🍞🥖💉Ever heard of a sourdough geek who also happens to be a rockstar vaccine expert? Join host 🤓 Dr. Carolyn Quash on the Find My Vaccine Podcast as she kneads out the details with immunization guru

🏅 Dr. Caroline Quach—fresh from Quebec 🍁 and fresh out of flour! From sprinkling dough across her kitchen (sorry, husband!) to sprinkling wisdom on immunocompromised patient care 🏥🛡, Dr. Quach dishes on how precision vaccinology 💡, AI-driven modeling 🤖, and big-data insights 📊 are stirring up a brand-new recipe for public health guidance. Get ready to rise to the occasion—and maybe rise some bread on the side! 🍞🔥

Learning Objectives 🎯

1. Sourdough & Science 🥖🔬: Understand how baking bread (yes, really!) parallels the trial-and-error approach in developing vaccination recommendations.
2. Immunocompromised Insights 💊🤝: Learn the biggest challenges (and breakthroughs) in vaccinating special patient populations—especially those under biologics or CAR T-cell therapies.
3. Modeling & More 🤖🔎: Discover how in silico trials, predictive modeling, and AI might shape tomorrow’s vaccination schedules.
4. Policy in Action 🏛⚖️: Grasp the role of NACI in translating groundbreaking research into real-world immunization guidance.

Don’t miss this chance ⏰ to raise your knowledge, feed your curiosity, and find the perfect recipe for innovative vaccine strategies! Tune in now, and let’s get kneading! 🥖🎙️💉

Dr. Caroline Quach is a Professor in the Departments of Microbiology, Infectious Diseases & Immunology and of Pediatrics at University of Montreal. She is an adjunct Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics & Occupational Health at McGill University and a scientific collaborator at the School of Public Health at Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) in Brussels. She is the physician in charge of Infection Prevention and control at CHU Sainte-Justine where she also works as a pediatric infectious diseases specialist and medical microbiologist. Dr. Quach is a clinician-scientist, supported by the Fonds de Recherche Québec – Santé (FRQS, chercheure boursière de mérite) and was recently awarded the Canada Research Chair, Tier 1 in Infection Prevention and Control. Her research interests are in Infection Prevention: both healthcare-associated and vaccine-preventable diseases.

Dr. Quach is the former Chair of the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI )from the Public Health Agency of Canada. She is a former president from the Association for Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (AMMI) Canada (2014-2016). She was named Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences and of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. Dr. Quach was selected as one of the 2019 most Powerful Women in Canada (2019 Top 100 Award Winner in the Manulife Science and Technology category).