School closures & COVID-19

Expert gastroenterologists provide recommendations on what parents should be thinking about
in regards to precautions when schools are closed and kids are all at home. Primary intention should be to keep children away from gatherings and busy with activities inside the house.

Speakers:
Dr. Gilaad Kaplan (MD, MPH, FRCPC), Associate Professor and Gastroenterologist, Director of the Environmental Health Research Group, Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases and Institute of Public Health, Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences at the University of Calgary

Dr. Eric Benchimol (MD, PhD., FRCPC), Associate Professor and Gastroenterologist, Department of Pediatrics and School of Epidemology and Public Health at the University of Ottawa, Division of Gastroenterology​ at Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO)

Dr. Lisa Barrett (MD, PhD., FRCPC), Assistant Professor and Clinician Scientist, Nova Scotia Health Authority, Divisions of Infectious Diseases, Microbiology and Immunology at Dalhousie University

Dr. Remo Panaccione (MD, FRCPC), Associate Professor and Gastroenterologist, Director of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Clinic, Department of Medicine at the University of Calgary

Dr. Dean Tripp (C.Pscyh, PhD.) Professor and Clinical Psychologist, Department of Psychology at Queens University, Kingston Health Sciences Centre