====== AHS Scientific Advisory Group ======

The **COVID-19 Scientific Advisory Group** was created to provide recommendations to support policy and operational decision-making to the [[:AHS Emergency Coordination Centre]] related to [[:COVID-19]].((//2019-nCoV Scientific Advisory Group.// (2021, May 27). Alberta Health Services. https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/assets/info/ppih/if-ppih-covid-19-sag-terms-of-reference.pdf)) 

The group reports to the Operations Section Chief at the Emergency Coordination Centre. It answers questions "related to any aspect of COVID-19 including risk for transmission, personal protective equipment, strategies for isolation, treatment strategies, and management of patients in hospitals."

==== Membership ====

^ Name  ^ Position  ^ Notes  ^
| [[Braden Manns]]  | Co-chair  | -  |
| [[Lynora Saxinger]]  | Co-chair  | -  |
| [[Scott Klarenbach]]  | Designated alternate co-chair  | -  |
| [[Alexander Doroshenko]]  | Public health representative  | -  |
| [[John Conly]]  | Infectious disease/infection prevention and control (IPC) expert  | -  |
| [[Nelson Lee]]  | Infectious disease/infection prevention and control (IPC) expert  | -  |
| [[Shelley Duggan]]  | Critical care representative  | -  |
| [[Elizabeth MacKay]]  | General internal medicine  | -  |
| [[Brandie Walker]]  | Respiratory representative  | -  |
| [[Andrew McRae]]  | Emergency department representative  | -  |
| [[Grant Innes]]  | Emergency department representative (alternate)  | -  |
| [[Jeremy Slobodan]]  | Pharmacy representative  | -  |
| [[Nathan Zelyas]]  | Provincial laboratory  | -  |
| [[Melissa Potestio]]  | Population, public and indigenous health  | -  |
| [[James Talbot]]  | AHS Office of the Medical Officer of Health representative  | -  |
| [[Marcia Johnson]]  | AHS Office of the Medical Officer of Health representative  | -  |
| [[Andre Corriveau]]  | AHS Office of the Medical Officer of Health representative  | -  |
| [[Rosana Salvaterra]]  | AHS Office of the Medical Officer of Health representative  | -  |
^  External contributors  ^^^
| [[Armghan Ahmad]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Angela Almstrong]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Sarah Andrews]]  | External writer  | -  |
| [[Marni Armstrong]]  | External writer  | -  |
| [[Leyla Asadi]]  | External writer  | -  |
| [[Amreen Babujee]]  | External writer  | -  |
| [[Michelle Bailey]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Chad Baker]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Sumedh Bele]]  | External writer  | -  |
| [[Alexandra Bennett]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Tony Bennett]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Susanne Benseler]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Byron Berenger]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Emma Billington]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Jamie Boisvenue]]  | External writer  | -  |
| [[Lyne Bourassa]]  | External writer  | -  |
| [[Jamie Boyd]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Teresa Brandon]]  | External reviewer 
| [[Kristen Brown]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Catherine Burton]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Alyssa Butters]]  | External writer  | -  |
| [[Charles Butts]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Jason Cabaj]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Niamh Caffrey]]  | External writer  | -  |
| [[David Campbell]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Tavis Campbell]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Frances Carr]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Allison Carroll]]  | External writer  | -  |
| [[Ming Chan]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Uma Chandran]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Sylvia Checkley]]  | External writer  | -  |
| [[Justin Chen]]  | External writer  | -  |
| [[Jonathan Choy]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Deirde Church]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Steven Clelland]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Zoe Collins]]  | External writer  | -  |
| [[Charles Cook]]  | External writer  | -  |
| [[Lisa Cook]]  | External writer  | -  |
| [[Ryan Cooper]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Alastair Cribb]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Ceara Cunningham]]  | External writer  | -  |
| [[Mitesh Thakrar]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Amanda Davis]]  | External writer  | -  |
| [[Mathew Diggle]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Devika Dixit]]  | -  | -  |
| [[Karen Doucette]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Rachael Erdmann]]  | External writer  | -  |
| [[Gabriel Fabreau]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Mircea Fagarasau]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Shihe Fan]]  | Other contributor  | -  |
| [[Giovanni Ferrara]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Karin Fluet]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Kevin Fonseca]]  | External writer  | -  |
| [[Susan Fryters]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Chris Fung]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Heather Gagnon]]  | External writer  | -  |
| [[John Gill]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Mark Gillrie]]  | -  | -  |
| [[Robert Gniadecki]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Richard Golonka]]  | External writer  | -  |
| [[Christopher Grant]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Lee Green]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Michelle Grinman]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Michael Guirguis]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[John Hagens]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Sarah Hall]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Robyn Harrison]]  | -  | -  |
| [[Staci Hastings]]  | External writer  | -  |
| [[Stephanie Hastings]]  | External writer  | -  |
| [[Glen Hazlewood]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Shelby Henry]]  | External writer  | -  |
| [[Alexander Hicks]]  | External writer  | -  |
| [[Anne Hicks]]  | External writer  | -  |
| [[Bronwen Hicks]]  | Other contributor  | -  |
| [[Chester Ho]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[David Hogan]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Brian Holroyd]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Karen Hope]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Shelley Howk]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Greg Hrynchyshyn]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Jing Hu]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Joycelyn Jaca]]  | -  | -  |
