MIR Meets: Dr. David Buckeridge

By Mathieu Lavault
Credit: David Buckeridge

In this episode of MIR Meets, Mathieu Lavault sits down with Dr. David Buckeridge of the School of Population and Global Health at McGill University to discuss whether the province of Quebec and Canada can handle the testing if there was to be a COVID-19 outbreak amongst students in the fall.

Dr. Buckeridge is a Medical Consultant at the Institut national de santé publique du Québec (INSPQ) and the Institut national d’excellence en santé et en services sociaux (INESSS). His research and practice focus on Public Health informatics and he is in particular interested in automated surveillance to detect disease outbreaks and to guide public health interventions.

Mathieu Lavault

Mathieu is a U3 student majoring in Political Science and Sociology. He has a deep interest in North and South American politics and society. For him what is important in storytelling is telling the truth and being honest.