Download Service for National Organizations July 1, 2001

Service for National Organizations July 1, 2001 – June 30, 2004
Michelle Alfa
Canadian Standards Association (CSA), Committee member for Sterilization Standards
Committee, 2004 – current
President, Canadian College of Microbiologists (1999 - 2001), Past President, (2001 - 2003),
Treasurer, (2003 – 2006).
Clinical Vignettes Symposium. Organized for: Canadian Association for Clinical Microbiology and
Infectious Diseases (CACMID) Conjoint Meeting held in Ottawa, Ontario. November 2 – 5,
2003.
Clinical Vignettes Symposium. Organized for: Canadian Association for Clinical Microbiology and
Infectious Diseases (CACMID) Conjoint Meeting held in Halifax, Nova Scotia November 3 - 6,
2002.
Clinical Vignettes Symposium. Organized for: Canadian Association for Clinical Microbiology and
Infectious Diseases (CACMID) Conjoint Meeting held in Victoria, British Columbia. November 5 8, 2001.
Anton Andonov
Working Group - Health Canada Risk assessment group for SV-40 infection
Working Group - Canadian Bone Marrow Transplantation Group
Fred Aoki
Canadian National Pandemic Influenza Planning Committee (Antiviral Drugs Subcommittee)
Harvey Artsob
2001 - Chair, Working Group on Laboratory Response to a Bioterrorist Event.
2001 to present - Cochair, Bioterrorism Subcommittee, Canadian Public Health Laboratory
Forum.
2002 to present - Core Member of CRTI (Chemical, Biological, Radionuclear Research and
Technology Initiative).
Kathryn Bernard
2001-02 - Protocols for Tier 1 Laboratories for recognition of Agents of Bioterrorism, K.
Bernard senior author/contributor to CD content
2003-04 - Tier 1 Workshop for recognition of Agents of Bioterrorism, K. Bernard senior author,
subject matter expert / trainer for pilot course contents (for national delivery by trainers in each
province)
Faculty member, Tier 1 Workshop, Recognition of the Agents of Bioterrorism. Nov 27-28 2003
Regina SK; March 25-26 2004 in Winnipeg MB;
CPHLN Bioterrorism subcommittee (Oct. 2002-present) and its predecessor committee (20002002)
Dep’t Foreign Affairs / HC / NSERC- reviewer of Grant applications for microbiology project
proposals involving bacterial agents of bioterrorism, particularly projects proposed by scientists
in Russian federation /FSU countries.
CPHLN, review of definitions of diseases / test procedures used in Canadian “notifiable
diseases” lists
Jody Berry
Founding member of the Canadian Monoclonal Antibody Resource Network. An international
consortium of scientists dedicated to the improvement of antibody development techniques.
First online in May 2004: http://www.icid.ca/ICID/ICID_COLLABORATION.html
2003 - Health Canada SARS emergency response team, invited expert. National Microbiology
Laboratory, Winnipeg.
2003 - Health Canada SARS proficiency panel, invited expert and key material contributor,
National Microbiology Laboratory, Winnipeg.
CIHR National Poster Competition Judge, University of Manitoba Student Research Days.
Timothy Booth
Member of the WHO SARS epidemiology working group, 2003-2004
Member of the pandemic influenza commitee
Member of the Respiratory infections surveillance committee
(Federal/Provincial/Territorial).
Member of the Immunization and Respiratory Infections Surveillance
Federal Working Group
Reviewer for NSERC grants.