| [[Wes Jackson]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Peter Jamieson]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Susan Jelinski]]  | External writer  | -  |
| [[Mark Joffe]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Kerri Johansson]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Andrew Johnson]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Curtis Johnston]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Ania Kania-Richmond]]  | External writer  | -  |
| [[Meenakshi Kashyap]]  | External writer  | -  |
| [[James Kellner]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Zoha Khawaja]]  | Other contributor  | -  |
| [[Joseph Kim]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Susanne King-Jones]]  | Other contributor  | -  |
| [[Kristin Klein]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[David Kleinman]]  | -  | -  |
| [[Bev Knudtson]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Cyndie Koning]]  | External writer  | -  |
| [[Seija Kromm]]  | External writer  | -  |
| [[Oscar Larios]]  | -  | -  |
| [[Jensen Lau]]  | -  | -  |
| [[Jenine Leal]]  | External writer  | -  |
| [[Bonita Lee]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Seungwon Lee]]  | External writer  | -  |
| [[Jane Lemaire]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Nicole Loroff]]  | -  | -  |
| [[Meaghan Lunney]]  | External writer  | -  |
| [[Judy MacDonald]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Kiran Pohar Manhas]]  | External writer  | -  |
| [[Frank MacMaster]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Finlay McAlister]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Kerry McBrien]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Laura McDougall]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Patrick McLane]]  | External writer  | -  |
| [[Bijoy Menon]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Evan Minty]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Nicholas Mitchell]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Mary Modayil]]  | External writer  | -  |
| [[Christopher Mody]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Matthew Murphy]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Stephanie Murphy]]  | External writer  | -  |
| [[Daniel Muruve]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Nicholas Myers]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Meenakshi Nandagiri]]  | External writer  | -  |
| [[Christine Neustaedter]]  | External writer  | -  |
| [[Kimberly Nickoriuk]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Colleen Norris]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Dean Olmstead]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Mohamed Osman]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Simon Otto]]  | External writer  | -  |
| [[Rob Oxoby]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Raj Padwal]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Marla Palakkamanil]]  | External writer  | -  |
| [[Shawna Pandya]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Tania Pannu]]  | -  | -  |
| [[Ken Kuljit Parhar]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Michael Parkins]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Yuba Raj Paudel]]  | Other contributor  | -  |
| [[Tristan Pidner]]  | -  | -  |
| [[Stephanie Plamondon]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Jodi Ploquin]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Alicia Polachek]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Anna Pujadas-Botey]]  | External writer  | -  |
| [[Pietro Ravani]]  | External writer  | -  |
| [[Steve Rees]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Pamela Roach]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Jeff Roe]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Lindsay Rogers]]  | External writer  | -  |
| [[Deana Sabuda]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Tom Salopek]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Adalberto Loyola Sanchez]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Judy Seidel]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Becky Skidmore]]  | Other contributor  | -  |
| [[Stephanie Smith]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Ranjani Somyani]]  | External writer  | -  |
| [[Lesley Soril]]  | External writer  | -  |
| [[Prachi Shah]]  | Other contributor  | -  |
| [[Heather Sharpe]]  | External writer  | -  |
| [[Mona Sikal]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[James Silvius]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Linda Slocombe]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Kevin Solverson]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Ranjani Somyani]]  | External writer  | -  |
| [[Sharron Spice]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Marysia Stasiewicz]]  | External writer  | -  |
| [[Douglas Stewart]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[David Strong]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Kayla Strong]]  | External writer  | -  |
| [[Shahna Tariq]]  | External writer  | -  |
| [[Jan Willem Cohen Tervaert]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Marcello Tonelli]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Dana Tschritter]]  | External writer  | -  |
| [[Stephen Tsekrekos]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Diana Turner]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Kristal Turner]]  | External writer  | -  |
| [[Sander Van Zanten]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Aaron Vander Leek]]  | External writer  | -  |
| [[Joseph Vayalumkal]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Alexandra Vetland]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[David Walder]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Jason Weatherald]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[James Wesenberg]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Jennifer Williams]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Tyler Williamson]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Sharon Wilson]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Krista Wollney]]  | External writer  | -  |
| [[Nicole Wright]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Cynthia Wu]]  | -  | -  |
| [[Mark Yarema]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Kelly Zarnke]]  | External reviewer  | -  |
| [[Caseng Zhang]]  | External writer  | -  |
| [[Xurong Rachel Zhao]]  | Other contributor  | -  |
| [[Dan Zuege]]  | External reviewer  | -  |

