Unit C: Disease Defence and Human Health

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Li Tan (Video)

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Molecular Lead

I coordinate the day-to-day operations in the DNA Extraction Lab.
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Derek So

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Ph.D. Candidate (Human Genetics)

I research and study the ethics of genetically modifying humans.
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Marianne Parent (she/her)

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Veterinarian and PhD Candidate (Animal Epidemiology)

I am a doctor to cats and dogs, as well as some other animals, such as parrots and rabbits. I also do research into a parasite of farmed salmon.
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Rhiannon Cooper (she/her)

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Epidemiologist

I monitor the patterns and trends of infectious diseases across the province.
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Daria Iskakova (she/her)

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Senior Laboratory Technologist

I work in a genomics lab to identify plants and animals using DNA samples.
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Cornfield in Ontario

Let's Talk Food Resources

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Discover a set of resources curated to get you ready to discuss sustainable agriculture and food security.

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Harvesting plants

Using Plants to Make Medicines

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Learn how plants can be used to make vaccines.

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Let's Talk Misinformation: Resources

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Discover a set of resources to get you thinking about misinformation and its spread in advance of the symposium Let's Talk Misinformation.

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Andrea Goldson-Barnaby

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Head of the Food division

I teach and do research on the topics of Food Chemistry and Food Processing.
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Constance Hanna (she/her)

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Industrial Maintenance Millwright

I fix all types of machines that make and package food Items.
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Allison Guitor

Allison Guitor

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Researcher - Antibiotic Resistance

I study antibiotic resistance, which is what makes bacteria able to live in the presence of antibiotics.
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Manpreet Kaur (She/Her)

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Postdoctoral Fellow

I work on research projects to discover drugs to treat infectious diseases.
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Isha Berry

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Epidemiologist

I look for patterns in disease outbreaks and health outcomes in populations across the world.
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Jasmin Chahal

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Assistant Professor

I teach in the Department of Microbiology & Immunology at McGill University.
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Medicine and Science: Resources

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Discover a set of resources designed to get you thinking about the intersection of medicine and science.

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