The Saturday Club presents 

Coronavirus: The Virus, the Pandemic and How the Vaccine Will Save Us

with special guest Dr. Ian Gemmill

On Zoom - details to be provided closer to the time

Dr Ian Gemmill is a public health physician, based in Kingston and has worked in local public health in Ottawa, Kingston, and other locales in Ontario for over 40 years. He is a graduate of the Faculty of Medicine at Queen’s University, a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in Public Health & Preventive Medicine, an Honorary Member of the Canadian Paediatric Society, an Honorary Life Member of the Canadian Public Health Association, and a Certificant, Fellow and Life Member of the College of Family Physicians of Canada. He is the past chair of the National Advisory Committee on Immunisation (NACI) and continues to serve on its working groups. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Public Health Association and a member of the World Health Organisation’s Immunisation Practices Advisory Committee and Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety.  He has served as co-chair of the Pandemic Vaccine Working Group for the Public Health Agency of Canada (2008- 2010) and of Immunize Canada. Dr Gemmill is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Family Medicine and of Public Health Sciences at Queen’s University.