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FINAL PROGRAM

The Scientific Planning Committee worked hard on developing a meeting with broad-based appeal. We strive to bring cutting edge topics and engaging high-level speakers to the meeting to ensure excellent scientific discussion.

Topics covering tuberculosis, machine learning, clinical controversies in infectious diseases, diagnostic microbiology and vaccines, and hot topics in diagnostic microbiology, adult and pediatric infectious diseases are being prepared.

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Merit and Poster Award Recipients

Merit Awards

2019 AMMI Canada Lifetime Achievement Award
Dr. Jay Keystone

2019 AMMI Canada Distinguished Service Award
Dr. Daniel Gregson

AMMI Canada Young Investigator Award
2019 – Manish Sadarangani
2020 – Matthew Cheng

AMMI Canada Trainee Research Award
2019 – Samuel Chorlton
2020 – Alice Zhaborkritsky

2020 JAMMI Trainee Scientific Article Award
Brittany Kula (Manuscript – Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in intensive care: epidemiology, outcomes, and antimicrobial susceptibilities)

2019 AMMI Canada bioMérieux Post Residency Fellowship in Microbial Dignostics
Jonathan Kotwa

2020 John G Fitzgerald CACMID Outstanding Microbiologist Award
Dr. Michael Maulvey

2021 John G Fitzgerald CACMID Outstanding Microbiologist Award
Dr. Alison McGreer

Dr. John M Email Mentorship Award In Infectious Diseases
2020- Marcel Behr
2021- Todd Lee

CFID Dr. Juan A. Email Award for Excellence in Infectious Diseases
2020- Alexander Lawandi (Manuscript – In vitro synergy of beta-lactam combinations against KPC- producing Klebsiella pneumonia strains)
2021- Georges Ambaraghassi (Manuscript – Identification of Candida)

CFID Undergraduate Summer Student Research Grant
2020 – Jonathan Chung (Project – Improving the success of Pseudomonas aeruginosa eradication in children with Cystic Fibrosis)
2020 – Leslie Fell (Project – Investigation of risk factors for well water contamination)
2021 – Syed Zain Ahmad (Project – Assessment of Empiric Management Practices of Common Infections in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients)
2021 – Amaanat Gill (Project – Examining the HIV risks and associated factors among male clients of female sex workers (FSW) in Dnipro, Ukraine)
 
AMMI Canada Medical student Research Award
2020 – Jemma Finlayson-Trick (Project – The Composition of guy bacteria, with an emphasis on pathogens, in anemic women living in Cambodia following intervention with a new iron supplement)
2021- Vinya Harish (Project – A Geographical Analysis of Four Tropical Infections in Ontario)

Altona Diagnostics Canada Medical Student Research Award
2020 – Siena David (Project – Impact of a provincial hepatitis C elimination strategy on treatment accessibility and outcomes for member of vulnerable populations)
2021 – Sonia Lgboanugo (Project – Treatment of intestinal protozoa in pregnancy: A systematic review of maternal, fetal infant outcomes)

Poster Awards

AMMI Canada Poster Award
Qaasim Mian (SP38: Prevention of COVID-19 in internally displaced persons camps in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo: a mixed-methods study)

CACMID Poster Award
Alexa Thompson (SP10: A nine-month evaluation of a prenatal universal screening program for Hepititis C (HCV) in Alberta, Canada)
Kayar Mehta (SP02: Antiviral use among Canadian children hospitalized for influenza 2010-2019)

CACMID Student Oral Presentation Award
Laura Burnes (A02: Clinical Characteristics, management, and outcomes of patients with indeterminate Clostridioides difficile tests using a modified 2-step algorithm)

Canadian College of Microbiologists (CCM) Poster Award
Alainnna Jamal (SP26: The genomic epidemiology of carbapenemase-producing enterobacterales (CPE) at a healthcare facility in Toronto, Ontario, Canada)

Canadian College of Microbiologist (CCM) Dr. Kenneth Rozee Memorial Poster Award
Kevin Kuchinski (SP09: Recovering influenza genomes from wild bird habitats for better again flu surveillance)

Dr. Susan King Paediatric Abstract Award
Estell Morin (SP23: Management and outcome of febrile neutropenia in admitted presumed immunocompetent patients with suspected viral illness)

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