Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Scientists and Investigators

The Clinical Epidemiology Program includes 98 Scientists and 429 Investigators, along with their research trainees and staff. Scientists typically devote more than 75 percent of their time to research, while Investigators typically devote five to 50 percent of their time to research. Please see our scientific appointment categories for more information.

Program Director: Dean Fergusson

Name	Scientific appointment	Diseases, conditions and populations of interest	Research and clinical approaches
Scientists in the Clinical Epidemiology Program
Aaron, Shawn MD, FRCPC	Senior Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)	Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Cystic fibrosis, Lung disease, Asthma	Clinical research
Akbari, Ayub MD	Associate Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)
AlKherayf, Fahad MD	Associate Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)
Allan, David MD FRCPC	Associate Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)	Blood cancer, Vascular, heart and metabolic disease	Cell therapy, Regenerative medicine, Stem cells, Systematic reviews, Transfusions, Translational research, Transplantation
Alvarez, Gonzalo MD, MPH, FRCPC	Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)	First Nations, Inuit and Métis Health, Health in disadvantaged peoples, Infectious disease, Lung disease, Population health, Tuberculosis	Clinical research, Epidemiology, Public health
Aydin, Sibel MD	Associate Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)	Arthritis, Autoimmune disease, Bone and joint degeneration, COVID-19, Population health	Epidemiology, Imaging
Beaulé, Paul MD	Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)
Black, Amanda MD, MPH, FRCSC	Associate Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)	Pregnancy, Women's health	Clinical trials, Cohort studies, Health promotion, Surveys, Systematic reviews
Boet, Sylvain MD, PhD	Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)		Behaviour, Clinical trials, Knowledge translation and implementation research, Psychology, Qualitative methods, Quality Improvement, Surgery, Systematic reviews, Translational research
Boet, Sylvain MD, PhD	Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)	COVID-19	Anesthesiology, Behaviour, Clinical trials, Knowledge translation and implementation research, Patient engagement, Psychology, Qualitative methods, Quality Improvement, Surgery, Systematic reviews, Translational research
Breau, Rodney MD	Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)	Cancer, Kidney disease, Other, Prostate cancer	Clinical decision rules, Clinical research, Clinical trials, Cohort studies, Imaging, Patient decision aids, Patient engagement, Quality Improvement, Surgery, Systematic reviews, Transfusions
Brehaut, Jamie PhD	Senior Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)		Behaviour, Health professional behaviour change, Health services research, Knowledge translation and implementation research, Patient decision aids, Patient engagement, Psychology, Psychometrics, Qualitative methods, Shared decision making, Surveys
Cameron, Bill MD, FRCPC, FACP	Senior Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)	Chronic disease, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, COVID-19, Cystic fibrosis, HIV, Infectious disease, Sexually transmitted infections, Tuberculosis	Clinical research, Epidemiology, Immunization, Immunotherapy, Pharmacology
Canney, Mark MD	Associate Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)
Carrier, Marc MD, MSc, FRCPC	Senior Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)	Cancer, Thrombosis / thromboembolism	Clinical research, Patient engagement
Castellucci, Lana MD, FRCPC, MSc	Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)	Thrombosis / thromboembolism	Clinical research, Clinical trials, Cohort studies, Critical care, Patient engagement, Systematic reviews, Transfusions
Caulley, Lisa MD PhD FRCSC	Associate Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)	Cancer, Head and neck cancer	Clinical research, Epidemiology, Health economics, Journalology, Public health
Chen, Innie MD, MPH, FRCSC	Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)	Health equity, Population health, Pregnancy, Women's health	Clinical research, Epidemiology, Health research methods, Patient engagement, Quality Improvement, Systematic reviews
Cheung, Angela MD	Associate Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)
Clark, Edward MD MSc FRCPC	Associate Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)	Kidney disease, Septic shock	Clinical research, Clinical trials, Epidemiology
Cooper, Curtis MD, FRCPC	Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)	COVID-19, Hepatitis C, HIV, Infectious disease, Influenza	Clinical research, Immunization
Cowan, Juthaporn MD, PhD, FRCPC	Associate Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)	Autoimmune disease, COVID-19, Infectious disease	Immunization, Immunotherapy, Patient engagement
Coyle, Douglas PhD	Senior Scientist Affiliate (Clinical Epidemiology)
Dargel, Aroldo MD/PhD	Associate Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)
Delluc, Aurelien MD	Associate Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)
Downar, James MD	Associate Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)
Doyle, Mary-Anne MD	Associate Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)
Duffett, Lisa MD	Associate Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)	Thrombosis / thromboembolism	Clinical research, Clinical trials, Epidemiology
Eagles, Debra MD, MSc., FRCPC	Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)	Aging, Frailty	Emergency medicine
El-Chaar, Darine MD, FRCSC, Msc	Associate Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)	COVID-19, Diabetes, Maternal and fetal health, Newborn and child health, Population health, Pregnancy, Women's health	Clinical research, Clinical trials, Cohort studies, Epidemiology, Health research methods, Health services research, Public health, Qualitative methods, Quality Improvement, Systematic reviews
English, Shane MD	Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)	COVID-19, Septic shock, Subarachnoid hemorrhage, Traumatic brain injury	Clinical research, Critical care, Patient engagement
Fergusson, Dean PhD, MHA, FCAHS	Program Director and Senior Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)	Cancer, COVID-19, Kidney disease, Other, Septic shock, Vascular, heart and metabolic disease	Clinical trials, Health services research, Health technology, Patient engagement, Pragmatic trials, Surveys, Translational research, Biostatistics, Clinical research, Cluster randomized trials, Cohort studies, Critical care, Health research methods, Qualitative methods, Quality Improvement, Systematic reviews, Transfusions
