Long COVID Phenotyping and Biomarkers
Elizabeth Guinto, PhD(c), BSc
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Sin Lab
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Centre for Heart Lung Innovation, UBC
Estefanía Espín, PhD(c), MSc, BSc
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UBC Centre for Heart and Lung Innovation and PROOF (Prevention of Organ Failure) Centre of Excellence
Moderator:
Susan Law, PhD
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Knowledge Mobilization Lead, Long COVID Web
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Associate Professor, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation
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Senior Scientist, Trillium Health Partners
Session Overview:
Elizabeth Guinto will then speak on the work of using single-cell RNA seq and mass cytometry to profile immune cells in the airways and blood of patients with persistent pulmonary symptoms (pulmonary long COVID) in her presentation 'Immunophenotyping of pulmonary long COVID in the blood and airways'.
Estefanía Espín will present 'Gene-expression analysis of a long-COVID paramedics cohort' and will review the gene-expression analysis of a long-COVID paramedics cohort, aiming to identify long-COVID biomarkers.
Attendees will have an opportunity to ask questions of the speakers following their presentations.