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Mount Sinai Hospital is a University of Toronto patient care, teaching, and research centre.
Mount Sinai Hospital is a University of Toronto patient care, teaching, and research centre.

Education

Infectious Disease Research Journal Club

Next Meeting

Date: Tuesday, October 14th, 2014
Time: 12:30pm - 1:00pm
Location: Room 212, Mount Sinai Hospital
Topic: Exposure to influenza virus aerosols during routine patient care
Link to article: Link
Lead: Jabeen Khan
Moderators: Dr. Brenda Coleman & Ms. Christine Moore
  • Anyone with interest in Infectious Disease Research is welcome to join us.
  • You may join us for one or all of the meetings. "Membership" is not a requirement.
  • Bring your lunch
For more information, contact Laura at 416-586-4800 ext 4161.

Library resources:
Paula Last, Information Specialist416-586-4800 ext. 7557 or plast@mtsinai.on.ca
Mount Sinai Hospital, Sidney Liswood Library416-586-4800 ext. 4614 or library@mtsinai.on.ca

Upcoming Meetings

TBC

Past Meetings

Date: Monday, September 8, 2014
Time: 12:05pm-12:35pm
Location: Room 212, Mount Sinai Hospital
Topic: Measuring foot traffic in the OR and the implications for infection control
Link to article: Link
Lead: Nisha De Silva
Moderators: Dr. Brenda Coleman & Ms. Christine Moore
Date: Monday, August 11, 2014
Time: 12:05pm-12:35pm
Location: Room 212, Mount Sinai Hospital
Topic: using Lactobacilli and bifidobacteria in the prevention of antibiotic-associated diarrhoea and Clostridium difficile diarrhoea in older inpatients
Link to article: Link (printed copies available in room 218-4)
Lead: Laura Goodliffe
Moderators: Dr. Brenda Coleman & Ms. Christine Moore

Date: Monday, July 14, 2014
Time: 12:05pm-12:35pm
Location: Room 212, Mount Sinai Hospital
Topic: Determining whether relaxing vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) precautions results in an increase in the incidence of invasive VRE infections over time.
Link to article: Link (printed copies available in room 218-4)
Lead: Jannice So
Moderator: Ms. Christine Moore
Date: Monday, June 9, 2014
Time: 12:05pm-12:35pm
Location: Room 212, Mount Sinai Hospital
Topic: Case Study - A 52 Year Old Woman with Fever and Confusion
Link to article: Link
Lead: Mike Larocque
Moderator: Dr. Brenda Coleman & Ms. Christine Moore

Date: Monday, May 12, 2014
Time: 12:05pm-12:35pm
Location: Room 212, Mount Sinai Hospital
Topic: Assessing the effectiveness of an educational intervention on the prevalence of MRSA in care homes for older people
Link to article: Link
Lead: Wallis Rudnick
Moderator: Dr. Brenda Coleman & Ms. Christine Moore
Date: Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Time: 12:00-1:00pm
Location: Room 212, Mount Sinai Hospital
Topic: Antibody response to pertussis vaccine in women of childbearing age and post-partum women
Link to article: Link
Lead: Dr. Brenda Coleman
Moderator: Ms. Christine Moore

Date: Thursday September 27, 2012
Time: Noon to 13:00 hours
Location: Room 206a, Mount Sinai Hospital
Topic: Effects of microbiota on enteric viruses
Link to article: Link (for those who are unable to access, please contact Joanna for a copy)
Lead: Wallis Rudnick (PhD candidate)
Moderator: Dr. Brenda Coleman & Ms. Christine Moore
Date: Thursday July 19, 2012
Time: Noon to 13:00 hours
Location: Room 212, Mount Sinai Hospital
Topic: Antibiotic resistance & Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs)
Link to article: Link
Lead: Jordana Kashin (MPH practicum student)
Moderator: Dr. Brenda Coleman & Ms. Christine Moore

Date: Thursday June 14, 2012
Time: Noon to 13:00 hours
Location: Room 212, Mount Sinai Hospital
Topic: Influenza antibodies
Link to article: Link
Supplementary article
Lead: Shaza Fadel (MPH practicum student)
Moderator: Dr. Brenda Coleman & Ms. Christine Moore
Date: Thursday, May 10, 2012
Time: Noon to 13:00 hours
Location: Room 212, Mount Sinai Hospital
Topic: Varicella Zoster Virus (VZV) Transmission in School and Day Care settings
Link to article: Link
Lead: Laura (Oberholzer) McNaught
Moderator: Dr. Brenda Coleman & Ms. Christine Moore

Date: Thursday, March 8, 2012
Time: Noon to 13:00 hours
Location: Room 212, Mount Sinai Hospital
Topic: C Diff transmission - epidemiological data & molecular typing
Link to article: Link
Lead: Karen Green
Moderator: Dr. Brenda Coleman & Ms. Christine Moore
Date: Thursday, February 9, 2012
Time: Noon to 13:00 hours
Location: Room 212, Mount Sinai Hospital
Topic: Influenza
Link to article: Link
Lead: Kelsey Ragan
Moderators: Dr. Brenda Coleman & Ms. Christine Moore

Date: Thursday, January 12, 2012
Time: Noon to 13:00 hours
Location: Room 212, Mount Sinai Hospital
Topic: Randomized Controlled Trials
Link to article: Link (for those who are unable to access, please contact Joanna for a copy)
Lead: Christine Moore
Moderator: Dr. Brenda Coleman
Date: Thursday, December 8, 2011
Time: Noon to 13:00 hours
Location: Room 212, Mount Sinai Hospital
Topic: Clostridium Difficile
Link to article: Article link
Lead: Dr. Brenda Coleman

Date: Monday, November 21, 2011
Time: Noon to 13:00 hours
Location: Room 212, Mount Sinai Hospital
Topic: How to start a journal club & what you want to gain from being a member
Link to article: Article link
Meeting Minutes: PDF
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