Fiedorowicz, Jess MD, PhD	Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)	Bipolar, Mental health, Suicide, Vascular, heart and metabolic disease	Clinical research, Epidemiology
Forster, Alan MD, FRCPC, MSc	Senior Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)	Population health	Basic research, Epidemiology, Health services research, Health technology, Patient safety, Quality Improvement
Freeman, Ellen PhD	Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)	Aging, Vision	Epidemiology
Garber, Gary MD	Associate Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)
Graham, Ian MA, PhD, FCAHS, NYAM, FRSC	Senior Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)		Health professional behaviour change, Health research methods, Health services research, Knowledge translation and implementation research, Patient engagement, Shared decision making
Grimshaw, Jeremy MBCHB, PHD	Senior Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)	COVID-19	Behaviour, Cluster randomized trials, Health professional behaviour change, Health research methods, Health services research, Knowledge translation and implementation research, Patient engagement, Qualitative methods, Quality Improvement, Surveys, Systematic reviews
Hatcher, Simon BSc MBBS MMedSc MD FRCPC FRANZCP MRCPsych	Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)	Anxiety, Brain and neuromuscular disease, COVID-19, First Nations, Inuit and Métis Health, Health equity, Mental health, Traumatic brain injury, Depression, Health in disadvantaged peoples, Suicide	Clinical research, Digital and mobile health, Health economics, Health professional behaviour change, Health research methods, Health services research, Health technology, Knowledge translation and implementation research, Patient engagement, Prevention, Public health, Qualitative methods, Clinical trials, Cluster randomized trials, Epidemiology, Psychology, Systematic reviews
Hawken, Steven PhD	Senior Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)	Population health, Global health, Newborn and child health, Pregnancy	Artificial intelligence and data science, Big data, Biomarkers, Health services research, Immunization, Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Health research methods
Hiremath, Swapnil MD, MPH, FASN	Associate Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)	Chronic disease, Diabetes, Health in older peoples, Heart disease, Hypertension, Kidney disease, Population health, Vascular, heart and metabolic disease	Clinical research, Clinical trials, Cohort studies, Epidemiology, Health services research, Imaging, Pharmacology, Pragmatic trials, Public health, Quality Improvement, Systematic reviews
Hundemer, Gregory MD, MPH	Associate Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)	Heart disease, Hypertension, Kidney disease, Vascular, heart and metabolic disease	Biomarkers, Clinical research, Cohort studies
Hutton, Brian MSc, PhD	Senior Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)	Addiction, Anxiety, Breast cancer, Depression, Health equity, Health in disadvantaged peoples, Maternal and fetal health, Mental health, Population health, Suicide, Cancer	Clinical research, Cohort studies, Epidemiology, Health research methods, Health services research, Patient safety, Public health, Rapid reviews, Biostatistics, Clinical trials, Systematic reviews
Kanji, Salmaan BSc, Pharm, PharmD	Associate Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)		Critical care, Pharmacology, Pharmacy
Kekre, Natasha BSc, MD, MPH, FRCPC	Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)	Blood cancer, Cancer	Cancer biotherapeutics, Cancer immunotherapy, Cell therapy, Clinical trials, Epidemiology, Immunotherapy, Patient engagement, Stem cells, Translational research, Transplantation, Viral therapy
Kendzerska, Tetyana MD, PhD	Associate Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)	Aging, Chronic disease, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Heart disease, Lung disease, Other, Population health, Women's health	Biostatistics, Clinical research, Cohort studies, Epidemiology, Health research methods, Health services research, Systematic reviews
Kimpton, Miriam MD	Associate Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)
Knoll, Gregory MD, MSc, FRCPC	Senior Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)	Kidney disease	Clinical research, Transplantation
Kwok, Chanel MD, FRCPC	Associate Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)	Lung disease	Epidemiology
Kyeremanteng, Kwadwo MD	Associate Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)
Lalu, Manoj MD, PhD, FRCPC	Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)	Blood cancer, COVID-19, Heart disease, Stroke, Vascular, heart and metabolic disease	Anesthesiology, Basic research, Cell therapy, Clinical research, Clinical trials, Disease models, Health research methods, Model organisms, Patient engagement, Regenerative medicine, Stem cells, Translational research
Lavallee, Luke MDCM, MSc, FRCSC	Associate Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)	Cancer, Kidney disease, Population health, Prostate cancer	Clinical research, Clinical trials, Cohort studies, Epidemiology, Health economics, Health professional behaviour change, Imaging, Knowledge translation and implementation research, Patient decision aids, Quality Improvement, Surgery, Systematic reviews
Le Gal, Gregoire MD, PhD	Senior Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)	Thrombosis / thromboembolism	Clinical decision rules, Clinical research, Clinical trials, Epidemiology, Patient engagement, Peri-operative medicine
MacFadden, Derek MD	Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)
MacPherson, Paul PhD, MD, FRCPC	Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)	Anxiety, Depression, Gay men's health, HIV, Infectious disease, Men's health, Other, Sexually transmitted infections	Behaviour, Cohort studies, Epidemiology, Health promotion, Health services research, Knowledge translation and implementation research, Prevention, Psychology, Qualitative methods, Surveys
Manuel, Douglas MD, MSc, FRCPC	Senior Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)	Aging, Alzheimer's, Cancer, COVID-19, Dementia, Diabetes, Frailty, Global health, Health equity, Health in disadvantaged peoples, Health in older peoples, Immigrant and refugee health, Infectious disease, Obesity, Parkinson's, Population health, Stroke, Vascular cognitive impairment, Vascular, heart and metabolic disease	Artificial intelligence and data science, Big data, Bioinformatics, Biostatistics, Digital and mobile health, Epidemiology, Health research methods, Health services research, Prevention, Public health
