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NeoChats is an interview-style podcast focused on educating neonatal nurses caring for newborns and their families. It is a project of the non-profit Canadian Association of Neonatal Nurses.

  1. NeoChats-Series 8 | Episode 4: Antibiotic Stewardship and Bacterial Resistance – Back to Basics Dr. Joseph Ting

    2023-12-18

    NeoChats-Series 8 | Episode 4: Antibiotic Stewardship and Bacterial Resistance – Back to Basics Dr. Joseph Ting

    GUEST: Joseph Ting, MBBS, MPH, MD(Res), DRCOG, MRCPCH, FRCPC (Pediatrics and Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine) Staff Neonatologist, Alberta Health Services (Edmonton Zone) Variety, the Children's Charity and the Stollery Children's Hospital Foundation Pediatric Clinical Research Professor, Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Care, Department of Pediatrics, Women and Children's Health Research Institute, University of Alberta Associate Director, Evidence-based Practice for Improving Quality (EPIQ), Canadian Neonatal Network Co-chair, Nosocomial Infection Group, EPIQ, Edmonton, Alberta Biography: Dr. Ting is a clinician investigator, committed to improving neonatal health. As a Staff Neonatologist, he provides care for high-risk infants born at the threshold of viability, those with congenital heart diseases, and those requiring surgical intervention and multidisciplinary care.  He completed his medical school training and pediatric residency at University of Hong Kong (HKU) and its affiliated teaching hospitals in 1998 and 2006, respectively. He also obtained a Postgraduate Diploma in Infectious Diseases (2007) and a Master of Public Health (Medical Statistics, 2009). In 2013, he completed his Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine fellowship at University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver, during which time he went to the University of Toronto for 6 months to receive further training in Targeted Neonatal Echocardiograph. He has also completed his MD (research) degree in neonatal infection and antimicrobial stewardship in 2021. Upon completion of his fellowship in 2013, he was hired as Staff Neonatologist at British Columbia Women’s Hospital at Vancouver. In 2017, he was promoted to Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics at UBC, and then recruited to University of Alberta as the tenured associate professor with endowed professorship (Variety, the Children's Charity and the Stollery Children's Hospital Foundation Pediatric Clinical Research Professor) in 2021. This podcast is sponsored by Sanofi

    16 min
  2. NeoChats-Series 8 | Episode 3: Infectious Diseases in the NICU – Preventing & Managing Congenital Neonatal STBBI Infection Risks

    2023-11-26

    NeoChats-Series 8 | Episode 3: Infectious Diseases in the NICU – Preventing & Managing Congenital Neonatal STBBI Infection Risks

    Series 8 | Episode 3: Infectious Diseases in the NICU – Preventing & Managing Congenital Neonatal STBBI Infection Risks GUEST: Ari Bitnun, MD, MSc, FRCPC, FIDSA Division of Infectious Diseases Hospital for Sick Children Professor, Department of Pediatrics Toronto, ON  Biography: Dr. Ari Bitnun is a Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, University of Toronto and a staff physician in the Division of Infectious Diseases, Hospital for Sick Children. His main areas of interest are pediatric HIV, congenital infections and infections of the central nervous system. He is the director of the Family Centred HIV Clinic and the Congenital and Perinatal Infection Clinic at SickKids. This podcast is sponsored by Sanofi

    21 min
  3. NeoChats - Series 8 | Episode 2: Infectious Diseases in the NICU – Congenital CMV – Dr. Jeffrey Pernica

    2023-11-12

    NeoChats - Series 8 | Episode 2: Infectious Diseases in the NICU – Congenital CMV – Dr. Jeffrey Pernica

