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Dr Sander van Zanten is retiring and Dr Karen Goodman is collecting comments of appreciation for his work. As many of you may remember, this work includes being Lead Gastroenterologist for the CANHelp Working Group, where he took many trips to northern communities to do scope tests on folks and speak to patients and whole communities about stomach health.

If you have any kind words you’d like to pass along, please do so here: https://www.kudoboard.com/boards/CV3pDnY5

His retirement celebration is January 26, when comments may be shared, but otherwise please submit comments at your convenience for Dr van Zanten directly.

Kudoboard for Sander Veldhuyzen van Zanten | Kudoboard Kudoboard is an online replacement for the greeting card that you pass around and sign!

Check out our paper on H. pylori disease burden! Over the years these results have been disseminated and discussed in the communities and at scientific meetings, but this is the first publication from our work reporting H. pylori prevalence and related disease burden.

And as always, let us know if you have any questions!

Burden of disease from Helicobacter pylori infection in western Canadian Arctic communities Indigenous communities across the circumpolar north have elevated H. pylori (Hp) prevalence and stomach cancer incidence. We aimed to describe the Hp-associated disease burden among western Canadian Arctic participants in community-driven projects that address concerns about health risks from Hp inf...

Learn about bacteria and other causes of disease in this short animated video!

Bacteria and other causes of disease Learn about bacteria and other causes of disease in this short video!