AMMI CANADA MEMBER HIGHLIGHT

Deborah (Deb) Yamamura, BSc, MD, FRCPC
AMMI Canada President
Deb has been a long standing member of AMMI Canada. She served as a Member of Council from 2013-2017 and then again starting in 2020. In her role of Secretary, she helped expand the categories of membership. She has been involved in the Sponsorship Committee, Research and Fellowship Grant Committee and the Central Planning Committee.
Deb obtained a degree in paleontology at the University of Toronto, specializing in fossil pollen. She completed her medical training at Queen’s University and at McMaster University, completed her residency in internal medicine, infectious diseases and medical microbiology. Deb recently was the Interim discipline director for the microbiology department at the Hamilton Regional Laboratory Medicine Program based at the Hamilton General Hospital Site. She was Chair of the Royal College Medical Microbiology Examination Board from 2016-2022. She is a member of the Accreditation Canada Diagnostics (formerly Institute for Quality Management in Healthcare) Advisory Panel Council helping provide expertise in laboratory accreditation.
Deb enjoys being involved in the residency training program teaching mycology, bacterial diagnostics and quality management to residents and undergraduate students. Her research includes evaluation of new diagnostics, fungal resistance and epidemiology. Since COVID-19, her research interests have expanded to include development and evaluation of novel aptamer based platforms for rapid POC for COVID-19.
Deb wishes she had more time to focus on improving her tennis skills. When she isn’t working, she can be found either on the tennis court or road cycling with her partner John. She enjoys and appreciates the time spent with her two children Keiko and Kenji, her Westie Lucy, and 3 guinea pigs.
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2022-2023 AMMI CANADA BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Deborah Yamamura
President

Yves Longtin
President-Elect

Sarah Forgie
Past President

Christopher Lowe
Treasurer

Jared Bullard
Secretary

Zain Chagla
Director

Peter Daley
Director

Karen Doucette
Director

Susy Hota
Director

Yoav Keynan
Director

Kelly MacDonald
Director

Shariq Haider
Infectious Disease Section Chair

Philippe Lagace-Wiens
Medical Microbiology Section Chair
Important Dates
Submission Deadline:
NOW CLOSED
Preliminary Program Available:
January 2023
Abstract/Case Report acceptance
communicated by email:
on or around January 31, 2023
Early Bird /Presenting Author Registration Deadline:
February 21, 2023
Room rate expiration:
February 21, 2023
Withdrawal Deadline:
on or before February 21, 2023
Poster Judging:
Week of March 6 and 13, 2023