October 22:C-GCH Global Leadership Series - Research and Response: Lessons for the future

11:15    Coffee and  refreshments available before the session

11:30     Opening Remarks: 

Dr. Zulfiqar Bhutta MBBS, PhD, Co-Director at the Centre for Global Child Health, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada

11:40 am     Panel Discussion and Q&A

Moderator:

Dr. Shaun K. Morris, MD, MPH, FCRCP(C), FAAP, DTM&H, Co-Director, Centre for Global Child Health; Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada 

Panelists:

Prof. John D. Clemens, MD, 2026 John DIrks Canada Gairdner Global Health Award, Senior Scientific Advisor, IVI (International Vaccine Institute), Adjunct Professor Epidemiology, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Seoul, South Korea 

Dr. Jan Holmgren, MD, PhD, 2026 John DIrks Canada Gairdner Global Health Award, Senior Professor, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden

Dr. Bahaa Abu-Raya, MD, PhD, 2026 Gairdner Early Career Investigator (ECI), Clinician-Scientist, Canadian Center for Vaccinology, Department of Pediatrics, IWK Health, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia

12:50     Closing Remarks:

Dr. Pierre-Phillip Piché-Renaud MD, MSc, FRCPC, Division of Infectious Diseases, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada