Mark Lowey

Canada’s chief scientist will tap expert panel to help inform pandemic preparedness strategy

Mark Lowey
May 26, 2020

Canada's chief science advisor Dr. (PhD) Mona Nemer says she'd be "pleased" to provide input into a new long-term research and pandemic preparedness strategy being developed by the federal government. Nemer also co-chairs a group providing advice on health data needed to manage disease spread, an area public health experts say needs significant improvement.

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Organizations: Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Chief Science Advisor of Canada, Government of Canada, Health Canada, House of Commons Standing Committee on Health, Pan Canadian Public Health Care Network, and Public Health Agency of Canada
People: Dr David Naylor, Dr. (PhD) Mona Nemer, Dr. (PhD) Stephen Lucas, and Dr. Theresa Tam
Topics: Blueprint for a Federated System for Public Health Surveillance in Canada, Centre for Pandemic Preparedness and Health Emergencies Research, COVID-19, COVID-19 Expert Panel, COVID-19 Immunity Task Force, disease surveillance infrastructure, epidemiology, Expert Group on Modelling Approaches, federal response to COVID-19, health data sharing, independent science advice to government, infectious diseases management, infectious diseases surveillance and control, long-term research and pandemic preparedness strategy, National Advisory Committee on SARS and Public Health, physical distancing, public health, public health data, SARS outbreak, serosurveillance, and surveillance standards

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