Martel, Guillaume MD, MSc (Epi), FRCSC, FACS	Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)	Anemia, Bleeding disorders, Colorectal cancer, Liver cancer, Liver disease, Pancreatic cancer	Anesthesiology, Clinical research, Clinical trials, Peri-operative medicine, Surgery, Systematic reviews, Transfusions
Massicotte-Azarniouch, David MD	Associate Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)
McInnes, Matthew MD PhD FRCPC	Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)	Bladder cancer, Cancer, Prostate cancer	Clinical research, Epidemiology, Health research methods, Imaging, Journalology, Systematic reviews
McIntyre, Lauralyn MD, MHSc, FRCPC	Senior Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)	Septic shock	Cell therapy, Clinical research, Clinical trials, Critical care, Patient engagement, Pragmatic trials, Stem cells, Transfusions, Translational research
McIsaac, Daniel MD, MPH, FRCPC	Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)	Aging, Frailty, Health in older peoples, Pain, Population health	Anesthesiology, Artificial intelligence and data science, Big data, Biostatistics, Clinical research, Clinical trials, Cohort studies, Digital and mobile health, Epidemiology, Health services research, Patient engagement, Peri-operative medicine, Public health, Quality Improvement, Risk assessment, Surgery, Systematic reviews
Mestre, Tiago MSc MD	Scientist (Neuroscience)	Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Huntington's, Parkinson's	Clinical trials, Imaging
Moher, David PhD	Senior Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)		Journalology, Knowledge translation and implementation research, Patient engagement, Quality Improvement, Rapid reviews, Systematic reviews
Mulpuru, Sunita MD FRCPC MSc	Associate Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)	Chronic disease, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Frailty, Influenza, Population health	Epidemiology, Health services research, Immunization, Quality Improvement
Murthy, Sanjay MD, FRCPC	Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)	Colorectal cancer, Crohn's, Gastrointestinal disease, Inflammatory bowel syndrome	Clinical decision rules, Clinical research, Cohort studies, Epidemiology, Health economics, Health services research
Pakhale, Smita MD, FRCPC, MSc (Epi & Biostat)	Senior Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)	COVID-19, First Nations, Inuit and Métis Health, Health equity, Health in disadvantaged peoples, Lung disease, Sickle cell anemia	Clinical research, Clinical trials, Cohort studies, Epidemiology, Health economics, Health promotion, Health services research, Patient engagement, Pragmatic trials, Public health, Quality Improvement
Perry, Jeffrey MD, MSc, CCFP-EM	Senior Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)	Stroke, Subarachnoid hemorrhage	Clinical decision rules, Emergency medicine
Poulin, Patricia C. Psych.	Associate Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)	Addiction, Anxiety, Cancer, Chronic pain, Depression, Health equity, Musculoskeletal conditions, Pain	Anesthesiology, Behaviour, Biomarkers, Clinical research, Clinical trials, Emergency medicine, Epidemiology, Health professional behaviour change, Health services research, Knowledge translation and implementation research, Palliative care, Patient decision aids, Patient safety, Peri-operative medicine, Pragmatic trials, Psychology, Qualitative methods, Quality Improvement, Systematic reviews
Presseau, Justin PhD	Senior Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)	Chronic disease, Chronic pain, COVID-19, Diabetes, Health equity, Hepatitis C, Immigrant and refugee health, Inflammatory bowel syndrome, Retinal disease, Vision	Artificial intelligence and data science, Health services research, Patient engagement, Psychometrics, Public health, Qualitative methods, Quality Improvement, Transfusions, Transplantation, Behaviour, Psychology, Health professional behaviour change, Knowledge translation and implementation research, Health promotion, Cluster randomized trials, Surveys
Rahgozar, Arya PhD	Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)
Ramsay, Timothy PhD	Senior Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)	Addiction, Alzheimer's, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Anxiety, Ataxia, Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), Autism, Bipolar, Brain and neuromuscular disease, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Colorectal cancer, Concussion, Cystic fibrosis, Dementia, Depression, Dystonia, First Nations, Inuit and Métis Health, HIV, Immigrant and refugee health, Influenza, Kidney disease, Lung cancer, Macular degeneration, Men's health, Multiple sclerosis, Muscular dystrophy, Myasthenia gravis, Obesity, Ovarian cancer, Parkinson's, Pulmonary hypertension, Septic shock, Spinal cord injury	Artificial intelligence and data science, Behaviour, Biomaterials, Biostatistics, Cell therapy, Clinical decision rules, Clinical research, Clinical trials, Cohort studies, Critical care, Drug development, Emergency medicine, Epidemiology, Health professional behaviour change, Health promotion, Health research methods, Health services research, Health technology, Immunization, Immunotherapy, Nursing, Palliative care, Patient decision aids, Pharmacology, Pharmacy, Prevention, Psychology, Psychometrics, Public health, Qualitative methods, Quality Improvement, Regenerative medicine, Rehabilitation, Risk assessment, Shared decision making, Surgery, Surveys, Systematic reviews, Transfusions, Translational research, Transplantation, Viral therapy
Roberts, Derek MD/PhD	Associate Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)
Rodger, Marc MD	Senior Scientist Affiliate (Clinical Epidemiology)	Pregnancy, Thrombosis / thromboembolism, Women's health	Clinical decision rules, Clinical research, Clinical trials, Cohort studies, Epidemiology, Systematic reviews
Schieda, Nicola MD	Associate Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)
Schramm, David MD SM FRCSC FACS	Associate Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)	Cochlear implantation, Hearing loss	Biostatistics, Clinical research, Clinical trials, Epidemiology, Neuro-stimulation, Patient safety, Quality Improvement, Surgery, Systematic reviews
Seely, Andrew MD/PhD	Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)	COVID-19	Artificial intelligence and data science, Critical care
Shaw, Joseph MD, MSc, FRCPC	Associate Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)	Cancer, Thrombosis / thromboembolism	Biomarkers, Clinical research, Epidemiology, Peri-operative medicine, Pharmacology
Siegal, Deborah MD MSc FRCPC	Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)		Clinical research, Clinical trials, Cluster randomized trials, Cohort studies, Epidemiology, Systematic reviews
Singh, Sukhbir MD, FRCSC, FACOG	Associate Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)	Chronic pain	Clinical trials, Health services research, Surgery, Surveys
