Post-Doctoral Fellows
Doctoral Students at McGill University
Mohammad Sazzad Hasan (Ariane Marelli, Co-Advisor)
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.
Proposal defense scheduled on 22 November 2019.
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.
Proposal defense scheduled on 22 November 2019.
Dinela Rushani (Robert Platt, Co-Advisor)
Dinela is pursuing doctoral studies in epidemiology at McGill University under the co-supervision of Dr. Jay Kaufman and Dr. Robert Platt. She received her B.Sc. in biological sciences (major) and mathematics (minor) from the University of Windsor, and M.Sc. in epidemiology from McGill University. Dinela is interested in methodology for causal inference and its application in clinical epidemiology. For her doctoral research, she is studying the impact of warfarin therapy on the risk of bleeding and recurrence of venous thromboembolism, and the use of predictive and causal modeling for improved clinical decision-making in patients with incident venous thromboembolism. She is also currently co-enrolled in the McGill School of Medicine.
Dinela is pursuing doctoral studies in epidemiology at McGill University under the co-supervision of Dr. Jay Kaufman and Dr. Robert Platt. She received her B.Sc. in biological sciences (major) and mathematics (minor) from the University of Windsor, and M.Sc. in epidemiology from McGill University. Dinela is interested in methodology for causal inference and its application in clinical epidemiology. For her doctoral research, she is studying the impact of warfarin therapy on the risk of bleeding and recurrence of venous thromboembolism, and the use of predictive and causal modeling for improved clinical decision-making in patients with incident venous thromboembolism. She is also currently co-enrolled in the McGill School of Medicine.
Michelle Dimitris (Robert Platt, Co-Advisor)
Michelle is a PhD (epidemiology) student under the co-supervision of Dr. Jay Kaufman and Dr. Robert Platt. She completed her MSc (epidemiology) at Queen’s University, and was previously a Data Analyst within the Centre for Global Child Health at the Hospital for Sick Children, as well as an Analyst at the Canadian Institute for Health Information. Michelle’s research interests include process evaluation of policies/interventions in resource-poor settings, data science/organization, and measurement error/information bias as they pertain to comparisons of culturally diverse settings. Her PhD thesis focuses methods for studying on gestational weight gain among twin pregnancies. She was awarded an FRQS doctoral award in May 2018. Michelle is a devoted Toronto Maple Leafs fan, but she suspects that she will be outnumbered in Montreal. Her final thesis defense is scheduled for 12 November 2019, after which she will begin a post-doctoral fellowship under the supervision of Deshayne Fell.
Michelle is a PhD (epidemiology) student under the co-supervision of Dr. Jay Kaufman and Dr. Robert Platt. She completed her MSc (epidemiology) at Queen’s University, and was previously a Data Analyst within the Centre for Global Child Health at the Hospital for Sick Children, as well as an Analyst at the Canadian Institute for Health Information. Michelle’s research interests include process evaluation of policies/interventions in resource-poor settings, data science/organization, and measurement error/information bias as they pertain to comparisons of culturally diverse settings. Her PhD thesis focuses methods for studying on gestational weight gain among twin pregnancies. She was awarded an FRQS doctoral award in May 2018. Michelle is a devoted Toronto Maple Leafs fan, but she suspects that she will be outnumbered in Montreal. Her final thesis defense is scheduled for 12 November 2019, after which she will begin a post-doctoral fellowship under the supervision of Deshayne Fell.
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Mabel Carabali
Mabel is pursuing her doctoral studies at McGill University under the supervision of Dr. Jay Kaufman, held a Richard H. Tomlinson Fellowship, and now holds a CIHR Doctoral Fellowship. She received a degree in medicine in Colombia (Universidad Libre-Cali) and a MSc in epidemiology of infectious diseases from the Institute of Tropical Medicine “Pedro Kouri”-IPK (Cuba). She has worked in the field of infectious diseases for a decade, especially on dengue fever; first at the International Research and Training Center (CIDEIM) and later with the Dengue Vaccine Initiative consortium (DVI) as field epidemiologist for Latin America and West Africa. Her research interests include field epidemiology and applied public health research, infectious diseases (global burden and diseases transmission), health inequalities, and social determinants of health. Mabel enjoys salsa dancing, jazz music and trying different types of international food as her non-academic interests. |
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Oduro Oppong-Nkrumah (Ari Nandi, Co-Advisor)
Oduro is a Queen Elizabeth II Common Threads through the Commonwealth (QES-CTC) Scholar pursuing a PhD in Epidemiology under the supervision of Drs. Jay Kaufman and Ari Nandi. He is a physician and holds a Master of Public Health degree from Harvard University. He previously served as a clinician and medical director in a rural hospital in Ghana, where he focused on maternal health, infectious diseases and quality improvement. His interests include epidemiological methods, public health ethics and the evaluation of large-scale interventions. His PhD thesis focuses on causal inference techniques applied to rural-urban health disparities in Ghana. He plays the bass guitar and dreams of forming his own jazz band some day. |
Pauley Tedoff (Hugo Melgar-Quiñonez, Co-Advisor)
Pauley is a PhD student in Epidemiology. She 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 is a PhD student in Epidemiology. She 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.
Tanya Murphy (Seungmi Yang, Co-Advsor)
Tanya started her PhD (epidemiology) in 2014 and is co-supervised by Seungmi Yang and Jay Kaufman. After completing her MSc in epidemiology at McGill, she worked as a data analyst on the clinical epidemiology of HIV and hepatitis treatment and progression. With her PhD research she is moving into child health and policy research. Her thesis topic is the effect of Quebec childcare programs on child obesity and self-regulation. Her interests are also methodological; in particular, nested and longitudinal models, measurement, and causal and Bayesian inference. Her research is funded by a CIHR grant and an FRQS fellowship.
Tanya started her PhD (epidemiology) in 2014 and is co-supervised by Seungmi Yang and Jay Kaufman. After completing her MSc in epidemiology at McGill, she worked as a data analyst on the clinical epidemiology of HIV and hepatitis treatment and progression. With her PhD research she is moving into child health and policy research. Her thesis topic is the effect of Quebec childcare programs on child obesity and self-regulation. Her interests are also methodological; in particular, nested and longitudinal models, measurement, and causal and Bayesian inference. Her research is funded by a CIHR grant and an FRQS fellowship.
Doris Duran (Alvaro Castillo, Co-Advisor)
Doris is a PhD student in Public Health at the University of Chile.
Doris is a PhD student in Public Health at the University of Chile.