Welcome new undergraduates
The Cameron lab would like to welcome our new undergraduates: Sean Waugh, Alyssa Fraser, Kevin Choi, and Joslyn Dosanjh.
January 2023
Darcy Sutherland joins the vaccine team
We are excited to welcome Darcy to the vaccine team. He will be developing a new protocol for the extraction and quantification of T. pallidum RNA from host tissues.
Dr. Elaine Tuomanen
Cameron lab hosts seminar speaker Dr. Elaine Tuomanen, Chair, Infectious Diseases Department, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
Caroline to attend the Women Deliver meeting with Prime Minister Trudeau
Caroline to attend Women Deliver Vancouver kick-off meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Sophie Grégoire Trudeau on November 16, 2017. Optimal timing of the Women Deliver Conference (June 3-6, 2019) with the STI & HIV World Congress (July 14-17, 2019) – both will be held at the Vancouver Convention Centre. https://www.facebook.com/CanWaCH/videos/1564827303609690/
Congenital Syphilis in Alberta
A CBC news article about the rise of syphilis in Alberta and the dramatic spike in congenital syphilis. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/sti-alberta-sexually-transmitted-infections-1.4402550
Gordon Research Seminar 2018
Congratulations to Karen who gave a plenary talk at the 2018 Biology of Spirochetes Gordon Research Conference and Brigette who gave a talk at the 2018 Biology of Spirochetes Gordon Research Seminar
Welcome New Undergraduates – Fall 2018
The Cameron Lab is excited to welcome our new undergraduates: Emily Tsao, Ben Jiang and Sarah Mustafa.
Experts call STDs in America “a public health crisis”
Rates of syphilis, gonorrhea and chlamydia reach record high. This was announced at the STD Prevention Conference, August, 2018. Please see link attached below for more information. https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/28/health/std-rates-united-states-2018-bn/index.html
Graduate Student Karen Lithgow wins Provost’s Advocacy and Activism Award
(L-R) Vice President Academic and Provost Valerie Kuehne with award winners Bruce Wallace, Hannah Charnock and Karen Lithgow, along with Acting Director of Equity and Human Rights Cassbreea Dewis. Congratulations to Ms. Karen Lithgow and fellow recipients for winning the Provost’s Advocacy and Activism Award in Equity and Diversity. https://www.uvic.ca/future-students/home/campus-news/2018+provost-advocacy-activism-awards+news
Congenital syphilis cases reach 20-year high
According to the US CDC, the rates of congenital syphilis have more than doubled since 2013. Click on link below for more information: https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/25/health/syphilis-newborns-cdc-study/index.html