Sood, Manish MD, FRCPC, MSc	Senior Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)	Heart disease, Hypertension, Kidney disease, Population health, Thrombosis / thromboembolism	Cohort studies, Epidemiology, Health research methods, Health services research, Pharmacology, Prevention
Squires, Janet inf./RN, PhD	Senior Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)
Stacey, Dawn RN, PhD, CON(C)	Senior Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)		Clinical research, Clinical trials, Health professional behaviour change, Health research methods, Health services research, Knowledge translation and implementation research, Nursing, Patient decision aids, Patient engagement, Qualitative methods, Quality Improvement, Shared decision making, Surveys, Systematic reviews
Stiell, Ian MD, MSc, FRCPC	Senior Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)	Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Heart disease	Clinical decision rules, Clinical trials, Emergency medicine
Sulis, Giorgia MD, PhD	Associate Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)	Global health, Health in disadvantaged peoples, Health in older peoples, Infectious disease, Tuberculosis	Epidemiology, Health professional behaviour change, Health services research, Immunization, Knowledge translation and implementation research, Prevention, Public health, Systematic reviews
Taljaard, Monica PhD	Senior Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)		Biostatistics, Clinical decision rules, Clinical trials, Cluster randomized trials, Cohort studies, Epidemiology, Health professional behaviour change, Health research methods, Health services research, Knowledge translation and implementation research, Patient engagement, Quality Improvement
Tanuseputro, Peter MD, MHSc, CCFP, FRCPC	Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)	Aging, Alzheimer's, COVID-19, Dementia, Health in older peoples, Population health	Artificial intelligence and data science, Big data, Epidemiology, Health research methods, Health services research, Knowledge translation and implementation research, Palliative care, Public health, Risk assessment
Thavorn, Kednapa BPharm, MPharm, PhD	Senior Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)	Cancer, COVID-19, Diabetes, Gastrointestinal disease, Glaucoma, Global health, Health equity, Health in disadvantaged peoples, Health in older peoples, HIV, Immigrant and refugee health, Population health, Septic shock, Stroke, Thrombosis / thromboembolism, Vision	Clinical research, Cohort studies, Epidemiology, Health economics, Health research methods, Health services research, Knowledge translation and implementation research, Patient engagement, Pharmacy, Public health, Quality Improvement, Systematic reviews
Thiruganasambandamoorthy, Venkatesh MBBS, CCFP-EM, MSc	Senior Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)	Cardiac arrest, COVID-19, Heart disease, Vascular, heart and metabolic disease	Artificial intelligence and data science, Clinical decision rules, Clinical research, Emergency medicine, Epidemiology, Health services research
Tinmouth, Alan MD, FRCPC, MSc (Clin Epi)	Senior Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)	COVID-19, Sickle cell anemia, Thalassemia	Clinical trials, Epidemiology, Transfusions
Tugwell, Peter O.C., MD, FRCPC	Senior Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)	Arthritis, Chronic disease, Global health, Population health	Clinical research, Epidemiology, Knowledge translation and implementation research, Patient engagement, Public health, Systematic reviews
Vaillancourt, Christian MD, MSc, FRCPC, CSPQ	Senior Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)	Cardiac arrest, Heart disease, Population health, Spinal cord injury, Traumatic brain injury, Traumatic injuries	Clinical decision rules, Clinical research, Clinical trials, Cluster randomized trials, Cohort studies, Critical care, Emergency medicine, Epidemiology, Health economics, Health professional behaviour change, Health services research, Knowledge translation and implementation research, Public health, Quality Improvement, Surveys, Systematic reviews
Van Walraven, Carl MD, FRCPC	Senior Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)		Big data, Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Health research methods, Health services research
Walker, Mark MD, FRCPC, MSc, MScHCM	Senior Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)	Global health, Health equity, Infertility, Maternal and fetal health, Newborn and child health, Population health, Pregnancy, Women's health	Clinical research, Clinical trials, Cluster randomized trials, Cohort studies, Epidemiology, Health economics, Health promotion, Health research methods, Health services research, Knowledge translation and implementation research, Pragmatic trials, Prevention, Public health, Quality Improvement, Rapid reviews, Risk assessment, Surveys, Systematic reviews
Wang, Tzu-Fei MD	Associate Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)
Warman Chardon, Jodi MD, MSc, FRCPC (Neurology)	Associate Scientist (Neuroscience)	Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Genetic myopathy, Muscular dystrophy, Neuromuscular disease, Spinal muscular atrophy	Artificial intelligence and data science, Clinical research, Clinical trials, Exome sequencing analysis, Genetics, Imaging, MRI muscle imaging, Next generation sequencing, RNA sequencing, Genetics
Wells, Philip MD, FRCPC, MSc	Senior Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)	Thrombosis / thromboembolism	Artificial intelligence and data science, Clinical research
Wells, George PhD	Senior Scientist Affiliate (Clinical Epidemiology)
Wen, Shi Wu PhD	Senior Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)
Wilson, Kumanan MD, MSc, FRCPC	Senior Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)	COVID-19, Global health, Infectious disease, Newborn and child health, Population health	Artificial intelligence and data science, Big data, Biomarkers, Clinical research, Digital and mobile health, Epidemiology, Health services research, Health technology, Immunization, Public health, Transfusions, Translational research
Xu, Yan MD, FRCPC, MSc	Associate Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)	Health equity, Health in disadvantaged peoples, Population health, Thrombosis / thromboembolism	Epidemiology
Yadav, Krishan MD, MSc, FRCPC	Associate Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)	Infectious disease, Skin disorders	Clinical research, Emergency medicine
Zimmerman, Deborah MD	Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)	Frailty, Kidney disease	Clinical research, Clinical trials, Cohort studies, Epidemiology, Quality Improvement, Systematic reviews

