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Major research themes include:
  • Social Epidemiology
  • Health Disparities

  • Epidemiologic Methods
  • Causal Inference

  • International Health
  • Health Policy Evaluation

Externally Funded Research Projects:

Exposure to low dose ionizing radiation procedures and incident cancer risk in Canada’s patient population with congenital heart disease from 2005 to 2017 - Has the ‘as low as reasonably achievable’ (ALARA) policy had an impact? (Marelli, PI). 2024-2027, $258,787, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada [Role: Co-Investigator]

Understanding long-term exposure to wildfire smoke and human health effects. (Chen, PI), 2025–2029; Health Canada, [Role: Site PI]


Reinvigorating HIV Prevention and Care for People Who Use Drugs: Accelerating Progress and Sustaining Gains in the Midst of Societal Disruption (Des Jarlais, PI, NYU).  2023-2028, US$1030265/year, NIDA/US NIH, P30DA011041 [Role: Consultant]
       https://reporter.nih.gov/search/-0YQJ0JbRESYnOMpe72MeA/project-details/10528213

Exposure to Low Dose Ionizing Radiation In Adult Patients with Congenital Heart Disease - A Time Series Analysis Assessing the Past and Projecting the Future (Marelli, PI), 2023-2026, $328,950, CIHR, [Role: Co-Investigator]
       https://webapps.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/decisions/p/project_details.html?applId=479720&lang=en

Chronic disease and air pollution: disease trajectory and intervention (Chen, PI), 2019–2023; $1,920,000, Health Canada, [Role: Site PI]
       https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/publications/science-research-data/compilation-research-abstracts-2020-2021.html#s1-14


Genetic syndromes associated susceptibility to the carcinogenic effect of low dose ionizing radiation in children with congenital heart disease (Marelli, PI), 2023-2024; $74,064, CIHR, [Role: Co-Investigator]
       https://webapps.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/decisions/p/project_details.html?applId=471026&lang=en

Overview of McGill Social Policy and Health Research 
(from 50th Anniversary Conference, 30 April 2015)

Kaufman Group, 2015