TUBERCULOSIS
The Circle of Care
SPEAKER PRESENTATIONS 2010

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Thursday March 25 2010 08:15
Dr. Edward Ellis, Manager, TB Prevention and Control, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, ON
Tuberculosis—the Global and Canadian Situation


Thursday March 25 09:15
Dr. Geetika Verma, Assistant Professor, University of Alberta, Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary Medicine
Tuberculosis: The Provincial Picture


Thursday March 25 10:30
Dr. Lourens Robberts, PhD, Clinical Microbiologist, ProvLab, Assistant Professor, School of Public Health Sciences, U of A
Cough to Cure: Activities of the Tuberculosis Laboratory II


Thursday March 25 11:15
Dr. Julie Jarand, MD, FRCPC, Division of Respiratory Medicine, University of Calgary
TB and HIV


Thursday March 25 13:00
Dr. Dennis Kunimoto, Department of Medicine, U of A
What’s New With IGRAs & How Are IGRAs Changing Our Programs (PDF)


Thursday March 25 13:45
Dr. Richard Long, TB Program Evaluation and Research Unit
Ms. Sandra Jacobs, RN, TB Screening Nurse

FNIH School Screening Program Review (PDF)


Thursday March 25 14:00
Jody Boffa, MIH (Masters in International Health), Project Manager
Kathleen McMullin, MEd, Study Coordinator
Dr. Richard Long, TB Program Evaluation and Research Unit

Determinants of TB Transmission


Friday March 26 08:30
Deanne Langlois-Klassen, PhD Candidate, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Alberta
Immigration and TB Current Picture (PDF)


Friday March 26 09:00
Dr. Dina Fisher, MD, MSC, FRCPC, Calgary Tuberculosis Clinic
Immigration and Tuberculosis: What are we doing now?


Friday March 26 09:30
Andrea Warman, RN, Regional TB Coordinator, First Nation Inuit Health
Tuberculosis in Alberta’s First Nation Communities


Tuberculosis in Alberta’s First Nation Communities (PDF)

Friday March 26 10:30
Kathleen Flynn, BScN, RN, Tuberculosis Control, Alberta Health and Wellness
Contact Tracing - Making the Connections


Friday March 26 10:30 (+)
Paula Bailey, BScN, RN, Health Canada, First Nations Inuit Health
Perspectives from a Community Health Nurse


Friday March 26 11:15
Evelina Der, RN, Edmonton TB Clinic & Dr. Marcia M. Johnson, MD, Acting MOH, Edmonton Zone
Public Health Act – Challenges & Successes with TB


Friday March 26 13:30
Dr. Anne Fanning, Professor Emeritus, Past Co-ordinator Global Health Initiative, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, U of A
STOP TB Canada


Friday March 26 14:00
Margo Purcell, RESULTS Canada, Calgary, AB

How to Make Friends and Influence Parliamentarians

Action Sheet - the Global Fund (PDF)
The Power of Powerful Speaking (PDF)
RESULTS Model for Advocacy Success (PDF)