Dr. Kamran Khan, founder of BioDiaspora, appeared on CBC’s “The National” on September 23, 2014, as part of a health panel examining the current state of the Ebola outbreak in west Africa.

CBC anchor Peter Mansbridge hosted the discussion.

Watch the clip on CBC’s website.

BioDiaspora, spun off from St. Michael’s Hospital in partnership with MaRS Innovation, developed an easy-to-access, web-based solution that generates and communicates customized, actionable intelligence about global infectious disease threats in real-time.

Khan is an infectious disease clinician at St. Michael’s, and one of the world’s leading experts in the complex relationship between globalization, air travel and the worldwide spread of infectious diseases.

Posted by Elizabeth Monier-Williams, director of marketing and communications.