Monitoring SARS-CoV-2 Serological Responses During Pregnancy – Implications for Pregnant and General Populations

Bios: Dr. Deborah Money is a Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and is an associate member of both the Department of Medicine and the School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, and an affiliate member of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Science, at the University of British Columbia (UBC). Previously, Dr. Money was the Executive Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at UBC from 2006 to 2020, the inaugural Executive Director of the Women’s Health Research Institute (WHRI), and Vice-President, Research, BC Women’s Hospital (2016-2006). Dr. Money was appointed to the federal COVID Immunity Task Force, the National Advisory Committee on Immunizations Working Groups on COVID vaccine in pregnancy and Influenza vaccines in pregnancy, the WHO working group on COVID in pregnancy, the Global Prospective Metaanalysis on COVID in pregnancy. She is past chair and current member of the Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada Infection in pregnancy committee and recently appointed to the International Federation of Obstetrics and Gynecology Infections in Pregnancy committee. Dr. Inna Sekirov is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and a Medical Microbiologist and Mycobacteriology Laboratory Program Head at the BCCDC Public Health Laboratory. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Sekirov has co-led the introduction of SARS-CoV-2 serological testing at the BCCDC PHL and is actively involved in a variety of research projects investigating the serological responses to SARS-CoV-2; among them utilizing the residual antenatal serum samples for population level SARS-CoV-2 serosurveillance. Summary: Learning objectives: To review the overall COVID-19 Canadian antenatal seroprevalence project To share the approach and data on the BC serosurveillance approach To share data on immune responses in pregnancy and transplacental and breast milk antibody transfer

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11/8/2022 8:00:00 PM