OSCC Events
OSCC Events
2024 OSCC Annual Scientific Meeting
REGISTER NOW!
ACCOMMODATIONS
A block of rooms at an OSCC special group rate has been set up at the Radisson Blu Toronto Hotel, 249 Queens Quay West, Toronto.
ROOM RATE
$289.00 per night (plus taxes)
BOOK YOUR RESERVATIONS TODAY!
Rate Available: Wednesday October 9 to Saturday October 12, 2024. OSCC room rate will be available for a limited time. Please book as soon as possible to obtain the special rate!
BOOK ONLINE
Click here to book your room now
***Guests may adjust their stay dates on the top bar section on the website***
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
Click here to download the program
Day 1 – Thursday, October 10, 2024 – Harbourfront centre, toronto |
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8:30 – 9:00 |
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Registration |
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9:00 – 9:15 |
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Welcome from the OSCC President, Michael Knauer |
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9:15 – 10:45 |
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Symposium 1: IQMH Investigation of discordant proficiency testing findings 9:15-9:45 – From identification to investigation: improving the DFI form – A. Kumaritakis 9:45-10:45 – Discordant finding investigations: case studies – P. Kavsak |
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10:45 – 11:15 |
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Break, Refreshments, and Vendor Exhibits |
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11:15 – 1:15 |
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Symposium 2: IQMH: Point of Care 11:15-11:45 – Point of Care Testing utilization in the community – J. Shaw 11:45-12:15 – Point of Care Testing biosafety decisions – M. Tadros 12:15-12:45 – J. Roberts 12:45-1:15 – Roundtable discussion |
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1:15 – 2:30 |
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Lunch and Vendor Exhibits |
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2:30 – 4:00 |
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Symposium 3: The laboratory landscape in Ontario 2:30-3:00 – How can looking back help us move forward – P. St. Louis 3:00-3:45 – Resource Stewardship in Laboratory Medicine: The Manitoba Experience – A. Sokoro 3:45-4:00 – From vein to vial: validation of plasma free hemoglobin (PFH) testing – M. Asare-Werehene (trainee) |
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4:30 – 6:30 |
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Vendor Exhibits and Refreshments/Wine and Cheese |
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6:30 – |
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Dinner |
Day 2 – Friday, October 11, 2024 – Harbourfront centre, toronto |
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7:30 – 8:30 |
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Registration and Breakfast |
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8:00 – 8:30 |
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OSCC Annual General Meeting (AGM) |
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8:30 – 10:00 |
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Symposium 4: Test Underutilization – improving access to care
8:30-9:30 – CSCC Travelling Lectureship – Shifting Paradigms: it’s time to change the way we diagnose and treat Type 1 diabetes – E. Sims 9:30 – 10:00 – HPV screening – improving access to care – T. Zigras |
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10:00 – 11:00 |
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Symposium 5: Toxicology and Forensics 10:00-11:00 – Forensic Mental Health System in Ontario – T. Wilkie |
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11:00 – 11:45 |
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Break, Refreshments, and Vendor Exhibits |
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11:45 – 1:00 |
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Symposium 5 (continued): Toxicology and Forensics 11:45-12:30 – Forensic Laboratory Act 2018 – Impact on Clinical Laboratories – C. Stefan 12:30-1:00 – Toxicology and Forensics – Open Discussion |
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1:00 – 2:00 |
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Lunch, Vendor Exhibits |
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2:00 – 2:45 |
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Symposium 6: OSCC Trainee presentations 2:00-2:15 – Evaluation of pre-analytical factors impacting urinalysis and urine chemistry results – M. K. Bohn 2:15-2:30 – Stability assessment of 16 urinary analytes in 24-hour urine stored at 4°C – W. Demian 2:30-2:45 – The Platelet as a Novel Bio-Source for the Detection of Lyme Borrelia-Derived Protein – R. Alshamali |
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2:45 – 3:45 |
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Symposium 7: OSCC members 2:45-3:15 – Hyponatraemia – A challenge – R. Moore 3:15-3:45 – Psycho-medicine, Cannabis and Gastro-intestinal system – M. Neuman |
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3:45 – 4:00 |
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Student Award Winner |
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4:00 – 4:15 |
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Closing Remarks |
Speakers
2023 OSCC Annual Scientific Meeting
On behalf of OSCC Council, we are excited to welcome everyone to an exciting scientific meeting in Kitchener-Waterloo on October 12-23, 2023. This year’s meeting will cover high-interest topics such as the CSCC Travelling Lecture with Dr. Nitika Pai on Making Diagnostic Testing Accessible; Supporting Patients, Supporting Yourself; Kidney Failure and Acute Kidney Injury; Artificial Intelligence; Toxicology; and everyone’s favourite, the OSCC Trainee Presentations.
