Free Public Seminar 

Details: 

DATE: May 6th, 2025 

TIME: 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m 

LOCATION: 
Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building, Theatre D
Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS 

COST: Free 

Registration is not required for this event. 

BCG: Into the Next Century 

The BCG vaccine was developed more than 100 years ago to combat tuberculosis and is the most commonly administered vaccine in human history.
 

Recent breakthroughs in research indicate BCG may be an unexpected tool for fighting more than just TB. This century-old vaccine shows promise in applications against type 1 diabetes, newborn sepsis, infant allergies, asthma, and more.
 

On May 6th, join leading experts as they share insights from their research and examine how BCG could be deployed optimally in the years to come.  

SPEAKERS

	Dr. Marcel Behr, McGill University  Intro to BCG & TB; Evidence For/Against Adaptive vs Innate Immune Mediated Protection
	Dr. Maziar Divangahi, McGill University  BCG Innate Immunity and Early Clearance
	Dr. Mathy Jeyanathan, McMaster University BCG Innate Immunity and Gut-lung Axis
	Dr. Denise Faustman, Harvard University BCG and Protection from Diabetes Mellitus Type 1
	Dr. Nelly Amenyogbe, Dalhousie University BCG and Protection from Neonatal sepsis
	Dr. Eva Kaufmann, Queens University BCG and Protection from Asthma
	Dr. Marie-Claude Rousseau, Université Laval Canadian Context for ‘Epidemiology’ of BCG