Organized by Public Health Ontario (PHO) the PHO: Microbiology Rounds webinar series is featuring a presentation by U of T alum, Senjuti Saha.
Senjuti Saha obtained her PhD from the UofT Department of Molecular Genetics and did post-doctoral training at Toronto’s SickKids Research Institute and then at Stanford U. Since 2016, she has pioneered genomics and infectious disease research in Bangladesh, and her work includes discovering chikungunya virus as the cause of pediatric meningitis and sequencing Bangladesh’s first SARS-CoV-2 genome during the COVID-19 pandemic. As the deputy executive director of the Child Health Research Foundation (CHRF) in Bangladesh, she and her team are currently developing a state-of-the-art “Infection Observatory” to enable the rapid and accurate detection of emerging and endemic pathogens of concern. In her talk, she will address healthcare inequities including access to healthcare innovations and how building research capacity in resource-limited settings can transform global health challenges into opportunities for impactful, scalable solutions.
Date and time: February 13th, 12:00 – 1:00 PM
Location Virtual via Zoom
Register here via the event page.