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DESCRIPTION:We are pleased to help the LSHTM Montreal Alumni Chapter and Mc
 Gill alumni welcome Dr. Harvey Artsob\, Former Director of the Zoonotic Di
 seases and Special Pathogens at the Public Health Agency of Canada Nationa
 l Microbiology Laboratory.\n\nAbout Dr. Artsob:\n\nDr. Harvey Artsob is a 
 51³Ô¹ÏÍøgraduate who served as Director of the Zoonotic Diseases and Specia
 l Pathogens program at the National Microbiology Laboratory\, Public Healt
 h Agency of Canada in Winnipeg. He also had an appointment as Adjunct Prof
 essor in the Department of Medical Microbiology at the University of Manit
 oba. During his career\, Dr. Artsob received the Chief Public Health Offic
 er's medal as well as the Distinguished Microbiologist award from the Cana
 dian College of Microbiologists. Dr. Artsob's laboratory addressed infecti
 ous disease threats to Canadians both at home and abroad. Dr. Artsob spent
  some time on secondment to the World Health Organization in Geneva and al
 so co-chaired a Canadian bioterrorism response committee to help ensure th
 at  Canadian laboratories were properly prepared to respond to any possibl
 e acts of bioterrorism. Dr. Artsob will discuss some of the potential infe
 ctious disease issues\, naturally occurring and man made\, that face Canad
 ians and share experiences he has faced in responding to different disease
  threats. His presentation will include a discussion of how his former lab
  took a leadership role internationally in responding the recent Ebola out
 break in West Africa which included providing mobile lab support and contr
 ibuting diagnostics (ZMapp monoclonal antibody therapeutics\, vaccine) in 
 the fight against Ebola.\n\nLight refreshments will be served\n\nRSVP\n
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LOCATION:Conference Room\, Charles Meredith House\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3
 A 1A3\, 1130 avenue des Pins Ouest
SUMMARY:Special Seminar: How Canada Responds to  Infectious Disease Threats
   At Home and Abroad: Experiences of a Laboratory Scientist
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