Rooms are reserved until September 11, 2023. Register early to secure your dinner and Oktoberfest tickets!
Important Notes:
- Hotel reservations should be made as soon as possible since this there is a lot of interest in the hotel for Oktoberfest. Rooms are held until September 11, 2023.
- Dinner + Oktoberfest registration should be made as soon as possible; there are a limited number of tickets. Shuttle buses will take attendees from the Walper to Oktoberfest.
- Dinner + Oktoberfest ticket includes transportation and admission.
- Register here: http://reg.planetreg.com/E81810175178938
ACCOMMODATIONS
A block of rooms at an OSCC special group rate has been set up at the Walper Hotel, 20 Queen Street South, Kitchener.
ROOM RATE
$199.00 per night (plus HST)
BOOK YOUR RESERVATIONS TODAY!
Rate Available: Wednesday October 11 to Thursday October 13, 2023. OSCC room rate will be available until September 11. Please book as soon as possible to obtain the special rate!
BOOK ONLINE
Go to hotel website: https://www.walper.com/ and click on Book Now
- At the top of your screen, you will see a grey bar with dates in it – click on Edit
- Enter your arrival and departure date
- Drop down “Special Rates” and select: Corporate or Group code
- Enter the group code G-DYSC
- Click on Update Search
- Book your room
Book your room as soon as possible since there is a lot of interest in the hotel for Oktoberfest!
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
Day 1 – Thursday, October 12, 2023 |
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09:00 – 09:30 |
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Registration |
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09:30 – 10:30 |
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Travelling Lecturer: Dr. Nitika Pai, Making Diagnostic Testing Accessible |
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10:30 – 10:55 |
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Break, Refreshments, and Vendor Exhibits |
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10:55 – 11:00 |
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Opening Remarks |
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11:00 – 12:00 |
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Symposium 1: Supporting Patients; Supporting the Lab |
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12:00 – 1:00 |
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OSCC AGM |
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1:00 – 2:15 |
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Lunch and Vendor Exhibits |
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2:15 – 4:15 |
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Symposium 2: Kidney Failure and Acute Kidney Injury |
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4:15 – 6:15 |
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Vendor Exhibits and Refreshments/Wine and Cheese |
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6:15 – |
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Dinner – Onsite at Walper the transit to Oktoberfest |
Day 2 – Friday, October 13,2023 |
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8:00 – 8:55 |
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Registration and Breakfast |
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8:55 – 9:00 |
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Opening Remarks |
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9:00 – 12:00 |
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Symposium 3: Artificial Intelligence and Laboratory Medicine |
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10:30 – 11:00 |
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Break, and Refreshments, vendor exhibits |
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11:00 – 12:30 |
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Symposium 4: Toxicology – Part 1 |
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12:30 – 1:30 |
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Lunch, vendor exhibits |
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1:30 – 2:15 |
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Symposium 5: OSCC trainee presentations |
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2:15 – 3:45 |
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Symposium 6: Toxicology – Part 2 |
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3:45 – 4:15 |
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Break, Refreshments (vendors close at 4:15) |
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4:15 – 4:25 |
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Student Award Winner |
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4:25 – 4:30 |
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Closing Remarks |
2022 OSCC Annual Scientific Meeting
Day 1 – Thursday, October 27, 2022 |
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08:30 – 09:30 |
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Registration and Breakfast |
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09:30 – 09:40 |
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Day 1 Opening Remarks |
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Symposium 1: POCT |
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09:45 – 10:30 |
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MLT staffing shortages and impact to laboratory services with reference to POCT |
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10:30 – 11:15 |
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Canadian Medical Device Regulatory Framework |
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11:15 – 12:00 |
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2023 AC Diagnostics Requirements – A Sneak Peak |
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12:00 – 13:20 |
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Lunch and Vendor Exhibits |
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Symposium 2: Women’s Health: Preeclampsia diagnosis, prediction and prevention |
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13:20 – 14:00 |
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Clinical perspectives of sFlt-1/PlGF ratio as a triage tool in patients with suspected preeclampsia |
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14:00 – 14:40 |
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Using precision medicine for the prediction and prevention of early preeclampsia in Ontario |
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14:40 – 15:20 |
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Analytical and clinical considerations in implementation of preeclampsia biomarkers |
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15:20 – 15:45 |
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Break |
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15:45 – 16:25 |
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Ferritin: Appropriate utilization |
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16:25 – 16:45 |
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Ferritin: IQMH Survey – Status of reporting in Ontario |
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16:45 – 18:30 |
