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Cryptococcus gattii — Just Passing Through or Here to Stay? (Seminar)
Monday, February 23, 2009
12pm to 1pm
Seminar Details Cryptococcus gattii (a.k.a. the killer fungus) was first recognized as an emerging pathogen in British Columbia in 2001. C. gattii, an environmental yeast, had never been described in a temperate climate before, yet has been the cause of over 220 human cases of disease (and 9 deaths) during the last decade. Human and animal cases are now being described in Washington and Oregon — is the organism on the move?
Lecturer Karen Bartlett received her PhD in Occupational Hygiene in 1994 from the University of British Columbia (UBC), and then completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Inhalation Toxicology at the University of Iowa School of Public Health. Currently, she is an Associate Professor in the UBC School of Environmental Health. She was a Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholar from 2002 to 2007. Dr. Bartlett’s research interests are in four thematic areas: environmental sources of infectious disease, mould and building material interactions (the built environment), animal models of lung infectious for therapeutic protocols, and occupational and environmental exposure to bioaerosols (airborne biologic particulate). Examples of recent research are: bioaerosol exposures to compost workers in BC, use and evaluation of slow sand filtration of drinking water, and environmental sources and exposures to Cryptococcus gattii.
Location At the Botanical Garden Reception Centre, near the main entrance (Directions to the Botanical Garden)
Cost Free
Please Note Bring a bag lunch. Coffee supplied. Please call 604-822-3928 or email the in advance to book a seat.