Eric Bow
Founding Member, Great Lakes ID Study Group (GLIDS)
Kevin Coombs
Membership on Granting Agency Panels:
CIHR Pilot Project Grants for New Investigators Review Panel
Member and Chair, Health Canada Office of Chief Scientist Innovation Grants Panel
Member, MRC/CIHR National Students Awards Poster Panel
Immunology Studentship/PDF Awards, Tom Olenick Foundation
Personnel Grants Review Panel, Manitoba Health Research Council
Ad hoc Membership on National Granting Agency Panels = NSERC and CFI
Site visit member, University of Montreal Department of Microbiology and Immunology
External reviewer, Ontario Health Research Council
External reviewer, Saskatchewan Health Research Council
Michael Drebot
Member of the National West Nile Virus Steering Committee
Member of the National Viral Encephalitis Working Group
Member of the Manitoba Hantavirus Working Group
John Embil
1997 – Present Canadian Hospital Epidemiology Committee/Canadian Nosocomial Infection
Surveillance Program
1998 – Present Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons: Infectious Diseases Examination
Committee
1999 – Present Voting Member of the Council of the Canadian Society for Clinical Investigation
1999 – Present Canadian Health Association (CHA) Representative on the Health Canada
Laboratory Centre for Disease Control (LCDC) Infection Control Steering Committee
2000 – Present Specialty Committee in Infectious Diseases, Royal College of Physicians and
Surgeons
2000 – 2002 Councilor, Canadian Infectious Diseases Society
2000 – Present Member, Steering Committee for Infectious Diseases Guidelines, Health Canada
2000 – Present Member, Working Group, Hemodialysis Infection Surveillance, Health Canada
2000-Present Member, Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus Working Group, Health Canada
2000- Present Chairman, Vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Guidelines Committee,
Health Canada
Joanne Embree
IMPACT (Imunization Monitoring Program Active).
DR BJ Law Winnipeg Site Co-ordinator,
Dr JE Embree Canadian Paediatric Society Scientific Liaison.
Canadian Hospital Epidemiology Committee/Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance
program, Health Canada (CHEC/CNIPS)
Heinrich Feldmann
Canadian Science Centre for Human and Animal Health Animal Care committee, member (20002002)
CIHR: Virology and Viral Pathogenesis Panel (2001-2003)
Alan Ferguson
Member, Monitoring and Evaluation Group, National AIDS Control Council
Keith Fowke
Grant Reviewer:
Canadian Institutes for Health Research (Panel Member)
Virology and Viral Pathogenesis Panel (July 03-present)
Canadian Institutes for Health Research (Invitee Panel Member)
Virology and Viral Pathogenesis Panel May 2001
Virology and Viral Pathogenesis Panel May 2003
Canadian Institutes for Health Research (External Reviewer)
Virology and Viral Pathogenesis Panel
Immunology Panel
New Emerging Team Panel
University-Industry Research Chair Panel
Ontario HIV Treatment Network (External Reviewer)
Manitoba Health Research Council (Panel Member 2002-present)
Health Sciences Centre Foundation (External Reviewer)
University of Manitoba Graduate Student Major Awards Judge – 2002-present
Dr. Paul H.T. Thorlakson Foundation Fund Scientific Committee (Panel member Apr 04-Mar 07)
International Science and Technology Centre (Russia)/NSERC – External Reviewer
Gregory Hammond
Awards Assessment Committee, of the Manitoba Medical Services Foundation Inc. (MMSFI),
1988 - present
Member, Board of Directors, MMSFI, 1988 – present
Member, Executive Committee, MMSFI, 2004 - present
Canadian Foundation for Infectious Diseases (Advisory Board Director, 1992 – present)
Chair - Manitoba Blood Committee - June 1996 - present
Chair - Manitoba Viral Hepatitis Steering Committee, 2000 - present
Member - Manitoba Tuberculosis Advisory Committee, 2000 - present
Member - Executive Management Committee of the Manitoba Department of Health, 1997present
Co-Chair, National Immunization Strategy of the Public Health Working Group, 2000 - 2003
Member, Appointments, Promotions & Tenure Committee of the Department of Medical
Microbiology. 2002 - present.