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Vendor Exhibits and Wine and Cheese Reception |
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19:00 – |
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Dinner and Awards |
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Day 2 – Friday, October 28, 2022 |
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07:45 – 09:00 |
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Registration and Breakfast |
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08:00 – 08:55 |
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OSCC Annual General Meeting |
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08:55 – 09:00 |
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Day 2 Opening Remarks: |
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Symposium 3: Symposium 3: Health Services, Emergency Medicine, and how laboratory testing can help (or not) |
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09:00 – 09:45 |
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ICES over 30 years Data, Discovery, Better Health |
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09:45 – 10:05 |
T10 |
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Safe discharge from ED for patients presenting with chest pain |
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10:05 – 10:30 |
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Quality and high-sensitivity cardiac troponin testing: what clinicians may not know |
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10:30 – 10:50 |
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Break |
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Symposium 4: Quality in the Clinical Laboratory |
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10:50 – 11:20 |
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Impact of supply chain interruptions to laboratory testing |
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11:20 – 11:50 |
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Clinical laboratory evaluation of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis: a biochemical perspective |
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11:50 – 13:00 |
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Lunch and Vendor Exhibits |
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Symposium 5: Clinical Chemistry Trainee Talks |
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13:00 – 13:15 |
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A Three-Month-Old Hypoglycemic Infant with High Insulin and Low C-peptide |
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13:15 – 13:30 |
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A pilot study to evaluate stool collection for gut microbial and metabolomic profiles for the Weston Healthy Brains Healthy Aging sub-study of the Canadian Longitudinal Study of Aging |
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13:30 – 13:45 |
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One and half year retrospective reflection on the positivity rate and clinical utility of immunoblot assays for detecting disease-associated antibodies |
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13:45 – 14:00 |
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Break |
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Symposium 6: Implementation of serological and molecular tools to inform Covid-19 patient management – A GENCOV project |
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14:00 – 14:30 |
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Introduction to GENCOV and clinical characteristics in the Ontario GENCOV cohort |
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14:30 – 15:00 |
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Understanding Immune Repertoire Diversity Through T/B Cell Receptor Signaling |
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15:00 – 15:30 |
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A scalable serology solution for profiling humoral immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination |
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15:30 – 16:00 |
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Comprehensive genomic analysis of SARS-CoV-2 positive individuals |
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16:00 – 16:15 |
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Trainee Awards Presentation |
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16:15 |
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Closing Remarks: |
2021 OSCC Annual Scientific Meeting
Day 1 – November 8, 2021 |
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09:00 – 10:00 |
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Registration |
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10:00 – 10:15 |
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Day 1 Opening Remarks |
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Symposium 1: SARS-CoV-2, we’re not done yet: Waste water, Novel Vaccines and Rapid Testing |
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10:15 – 10:55 |
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Challenges and Successes of COVID-19 and Variants Wastewater Surveillance |
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10:55 – 11:35 |
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Going Green – Unlocking the Potential of Plant-Based Vaccines |
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11:35 – 12:15 |
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Supporting Point of Care Testing for COVID-19: Lessons learned from the Pandemic |
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12:15 – 13:30 |
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Lunch and Vendor Exhibits |
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Symposium 2: Glomerular Nephropathies: Antibodies and Genetics |
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13:30 – 14:15 |
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Glomerular Nephropathy and PLA2R Antibodies |
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14:15 – 15:00 |
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Glomelular Nephropathy in the Era of Genomics |
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15:00 – 17:00 |
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Vendor Exhibits and Wine and Cheese Reception |
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18:30 – |
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Dinner and Awards |
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Day 2 – November 9, 2021 |
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07:45 – 09:00 |
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Registration and Breakfast |
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08:00 – 08:55 |
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OSCC Annual General Meeting |
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08:55 – 09:00 |
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Day 2 Opening Remarks: |
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Symposium 3: Quality Metrics and Novel Quality Control Monitoring |
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09:00 – 09:45 |
