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Sunday April 26 PHPC 2020 CPD Symposium: Schedule April 26-27, 2020 Delta Hotels Winnipeg, Winnipeg, MB Updated February 20, 2020 Sunday April 26 Time Session type Topic 07:30-08:00 Breakfast AGM PHPC Annual General Meeting 08:00-08:50 08:50-09:00 Break Plenary Innovation - Artificial Intelligence 09:00-10:30 Speakers: Dr. Kamren Khan, Founder & CEO, BlueDot (TBC) Moderator: Dr. Barry Pakes , University of Toronto 10:30-11:00 AM Break Workshop Disrupting the color-coded labour market - implications for the public health sector 11:00-12:00 Dr. Fareen Karachiwalla, York Region Public Health, Sume Ndumbe -Eyoh (TBC) 12:00-13:00 Lunch Simulation Hep A foodborne outbreak Lead by Dr. Kieran Moore, Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and 13:00-14:30 Addington (KFL&A) Public Health unit Section 3 MOC 14:30-15:00 PM Break Panel Discussion Crystal Meth Rural, Remote, Northern Public Health Network & Urban Public 15:00-16:30 Health Network Session Speakers: TBC PHPC Annual Society Dinner & Awards 19:30-22:30 Canadian Museum for Human Rights ~ ERA Bistro (guided museum tour – registration coming soon!) PHPC 2020 CPD Symposium: Schedule April 26-27, 2020 Delta Hotels Winnipeg, Winnipeg, MB Updated February 20, 2020 Monday April 27, 2020 08:30-09:00 Breakfast Plenary Public Health Laboratory Network 09:00-10:30 Moderator: Dr. Barry Pakes 10:30-11:00 AM Break Oral Abstract − The case for and against use of artificial intelligence to Presentations promote health equity: learning from efforts to tackle the (presentation legacy of silicosis and tuberculosis in south African miners order may – Dr. Annalee Yassi, University of British Columbia change) − In search of a population-centered method of practice for public health physicians – Dr. Sudit Ranade, Lambton Public Health and Amardeep Thind & Judith Belle Brown − A community charting system for public health – Dr. 11:00-12:40 Andrew Gray, Northern Health & Dr. Rakel Kling, Northern Health − Application of artificial intelligence in local public health: implications from a qualitative study – Dr. Jason Morgenstern, McMaster University − Lethal but legal: what can we learn from Nicholas Freudenberg about corporate malfeasance – Dr. Michael Rachlis, Dalla Lana School of Public Health University of Toronto 12:40-13:30 Lunch Debate "Be it resolved that PHPM practitioners should set aside our differences and collaborate more closely with primary care and the broader health care system to improve health." 13:30-15:00 Moderator: Dr. Jasmine Pawa Debaters: Dr. Jia Hu, Alberta Health Services, Dr. Thomas Piggott, Labrador Grenfell Health 15:00-15:30 Break Panel Discussion Western Canadian Syphilis Outbreak Response Dr Saqib Shahab, Government of Saskatchewan, 15:30-17:00 Dr. Bonnie Henry, Government of British Columbia (TBC) Session Chair: Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Alberta Health PHPC Resident Social 19:00-22:30 Location: TBD .
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