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Congratulations to Dr. Jeffrey Wong on receiving the 2025 Dr. Juan Embil Award from the Canadian Foundation for Infectious Diseases!
The RID Program would like to offer its sincerest congratulations to one of our investigators Dr. Jeffrey Wong on receiving the Dr. Juan Embil Trainee Award for Excellence in Infectious Disease Research from the Canadian Foundation for Infectious Diseases!
New Publication: “Acceptance and preference between respiratory syncytial virus vaccination during pregnancy and infant monoclonal antibody among pregnant and postpartum persons in Canada”
A new publication authored by multiple members of the RID Program, including Dr. Elisabeth McClymont, Dr. Jeffrey Wong, Sandra Blitz and Dr. Deborah Money has been published in Vaccine!
New Publication: “Acceptance and attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy in Canada”
A new publication from a team of authors that includes multiple members of the RID Program, including Suraya Bondy, Dr. Elisabeth McClymont, Sandra Blitz and Dr. Deborah Money has been published in Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics!
Congratulations to Dr. Elisabeth McClymont on her Assistant Professorship with the UBC Departments of OBGYN and Pediatrics!
The RID Team would like to offer our sincerest congratulations to Dr. Elisabeth McClymont on her new position as Assistant Professor with the UBC Departments of Obstetrics & Gynaecology and Pediatrics!!
Registration for the 2025 FIGO World Congress of Gynecology and Obstetrics is Now Open!
The 25th edition of the World Congress of Gynecology and Obstetrics hosted by the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) is being held from October 5-9th 2025 in Cape Town, South Africa and early bird registration is now open!
Congratulations to the BCWH Penicillin Allergy Delabelling Clinic on receiving the BC Quality Award for “Optimizing the Early Years”!
The BCWH Penicillin Allergy Delabelling Clinic, whose team includes RID Program team members Dr. Chelsea Elwood, Dr. Julie van Schalkwyk, and Dr. Jeffrey Wong has recently been awarded the BC Quality Award for exemplary health care in the category of “Optimizing the Early Years” by Health Quality BC!
New HPV Screening Algorithm and Guidelines Released for Immunocompromised Women and Gender-Diverse People with a Cervix in BC!
Two new resources have been released that were co-developed by the team at the RID Program, to help answer questions regarding the HPV screening protocols for women and gender-diverse people with a cervix living with HIV, as well as other immunocompromised individuals.
Check Out the RID Program on Instagram and Facebook!
The RID Program has recently launched a new Instagram and Facebook account.
REACT-Syph Project Team Attends the 2024 BC Provincial Perinatal Substance Use Conference to Distribute Resources on Congenital Syphilis and Syphilis in Pregnancy as Part of Ongoing Knowledge Mobilization Efforts!
RID Program team members Emma Karlsen and Roisin Delaney attended as exhibitors to help showcase the ongoing work of the RID Program’s REACT-Syph (Towards the Eradication of Congenital Syphilis in Canada: Canadian Maternal and Congenital Syphilis Surveillance) Project
New Report Released from the RID Program’s CANCOVID-Preg Project!
The RID Program’s Canadian Surveillance of COVID-19 in Pregnancy: Epidemiology, Maternal and Infant Outcomes (CANCOVID-Preg) Project has just released a new report (Report #7) on some of the most recent updates, key findings and recommendations based on the latest data.