Céline Nadon

Céline Nadon

I trained in Food science (MSc) at University of Manitoba and in Foodborne disease (PhD) at Cornell University. I did postdoctoral fellowship at the Office of Public Health Science, Food Safety and Inspection Service,

USDA. I’m now chief of Enteric Diseases Section, National Microbiology Laboratory, PHAC. I’m also co-chair of PulseNet Canada Steering Committee and member of PulseNet International Steering Committee.

My research interests are:

– Molecular subtyping of bacterial pathogens;

– Cluster and outbreak detection for diarrheal diseases;

– Distribution and genetic diversity of Salmonella, Shigella, E. coli, Campylobacter;

– Epidemiology of foodborne disease.

 

Role in Syst-OMICS

As Activity 4 co-leader, I’m working with Sadjia Bekal to achieve our activity goal: develop and apply whole genome sequence-based bacterial strain tools for Salmonella harmonized with PulseNet infrastructure and human surveillance in Canada. My lab is directly involved in the 3 sub-activities:

  • Assessment of the discriminatory power of commonly accepted WGS analysis methods and application for establishing relatedness among isolates power.
  • Validation of a Salmonella typing algorithm and development of interpretation guidelines
  • Genomic comparison in the context of Salmonella source attribution