Supervisor Listings for Applicants
The following listings indicate Supervisors who will are potentially seeking students for Fall 2026 admission. This page is to be used as a resource when completing an admission application using Western’s online application portal. On the application, candidates will select up to three potential supervisors, and indicate 3-5 keywords indicating their research interests.
A completed online application is required to be considered for admission.
Applicants are welcome to reach out to potential supervisors at the time of applying (we recommend that PhD applicants do this). However, applicants are not required to secure a supervisor upon applying in order to be admitted to the program.
Important! Applicants are encouraged to review the Student Finances page for detailed information about student funding sources and the minimum funding amounts for MSc and PhD graduate students.
MSc Epidemiology Field of Study
My research focuses on methodologies for pragmatic randomized controlled trials, with a particular emphasis on cluster randomized designs.
Other areas of research include development of clinical outcomes measures and clinical prediction models.
Contact: aaljaish@uwo.ca
Projects available in the following areas:
Health services performance evaluation in terms of efficiency and equity of access, utilization and patient outcomes using patient-level administrative data and population surveys;
Economic evaluation for health technology assessment and evidence-based decision-making;
Elicitation of value judgments and treatment preferences to inform resource allocation decisions.
Contact: shehzad.ali@uwo.ca
Projects available on epidemiology and health services utilization for youth onset mental disorders, particularly psychotic disorders, with a focus on social factors, such as migrant status or neighbourhood marginalization. Students will gain experience with systematic reviews, and thesis projects involve the use of health administrative data (via ICES) or other large complex datasets. Please see our research group website (www.pmhrg.com) for a summary of ongoing projects and student thesis work.
Contact:kelly.anderson@schulich.uwo.ca
My specific field of interest is the role of the occupational environment in promoting cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. More specifically, we are studyng the role of shift work/irregular working time and other occupational psychosocial risks on sleep disturbances, and cardiometabolic diseases. Recently we are developing research on occupational diseases of migrant population.
Contact: franca.barbic@hunimed.eu
We are conducting a pilot RCT to evaluate the effectiveness of a live-online mindfulness-based family intervention program, Making Mindfulness Matter (M3©) for children with juvenile arthritis (JA) and their caregiver(s). Our primary aim is to evaluate whether M3© shows a positive effect on health-related quality of life in children with JA. Secondary objectives include examination of the effect of M3© on: 1) mental health in children with JA, 2) caregiver well-being, and 3) measures of disease severity such as JIA disease activity and pain.
Contact: roberta.berard@lhsc.on.ca
Cancer health outcomes research with interest in real-world evidence, drug safety and health equity.
Contact: phillip.blanchette@lhsc.on.ca
My research program pertains to prenatal health and subsequent trajectories of maternal and child health. I am also interested in perinatal health care utilization. Recent and current students have focused on the use of secondary data to answer a tailored research question. Data sources used include the provincial Hospital Discharge Abstract database, and the provincial birth registry. I am available to supervise one MSc student and I am also available for co-supervision.
Contact: mcampbel@uwo.ca
Positions are available to explore the association of mitochondrial DNA variation (mtDNA copy number and heteroplasmy sequence variation) and nuclear DNA omics (epigenomics, metabolomics, transcriptomics) in complex disease and related phenotypes. Our goal is to uncover molecular mechanisms and pathways that may modify risk for disease via bioinformatic analysis of large scale genomic, methylomic, metabolomic, and transcriptomic data from human prospective cohorts. Interest in genetic epidemiology and command line coding (R, Unix) is essential.
Contact: christina.castellani@schulich.uwo.ca
Social determinants of health, Social-determinants of caregiving.
Contact: kate.choi@uwo.ca
My research examines the ways in which social experiences, both positive and negative, can get under the skin to shape health, behaviour, and stress biology with a special focus on substance use among adolescents and adults.
Contact: cheryl.currie@schulich.uwo.ca
Study 1: Sexual behavior regulations and biomarkers. We will investigate molecular changes in blood samples of individuals presenting compulsive sexual behavior and paraphilic disorder.
Study 2: The Therapeutic Risk Management for Violence for Decreasing Aggressive Behavior of Psychiatry Inpatients. We will investigate the effect of an experimental intervention for the occurrence of violent behaviors compared to usual care in mental health inpatients.