Additional profiles of Scientists and Investigators with an interest in clinical epidemiology
Name	Scientific appointment	Diseases, conditions and populations of interest	Research and clinical approaches
Al Ghazawi, Feras MD, PhD, MSc, FRCPC, FAAD	Clinician Investigator (Clinical Epidemiology)	Cancer	Clinical research, Clinical trials, Drug development, Epidemiology, Immunotherapy, Translational research
Amorelli, Gabriel MD	Clinician Investigator (Clinical Epidemiology)	Ataxia, Dystonia, Huntington's, Parkinson's, Tourette's
Austin, Michael MD, FRCPC	Clinician Investigator (Clinical Epidemiology)	Asthma, Cardiac arrest, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Diabetes, Pain, Population health, Stroke	Clinical decision rules, Clinical trials, Cluster randomized trials, Cohort studies, Critical care, Emergency medicine, Palliative care, Risk assessment
Beaulac, Julie PhD	Clinician Investigator (Clinical Epidemiology)		Clinical research, Health promotion, Health services research, Psychology, Shared decision making
Bredeson, Christopher MD MSc FRCPC	Senior Clinician Investigator (Clinical Epidemiology)	Blood cancer	Clinical research, Stem cells, Transplantation
Chandratre, Priyanka BSc (Hons), MBBch, MRCP (UK), PhD, FRCP (UK)	Clinician Investigator (Clinical Epidemiology)	Autoimmune disease, Bone and joint degeneration, Musculoskeletal conditions	Epidemiology
Cheung, Warren MD, MMEd, FRCPC, DRCPSC (CE)	Senior Clinician Investigator (Clinical Epidemiology)
Corrales Medina, Vicente MD	Clinician Investigator (Clinical Epidemiology)	Pneumonia, Vascular, heart and metabolic disease	Clinical research
Dowlatshahi, Dariush MD PhD FRCP(C)	Senior Scientist (Neuroscience)	Subarachnoid hemorrhage, Stroke	Clinical trials, Digital and mobile health, Rehabilitation, Epidemiology
Eissa, Mohamed MBBCh, MSc, MD, EDAIC, FRCPC, Advanced PTEeXAM	Clinician Investigator (Clinical Epidemiology)	Heart disease, Maternal and fetal health, Vascular, heart and metabolic disease	Anesthesiology
Fahed, Robert MD MSc	Associate Scientist (Neuroscience)	Stroke, Subarachnoid hemorrhage	Biostatistics, Clinical decision rules, Clinical research, Clinical trials, Cohort studies, Epidemiology, Imaging, Pragmatic trials, Quality Improvement, Shared decision making, Systematic reviews
Finestone, Hillel MD, FRCPC	Clinician Investigator (Clinical Epidemiology)	Chronic pain, Musculoskeletal conditions, Pain, Stroke	Rehabilitation
Gilbert, Sebastien MD FRCSC	Clinician Investigator (Clinical Epidemiology)	Cancer, Gastric cancer, Gastrointestinal disease, Gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GIST), Lung cancer, Lung disease	Artificial intelligence and data science, Clinical research, Epidemiology, Health technology, Quality Improvement
Goudreau, Louis P. Eng. B.A.Sc.	Clinician Investigator (Clinical Epidemiology)
Hickling, Duane M.D.,M.SCI., FRCSC	Clinician Investigator (Clinical Epidemiology)
Humphrey-Murto, Susan MD	Clinician Investigator (Clinical Epidemiology)
Kekewich, Michael BA (Hons), MA	Clinician Investigator (Clinical Epidemiology)
Kilty, Shaun MD, FRCSC	Senior Clinician Investigator (Clinical Epidemiology)
Klein, Ran PhD	Clinician Investigator (Clinical Epidemiology)	Cancer, Heart disease, Vascular, heart and metabolic disease	Artificial intelligence and data science, Basic research, Biomarkers, Clinical decision rules, Health technology, Imaging
Kwok, Edmund MD MHA MSc FRCPC	Clinician Investigator (Clinical Epidemiology)		Clinical research, Critical care, Emergency medicine, Health professional behaviour change, Health services research, Knowledge translation and implementation research, Patient safety, Pragmatic trials, Qualitative methods, Quality Improvement, Rapid reviews, Systematic reviews
Lampron, Jacinthe MD, MPH, FRCSC, FACS	Clinician Investigator (Clinical Epidemiology)
Lapner, Peter MD, FRCSC	Clinician Investigator (Clinical Epidemiology)
McCartney, Colin MBChB PhD FRCA FCARCSI FRCPC	Senior Clinician Investigator (Clinical Epidemiology)
McKim, Douglas MD	Clinician Investigator (Clinical Epidemiology)
Melkus, Gerd PhD	Clinician Investigator (Clinical Epidemiology)
Mitchell, Simeon MD CM, MScHQ, FRCPC	Clinician Investigator (Clinical Epidemiology)		Clinical research, Emergency medicine, Health professional behaviour change, Health services research, Knowledge translation and implementation research, Patient engagement, Patient safety, Quality Improvement
Moore, Gregory MD, FRCPC	Clinician Investigator (Clinical Epidemiology)	Newborn and child health	Clinical research, Knowledge translation and implementation research, Patient decision aids, Qualitative methods, Quality Improvement, Shared decision making, Systematic reviews
Nair, Vimoj MBBS MD MSc FRCPC	Clinician Investigator (Clinical Epidemiology)	Blood cancer, Brain cancer, Colorectal cancer, Gastric cancer, Liver cancer, Pancreatic cancer	Cancer biotherapeutics, Clinical research, Clinical trials, Health technology, Imaging, Pragmatic trials, Quality Improvement, Translational research
O'Neill, Patricia B.Sc.(Eng), M.Sc.(Eng.), P.Eng.	Clinician Investigator (Clinical Epidemiology)
Sabloff, Mitchell MSc, MDCM, FRCPC	Clinician Investigator (Clinical Epidemiology)	Blood cancer	Biomarkers, Clinical research, Clinical trials, Translational research
Santos, Marlise MD (FRCPC), MSc, MPH	Clinician Investigator (Clinical Epidemiology)	Alzheimer's, Anxiety, Ataxia, Autoimmune disease, Autoimmune diseases of the nervous system, Blood cancer, Brain and neuromuscular disease, Brain cancer, Cancer, Chronic disease, Concussion, Dementia, Depression, Global health, Head and neck cancer, Health equity, Health in disadvantaged peoples, Infectious disease, Intellectual disabilities, Multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's, Population health, Sickle cell anemia, Spinal cord injury, Stroke, Subarachnoid hemorrhage, Thrombosis / thromboembolism, Traumatic brain injury, Traumatic injuries, Vascular cognitive impairment, Vascular, heart and metabolic disease	Artificial intelligence and data science, Basic research, Behaviour, Biostatistics, Cancer biotherapeutics, Clinical decision rules, Clinical research, Clinical trials, Cohort studies, Critical care, Epidemiology, Health economics, Health research methods, Health services research, Health technology, Imaging, Patient safety, Pragmatic trials, Prevention, Public health, Qualitative methods, Quality Improvement, Shared decision making, Surgery, Surveys, Systematic reviews
Seely, Jean MDCM, FRCPC	Clinician Investigator (Clinical Epidemiology)	Breast cancer, Cancer, Health equity, Population health, Women's health	Clinical trials, Cohort studies, Health technology, Imaging, Patient engagement, Public health, Quality Improvement, Surgery
Solmi, Marco MD, PhD, Psychiatrist	Clinician Investigator (Clinical Epidemiology)	Addiction, Anxiety, Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), Autism, Bipolar, Dementia, Depression, Mental health, Schizophrenia, Suicide	Clinical research, Clinical trials, Cluster randomized trials, Cohort studies, Epidemiology, Health research methods, Neuro-stimulation, Pharmacology, Pragmatic trials, Surveys, Systematic reviews
Thornhill, Rebecca PhD	Clinician Investigator (Clinical Epidemiology)	Cancer, Heart disease, Stroke, Vascular, heart and metabolic disease	Artificial intelligence and data science, Biomarkers, Biostatistics, Imaging, Patient safety
Thornton, Marianne BSc	Clinician Investigator (Clinical Epidemiology)
Trudel, Guy MD	Clinician Investigator (Clinical Epidemiology)	Bone and joint degeneration, Musculoskeletal conditions	Basic research, Biomarkers, Molecular and cellular biology, Regenerative medicine, Rehabilitation
Wai, Eugene MD, MSc, CIP, FRCSC	Clinician Investigator (Clinical Epidemiology)
Wang, Xiang Pharm.D, MSc, ACPR	Clinician Investigator (Clinical Epidemiology)	Cancer, Heart disease, Population health, Stroke, Thrombosis / thromboembolism	Health services research
Woo, Michael MD, CCFP(EM), RDMS	Clinician Investigator (Clinical Epidemiology)