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Six Sigma Performance of Quality Indicators in the Total Testing Process of Point-of-Care Glucose Measurement |
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09:45 – 10:30 |
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A Convenient Truth: Analytical Goals for Quality Control |
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10:30 – 10:45 |
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Break, Refreshments and Vendor Exhibits |
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Symposium 4: Autoimmune Neuropathies: Clinical & Analyical Thoughts from Neurologists |
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10:45 – 11:30 |
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Neural Antibody Testing in Suspected Autoimmune Encephalitis |
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11:30 – 12:15 |
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Autoimmune Encephalitis: Approach to Frontier Medicine |
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12:15 – 13:30 |
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Lunch and Vendor Exhibits |
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Symposium 5: Clinical Chemistry Trainee Talks |
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13:30 – 13:45 |
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Evaluation of the i-STAT Alinity Point-of-Care Analyzer in Pediatric Patient Populations |
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13:45 – 14:00 |
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Analytical Unreliability of 25-Hydroxy Vitamin D Measurements in Pre-term Neonates |
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14:00 – 14:15 |
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The technical verification of an ACE Kinetic Assay for Measurement in Serum and Cerebrospinal Fluid |
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14:15 – 14:30 |
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Break, Refreshments and Vendor Exhibits |
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Symposium 6: Lipids and Cardiovascular Disease: New CCS Guidelines and Harmonized Reporting |
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14:30 – 15:15 |
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Management of Dyslipidemia |
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15:15 – 16:00 |
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Harmonized Lipid Reporting Models for Clinical Laboratories based on the 2021 Canadian Dyslipidemia Guidelines |
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16:00 – 16:15 |
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Trainee Awards Presentation |
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16:15 |
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Closing Remarks: |
2020 OSCC Annual Scientific Meeting
October 26, 2020 | 4.5 hours |
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Symposium 1: CSCC / Bio-Rad Travelling Lectureship & Reference Interval Harmonization |
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08:30 – 09:30 |
P1 |
Graham Jones |
CSCC / Bio-Rad Travelling Lectureship |
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09:30 – 09:45 |
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Break – 15 minutes |
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09:45 – 10:15 |
P2 |
Khosrow Adeli |
The Path to Harmonization |
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10:15 – 10:45 |
P3 |
Mary Kathryn Bohn |
Analyzing the Data |
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10:45 – 11:15 |
P4 |
Dana Bailey |
The Path to Implementation |
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11:15 – 11:30 |
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Break – 15 minutes |
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Symposium 2: COVID-19: Biochemical Laboratory Testing: Rising to the challenge of the COVID-19 Pandemic |
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11:30 – 12:00 |
P5 |
Danijela Konforte |
Current State of Serological Testing Approaches in COVID-19 |
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12:00 – 12:30 |
P6 |
Peter Kavsak |
The Role of Comorbidities and Biomarkers of Organ Damage in COVID-19 |
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12:30 – 13:00 |
P7 |
Lusia Sepiashvili |
The Dynamics of Inflammatory Markers in the Context of SARS-CoV-2 Infection |
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13:00 – 13:15 |
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Break – 15 minutes |
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13:15 – 14:30 |
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Virtual Vendor Exhibits |
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October 28, 2020 | 4.5 hours |
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08:30 – 09:00 |
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OSCC Annual General Meeting (OSCC members only) |
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09:00 – 09:15 |
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Break – 15 minutes |
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09:15 – 09:30 |
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OSCC Award Presentations |
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Symposium 3: Trainee Presentations Attendance |
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09:30 – 09:45 |
P8 |
Matt Nichols |
Case Report: A Questionable Troponin |
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09:45 – 10:00 |
P9 |
Matthew Lafreniere |
Optimization of Quality Control Material for Core Laboratory Instruments |
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10:00 – 10:15 |
P10 |
Eleonora Petryayeva |
Verification Results of Five Commercial SARS-CoV-2 Serological Tests |
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Symposium 4: Scientific Collaborations in Laboratory Medicine Attendance |
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10:15 – 11:00 |
P11 |
Simon Thebault |
Neurofilament Light Chain in Multiple Sclerosis: Analytical and Clinical Considerations |
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11:00 – 11:15 |
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Break – 15 minutes |
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11:15 – 12:00 |
P12 |
Curtis Cooper, Angela Crawley, Marc-Andre Langlois, Ron Booth |
Stop the Spread Ottawa Trial – An Analysis of Antibody Neutralization Efficiency and Cellular Immunity in SARS-CoV-2 Individuals |
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12:00 – 12:45 |
P13 |
Lisa Strug |
A National COVID-19 Genome Project: The Canadian Prototype |
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12:45 – 13:00 |
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Lianna Kyriakopoulou |
Trainee Awards & OSCC President’s Closing Remarks |
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13:00 – 13:15 |
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Break – 15 minutes |
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13:15 – 14:30 |
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Virtual Vendor Exhibits |