    Series 8 | Episode 2: Infectious Diseases in the NICU – Congenital CMV   GUEST: Jeffrey Pernica, MSc, MD, FRCPC, DTMH Head of the Division of Infectious Disease, Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics,  McMaster University, Hamilton, ON Biography: Dr. Jeffrey Pernica is the Head of the Division of Infectious Disease and Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at McMaster University. His clinical interests, aside from infectious disease in general, include tropical medicine (he is a member of the Canadian Committee to Advise on Tropical Medicine and Travel), immunization (he is the director of the Special Immunization Clinic at McMaster Children’s Hospital), and congenital CMV (he is the regional lead for the Ontario CMV newborn screening program). His research interests relate to the optimization of the diagnosis and treatment of respiratory infections, enteric infections, and sepsis, both for children living in resource-rich as well as resource-limited settings. He has long been involved in global child health and global health research, having worked on retrospective cohort studies, prospective cohort studies, and randomized trials in Botswana and other low- and middle-income countries. He was the recipient of a Hamilton Health Sciences Early Career Award and an IDWeek 2020 Investigator Award. He has received research funding as PI from Hamilton Health Sciences, the Physicians’ Services Incorporated Foundation, the Hamilton Academic Health Sciences Organization Innovation Fund, and Grand Challenges Canada.  This podcast is sponsored by Sanofi

    16 min
  4. NeoChats - Series 8 | Episode 1: Infectious Diseases in the NICU – Dr. Joanne Langley

    2023-09-14

    NeoChats - Series 8 | Episode 1: Infectious Diseases in the NICU – Dr. Joanne Langley

    Series 8 | Episode 1: Infectious Diseases in the NICU - RSV   GUEST: Joanne M. Langley, MD, MSc, FRCPC Professor of Pediatrics and Community Health and Epidemiology GSK-CIHR Chair in Pediatric Vaccinology, Dalhousie University Head, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, IWK Health Halifax, Nova Scotia Biography: Dr. Langley is a pediatric infectious disease physician at the IWK Health Centre in Halifax, a professor in the Faculty of Medicine at Dalhousie University, and Director of the Evaluation Group at the Canadian Center for Vaccinology. She conducts studies on the prevention of infectious diseases using vaccines, from phase 1 (first in humans) through to efficacy trials (phase 3) and post-marketing studies of how well vaccines work when they are used in immunization programs (phase 4). These studies are done with collaborators in public health, industry, universities, and non-governmental organizations.  Dr. Langley has a particular interest in prevention of respiratory infections such as Respiratory Syncytial Virus and influenza. Her work also focuses on vaccine policy and evidence-based decision making in immunization programs. She is a member of the COVID-19 Science Expert Panel, the Expert Group on Health Systems of the Chief Science Advisor of Canada, a former member of the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care and Canada’s National Advisory Committee on Immunization (Chair, 2007-2011), and serves as an advisor on several immunization decision making expert groups. She is an active investigator in the Canadian Immunization Research Network and leads its Clinical Trials Network (CTN). This podcast is sponsored by Sanofi

    21 min

  5. 2023-08-18

    CANN 2023 Conference Information | October 1 & 2, 2023 | Toronto

    CANN 2023 NATIONAL CONFERENCE October 1 & 2, 2023 | MaRS Centre | Toronto Embracing the theme "Neonatal Nursing: Our Path Forward Together", this two-day conference will feature an inspiring and dynamic line-up of speakers, sessions hosted in partnership with the Canadian Premature Babies Foundation, poster boards, exhibits and networking events.   REGISTER EARLY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE GREAT EARLY BIRD RATE  CANN MEMBER – $349  NON-MEMBER – $429 | STUDENT – $99 (Includes a 1-year CANN membership) Registration rates include attendance at all conference sessions, continental breakfast on Monday, lunch on Sunday and Monday, refreshment breaks and the Welcome Reception on Sunday. REGISTER NOW

    1 min
  6. NeoChats - Series 7 | Episode 4: RSV Eligibility and Programs – Dr. Aaron Chiu

