Welcome

The International Centre for Infectious Diseases (ICID) partners to reduce the impact of infectious diseases. We bring people and resources together to catalyze solutions that target infectious diseases.

The four major areas of activity include: 1) Optimizing disease prevention strategies and technologies; 2) Enhancing the biosafety and biosecurity of laboratories, hospitals and communities;
3) Moving innovation into public health practice and the marketplace; 4) Improving evidence-based decision making in public health.
 

ACTIVITIES: 

Alliance Coordinating Office
Established at ICID
The Canadian HIV Vaccine Initiative (CHVI) Research and Development Alliance Coordinating Office (ACO) was recently established at ICID as part of the Renewed CHVI Vaccine Initiative. The ACO is working to enhance Canada’s HIV research capacity by establishing and supporting a national network of researchers and identifying new opportunities for international collaboration.

Canadian Network on HPV Prevention Webinar Sessions
- HPV Testing Technologies: Current evidence and new advancements.
- Video of the session and a webinar evaluation link.

Prioritizing HPV Immunization of Indigenous Populations: an international HPV symposium
The symposium was held at the IPV2011 conference in Berlin, Germany, on September 19, 2011. Speakers were from New Zealand, Canada, and Nepal.

HPV Abstract Summaries & Research Priorities
This summary provides an update on HPV research published in scholarly journals between January 2009 and September 2010. A total of 245 abstract summaries are organized into major HPV topics. More.

Directory of Canadian HPV Research
The Canadian Network on HPV Prevention, ICID, is pleased to present the 2nd edition of the Canadian HPV Directory. The purpose of the Directory is to increase awareness, promote sharing and support linkages among Canadian researchers, policy decision makers, and funders about current HPV research activities. More.

International Indigenous HPV Symposia
At each recent International Papillomavirus Conference (IPV) the International Centre for Infectious Diseases has coordinated an Indigenous HPV Symposium. These symposia are intended to share current information on the burden of HPV-related diseases affecting Indigenous peoples globally, and to identify effective HPV disease interventions and best immunization practices appropriate for Indigenous Populations. For more information, including slide presentations and reports of previous Indigenous HPV symposia, click here.

ICID Guidebook and Resources for Influenza and Vulnerable Populations
Issues in Pandemic Influenza Responses for Marginalized Urban Populations
Public health planners and direct service providers across Canada identify a need for pandemic planning for marginalized urban populations to address most vulnerable population barriers in the context of pandemic influenza and should include input from direct service providers in planning, communication, and implementation strategies. More.

Upcoming Events

Canadian Biosafety Symposium
Jun 4 - Jun 7 2012 CDT - Vancouver, British Columbia