Study 3: The sexual health needs of people receiving mental health care. We will investigate the sexual difficulties of individuals with severe mental illness.
Contact: mdetubin@uwo.ca
Sebastian Fridman’s research focuses on stroke epidemiology, integrating clinical, imaging, and population data to improve diagnosis and prognosis. Methods include multiple imputation, multivariable modeling, and computer vision deep learning applied to neuroimaging. A current project invites MSc students to study prognostic biomarkers in transient ischemic attack (TIA), linking cardiac markers and imaging features to stroke recurrence using a large clinical registry.
Contact: sfridma@uwo.ca
Research Area: evidence-based medicine, randomized controlled trial methods and reporting, systematic review methods and reporting, biostatistics, health measurement scales, patient safety initiatives and generally in musculoskeletal conditions.
His current research focuses on perioperative pain control, multi-centered clinical research, advancing the properties of outcome measurement scales, bias in patient reported outcomes, peptides for healing, classic psychedelics in pain control, analyses of registry data, the quality and reporting of clinical research, surgical safety initiatives.
Contact: jgagnie4@uwo.ca
Dr. Ganesan’s research program focuses on improving neurological outcomes in critically ill children. His work integrates advanced neuromonitoring techniques including high-density EEG, functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), and functional MRI to develop disease markers for pediatric ICU delirium, and to detect covert consciousness and guide neuroprognostication in children with acquired brain injuries. Students will have the opportunity to contribute to and/or lead systematic reviews, qualitative research, prospective observational cohort studies and clinical trials related to brain health of children.
Contact: rishi.ganesan@lhsc.on.ca
Child/youth health, substance use, mental health, physical activity, healthy eating, social and environmental determinants, GIS/geospatial analysis, community-based research
Contact: jgillila@uwo.ca
At the Society-to-Cell Oral Health Lab (S2CL), we investigate the onset of oral diseases and its connection to other non-communicable chronic diseases (NCDs) with the aim of optimizing oral health interventions. Driven by patient and community partnerships, and global collaborations, we employ large population-based multimodal data to: develop clinical risk prediction rules for oral diseases; optimize the timing of oral health interventions over the life course; and comparatively assess the impact of oral health policies in various populations globally.
Contact: noha.gomaa@schulich.uwo.ca
Focus: general health system quality and efficiency improvement. My work focuses on a range of topics, including obstetrics, general surgery, orthopedics, long-COVID, etc. Advancing topics of interest to Ontario Health is prioritized. Methods include those traditional to epidemiology and health economics. I am interested in exploring/applying machine learning methods to health administrative databases. I am eligible to co-supervise MSc students, open to clinical topics of public health importance.
Contact: shabbous@uwo.ca
My research program focuses primarily on promoting psychological resiliency and well-being and reducing the risk for suicide among older adults and other at-risk groups. My current funded studies include delivery and evaluation of a meaning-centered psychological intervention group for older adults struggling with loneliness, social isolation, and/or psychological distress, a meaning-centered group for male veterans and first-responders, and a project to evaluate the prevalence of and train healthcare providers to sensitively assess and respond to suicide risk among older Long-Term Care residents.
Contact: marnin.heisel@lhsc.on.ca
My research focuses on investigating barriers to healthcare and oral health services among populations seeking equitable access, such as those living with HIV, LGBTQ+ communities, high-risk youth, and others. I aim to understand the challenges they face and develop risk-based interventions. My current project uses community-based participatory research, engaging local and global organizations. In global health, I investigate the needs of priority groups like MSM, transgender individuals, sex workers, and fishing communities in Uganda to promote health equity.
Contact: ajessani@uwo.ca
I am accepting qualified graduate students interested in the area of Environmental Health
- Children’s Environmental Health
- Air Pollution
- Climate Change
- Noise Pollution
- Environmental Justice
- Preventing chemical and Biological Exposure
- Transport, health, and environment
Potential candidates are encouraged to contact me to discuss their research ideas and interests.
Contact: ekalisa2@uwo.ca
Over 20 years, my main research interests are in capacity building in Biostatistics in Africa and Baian spatial statistical methods and their application to epidemiology and population health including maternal and child health both in the developing countries and command economies, using large scale household data.
