An event for healthcare workers and the broader public health community

Thursday 20 November 2025
5–7:30 pm

Exclusive Film Screening
The Messenger: A Story of mRNA

Panel discussion

• Dr. Pieter Cullis, Canadian architect of LNP delivery systems enabling mRNA vaccines
• Dr. Ève Dubé, Medical anthropologist, Université Laval, Canadian Institutes of Health Research Chair
• Dr. Steve Pascolo, Led the first clinical study of mRNA vaccines; was the first human injected with mRNA
• Dr. Jia Hu, Canadian public health physician, BCCDC, co-founder Praxis
• Heather Deehan, Director, Innovative Supply Solutions for Pandemic Readiness at Public Health Agency of Canada
• Moderator Adriana Barton, Healthcare journalist and author

RNA Unwrapped

"RNA Unwrapped” is a one page explainer of RNA technologies created for healthcare workers by the Bridge Research Consortium and ScienceUp First, with contributions from AVENGER scientists.

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