The Faculty of Applied Health Sciences presents a talk by:
2017 Alumni Achievement Award recipient,
PatrickÌýBrill-Edwards, BSc, MD, MSc, FACP, FRCP(C)
Dr. Patrick Brill-Edwards (BSc '79, KIN) enrolled at the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ in 1975, aspiring to become a high school teacher and basketball coach.ÌýFour years later, due largely to accessible and dynamic faculty, he took a broader view of health science and then public health. Albeit slow to become personally invested in research, he eventually built on lessons from the years at À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ which led to success as a clinical investigator and medical educator.
The second half of his career has been spent in public health, specifically vaccine development, including Gardasil – the vaccine against human papillomavirus (HPV). Ìý
In his talk, Dr. Brill-Edwards will discuss aspects of Gardasil’s initial development and the on-going tension between the science and the pseudo-science of its implementation.ÌýA question & answer period will follow.
Learn more about how 2017 Alumni Achievement Award recipient, Dr. Patrick Brill-Edwards, is leading a new conversation, including in sexual health and disease prevention, which will inspire the next generation of health leaders to make other transformative impacts towards a healthier world for all.