Member, Visiting Professor Committee of the Department of MMID, 199_ to present
Co-Chair, Canadian Immunization Committee, 2003 – present
Godfrey Harding
Specialty Committee for Medical Microbiology (Member), 1993 Specialty Committee for Medical Microbiology (Nucleus group member), 2002 Board of Examiners - Medical Microbiology 1997 Kent HayGlass
Canadian Asthma Allergy and Immunology Foundation board of directors
Barbara Law
Affiliated Hospital and Institution Committees:
1999-2002
Member, Board of Directors of the Children’s Hospital Foundation of Manitoba
2001 Member, Manitoba Institute of Child Health Advisory Committee
University Committees
06/01-05/04 Member, Senate, University of Manitoba
2001-2002
Member, Search Committee for Head of Otolaryngology
Provincial Committees:
2001 Member, MIMS Steering Committee
Canadian Infectious Disease Society:
2000-present Secretary, CIDS Council (elected 2 year terms)
National – Health Canada:
1999- 2001 Member, Advisory Committee on Causality Assessment (ACCA)
2001-present Chairperson, ACCA
2000-present Participant in several working groups for Health Canada on the
development
of a National Immunization Strategy:
Mar 12-13, 2001
Vaccine Associated Adverse Events Surveillance (VAAES) Sub-committee
Meeting Minimum Data Set for VAAE Reporting
Jan 20-22, 2002
Surveillance for vaccine preventable disease
Feb 24, 2002
Research
Feb 25/26, 2002
National Program and Planning Committee
March 26-27, 2002 Vaccine Safety
Sept 16-17, 2002
Vaccine Communications
June 19-20, 2002
ACCA meeting on Oculorespiratory Syndrome post influenza vaccine
2003 - present NACI member, to represent ACCA
One-time Grant Review Panels
Special Emphasis Panel, for national immunization Program, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia June 26-27, 2003. (part of NIP extramural review process).
Industry Sponsored Expert Advisory Consultant Panels
Zithromax Pediatric Advisory Board Meeting (Pfizer) March 15-17, 2002 Lake Louise Alberta.
(MOCOMP 1 hour: expert presentations on History of short Course Therapy in pediatric LRTIs
(Dr. Jim Kelner, U Calgary); Role of atypical pathogens in pediatric community acquired
pneumonia. Dr. Marc Lebel, Ste. Justine Hospital, Montreal)
Neissvac Consultant Advisory Panel (Shire Biologics), Feb 23, 2002. Toronto Ontario (MOCOMP
3 hours of formal research presentations on the development and clinical phase testing of a
meningococcal conjugate vaccine, based mostly on UK experience with mass immunization).
GlaxoSmithKline Influenza Vaccine Safety Review with Health Canada (in special regard to
Oculorespiratory syndrome); 16th August 2002
GlaxoSmithKline Vaccine Advisory Board. Sept, 2001 and Oct 2002, Toronto Ontario
Varicella Vaccine Consultant Advisory Board Sept 2002, Toronto (GSK)
Yan Li
1999-present: Member of Canadian Pandemic Influenza Surveillance/Laboratory Working Group
2000-present: Member of Surveillance Subcommittee of Alberta Pandemic Influenza Working
Group
Grant McClarty
CIHR Microbiology and Infectious Disease Review Panel- Scientific Officer
CIHR RFA Safe Food and water Scientific Officer
Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research Equipment Grant Review Panel
Michael Smith Foundation British Columbia Scholarship Review
Douglas Milley
Water and Food Safety Subcommittee, Canadian Public Health Laboratory Network
Chester Morris
Member national HIV ICC Kenya
Member donor working group Kenya
Member Ministry of Transport Working Group Kenya
Co-chair national HIV gender committee
Member national technical working group HIV socioeconomic impact Kenya
Michael Mulvey
Executive Member (1999-2003), Canadian Committee on Antimicrobial Resistance (CCAR),
Member of CCAR Surveillance Subcommittee (2000-present).
Interdepartmental Science Team on Antimicrobial Resistance, Federal Government (2002present).
Interdepartmental Antimicrobial Resistance Policy Committee, Federal Government (2002present).
Member, Canadian Association of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (2000-present).
Member, American Society for Microbiology (2000-present).
GRANT REVIEW COMMITTEES
Beef Cattleman’s Research Council (2003)
Canadian Institutes for Health Research, Institute for Infection and Immunity (Spring, 2004)
ORGANIZING COMMITTEES
Canadian Society for Microbiology Annual Conference (2000).
