Ash Porter presents the outbreak investigation exercise to the early-career researchers and trainees. October 27, 2026 By Megan Fleming On October 2nd, the Emerging Pathogens & Infectious Diseases Consortium (EPIC) and the Canadian One Health Training Program on...
Preparing for the next outbreak: Highlights from the 2026 EPIC Symposium
From left to right: Susy Hota, Elke Mühlberger, Daniel Warshafsky, Michelle Murti and Roger Paredes (Photo credit: Horst Herget). October 26, 2026 By Betty Zou On Friday, October 16, 2026, the Emerging Pathogens and Infectious Diseases Consortium hosted its fourth...
From our bodies to the air and muskox in the Arctic, microbes are everywhere: A recap of the 2026 U of T Microbiology & Infectious Disease Research Days
Clockwise from top left: Trainee flash talk presenters, Sarah Haines, Dylan Kain, trainees discussing a poster and Susan Kutz delivering her keynote presentation. 12 June 2026 By Aideen Teeling On May 27th and 28th, the Emerging & Pandemic Infections...
Expanding antimicrobial stewardship and research: A recap of the 2025 AMR Symposium
Panel discussion moderated by Rishi Chanderraj (second from left) with international members of the Antimicrobial Stewardship Centers of Excellence Alliance 3 December 2025 By Aideen Teeling Enhancing all aspects of antimicrobial stewardship was the key takeaway from...
Building trust, capacity and collaboration: vaccine leaders call for action at 2025 EPIC symposium
From left: Shelly Bolotin, Maxwell Smith, Trina Racine, Natasha Crowcroft and Scott Gray-Owen 24 October 2025 By Betty Zou Vaccines took centre stage at the third annual Emerging and Pandemic Infections Consortium symposium held on October 16, 2025. Hosted in...
At the U of T Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Research Days, innovative research approaches spanning multiple disciplines took centre stage
Clockwise from top left: trainees at the poster session, Danielle Taschereau Mamers with the illustration of the keynote address, attendees listening to the keynote talk, wordcloud from the submitted abstracts and a trainee oral presentation July 7, 2025 By Sunitha...
Putting knowledge into action: the third annual symposium on antimicrobial resistance advances our fight against AMR
December 16, 2024 By Sunitha Chari Coinciding with the World Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Week, the Emerging and Pandemic Infections Consortium (EPIC) once again co-hosted the third annual AMR Symposium on November 19 and 20 empowered by bioMérieux Canada and...
Artificial intelligence and infectious diseases speaker series
How do researchers use artificial intelligence (AI) to predict and prevent outbreaks of infectious diseases? How are advances in AI and machine learning (ML) algorithms improving healthcare systems and how can researchers and clinicians harness the power of AI to...
Second annual symposium on antimicrobial resistance highlights opportunities and challenges to tackling AMR
December 7, 2023 By Betty Zou The Emerging and Pandemic Infections Consortium, along with partners bioMérieux Canada, the AMR – One Health Consortium and the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada (AMMI Canada), recently co-hosted the second...
Experts gather at EPIC symposium to discuss how to bolster support for infectious disease research and pandemic preparedness
A panel of experts called for sustained funding investments, stronger ready-to-use infrastructure and improved communications to help Canada break the cycle of panic and neglect around infectious diseases. These themes emerged from a discussion at the first annual Emerging and Pandemic Infections Consortium symposium held in mid-October. The panelists included Leah Cowen, vice-president, research and innovation, and strategic initiatives at the University of Toronto, Marisa Creatore, executive director of the Centre for Research on Pandemic Preparedness and Health Emergencies at the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, and U of T President Emeritus David Naylor.
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