In December 2024, the Public Health Agency of Canada started an investigation into a cluster of Salmonella illnesses with no known cause. Over the next few weeks, the investigation team and their partners left no stone unturned in the search for the source of the outbreak. This seminar will include an overview of the collaborative outbreak investigation, including tools and strategies used to solve the outbreak and the outcomes of the investigation.

Megan Striha is a Senior Epidemiologist with the Outbreak Management Division in the Centre for Foodborne Environmental and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases at the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC). In this role, Megan works to coordinate the response to and investigation of multi-jurisdictional outbreaks of enteric illness. Megan began her career at Statistics Canada in the Health Statistics Branch before taking on a role as an epidemiologist with PHAC’s Office of Biosafety Programs and Planning during the pandemic. Megan holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of British Columbia and a Master of Public Health from Simon Fraser University.