    2023-04-06

    NeoChats - Series 7 | Episode 4: RSV Eligibility and Programs – Dr. Aaron Chiu

    Series 7 | Episode 4: RSV Eligibility and Programs GUEST: Aaron Chiu, MD, FRCPC, FAAP, MBA, ICD.D Associate Dean - Quality Improvement and Accreditation Director - Manitoba RSV Prophylaxis Program Associate Professor (Neonatology), Department of Pediatrics Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences Biography: Dr. Aaron Chiu is the associate dean, Quality Improvement and Accreditation, and associate professor of pediatrics, and obstetrics and gynecology took on the associate dean role in 2016. Dr. Chiu joined University of Manitoba as a faculty member in 1998 and practices neonatology at the HSC Winnipeg Women’s Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and at the St. Boniface Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. He is the chair of the Manitoba RSV Immunoprophylaxis Program Committee, and deputy chair of the Committee on Accreditation of Canadian Medical Schools. He has held the position of chair of neonatal-perinatal medicine at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, was a board member of MD Financial Holdings and was president of Doctors Manitoba (2017-18). Dr. Chiu is a graduate of the University of Toronto, where he undertook his undergraduate education and attended medical school. He completed his residency and a neonatal-perinatal fellowship at the University of Ottawa. In 2012, he earned his masters of business administration from UM’s Asper School of Business and was a Gold Medal recipient." This podcast is sponsored by AstraZeneca Canada

    17 min
  7. NeoChats - Series 7 | Episode 3: Epidemiology of RSV - Dr. Jesse Papenburg

    2023-03-16

    NeoChats - Series 7 | Episode 3: Epidemiology of RSV - Dr. Jesse Papenburg

    NeoChats - Series 7 | Episode 3: Epidemiology of RSV GUEST: Jesse Papenburg, MD, MSc, FRCPC Pediatric Infectious Diseases Specialist and Medical Microbiologist Montreal Children’s Hospital, McGill University Health Centre Montreal, QC Biography: Dr. Jesse Papenburg practices Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology at the Montreal Children’s Hospital of the McGill University Health Centre. Dr. Papenburg’s research is on the epidemiology of viral respiratory infections, with a focus on diagnostics to improve treatment and outcomes. He actively contributes to national and provincial guidelines on RSV immunoprophylaxis, influenza antiviral treatment and SARS-CoV-2 diagnostics and treatment. Since 2019, Dr. Papenburg is a voting member of the National Advisory Committee on Immunization, developing vaccine recommendations in Canada. This podcast is sponsored by AstraZeneca Canada

    22 min
  8. NeoChats - Series 7 | Episode 2: CPBF RSV Position Paper & RSV from a Parents Perspective - Fabiana Bacchini & Kate Jocelyn

    2023-03-10

    NeoChats - Series 7 | Episode 2: CPBF RSV Position Paper & RSV from a Parents Perspective - Fabiana Bacchini & Kate Jocelyn

    NeoChats - Series 7 | Episode 2: Canadian Premature Babies Foundation RSV Position Paper – RSV from a Parents Perspective GUESTS: Fabiana Bacchini Executive Director, Canadian Premature Babies Foundation Etobicoke, ON Kate Joslin Parent Partner Mum of preemie girls - Rosie & Maggie Biography: Fabiana Bacchini is the Executive Director of the Canadian Premature Babies Foundation, CPBF. She is a journalist and the published author of From Surviving to Thriving, a Mother’s Journey Through Infertility, Loss and Miracles. While in the NICU with her surviving twin, born extremely preterm, she participated in the study of Family Integrated Care (FICare). This led her to the extensive volunteering in the NICU at Mount Sinai Hospital and to become an ambassador for FICare, travelling across Canada and internationally to share her experience with this model of care. Her son was diagnosed with cerebral palsy which continued to empower her to be a strong voice and advocate for premature babies and their families. Currently, Fabiana serves as an advisor on the International Steering Committee for FICare, Child-Bright Network, PREMSTEM, and she is also on the advisory board of the Canadian Institute for Health Research, CIHR- IHDCYH. This podcast is sponsored by AstraZeneca Canada

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NeoChats is an interview-style podcast focused on educating neonatal nurses caring for newborns and their families. It is a project of the non-profit Canadian Association of Neonatal Nurses.

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  • Creator
    Anne
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2023
  • Episodes
    33
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    © 2023 NeoChats
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