Dr. Madhukar Pai, of the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, interviews Dr. Paul Farmer in Forbes.

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Published on: 9 Feb 2021

Dr. Erin Strumpf, of the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, is quoted by CBC news.

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Published on: 9 Feb 2021

Dr. Jay Kaufman, of the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, is quoted in this Globe and Mail piece on the likeliness of the United States sharing vaccines with Canada.

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Published on: 9 Feb 2021

Dr. Madhukar Pai, Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, writes in Forbes about the World Health Organization (WHO) third edition of its Model List of Essential In Vitro Diagnostics (EDL) and argues for each country to adopt and adapt the list to suit their priorities and needs.

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Published on: 1 Feb 2021

McGill Professor of Public and Population Health and Canadian COVID-19 Immunity Task Force co-chair was interviewed by Radio-Canada weekly scientific show "Les années lumière" to explain the importance of the Task Force studies and the impact of the new variants on herd immunity.

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Published on: 1 Feb 2021

Dr. Mathieu Maheu-Giroux, of the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, is quoted in this article on the possible impact of new COVID-19 variants in pandemic control.

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Published on: 29 Jan 2021

Dr. Madhukar Pai, of the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, interviews Dr. Mwele Malecela, Director, Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), World Health Organization (WHO) ahead of World NTD Day, happening on January, 30.

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Published on: 28 Jan 2021

This article mentions the COVID-19 Immunity Task Force, whose Secretariat is housed at the McGill School of Population and Global Health.

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Published on: 27 Jan 2021

Dr. Madhukar Pai, of the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, is the guest of this podcast episode and discusses big three: AIDS, malaria and TB, three major pandemic/epidemics that have fallen by the wayside in the wake of COVID-19.

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Classified as: SPGH, EBOH, Global Health
Published on: 27 Jan 2021

An article mentioning Dr. Nicole Basta, of the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, is among the recommended articles.

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Published on: 27 Jan 2021

Dr. Madhukar Pai, of the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, writes about the renewed relations between the United States of America and the World Health Organization.

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Published on: 27 Jan 2021

Dr. David Buckeridge, of the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health is quoted.

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Published on: 27 Jan 2021

Dr. Bartha Maria Knoppers, Canada Research Chair in Law and Medicine, Centre for Genomics and Policy Director and  McGill Biomedical Ethics Unit Associate Member is a member of the International Commission on the Clinical Use of Human Germline Genome Editing and comments on the release of the commission's report.

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Published on: 5 Oct 2020

Dr. Jean Bourbeau (Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occcupational Health Associate member) is the principal investigator on a clinical trial on a reformulated generic drug in COVID-19 positive outpatients.

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Published on: 2 Oct 2020

Biomedical Ethics Unit Director, Dr. Jonathan Kimmelman is quoted in this recent New Scientist article.

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Published on: 2 Oct 2020

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