Additional Investigators in the Clinical Epidemiology Program

Abdeen, Nishard
Abdelaal, Mohamed
Abou Khalil, Jad
Akter, Ripa
Aleman, Alberto
Amankwah, Yaa
Amjadi, Kayvan
Aquino, Jose
Arevalo-Astrada, Miguel
Auclair, Francois
Aucoin, Sylvie
Aw, Andrew
Azad, Nahid
Baines, Alexandra
Bakewell, Francis
Balaa, Fady
Bardell, Andrea
Bariciak, Erika
Bayanati, Hamid
Beecker, Jennifer
Ben Fadel, Nadya
Bence-Bruckler, Isabelle
Bertens, Kimberly
Besemann, Markus
Bielawska, Barbara
Bismil, Ramprasad
Bissada, Hany
Bissett, Diana
Bjerre, Lise
Booth, Ronald
Bould, Dylan
Boyd, Kirsty
Boyle, Loree
Bradley, Renee
Brandys, Tim
Breiner, Ariel
Brewer, John
Bromley, Lisa
Bryson, Gregory
Buchan, Arianne
Bugeja, Ann
Bush, Shirley
Byszewski, Anna
Cabral, Antonio
Cagiannos, Ilias
Cahill, Taliesin
Campbell, Ross
Cardinal, Pierre
Caron, Catherine
Carsen, Sasha
Causada Calo, Natalia
Chan, James
Chandramouleeshwaran, Susmita
Chandy, George
Chaput, Alan
Chatterjee, Avijit
Chen, Kuan-Chin
Chhabra, Shawn
Chin, Melanie
Chiu, Michelle
Christou, Grace
Cipkar, Christopher
Clancy, Aisling
Clark, Heather
Cohen, Leila
Colantonio, David
Connolly, Rory
Cordeiro, Erin
Cormier, Nicholas
Costache, Ioana

Crooks, Simone
Crosby, Edward
Daboval, Thierry
Dales, Robert
Dargel, Aroldo
Davis, Janet
Delpero, Emily
Demidenko, Natasha
Dennie, Carole
Dent, Robert
Dervin, Geoffrey
Desjardins, Marc
Desjardins, Isabelle
Deslandes, Vincent
Dewhirst, Sebastian
Dhaliwal, Harinder
Dholakia, Saumil
Dionne, Richard
Doherty, Geoffrey
Doja, Asif
Dojeiji, Sue
Dube, Catherine
Dubois, Daniel
Ducroux, Célina
Dudek, Nancy
Duggan, Laura
Dumont, Tania
Eipe, Naveen
Enright, Paula
Evans, Jessica
Fahim, Simone
Fantaneanu, Tadeu
Fasih, Najla
Feibel, Robert
Fernandes, Emily
Ferretti, Emanuela
Findlay-Shirras, Lisa
Fitzgibbon, Edward
Fitzpatrick, Tania
Fleming, Nathalie
Flores, Dyan
Forbes, Jessica
Forgie, Melissa
Frank, Jason
French Merkley, Veronique
Friedlich, Martin
Fulcher, Jill
Fung Kee Fung, Karen
Gagnon, Bruno
Gale, Jenna
Gammon, Braden
Garceau, Simon
Gartke, Kathleen
Gaudreau-Simard, Mathilde
Gauthier, Nadine
Gawad, Nada
Giguere, Pierre
Glassman, Steven
Glen, Peter
Glikstein, Rafael
Gofton, Wade
Gonsalves, Carol
Grammatopoulos, Georgios
Gravel, Denis
Gu, Yuqi
Gupta, Ashish
Hadziomerovic, Adnan
Hajjar, George
Hall, Andrew
Halman, Samantha

Harrold, JoAnn
Hartwick, Michael
Hasimja, Delvina
Hebert, Guy
Hecht, Nathan
Hepworth, Elliot
Hodgdon, Taryn
Holly, Janet
Hooper, Jonathan
Huang, Allen
Huang, Shirley
Imrie, Kevin
Ivory, Catherine
James, Daniel
Jansen, Gerard
Jetty, Prasad
Jibri, Zaid
Johnson, Christopher
Johnson-Obaseki, Stephanie
Joncas, Steve
Jones, Gwynne
Jones, Daniel
Joo, Gul Pil
Kaluzienski, Mark
Kapur, Atul
Kelly, Erin
Kennah, Michael
Keyhanian, Kianoosh
Khalife, Roy
Khamisa, Karima
Khoury, Lara
Kim, John
Kim, Paul
Kingwell, Stephen
Kirchhof, Mark
Kobewka, Daniel
Kolozsvari, Nicole
Kovesi, Tom
Kubelik, Dalibor
Laframboise, Wendy
Lalonde, Karl
Lamothe, Andre
Landreville, Jeff
Lawlor, Peter
Lawrence, Sarah Linda
Le, Tien
Le Saux, Nicole
Leech, Judith
Lefebvre, Monique
Liddy, Clare
Liew, Allan
Lim, Robert
Lortie, Karine
Lui, Anne
Luks, Vanessa
Macdonald, Blair
MacDonald, David A.
MacDonald, Erika
Maciejewski, Conrad
Mack, Johnathan
Mahoney, John
Malcolm, Janine
Malek, Michael
Malic, Claudia
Mallet, Karen
Maltez, Nancy
Maniate, Jerry
Marquardt, Mary
Marshall, Shawn
Mascioli, Kelly

Masurekar, Ashish
Matar, Maher
Maziak, Donna
Mbadjeu Hondjeu, Arnaud Romeo
McCarthy, Anne
McConville, Eilish
McCormick, Anna
McCudden, Christopher
McCurdy, Arleigh
McCurdy, Jeffrey
McDiarmid, Sheryl
Mcfaul, Colleen
McGee, Amy
McGuinty, Michaeline
McLean, Laurie
McNamara, Patricia
McVicar, Jason
Meulenkamp, Bradley
Microys, Sherissa
Midzic, Ines
Miller, Toba
Miller, William
Miller, Donald
Millington, Scott
Milman, Nataliya
Mistry, Manisha
Moffatt-Bruce, Susan
Moledina, Aliza
Molnar, Frank
Moloo, Husein
Momtazi, Moein
Morash, Christopher
Moretti, Felipe
Moyana, Terence
Munro, Camille
Musselman, Reilly
Nagpal, Sudhir
Nair, Vidhya
Nakajima, Amy
Neilipovitz, David
Neville, Amy
Nguyen, Tiffany
Nickel, Curtis
Nikolitch, Katerina
Norris, Sandhaya
Nott, Caroline
O'Shea, Leah
Oake, Jeffrey Stuart
Odell, Michael
Odorizzi, Scott
Oppenheimer, Lawrence
Pageau, Paul
Pagliarello, Giuseppe
Paliga, Aleksandra
Pan, Andy
Papadatos, Demetri
Papp, Steven
Parsons, Henrique
Pascali, Dante
Patel, Rakesh
Patino, Paula
Pease, Christopher
Pena, Elena
Penning, John
Peters, Daniel
Phan, Philippe
Pickell, Michael
Polis, Tomasz
Pollock, J Whitcomb
Pontefract, Amanda

