Senior Scientist Appointed to National Children’s COVID-19 Taskforce

15/06/2020

Ottawa, Ontario — Monday June 15, 2020

Congratulations to Dr. Amy Plint for being appointed to the National Taskforce of COVID-19 in Children by the Chief Science Advisor, D Mona Nemers. Amy joins a team of 8 other distinguished clinician-scientists from across the country. The task force aims to identify knowledge gaps and create an agenda related to COVID-19 in children, including infectivity, transmission, disease course and risk factors.

Amy is an outstanding CHEO scientist and her contributions to this task force will undoubtedly help advance our knowledge on issues that are central to this pandemic and have great societal consequence.

Areas of Research