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2020-21 Health Sciences Seminar Series – Dr. Banu Örmeci
April 8, 2021 at 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
| Location: | This event will be held online via Zoom. Please contact healthsciences@carleton.ca for Zoom details. |
The Department of Health Sciences is pleased to announce the next seminar in our seminar series.
Presenter: Prof. Banu Örmeci, Jarislowsky Chair in Water and Health, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carleton University
Title: Wastewater-Based Epidemiology for Surveillance and Early Detection of COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2 is present in the guts of COVID-19 patients and shed with their stool. As a result, the virus is present in raw (untreated) sewage and recent studies have shown that SARSCoV-2 RNA can be detected in sewage up to two weeks prior to the first confirmed case in a community. Thus, monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 in sewage can provide an effective tool for early warning surveillance and understanding the prevalence of the disease in a community. Dr. Örmeci’s research group at Carleton has been monitoring the SARS-CoV-2 levels in the Ottawa wastewater since May 2020. In this talk, she will discuss the applications of wastewater-based epidemiology and how the results can be used by public health officials and local authorities to support public health decisions.