Lai-King Ng
PulseNet Canada and PulseNet International 2002- present.
Public Health Laboratory Services: EnterNet 2002- present.
Infectious Disease Program Steering Committee – Enterics.
Infectious Disease Program Steering Committee – Informatics.
Lindsay Nicolle
Laboratory Centre for Disease Control (Centre for Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases:
Steering Committee for Infection Control Guidelines
1985Chairperson
1994Health Canada
SARS Infection Control Subgroup
SARS Clinical Working Group
2003
2003
Pandemic Influenza Contingency Planning
Health Services Working Group
SARS Infection Control Subgroup
200020002003
Drugs Directorate Expert Advisory Committee on Blood Regulation 1995(Chairperson)
2004National Advisory Committee on Chemical, Biological and RadioNuclear Safety, Security, and Research
2002Canadian Infectious Diseases Society:
Guidelines Committee
National Antibiotic Resistance Policy Conference
Steering Committee, Oct 5-7, 2002
Pamela Orr
National Advisory Committee for Immunization
Rosanna Peeling
20022002
2003-2004 Member, Canadian STD Management Guidelines revision working group
Pierre Plourde
Committee to Advise on Tropical Medicine and Travel (CATMAT), Travel Medicine Program,
Quarantine, Travel and Migration Health Division, Office of Public Health Security, Centre for
Emergency Preparedness and Response, Public Health Agency of Canada
Test Committee in Clinical Reasoning Skills, Examination Board, Medical Council of Canada,
Ottawa
Francis Plummer
09/00-present Scientific Director, National Microbiology Laboratory, Health Canada, Winnipeg, MB
04/03-present Director General, Center for Infectious Disease Prevention & Control, Health
Canada, Ottawa, ON
05/04-09/04 Acting Chief Public Health Officer (CPHO), Public Health Agency of Canada,
Government of Canada
Allan Ronald
Global health Research Committee, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, 2000-2003.
Keystone Health Sciences Venture, Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, 2000-2002.
Board, St. Boniface Hospital and Research Foundation, 2000-2002.
Canadian Infectious Disease Society/Canadian Foundation of Infectious Diseases. President
2000-2002; Committee Member 2002-2004.
Health Canada Scientific Advisory Board, Member 2001-2003.
Graham Tipples
Working Group on Measles Elimination in Canada
Canadian Public Health Lab Network standards subcommittee co-chair.
Councillor for the Canadian Association for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.
Paul Van Caeseele
Member – CPHLN Subcommittee on Bioterorrisim, 2002 to present
Member – CPHLN Subcommittee on Laboratory Standards, 2003 to present
Member – Expert Advisory Group on Rubella in Canada, 2001
Councillor – Medical Laboratory Technologists Transitional Council, 2003
Member – CMPT Microbiology Advisory Committee, 2003 to present
Member – National Notifiable Disease Expert Advisory Committee, 2004 to present
Hana Weingartl
West Nile virus national steering committee
Vice-chair Virology/ Molecular Genetics and Cellular Microbiology, CSM
Zoonotic committee (Public Health Agency of Canada)
John Wylie
Pulsenet Steering Committee, member, 2000-present.
National Surveillance of HIV and HCV associated risk behaviours among IDUs (I-Track), Health
Canada, Provincial team leader for Manitoba portion of survey.
National Street Youth study, Health Canada, Collaborator for Manitoba portion of survey.
CIPARS – Collaborator for National Salmonella antibiotic resistance surveillance.
Xi Yang
CIHR Grant Committee (Immunology/transplantation) 2002-2005
George Zhanel
2002-Present Surveillance Working Group, Canadian Committee on Antibiotic Resistance
(CCAR)
2004-Present Canadian Nosocomial Pneumonia Guidelines Committee
2004-Present Canadian Otitis Media Guidelines Committee
2001-Present Canadian Community Acquired Pneumonia Guidelines Committee