A roundtable of researchers, community advocates and health care providers discuss the politics and science of pandemic decision making in the inaugural Global Nexus Conversations virtual event on April 29, 2022.
Global Nexus for Pandemics and Biological Threats
Preventing the Next Pandemic
Now is the time for Canada to seize the opportunity sparked by COVID-19 and create a nexus that brings together our world-class resources, elevates our capabilities and amplifies impact. McMaster’s researchers are leading the way. Join us.
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Featured Stories
Global Nexus Conversations: The vax scene – Understanding the factors in vaccine uptake
On May 27, join Canada’s Global Nexus and a panel of experts for a virtual conversation focused on understanding the factors in vaccine uptake.
Analysis: Apologies and promises are not enough to end TB in the North
To finally end tuberculosis in Indigenous communities, the federal government needs to take lessons from the Global South and make a major investment.
McMaster researchers discover how to reduce severe tissue damage from some viral infections
A team of McMaster University researchers has discovered the role of an anti-viral signalling molecule in stopping the immune system from ‘going rogue’ and attacking the body’s own tissues when fighting viral infections.
McMaster, University of Birmingham researchers explore potential partnership
Visiting researchers from Birmingham’s Institute of Microbiology and Infection saw first-hand how their work aligns with Canada’s Global Nexus for Pandemics and Biological Threats and the Institute for Infectious Disease Research at McMaster.
COVID-19 disruptions have presented opportunities in world of work, says expert
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted some ways in which companies and managers can incentivize and engage workers, says Vish Baba, a professor in the DeGroote School of Business.
Hidden benefit: Face masks may reduce COVID-19 severity, researchers find
Researchers have developed a model to investigate COVID-19 variolation — an incidental form of immunization achieved by inhaling smaller doses of the virus than would be inhaled without a mask.
EXPERT VIDEOS
The Conversation @ MAC: Vaccine Confidence in an Era of COVID Learn More
Canada’s Global Nexus experts Dawn Bowdish, Zain Chagla and Clifton van der Linden, along with McMaster’s Manali Mukherjee, talk about vaccine hesitancy and how to address it in this online panel hosted by McMaster and the Conversation Canada.
COVID-19 Policy Forum: Testing and Tracing Learn More
Why was Canada initially slow to ramp up COVID-19 testing? How could Canada’s testing capacity and reporting be improved? Canada’s Global Nexus experts discuss this and more in part one of a three part policy forum presented in partnership with the Lung Health Foundation.