My research interest is the areas of:
- Biostatistics;
- Chronic Disease;
- Multimorbidity;
- Biostatistical;
- Computational Methods
- Evidence Synthesis;
- Health Technology Assessment
- Health Economics
- Epidemiological Observational Studies
- Randomized Controlled Trials
Contact: nkandala@uwo.ca
Research interests in pharmacoepidemiology; cancer epidemiology; risk-prediction modelling
Contact: ikarp@uwo.ca
Research interests in chronic-disease epidemiology; theoretical epidemiology.
Contact: mkatsivo@uwo.ca
My research uses health administrative data (ICES) to study the epidemiology and patterns of health services utilization among people living with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). This includes understanding environmental factors or clinical factors associated with disease onset or prognosis. I am also interested in how care can be improved for people with IBD, including the interplay between primary and specialist care. There are number of potential MSc thesis projects that fit within my research program, depending on the interest of the student.
Contact: ellen.kuenzig@schulich.uwo.ca
Students are invited to contribute to research focusing on the following areas of activity in partnership with the MEDICI Centre: Global Surgery, Anesthesia and Critical Care (MEDICI/WHO collaboration):
- Global studies to inform epidemiologic trends in access to safe, timely, affordable surgery, anesthesia and perioperative care.
- Health technology and policy analyses to explore innovations to improve surgery, anesthesia and critical care outcomes in global settings.
- COVID-19 global surgical backlog recovery and system resilience monitoring.
Epidemiology of Evidence, Evidence Reversals, Misinformation & Disinformation:
- Methodologic innovations to inform 'sufficiency' of evidence, and likelihood of reversal.
- Methodologic innovations to inform misinformation and disinformation in the era of 'fake' news, 'alternative' facts, and distrust in science.
- Exploration of researchers' contributions to infodemics during epidemics (ie, producing and publishing wasteful research, leading to information overload)
Contact: jmarti83@uwo.ca
I conduct research examining the health care system and health system policies. My research interests are in primary care, health workforce, and rural health care. My research “lab” is currently carrying out projects on family physicians’ roles during the pandemic, the integration of registered nurses into primary care practices, the shared care and coordination of medically complex patients between family physicians and specialists, and evaluating access and care for unattached patients. We do mixed methods research (quantitative and qualitative methods), so while the student’s thesis will be quantitative in nature, students will learn qualitative methods as part of (optional) RA work.
Contact: maria.mathews@schulich.uwo.ca
Research area: Research on chronic kidney disease, particularly focusing on improving the quality of care received. Projects may include systematic literature reviews, studies using administrative healthcare databases at ICES, or qualitative research.
Contact: Danielle.nash@lhsc.on.ca
Title: Sociodemographic Disparities in Epilepsy Care in children
Synopsis: This study significantly benefits child health by examining how social determinates of health influence access to epilepsy surgery among children in Ontario. Comparing factors such as neighborhood-level income, geographic location, and access to specialized healthcare facilities, will allow us to pinpoint areas where healthcare access and outcomes may be unequal. This insight is key for creating targeted interventions and policies that ensure all children with epilepsy get fair access to surgical treatment, thereby directly benefiting their health. By understanding how social factors affect access to surgery, healthcare professionals and policymakers can implement changes to make sure all kids get the care they need. This could mean better seizure control, improved cognitive and behavioral outcomes, and ultimately, a better quality of life for children with epilepsy in Ontario.
Contact: Maryam.nouri@lhsc.on.ca
Research program focuses on evaluating factors impacting health at the intersection of humans, wildlife, and domestic species in different environments, globally. A key component of this research is to use an applied, integrated, inter-disciplinary approach using epidemiological methods and tools in which environmental, socio-economical, cultural, and political factors are considered when addressing different health challenges.
My main area of research focuses in zoonotic tuberculosis (TB) including studies/projects involving badgers, bovines, elephants, humans, lions, warthogs, among others species.
Contact: francisco.olea-popelka@schulich.uwo.ca
Research area: qualitative and quantitative evaluation
Contact: lpederso@uwo.ca
Research Area: Health services research in oncology. Focus on breast and lung cancer including toxicity and survival outcomes.
