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Venue: Digitally through the University of Manitoba
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29th Annual Bug Day October 23, 2025
THIS EVENT IS PRESENTED DIGITALLY
Click here: 29th Annual Bug Day YouTube link
You must register below to be provided with a certificate of attendance. Add event ticket (below) to cart and complete the registration process. You will receive an email confirmation upon successful registration. If you are unsure if you have registered, you can check My Account, in your profile, to ensure that you have registered for the event. Registration will be open until 10:00am, October 23rd. Registrations will not be accepted past this time, no exceptions.
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Important Event Information:
Hello!
We’re excited to have you join us for the 29th Annual Bug Day event on October 23, 2025. This event will be virtual only.
The event begins at 8:00am, and the stream will go live 20 minutes prior at 7:40am.
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** Registrations are not accepted post-event**
Description
Interested in the prevention and control of communicable diseases, and health issues in the community or healthcare setting? Bug Day is for you! Nationally and internationally recognized experts will present timely topics in infectious diseases and public health at Manitoba’s largest healthcare education event. Held every year during National Infection Prevention & Control Week, register below.
Objectives
By attending this program, the attendee will be able to:
- State the names of the key pathogens that have been clinically and socially relevant over the past 29 years.
- State how the determinants of health influence a person’s risk for infection.
- State how to modify risk factors for the acquisition of infection.
Agenda
Bug Day 2025: Thursday, October 23, 2025
| Time | Topic/Title | Speaker |
| 8:00-8:05 | Land Acknowledgment | Chris Christodoulou,, MD, Shared Health |
| 8:05-8:15 | Introduction to Bug Day/Grand Rounds | John Embil, MD, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority |
| 8:15-8:30 | Alexander Fleming: A Chance Discovery that Changed Society | Kevin Brown, MA, National Health Services UK |
| 8:30-8:45 | Florence Nightingale: A Pioneer in Infection Prevention and Control | Melissa Wert, National Health Services, UK |
| 8:45-9:00 | Neisseria gonorrhoeae: Cross Canada Checkup | Todd Hatchette, MD, Dalhousie University |
| 9:00-9:15 | Questions and Answers | |
| 9:15-9:30 | The Manitoban Impact on Global Infectious Disease Research: The Nairobi, Kenya Case | Keith Fowke, PhD, University of Manitoba |
| 9:30-9:45 | Human Papilloma Virus and Other Sexually Transmitted Infections | Lyle McKinnon, PhD, University of Manitoba |
| 9:45-10:00 | Why do We Care about Hormones when Studying the Immune System? | Julie Lajoie, PhD, University of Manitoba |
| 10:00-10:15 | Questions and Answers | |
| 10:15-10:30 | Break | |
| 10:30-10:45 | Influenza: Always Rearing its Ugly Head | Jared Bullard, MD, University of Manitoba |
| 10:45-11:00 | Sepsis: A Call for Action | Gloria Vazquez Grande, MD, University of Manitoba |
| 11:00-11:15 | Measles: Neither Gone nor Forgotten | Santina Lee, MD, University of Manitoba |
| 11:15-11:30 | Questions and Answers | |
| 11:30-12:00 | Lunch | |
| 12:00-1:00 | Medical Grand Rounds: Xeno Transplantation: The Future or Fantasy | Julie Ho, MD, and Armelle Villalobos, MD, University of Manitoba |
| 1:00-1:15 | Organizing Chaos – The Incident Command System in Healthcare | Jeff Martin, BA, Shared Health, Manitoba |
| 1:15-1:30 | Opportunities (and Challenges) for Improved Diagnosis and Prevention of Syphilis | Mara Goodyear, PhD, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Victoria |
| 1:30-1:45 | Controlling Legionella in the Healthcare Environment: Facilities Water Management | Craig Doerksen, P Eng., Shared Health Manitoba |
| 1:45-2:00 | Questions and Answers | |
| 2:00-2:15 | Hyperbaric Oxygen: Facts and Myths | Yoav Keynan, MD, University of Manitoba |
| 2:15-2:30 | First Use of Bacteriophage (Phage) Therapy in Canada for the Treatment of a Periprosthetic Joint Infection | Marisa Azad, MD, University of Ottawa |
| 2:30-2:45 | What do the Germs Know? Life Lessons from the Microbial World | Sarah Forgie, MD, University of Saskatchewan |
| 2:45-3:00 | Questions and Answers | |
| 3:00-3:15 | Break | |
| 3:15-3:30 | What’s Biting You? A Primer on Tick-Borne Diseases | Philippe Lagacé-Wiens, MD, Shared Health Manitoba |
| 3:30-3:45 | Walking Pneumonia…Is it Still Walking Amongst Us? | Wayne Ghesquire, MD, University of British Columbia |
| 3:45-4:00 | Where to Next? The Effects of Excess on Human Health | Pierre Plourde, MD, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority |
| 4:00-4:15 | Questions and Answers |
Note: Topics and speakers may be subject to change
Study Credits
This event was co-developed with the CPD Medicine Program, University of Manitoba and was planned to achieve scientific integrity, objectivity and balance.
This one-credit-per-hour Group Learning program meets the certification criteria of the College of Family Physicians of Canada and has been approved by the CPD Medicine Program, University of Manitoba for up to 7 Mainpro+ credits.
This event is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and approved by the CPD Medicine Program, University of Manitoba for a maximum of 7 hours.
Participants should only claim credit for the actual number of hours attended.
The University of Manitoba CPD Medicine Program is fully accredited by the Committee on Accreditation of Continuing Medical Education (CACME).
29th Bug Day Printable Agenda
Bug Day 2025-Abstract booklet
Questions about this event please contact Carolyn Garlinski CDGarlinski@hsc.mb.ca
Program Coordinator
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Senia Molina
Program Coordinator, CPD - Medicine
Office of Continuing Competency and
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
University of Manitoba
Tel: 431-278-8572
Email:contactcca@umanitoba.ca