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Summer Symposium Series: Health Sciences Career Resources
Backgrounders
A career in the health sciences would let you help people directly in a very 'hands-on' way!
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Marianne Torres-Heckford
Microbiology Technologist
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Resources on Immunology
STEM Explained
Resource page including articles and career profiles related to immunology.
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What’s Special About the New COVID-19 Vaccines?
STEM Explained
Learn about viruses, vaccines and why the new COVID-19 vaccines are innovative.
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Lakshmi Krishnan
Vice President, Life Sciences
Jessica Lam
Lab Manager (Infectious Disease Research)
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Creating a Vaccine for COVID-19 in Canada
STEM Explained
Learn how vaccines are developed, how they work and how some scientists in Canada are researching vaccines for COVID-19.
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Herd Immunity: How Vaccines Protect the Most Vulnerable
Backgrounders
What is herd immunity and how does it protect some of the most vulnerable people in our communities?
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Immunity and Vaccination
Backgrounders
Learn about the history of vaccines and how vaccines trigger an immune response that keep us from getting some dangerous diseases.
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Organ Transplantation
Backgrounders
Learn about organ transplantation - what it is, how it can save lives, how your immune system responds, and how the matching process works.
Rosadelle Tirados
Biomedical Scientist
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Introduction to Bacteria
Backgrounders
What exactly are bacteria? What types of bacteria are there? And are they really as bad as people think they are?
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The Immune Response: A Cellular War
STEM Explained
An inflammatory response is your body’s attempt to fight invaders. Learn how your body springs into action when attacked!
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Greta Bauer
Professor, Epidemiology and Biostatistics