Head of Surveillance
BlueDot
Toronto, Ontario
Dr. Mariana Torres is a physician managing BlueDot’s Infectious Disease Surveillance team. Mariana is a Pediatric Specialist Physician with a Clinical and Research Master in Pediatric Immunology and Infectious Diseases. Mariana has author and co-author contributions to peer-reviewed papers with a focus on arboviruses such as dengue, and chikungunya, estimation of the true size of the Mpox outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2022, and the most recent published on September 2024 Potential for international spread of Oropouche virus via commercial air travel. Mariana has also been certified with the Antimicrobial Resistance program from the London School of Medicine. At BlueDot, Mariana has been instrumental in shaping the global surveillance system, enhancing the utilization of AI for timely detection and assessments of emerging threats, and fostering innovation in responding to disease outbreaks.
I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
High-priority Pathogens: Epidemiology, Potential Spread, and Infection Control Response
Tuesday, June 17, 2025
3:45 PM – 4:45 PM MST
