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Unit C: Disease Defence and Human Health

Student uses a pipet to extract DNA with other students looking on.

Fish Market Survey

Senior biology students use a DNA barcoding kit to test local grocery store fish samples, and discover if the fish they bought is mislabeled and part of food fraud!

Cornfield in Ontario

Let's Talk Food Resources

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

Harvesting plants

Using Plants to Make Medicines

Learn how plants can be used to make vaccines.

Rhiannon Cooper headshot taken outside with trees and plans in the background

Rhiannon Cooper

Epidemiologist

I monitor the patterns and trends of infectious diseases across the province.
Illustration of an empty box with a question mark

Let's Talk Misinformation: Resources

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

Portrait de Andrea Goldson-Barnaby

Andrea Goldson-Barnaby

Head of the Food division

I teach and do research on the topics of Food Chemistry and Food Processing.
Constance Hanna en train de travailler sur des machines

Constance Hanna (she/her)

Industrial Maintenance Millwright

I fix all types of machines that make and package food Items.
Allison Guitor in her lab at McMaster University.

Allison Guitor

Researcher - Antibiotic Resistance

I study antibiotic resistance, which is what makes bacteria able to live in the presence of antibiotics.
Manpreet Kaur dans son laboratoire

Manpreet Kaur (She/Her)

Postdoctoral Fellow

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

Epidemiologist

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

Jasmin Chahal

Assistant Professor

I teach in the Department of Microbiology & Immunology at McGill University.
Medical Equipment and Instruments

Medicine and Science: Resources

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

Edmund Co

Edmund Co

Food Scientist

I use my chemical knowledge to investigate quality complaints and legal issues for the LCBO.
Rod Russell

Dr. Rod Russell

Professor of Virology and Immunology

I run a research lab where we study viruses and how they cause disease.
Dr. Arinjay Banerjee dans son labo

Arinjay Banerjee (he/him)

Research Scientist and Principal Investigator

I am a scientist and I study how viruses evolve and interact with our immune system.