Presentation of the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (Saskatoon)

For this month’s meet up, we have a presentation by Paul Hodgson, spokesperson for the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization, located at the University of Saskatchewan.

The title of Paul’s talk will be

Emerging infectious diseases: Real world ‘Contagion’ or media hype?

The ‘Contagion’ in the title refers to the recent movie, starring Jude Law and Kate Winslet. As it happens, the film was inspired by events such as the SARS crisis and attempts an accurate depiction of the outbreak, spread and attempts to control a new contagious disease. Thus, it might make good homework to watch the film before the meetup.