Contact: jacques.raphael@lhsc.on.ca
I am Director of the Kidney Clinical Research Unit and Investigator at the Population Health Research Institute. My group runs trials of drugs and devices in dialysis and perioperative care, pharmacokinetic studies, and evidence synthesis projects. We also develop and evaluate AI-enhanced tools to find patients for trials and studies for evidence synthesis. I am involved in study design, methods, and analysis, and meet with students weekly. Graduate students can train in trial design, pharmacology, biostatistics, epidemiology, and AI methods, with skills relevant to academia, health care, and industry.
Contact: Administrative Assistant: Sarah Pilatzkie
E-mail: Sarah.Pilatzkie@lhsc.on.ca
Available projects are in the following areas:
(1) primary care access, quality, and health outcomes
(2) physician payment systems and incentives on physician behaviour
(3) inequalities/inequities in the utilization of healthcare services and health outcomes
MSc-level thesis projects are expected to address a well-defined research question, grounded in a comprehensive literature review that identifies existing knowledge gaps. Students will apply an appropriate analytical framework (epidemiological, statistical, or health economics/econometrics) and use relevant real-world data to conduct their research.
Contact: sisira.sarma@schulich.uwo.ca
Research Area:
1. Identify determinants of substance use (e-cigarettes, tobacco, cannabis, alcohol) among youth, as well as strategies to prevent, reduce, and/or manage substance use.
2. Identify determinants of unhealthy sedentary behaviours among youth, as well as strategies to increase physical activity.
3. Identify determinants of unhealthy dietary behaviours among youth, as well as strategies to improve
food literacy and healthy eating habits.
4. Identify determinants of unhealthy sleep-related behaviours and sleep outcomes among youth, as well as
strategies to improve sleep health.
Contact: jseabro2@uwo.ca
Research Area: Global Health; Public Health; Alcohol Use; Drug Use; Addiction; Policy Evaluation; Surveys; Exposure Assessment; Risk Relationships; Burden of Disease; Epidemiology
Contact: Kevin.Shield@camh.ca
Statistical models for the estimation of the prevalence of rare events(diseases).
Because the asymptomatic may fail when the outcome of interest is rare, methods such as under sampling or over sampling may be implemented. Additionally, Baian techniques may be explored as well
Contact: shoukri.mohamed@gmail.com
Research Area: Chronic disease is the leading cause of death in Canada and much of the western world. The research is focused on using population health as a tool for chronic disease prevention. Approaches are centered around examining the contribution of social determinants of health and understanding health inequalities that prevent everyone from attaining optimum health. Additionally, the research focuses on elements of a healthy lifestyle that promote well being and well aging for all.
Contact: ssing452@uwo.ca
My research focuses on gastroenterology, with a particular emphasis on inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) such as Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. Students will have the opportunity to engage in data-driven projects, including systematic reviews, outcome validation studies, and comparative effectiveness research. I welcome MSc students with an interest in translational epidemiology and chronic disease research
Contact: vsolitan@uwo.ca
Research Area: Chronic Disease and Multimorbidity Epidemiology and Prevention - Global Health - Lifestyles and social determinants of health
Contact: saverio.stranges@uwo.ca
Projects available associated with:
- Use of artificial intelligence in family medicine & primary care
- Analysis of primary care electronic medical record data to explore health services provision
- Analysis of questionnaire data re: social isolation and loneliness among older adults with multimorbidity
Joint supervision by Drs. Terry, Lizotte, and Thind who conduct mixed methods research.
Joint supervision by Drs. Terry, Lizotte, and Thind.
Contact: aterry4@uwo.ca
Projects available associated with:
1) Use of artificial intelligence in family medicine & primary care
2) Analysis of primary care electronic medical record data to explore health services provision
3) Analysis of questionnaire data re: social isolation and loneliness among older adults with multimorbidity
Joint supervision by Drs. Terry, Lizotte, and Thind who conduct mixed methods research.
Contact: athind2@uwo.ca
Projects available include the ethics of cluster randomized trials and the responsible implementation of new organ donation technologies. Students will gain experience in ethics, scoping reviews, interviews, and working with patient and public partners.
