Media Releases

Bird Flu

April 16, 2013

The fol­low­ing is a list of Uni­ver­si­ty of Toron­to experts who can com­ment on the bird flu.

Viral infec­tious diseases/pandemics
Eleanor Fish
Pro­fes­sor
Depart­ment of Immunol­o­gy
Office: 416–340-4000 x5380
Cell: 416–565-0702
en.fish@utoronto.ca

Infec­tious dis­eases epi­demi­ol­o­gy
Health ser­vices research using link­able data
Influen­za vac­cine and vac­ci­na­tion pro­gram eval­u­a­tion (cov­er­age, effec­tive­ness, safe­ty, pro­gram strate­gies [e.g., uni­ver­sal, school-based])
Jeff Kwong
Assis­tant Pro­fes­sor
Depart­ment of Fam­i­ly and Com­mu­ni­ty Med­i­cine
Dal­la Lana School of Pub­lic Health
Sci­en­tist, Insti­tute for Clin­i­cal Eval­u­a­tive Sci­ences and Pub­lic Health Ontario
Office: 416–480-4055 x7665
Cell: 416–722-5437
jeff.kwong@utoronto.ca

Infec­tion pre­ven­tion and con­trol
Alli­son McGeer
Pro­fes­sor
Depart­ments of Lab­o­ra­to­ry Med­i­cine and Patho­bi­ol­o­gy
Dal­la Lana School of Pub­lic Health
Office: (416) 586‑3118
amcgeer@mtsinai.on.ca

Emer­gency med­i­cine admin­is­tra­tion
Pol­i­cy and com­mu­ni­ca­tions
Howard Ovens
Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor
Depart­ment of Fam­i­ly and Com­mu­ni­ty Med­i­cine
Direc­tor of the Schwartz/Reisman Emer­gency Cen­tre, MSH
Office: 416–586-8226
howard.ovens@utoronto.ca
*NOTE: Best to email

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Tel: 416–978-0100
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