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Dr. Vanessa Allen
Chief, Medical Microbiology
Areas of expertise:
- sexually transmitted infections (e.g., gonorrhea, syphilis, chlamydia)
- antibiotic and antimicrobial resistance
- molecular epidemiology
- food- and water-borne infections
- C. difficile
Dr. Shelly Bolotin
Scientist
Areas of expertise:
- vaccine-preventable diseases
- population immunity
- hepatitis C
- sero-epidemiology
- microbiology
Dr. Ray Copes
Chief, Environmental and Occupational Health
Areas of expertise:
- exposure and risk assessment
- risk communication
- occupational and environmental medicine
- air pollution
- toxicity of metals
Dr. Shelley Deeks
Chief, Communicable Diseases, Emergency Preparedness and Response
Areas of expertise:
- human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine
- vaccine-preventable disease control
- vaccine safety
- vaccine program evaluation
- immunization science
Dr. Gary Garber
Chief, Infection Prevention and Control
Areas of expertise:
- infection prevention and control
- antimicrobial stewardship
- health care-associated infections
- C. difficile
- HIV and blood-borne pathogens
Dr. Jonathan Gubbay
Deputy Chief, Medical Microbiology
Areas of expertise:
- respiratory viruses
- gastrointestinal viruses
- arboviruses
- viral molecular epidemiology
Dr. Erin Hobin
Scientist
Areas of expertise:
- population-level interventions for obesity prevention
- environmental factors and obesity-related behaviours including healthy eating and physical activity
- school-based policies targeting physical activity and healthy eating
- food and nutrition labels
Dr. Frances Jamieson
Medical Microbiologist
Areas of expertise:
- tuberculosis and mycobacteriology
- molecular epidemiology
- neisseria meningitidis
- haemophilus influenza
- bordetella pertussis
Dr. Jennie Johnstone
Infection Prevention and Control Physician
Areas of expertise:
- health care-associated infections (e.g., C. difficile)
- infection prevention and control
- epidemiology
Dr. JinHee Kim
Public Health Physician
Areas of expertise:
- surveillance of environmental hazards and exposures
- food safety and risk
- primary care medicine
- land use planning policy
- environmental burden of disease
Dr. Elaina MacIntyre
Epidemiologist Specialist
Areas of expertise:
- environmental epidemiology
- environmental hygiene
- cancer clusters
- radon
- air pollution
Dr. Heather Manson
Consultant Physician, Health Promotion, Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention
Areas of expertise:
- child and youth health
Dr. Samir Patel
Deputy Chief, Laboratory Research
Areas of expertise:
- antibiotic and antimicrobial resistance
- hospital-associated infections
- zoonotic diseases
- Lyme disease
Dr. Curtis Russell
Senior Program Specialist
Areas of expertise:
- vector-borne diseases
- West Nile Virus and Zika Virus
- Lyme disease
- general insect biology
Dr. Brian Schwartz
Vice-President, Science and Health Protection
Areas of expertise:
- pandemic planning and response
- public health and health systems emergency preparedness and response
- emergency medical services
- management of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive (CBRNE) injuries
Dr. Bryna Warshawsky
Public Health Physician
Areas of expertise:
- influenza epidemiology
- influenza vaccine and vaccination programs
- hepatitis C epidemiology
- rabies
- outbreak investigations
Dr. Sarah Wilson
Medical Epidemiologist
Areas of expertise:
- immunization coverage assessment
- immunization program evaluation
- vaccine-preventable diseases
- outbreak investigation
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