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Epidemiology

Project Leader(s): 

Postdoctoral fellow: Dr. Paul Nguyen, Division of Biostatistics, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
Lead faculty member: Dr. Patrick Brown, Division of Biostatistics, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto

This project aims to develop methods and software for performing spatio-temporal analysis of cancer incidence and smoking data in Ontario over long time periods with high spatial resolution. This will allow changes of cancer incidence over time to be better understood, and accommodate rare cancers that require long study periods in order to accumulate data. Because of small counts common to small area analysis, computationally intensive Bayesian inference methods will be needed.

Project Leader(s): 

Postdoctoral fellow: Dr. Majid Jaberi-Douraki, Mathematics and Statistics, York University

Lead faculty member: Dr. Seyed Moghadas, Mathematics and Statistics, York University

A major pharmaceutical intervention for management of many infectious diseases is the use of antiviral drugs. However, the rise of drug resistance poses significant threats to the effectiveness of drugs. This research proposes to determine optimal treatment strategies, through the development of population dynamical models for disease transmission and control, which can minimize the effect of resistance emergence in the population. This work will primarily focus on influenza infection, which still inflicts substantial morbidity, mortality, and socioeconomic costs worldwide.

Project Leader(s): 

Postdoctoral fellow: Dr. Taraneh Abarin, Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto

Lead faculty member: Dr. Laurent Briollais, Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto

Using modern statistical measurement error methodologies and analysis, we aim to efficiently and accurately discover and characterize predictive models of responses associated with abnormal growth development in young children and adults. This proposal is unique in scope and vision by addressing health issues that threaten the sustainability of the health care system.

Project Leader(s): 

Dr. Jianhong Wu , York University

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Project team: 
Dr. Julien Arino, McMaster University
Dr. Jacques Bélair, Université de Montréal
Dr. Fred Brauer, University of British Columbia
Dr. Troy Day, Queen's University
Dr. Julien Arino, University of Manitoba
Dr. Jacques Beir, Universite de Montreal
Dr. Fred Bauer, University of British Columbia
Dr. Troy Day, Queen’s University
Dr. Michael Li, University of Alberta
Dr. Charmaine Dean, Simon Fraser University
Dr. David N. Fishman, Ontario Public Health Laboratories
Dr. Jane Heffernan, York University
Dr. Kamran Khan, University of Toronto
Dr. Neal Madras, York University
Dr. Seyed M. Mogadas, University of Winnipeg
Dr. Shigui Ruan, Dalhousie University
Dr. Beni M. Sahai, Cadham Provincial Laboratory
Dr. Robert Smith, University of Ottawa
Dr. Lin Wang, University of New Brunswick
Dr. James Watmough, University of New Brunswick
Dr. Glenn Webb, Vanderbilt University
Dr. Hauiping Zhu, York University
Dr. Pauline van den Driessche, University of Victoria
Funding period: 
April 1, 2021 - March 31, 2021

Assembled at the height of the SARS outbreak in 2003, this project develops a variety of modeling templates.

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