Confirmed speakers for the 2010 Drug Innovations Forum: TBA
Speaker Biographies (in alphabetical order)
Deirdre Date, National Therapy Access Manager, Medtronic
Deidre has worked with Medtronic for more than 11 years in several roles and has been an integral part of the evolution of establishing diabetes technology in Canada. Over the past several years she has worked to help build the platform for diabetes technology reimbursement across Canada with both public and private payers and has developed significant expertise in this field.
Prior to Medtronic, Deidre was a Clinical Diabetes Educator and Dietitian in Diabetes. She completed her honours Science degree at Ryerson University in Toronto in Clinical Nutrition and a Masters of Education in Adult Education Theory from Brock University.
Deidre is very involved with leading and accompanying the National Secondary School qualifiers to the International Science Fair Competition annually.
Dr. Mark Loeb, Professor, Departments of Pathology and Molecular Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and, Division Director for Infectious Diseases at McMaster University Mark graduated from McGill Medical School in 1990, then completed fellowships in Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology at the University of Toronto and McMaster University, and an MSc in Clinical Epidemiology at McMaster in 1997.
Mark's research interests include influenza, West Nile virus, and dengue. Mark is currently conducting a cluster randomized trial of immunizing Hutterite children against influenza in order to reduce transmission in Hutterite colonies.
Other studies include a candidate gene study to assess genetic polymorphisms associated with response to influenza vaccine in Hutterite children and a population genomics study on West Nile virus. Mark has served on numerous national and international advisory committees.
He is Associate Editor, ACP Journal Club and Evidence-Based Medicine and is Co-editor of the first textbook on Evidence-Based Infectious Diseases.
Anitasha Puodziunas, Senior Lead Oncology Medical Science Liaison—Oncology, BMS Canada Anitasha has been part of BMS Canada’s Medical Affairs department since 2003. She works in bridging clinical application of pipeline oncology discovery molecules between her department and key clinicians and cancer centres across Canada. Anitasha graduated from University of Toronto, earning her Hospital Residency from Sunnybrook/Women’s College Hospital in Toronto and PharmD from University of Shenandoah in Virginia.
She began her oncology pharmacy career at Princess Margaret Hospital where she last served as Pharmacy Practice Manager for UHN Network while maintaining her own clinical practice in BMT and Oncology Practice Leader for PMH. She served on various hospital, provincial and industry committees, contributing to various supportive care systemic therapy guidelines. Anitasha continues to contribute to guidelines initiatives with Multinational Supportive Care in Cancer.
Anitasha was one of the first Canadian pharmacist to earn the American Board Certified Oncology Specialist and now also holds Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist.
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