LSI Public Talk: Your Microbiome – How the Bugs Living in You and on You Affect Your Health

What is my microbiome? How can microbes change the future of human health? What role does technology play? How do microbes affect women’s health? Can they lower my child’s risk of asthma? Join the discussion and learn the answers from our expert panel of UBC researchers.

Event Details

When: April 6, Wednesday | 6-8pm
Where: Alice MacKay Room, Lower Level, Vancouver Public Library (Central Branch)

Event is free, but please register here.

Moderator

Linda Aylesworth – Reporter, Global BC News

Discussion Topics and Panelists

What Everyone Should Know About Their Microbiome

Bill Mohn – Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Life Sciences Institute, UBC

How Can Microbes Change the Future of Human Health?

Brett Finlay – UBC Peter Wall Distinguished Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Michael Smith Laboratories, UBC

Women’s Health: How is the Vaginal Microbiome Important?

Deborah Money, MD – Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, UBC, VP, Research, BC Women’s Hospital + Health Centre, Women’s Health Research Institute