**Groups**

  * AHS Provincial VTE Prophylaxis Accreditation Working Group

Other ad hoc external reviewers are added for each review based on the context of the evidence
synthesis requests.

==== Publications ====

  * October 5, 2021: [[https://web.archive.org/web/20230708231651/https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/assets/info/ppih/if-ppih-covid-19-sag-ivermectin-in-treatment-and-prevention-rapid-review.pdf|Ivermectin Evidence Review Update]]
  * [[https://www.campfire.wiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=public_health_agencies:canada:if-ppih-covid-19-sag-post-vaccine-transmission-rapid-review.pdf|October 21, 2021]]: //Likelihood of Transmission of COVID-19 infection after COVID-19
Vaccination//((AHS Scientific Advisory Group. (2021, October 21). //Likelihood of Transmission of COVID-19 infection after COVID-19 Vaccination.// Alberta Health Services. https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/assets/info/ppih/if-ppih-covid-19-sag-post-vaccine-transmission-rapid-review.pdf))
  * [[https://www.campfire.wiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=public_health_agencies:canada:if-ppih-covid-19-sag-medical-exemptions-to-mandatory-vaccination-rapid-review.pdf|September 7, 2021]]: //Medical Exemptions for COVID-19 Vaccine: Jurisdictional Scan//((AHS Scientific Advisory Table. (2021, September 7). //Medical Exemptions for COVID-19 Vaccine: Jurisdictional Scan.// Alberta Health Services. https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/assets/info/ppih/if-ppih-covid-19-sag-medical-exemptions-to-mandatory-vaccination-rapid-review.pdf))
  * [[https://www.campfire.wiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=public_health_agencies:canada:if-ppih-covid-19-sag-evidence-of-harm-from-mask-use-for-specific-populations.pdf|May 17, 2021]]: //Evidence of Harm from Mask Use for Specific Populations in the Community//((AHS Scientific Advisory Group. (2021, May 17). //Evidence of Harm from Mask Use for Specific Populations in the Community.// Alberta Health Services. https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/assets/info/ppih/if-ppih-covid-19-sag-evidence-of-harm-from-mask-use-for-specific-populations.pdf))
  * https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/assets/info/ppih/if-ppih-covid-19-sag-post-infection-immunization-rapid-review.pdf
  * https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/assets/info/ppih/if-ppih-covid-19-sag-safety-and-effectiveness-of-sotrovimab-rapid-review.pdf
  * https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/assets/info/ppih/if-ppih-covid-19-sag-risk-factors-for-severe-covid-19-outcomes-rapid-review.pdf