Post-Doctoral Fellows
Doctoral Students at McGill University
Mohammad Sazzad Hasan (Ariane Marelli, Co-Advisor) [2017]
Sazzad has a Master of Science degree from the Dept. of Statistics, Biostatistics & Informatics of the University of Dhaka. His PhD research at McGill involves novel methods for assessing radiation exposure from medical imaging in a cohort of Quebec residents with congenital heart defects. He is on leave from his faculty position in the Department of Population Sciences of the University of Dhaka while he completes his PhD at McGill. He successfully completed his PhD proposal defense on 22 November 2019 and holds an FRQS Doctoral Award.
Sazzad has a Master of Science degree from the Dept. of Statistics, Biostatistics & Informatics of the University of Dhaka. His PhD research at McGill involves novel methods for assessing radiation exposure from medical imaging in a cohort of Quebec residents with congenital heart defects. He is on leave from his faculty position in the Department of Population Sciences of the University of Dhaka while he completes his PhD at McGill. He successfully completed his PhD proposal defense on 22 November 2019 and holds an FRQS Doctoral Award.
Pauley Tedoff (Hugo Melgar-Quiñonez, Co-Advisor) [2014]
Pauley holds a Bachelor's degree in Anthropology and a Master's of Science in Environmental Health and has worked in international development since 2006. In 2009, after several years designing and implementing social inclusion programs in low-income countries, Pauley formally transitioned to the global health sector. She has worked for various ministries of health, intergovernmental organizations, international non-governmental organizations, and academic institutions in North and South America, and Sub-Saharan Africa. Her desire to conduct mixed methods research that has implications for both public health and the natural environment led her to seek out opportunities at McGill's Institute for Global Food Security. For her doctoral research, Pauley is working with the Institute on its collaboration with CARE Canada, implementing a four-county study in East Africa. Her analysis applies psychometric methods to elucidate the complex interrelations between social determinants, food security status, and nutrition status of children under five and their mothers.
Pauley holds a Bachelor's degree in Anthropology and a Master's of Science in Environmental Health and has worked in international development since 2006. In 2009, after several years designing and implementing social inclusion programs in low-income countries, Pauley formally transitioned to the global health sector. She has worked for various ministries of health, intergovernmental organizations, international non-governmental organizations, and academic institutions in North and South America, and Sub-Saharan Africa. Her desire to conduct mixed methods research that has implications for both public health and the natural environment led her to seek out opportunities at McGill's Institute for Global Food Security. For her doctoral research, Pauley is working with the Institute on its collaboration with CARE Canada, implementing a four-county study in East Africa. Her analysis applies psychometric methods to elucidate the complex interrelations between social determinants, food security status, and nutrition status of children under five and their mothers.
Renzo Calderon-Anyosa [2019]
Renzo is a PhD student in Epidemiology at McGill University. He received his MD and MSc in Biomedical Informatics in Global Health at Cayetano Heredia University in Lima, Peru and has been working in public health since early in his career. His past research activities involved participating in interdisciplinary programs in global health with a focus on social epidemiology. Renzo's main interest is in understanding and evaluating public policies regarding social and gender inequality in healthcare, neglected and chronic diseases and the use of communication technologies in public health. His PhD thesis evaluates the impact of social interventions on gender-based violence in The Americas, including the identification of national data sources and an in-depth policy analysis of interventions with an interdisciplinary approach. His research will contribute to promote evidence-based policy in the region to work towards the eradication of violence.
Renzo is a PhD student in Epidemiology at McGill University. He received his MD and MSc in Biomedical Informatics in Global Health at Cayetano Heredia University in Lima, Peru and has been working in public health since early in his career. His past research activities involved participating in interdisciplinary programs in global health with a focus on social epidemiology. Renzo's main interest is in understanding and evaluating public policies regarding social and gender inequality in healthcare, neglected and chronic diseases and the use of communication technologies in public health. His PhD thesis evaluates the impact of social interventions on gender-based violence in The Americas, including the identification of national data sources and an in-depth policy analysis of interventions with an interdisciplinary approach. His research will contribute to promote evidence-based policy in the region to work towards the eradication of violence.
Chinchin Wang (Ian Shrier, Co-Advisor) [2020]
Chinchin obtained a BMSc in Biochemistry from Western University and an MSc in Epidemiology from McGill University. Her PhD is focused on developing and applying causal inference methods to sports medicine, specifically determining how much physical activity can be done while minimizing risk of injury. Her research is funded by an FRQS Doctoral Award. She also works as an analyst for the Public Health Agency of Canada conducting physical activity and sedentary behaviour surveillance. In her spare time, she enjoys staying active through running, biking, rock climbing, and yoga.
Chinchin obtained a BMSc in Biochemistry from Western University and an MSc in Epidemiology from McGill University. Her PhD is focused on developing and applying causal inference methods to sports medicine, specifically determining how much physical activity can be done while minimizing risk of injury. Her research is funded by an FRQS Doctoral Award. She also works as an analyst for the Public Health Agency of Canada conducting physical activity and sedentary behaviour surveillance. In her spare time, she enjoys staying active through running, biking, rock climbing, and yoga.
Doris Duran Napolitano (Belinda Nicolau, Co-Advisor) [2020]
Doris Durán is a Ph.D. student in Epidemiology at McGill University. She received her DDS in Finis Terrae University and her MSc in Public Health at the University of Chile. She is an adjunct researcher at the Centre of Population Health in San Sebastián University in Chile and an Oral Public Health instructor at University of Chile. Previously her work focused on health policies, specifically in cancer, from a social epidemiology framework. She is currently working on Head and Neck cancer mortality and evaluating the impact of the Chilean health reform on breast, stomach, colorectal, and gallbladder cancer.
Doris Durán is a Ph.D. student in Epidemiology at McGill University. She received her DDS in Finis Terrae University and her MSc in Public Health at the University of Chile. She is an adjunct researcher at the Centre of Population Health in San Sebastián University in Chile and an Oral Public Health instructor at University of Chile. Previously her work focused on health policies, specifically in cancer, from a social epidemiology framework. She is currently working on Head and Neck cancer mortality and evaluating the impact of the Chilean health reform on breast, stomach, colorectal, and gallbladder cancer.
Yi Li (Robert Platt, Co-Advisor) [2021]
Yi Li is a PhD student in Epidemiology at McGill Epidemiology, focused on causal inference methods and pharmacoepidemiology. She has an MSc in Biostatistics from UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. Her PhD thesis focuses on causal mediation models for time-varying exposures and mediators with applications to disparities and air pollution.
Yi Li is a PhD student in Epidemiology at McGill Epidemiology, focused on causal inference methods and pharmacoepidemiology. She has an MSc in Biostatistics from UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. Her PhD thesis focuses on causal mediation models for time-varying exposures and mediators with applications to disparities and air pollution.