Is it possible to ventilate and stop a future COVID-like pandemic?

155 College Street Toronto, ON M5T 3M7 155 College Street, Toronto, ON

The Institute for Pandemics is collaborating with the Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering to host a lecture by Professor Yuguo Li from the University of Hong Kong for the CivMin Distinguished Lecture Series. Although airborne route for SARS-CoV-2 was recognized in early 2021, more than a year into the pandemic, we would have expected that the transmission chains […]

Addressing the mental health impact of school closures post-pandemic

The fourth-annual Vohra Miller Lectures in Critical Public Health Issues in collaboration with the Institute for Pandemics aims to foster a dialogue on health equity issues, as it relates to the youth educational landscape. While recognizing the importance of the public health measures that were put in place based on scientifically proven best practices to […]

Rapid indoor air quality monitoring at large scale events

Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy 315 Bloor Street W, T

The University of Toronto Munk School for Global Affairs and Public Policy presents its Political Economy of Innovation Annual Lecture titled Rapid Indoor Air Quality Monitoring at Large Scale Events: How the 2021 environmental study of the UK government’s Events Research Programme helped UK society reopen following a year of lockdowns. EPIC members David Fisman […]

An update on Long COVID: symptoms and underlying pathology

155 College Street Toronto, ON M5T 3M7 155 College Street, Toronto, ON

The Institute for Pandemics presents a public lecture by Manali Mukherjee of McMaster University titled, “An update on Long COVID – symptoms and underlying pathology.” The learning objectives are: Disseminate findings from the CITF-funded AIPACs study (Autoimmunity in Post Acute COVID-19 Sequalae) Understand the immunological underpinning for the development of autoimmune diseases in Long COVID […]

Lunch Lectures: Topics and techniques in infectious disease research

MaRS Centre, Room 1522 101 C

Hosted by EPIC Trainee Advisory Committee, the Lunch Lectures is a seminar series aimed at building skills and knowledge to help trainees in their infectious disease research work. This is an exciting opportunity to hear from senior trainees about how ideas can be applied to your research over pizza lunch. The first lecture of the […]

Lunch Lectures: Topics and techniques in infectious disease research

MSB 5231 Medical Sciences Building, 1 King's College Circle, ON, Canada

Hosted by EPIC Trainee Advisory Committee, the Lunch Lectures is a seminar series aimed at building skills and knowledge to help trainees in their infectious disease research work. This is an exciting opportunity to hear from senior trainees about how ideas can be applied to your research over a pizza lunch. Véronique Taylor (research associate, […]

Building public trust in health through culturally-aligned artificial intelligence

Hart House 7 Hart House Circle, Toronto, ON, Canada

Organized by the Institute for Pandemics, the fifth-annual Vohra Miller Lectures in Critical Public Health Issues features EPIC member, Jude Kong, in a conversation with Ishtiaque Ahmed and Dan Lizotte about health equity issues as it relates to culturally-aligned artificial intelligence (AI) and ways to foster trust in healthcare. Kate Mulligan will moderate the event […]

Lunch Lectures: Topics and techniques in infectious disease research

MaRS Centre, Room 1522 101 C

Hosted by EPIC Trainee Advisory Committee, Lunch Lectures is a seminar series aimed at building skills and knowledge to help trainees in their infectious disease research work. This is an exciting opportunity to hear from senior trainees about how ideas and techniques can be applied to your research over a pizza lunch. We have two speakers […]