Thank you, Mr. Chair.
On behalf of the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization, I would like to thank the committee for the opportunity to present the history of our organization as well as its past successes, future challenges, and associated opportunities.
The Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization, or VIDO, is one of Canada's pre-eminent vaccine research institutes. VIDO currently employs more than 150 people representing 20 countries. Our vision is aggressive: protecting the world from infectious diseases.
Historically we focused on veterinary infectious diseases, and our original name was actually the Veterinary Infectious Disease Organization. However, with the convergence-