Posner, Glenn
Power, Barbara
Power, Daniel
Pratt, Melanie
Pugh, Debra
Purgina, Bibianna
Pysyk, Christopher
Quon, Michael
Rabheru, Kiran
Raiche, Isabelle
Rakhra, Kawan
Ramlogan, Reva
Rasuli, Pasteur
Redpath, Stephanie
Rees, Laura
Rekman, Janelle
Revah, Giselle
Rice, Jill
Ritcey, Brandon
Ritchie, Kerri
Rockley, Mark
Rockwell, Gloria
Romanova, Anna
Rostom, Alaa
Roth, Virginia
Rothwell, Deanna
Rouvinez-Bouali, Nicole
Rowe, Neal
Ruddy, Terrence
Ryan, John
Ryan, Stephen
Sampaio, Marcos
Sampsel, Kari
Sandre, Daniella
Sant, Nadia
Santos, Octavio
Saraf, Gayatri
Sarti, Aimee
Scarvelis, Dimitrios
Schachter, Joyce
Seguin, Dale
Shabana, Wael
Shaw, Julie
Shiau, Judy
Shmorgun, Doron
Silverman, Howard
Sim, Jordan
Smyth, Catherine
Souza, Carolina
Spilg, Edward
Sreenivasan, Vidya
Stang, Vivian
Stratton, Alexandra
Suh, Kathryn
Sun, Cathy
Sundaresan, Sudhir
Swenson, J. Robert
Sy, Richmond
Syed, Ali Shahbaz
Talab, Hesham
Teo, Iris
Thake, Miriam
Thavanathan, Rajiv
Theriault, Eric
Thompson, Calvin
Tierney, Sarah
Touchie, Donna
Touchie, Claire
Tran, Alexandre
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Tse, Darren
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Tsien, Cynthia
Turley, Jolanda
Vasudevan Nampoothiri, Ram
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Verma, Raman
Vigil, Humberto
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Vincent, Daniel
Viner, Gary
Visram, Alissa
Voduc, Nha
Walsh, Cynthia
Walsh, Caolan
Warmels, Grace
Watt, Christine
Watterson, James
Webber, Gail
Welch, Vivian
Wentzell, Jason
Werier, Joel
Werlang, Ana
Wielgosz, Andreas
Wilding, Laura
Wilkin, Geoffrey
Williams, Lara
Williams, Phillip
Witherspoon, Luke
Wolff, Gerald
Wong, Patrick
Wooller, Krista
Wooltorton, Eric
Worrall, James
Wu, Clara
Xing, Lydia
Yeung, Marianne
Ying, Yvonne
Yiu, Stella
Zeng, Wanzhen
Zhang, Jing
Zvonar, Rosemary

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Abdallah, Faraj
Adamo, Kristi
Archibald, Doug
Backman, Chantal
Baddour, Natalie
Bella, Anthony
Benoit, Daniel L.
Bissonnette, Janice
Brouwers, Melissa
Carrington, André
Catala-Lopez, Ferran
Chalmers, Beverley
Chasse, Michael
Chen, Xikuan
Conrad, Gretchen

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Crighton, Eric
Dahrouge, Simone
Egan, Mary
Elbeddini, Ali
Flowers, Heather
Fontaine, Guillaume
Francis, Jill
Gagnon, France
Garazin, Mohamed
Gaudet, Laura
Grant, Lars
Green, Robert
Griffin, Gilly
Hamstra, Stanley

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Hebert, Paul
Hincke, Maxwell
Hogg, William
Holmes, Kevin
Howcroft, Jennifer
Hsu, Amy
Isenberg, Sarina
Ivers, Noah
Jull, Janet
Kendall, Claire
Kenny, Glen
Krewski, Daniel
Kulkarni, Manisha
LaDonna, Kori

Leader, Arthur
LeBlanc, Vicki
Leduc, Shannon
Legare, France
Lemaire, Edward
Lewis, Krystina Brigitte
Little, Julian
Liu, Peter
Logan, Jo
Lusty, Avril
MacDougall, Jamie
Marcoux, Isabelle
Matejcic, Andrew
McConnell, Meghan
McPherson, Christine

Moore, Charlotte
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Nathan, Howard
Nerenberg, Kara
Nichol, Graham
Osmond, Martin
Ouyang, Yongdong
Pomey, Marie-Pascale
Poses, Roy
Potter, Elizabeth
Rodger, Marc
Seely, Dugald
Shea, Beverley Julia
Shojania, Kaveh
Sigal, Ronald

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Skeith, Leslie
Srour, Nadim
Straus, Sharon
Sun, Louise
Tasca, George
Tritschler, Tobias
Turgeon, Alexis
Tyndall, Mark
Van der Jagt, Richard
Vanderspank, Brandi
Vandyk, Amanda
Wells, George
Whitmore, Alex
Witteman, Holly

Wolfson, Michael
Writer, Hilary
Yang, Qiuying
Yang, Homer

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