics (IPATH), and Arthur Slutsky Visiting Scholar at Unity Health Toronto, delivering the keynote lecture: Necessity is the Mother of Invention: From HIV to Phage Therapy.
Program highlights:
- 1:00–3:20 PM – Keynote and speaking program
- 3:20–4:05 PM – Poster presentations, reception, and book signing of The Perfect Predator
- 4:05–5:00 PM – Special screening of The Good Virus film 5:00–5:30 PM – Panel discussion and closing remarks
Date: Monday, June 22, 2026
Time: 1:00–5:30 PM
Format: Hybrid for the first half of the program, including keynote talks; in-person for the poster presentations, book signing, film screening, and panel discussion.
Location: Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute 2nd floor Auditorium and Foyer, 209 Victoria St, Toronto, ON M5B 1T8, Canada Additional event and registration details will be shared with interested attendees as they become available. Please indicate your interest in attending by filling out this form.