Dalla Lana School of Public Health

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Special note: This event will be held online. Attendees will be sent the zoom information for this event TWO HOURS before the event, via an email from Eventbrite.

Since 2018, the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto (UofT) and the School of Public Health at the Shandong University (SDU) have been in formal collaboration to advance areas of common interest. As top institutions of higher learning, both partners share a continued commitment to education and research excellence.

This year marks the one hundred and twentieth anniversary of Shandong University. To honour this momentous occasion and to celebrate both institution’s continued collaboration, the Centre for Global Health, DLSPH, U of T, and School of Public Health, SDU are hosting a workshop, supported by the Centre for Global Health, DLSPH, to explore current and future public health systems strategies for the COVID-19 pandemic, featuring a diverse panel of experts from both institutions.

AGENDA

8:00-8:10pm – Introduction

– Moderated by Dr. Qiang Sun & Dr. Xiaolin Wei

8:10-8:30 – Opening Remarks

– Moderated by Dr. Qiang Sun & Dr. Xiaolin Wei
– Speakers:

– Dr. Shenghao Han, Vice President @ SDU
– Dr. Alex Mihailidis, Associate Vice-President – International Partnerships @ UofT
– Dr. Shixue Li, Dean of School of Public Health @ SDU
– Dr. Adalsteinn Brown, Dean of Dalla Lana School of Public Health @ UofT

8:35 – 8:55 – Collaboration history between SDU and UofT – Canadian Christian Church’s support for Cheeloo University

– Moderated by Dr. Qiang Sun
– Speaker: Dr. Jiafeng Liu @ SDU

8:55-9:10pm – Accelerating mutual learning through the COVID-19 pandemic: comparing national COVID-19 policy responses

– Moderated by Dr. Xiaolin Wei
– Speaker: Dr. Sara Allin @ UofT

9:10-9:25pm – The Epidemiological challenges of COVID-19 – Shandong University as an Example

– Moderated by Dr. Qiang Sun
– Speaker: Dr. Wei Ma @ SDU

9:25-9:40pm – Novel approach for drug development: An interfering peptide for SARS-CoV-2

– Moderated by Dr. Xiaolin Wei
– Speaker: Dr. Fang Liu @ UofT

9:40-10:05pm – Towards genomic sequencing-informed digital surveillance for infectious diseases

– Moderated by Dr. Qiang Sun
– Speaker: Dr. Yifei Xu @ SDU

10:05-10:20pm – Health economic impacts of COVID-19

– Moderated by Dr. Xiaolin Wei
– Speaker: Audrey Laporte @ UofT

10:20-10:30pm – Concluding Remarks

– Moderated by Dr. Qiang Sun & Dr. Xiaolin Wei