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Saturday, September 28 • 11:30am - 12:30pm
Mythbusting the Immune System

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Mythbusting the Immune System- From infectious diseases to vaccination- what do we need to know about our immune system. 

Moderators
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Jay Ingram

Canadian broadcasting legend, author, public speaker and science communicator., Beakerhead
Science broadcaster and writer Jay Ingram was co-host of Discovery Channel's science show, Daily Planet for 16 years. It remains television's only daily hour-long prime-time science and nature news magazine. Jay joined Discovery in 1994 and was instrumental in helping shape the program... Read More →

Faculty
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Dr. Gio Miletto

Medical Director, Travel Medicine and Vaccination Centres
Gio is a British/ Italian/ Canadian MD who has worked in medical communications for 15 years. He has presentedwritten and produced for TV and newspapers in the UK and contributed to the CBC and CTV. In BC he is the Medical Director for Travel Medicine and Vaccination Centres and works in Aviation Medicine. But what interests him most is human connection: its successes and failures and what that means in the real world... Read More →
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Marc Horwitz

Professor, UBC
Dr. Marc Horwitz is a Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Sauder Chair of Pediatric Virology at the University of British Columbia. He is a co-leader of the Infection, Inflammation and Immunity (I3) Research Group at the Life Sciences Institute at UBC and... Read More →
avatar for Dr. Monika Naus MHSc, MD, FRCPC, FACPM

Dr. Monika Naus MHSc, MD, FRCPC, FACPM

Medical Director, Communicable Diseases & Immunization Service and Medical Head, Immunization Programs & Vaccine Preventable Diseases, BC Centre for Disease Control
Dr. Monika Naus is a public health physician whose work informs government policy for publicly funded immunization programs, and is keen to maintain public trust in these programs. She is the Medical Director, Communicable Diseases & Immunization Service, the Medical Head, Immunization... Read More →
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Naomi Van Halteren, RN

CEO & Founder, Luna VR
Naomi is a registered nurse who is using the magic of VR to help decrease patients pain & fear of needles. Having Type 1 Diabetes & Multiple Sclerosis, she has received over 35,000 needles & is using this knowledge to help others. Her goal is to start changing how needles are seen... Read More →


Saturday September 28, 2019 11:30am - 12:30pm PDT
The Nest