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# Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada
- URL: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/association-of-medical-microbiology-and-infectious-disease-canada/
- Published: 1999-01-02T10:52:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-01-28T22:42:31.000Z
- Author: Liam Sturgess
- Tags: Profiles, #docs, #organization

The **Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada (AMMI)** is a Canadian nonprofit professional association based in Ottawa, Ontario.

## History

AMMI co-hosted the virtual 2021 AMMI Canada - CACMID Annual Conference on April 25-30, 2021.[\[1\]](#fn1)

## Organization

AMMI is affiliated with the [Canadian Medical Association](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Canadian-Medical-Association) (CMA), with which the organization collaborated “on a policy on antimicrobial resistance.”[\[2\]](#fn2) AMMI is also partnered with the European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID).[\[3\]](#fn3)

AMMI has been a client of Meducom Health.[\[4\]](#fn4)

### Personnel

AMMI personnel and notable members include:

| Name                                                                               | Position                                                             | Notes                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Gerald Evans                                                                       | President (former); Guidelines Committee Chair[\[5\]](#fn5)          | Queen's University, Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC), Committee to Evaluate Drugs (CED), Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES), [Public Health Ontario](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Public-Health-Ontario) (PHO), Cancer Care Ontario, Ontario Drug Policy Research Network (ODPRN), Reformulary Group, Canadian Lyme Disease Research Network (CLDRN), Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table (OST) |
| Mark Joffe                                                                         | President (former)[\[6\]](#fn6)                                      | [Alberta Ministry of Health](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Alberta-Ministry-of-Health), [Alberta Health Services](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Alberta-Health-Services) (AHS), Royal Alexandra Hospital (RAH), University of Alberta Department of Medicine                                                                                                                                                      |
| [Caroline Quach-Thanh](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Caroline-Quach-Thanh) | President (March 2016-May 2018)[\[7\]](#fn7)                         | [National Advisory Committee on Immunization](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/National-Advisory-Committee-on-Immunization) (NACI), CHU Sainte-Justine, [Institut national de santé publique du Québec](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Institut-national-de-sante-publique-du-Quebec) (INSPQ)                                                                                                                         |
| [Coleman Rotstein](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Coleman-Rotstein)         | President (former)[\[8\]](#fn8)                                      | [National Advisory Committee on Immunization](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/National-Advisory-Committee-on-Immunization) (NACI), Ontario Medical Association (OMA), McMaster University, Canadian Infectious Disease Society (CIDS), *Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology*, University of Toronto, University Health Network (UHN), Mentoring in IBD                                         |
| Don Vinh                                                                           | Guidelines Committee Chair[\[9\]](#fn9)                              | [COVID-19 Therapeutics Task Force](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/COVID-19-Therapeutics-Task-Force), McGill University Health Centre (MUHC), Canadian Glycomics Network (GlycoNet), Clinical Immunology Society (CIS), Comité consultatif québécois pour les maladies rares, MUHC COVID-19 Biobank, COVID-19 and Cancer Consortium (CCC19), COVID Human Genetic Effort (CHGE)                                              |
| Jeannette Comeau                                                                   | Member;[\[10\]](#fn10) Liaison Representative to NACI[\[11\]](#fn11) | [National Advisory Committee on Immunization](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/National-Advisory-Committee-on-Immunization) (NACI), Dalhousie University Department of Pediatrics, [Royal Society of Canada](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Royal-Society-of-Canada) (RSC), [Canadian Immunization Research Network](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Canadian-Immunization-Research-Network) (CIRN)             |

### Funding

The organization has received funding from:[\[12\]](#fn12)[\[1:1\]](#fn1)

- Avir Pharma
- [CSL Seqirus](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/CSL-Seqirus)
- DiaSorin
- Gilead Sciences
- Hologic
- [Merck](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Merck)
- [Moderna](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Moderna)
- [Pfizer](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Pfizer)
- R-Biopharm
- Roche

## External links

- [Campfire Wiki](https://www.campfire.wiki/doku.php?id=association%5Fof%5Fmedical%5Fmicrobiology%5Fand%5Finfectious%5Fdisease%5Fcanada)
- [Website](https://ammi.ca/en/)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association%5Fof%5FMedical%5FMicrobiology%5Fand%5FInfectious%5FDisease%5FCanada)

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1. *2021 Annual Conference.* AMMI. Retrieved January 8, 2022, from <https://web.archive.org/web/20220118173704/https://ammi.ca/en/conference/2021/> [↩︎](#fnref1) [↩︎](#fnref1:1)
2. *Affiliates, Associated Societies and Observer Organizations.* Canadian Medical Association. Retrieved September 15, 2024, from <https://web.archive.org/web/20240915004151/https://www.cma.ca/about-us/who-we-are/collaborators/affiliates-associated-societies-and-observer-organizations> [↩︎](#fnref2)
3. *Partner Societies.* ESCMID. Retrieved October 27, 2022, from <https://web.archive.org/web/20221027051800/https://www.escmid.org/membership%5Forganisation/partners/partner%5Fsocieties> [↩︎](#fnref3)
4. *Home.* MEDUCOM. Retrieved November 28, 2024, from <https://web.archive.org/web/20241128024605/https://www.meducom.ca/> [↩︎](#fnref4)
5. *Gerald Evans.* KHSC Kingston Health Sciences Centre. Retrieved May 4, 2022, from <http://archive.today/2022.05.04-063155/https://web.archive.org/web/20211224155124/https://deptmed.queensu.ca/people/evans> [↩︎](#fnref5)
6. *Office of the Chief Medical Officer of Health.* Government of Alberta. Retrieved June 25, 2023, from <http://archive.today/2023.06.25-201802/https://www.alberta.ca/office-of-the-chief-medical-officer-of-health.aspx> [↩︎](#fnref6)
7. *Caroline Quach - Experience.* LinkedIn. Retrieved March 21, 2022, from <https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolinequach/details/experience/> [↩︎](#fnref7)
8. *Rotstein, Coleman.* Mentoring in IBD. Retrieved April 19, 2022, from <http://archive.today/2022.04.19-151643/https://www.mentoringinibd.com/faculty-member/rotstein-coleman/> [↩︎](#fnref8)
9. Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada. (2022, March 10). *COVID-19 Therapeutics Task Force.* Government of Canada. <https://web.archive.org/web/20240301013100/https://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/canadian-life-science-industries/en/covid-19-therapeutics-task-force> [↩︎](#fnref9)
10. *Jeannette Comeau.* Dalhousie University. Retrieved December 23, 2024, from <https://web.archive.org/web/20241223224839/https://medicine.dal.ca/departments/department-sites/pediatrics/our-people/our-faculty/jeannette-comeau.html> [↩︎](#fnref10)
11. Public Health Agency of Canada. (2022, June 15). *National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI): Membership and representation.* Government of Canada. <https://web.archive.org/web/20220811012642/https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/immunization/national-advisory-committee-on-immunization-naci/naci-membership-representation.html> [↩︎](#fnref11)
12. *Sponsorship & Exhibitor Prospectus.* (2021, December). Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Canada. <https://ammi.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/2022-Sponsorship-.Exhibitor-ProspectusFINAL.pdf> [↩︎](#fnref12)