Contact: cweijer@uwo.ca
Our international research team focuses on population health, with a special emphasis on healthy ageing. We explore how social determinants of health, health behaviours, and area-level risk factors influence ageing outcomes. Graduate students joining our team will have the opportunity to apply their substantive knowledge and statistical skills to analyze high-quality longitudinal and cross-sectional health survey data from Canada and Europe. Using advanced statistical techniques, they will contribute to meaningful research that informs policy and improves population health.
Contact: pwilk3@uwo.ca
Projects involve analysis of large hospital data sets. Methods can involve standard statistical models, causal models, or machine learning tools.
Contact: gzaric@ivey.uwo.ca
I am a methodologist with a focus on the design, interpretation and systematic review of randomized controlled trials (RCTs). I am particularly interested in design of randomized trials that directly inform clinical and healthcare delivery and policy decisions. These RCTs are conducted under real world conditions, often test complex interventions, and accommodate the kinds of limitations of care under usual conditions. Only a small proportion of RCTs to date use this approach. I work with students on analyses of existing RCTs to understand their real-world usefulness and to develop tools for designing new RCTs.
Contact: mzwarens@uwo.ca
MSc Biostatistics Field of Study
My research interest lies in developing joint models for various types of events—including survival longitudinal outcomes and evaluating their dynamic predictions based on genetic/genomic data arising from families at high genetic risk. I am looking to work with students with strong statistics background and computational skills. Potential student projects would include development and evaluation of statistical methodology for modeling time-to-event data arising from family-based studies in the following areas:
- Joint models and dynamic predictions for various types of events—including survival longitudinal outcomes arising from families at high genetic risk
- Competing risks models with time-dependent covariates/effects
- Model performance and prediction accuracy measures for clustered time-to-event data in the presence of competing events
- Family-based high-throughput sequencing data to be integrated into joint models.
Contact: yun-hee.choi@schulich.uwo.ca
My research focuses on developing statistical, machine learning, and computational methods in statistical genomics, genetic epidemiology and deep phenotyping This work is highly multi- and inter-disciplinary where methods are motivated by and applied on complex diseases particularly osteoarthritis, Crohn's disease, and cancer. Projects are available on the following broad areas:
- Design and analysis of multi-phase multi-omics studies
- Polygenic scores
- Latent class/variable models for longitudinal multivariate trajectories
- Joint modelling of multivariate longitudinal trajectories and time-to-event outcomes
Contact: oespinga@uwo.ca
Sebastian Fridman’s research focuses on stroke epidemiology and neuroimaging with an emphasis on reproducibility and open science. A current project invites MSc Biostatistics students to develop synthetic clinical and neuroimaging datasets for privacy-preserving data sharing. This includes modeling, validation of utility and disclosure risk, and generation of synthetic stroke lesion maps.
Contact: sfridma@uwo.ca
My research program focuses on developing and applying computational and statistical techniques for integrative analysis of big multimodal health data (omics data, imaging data, administrative and electronic medical records) for precision medicine.
My research areas include:
- Algorithms and applications of artificial intelligence (deep learning) for health and medical sciences
- Algorithms for bioinformatics
- Algorithms for statistical genetics
- Integration frameworks of deep learning and statistics
Contact: phu49@uwo.ca
Over 20 years, my main research interests are in capacity building in Biostatistics in Africa and Baian spatial; statistical methods and their application to epidemiology and population health including maternal and child health both in the developing countries and command economies, using large scale household data. My research interest is the areas of:
- Biostatistics
- Chronic Disease & Multimorbidity
- Biostatistical & Computational Methods
- Evidence Synthesis & Health Technology Assessment
- Health Economics
- Epidemiological Observational Studies
- Randomized Controlled Trials
Contact: nkandala@uwo.ca
Available projects are in the following areas:
(1) primary care access, quality, and health outcomes
(2) physician payment systems and incentives on physician behaviour
(3) inequalities/inequities in the utilization of healthcare services and health outcomes
MSc-level thesis projects are expected to address a well-defined research question, grounded in a comprehensive literature review that identifies existing knowledge gaps. Students will apply an appropriate analytical framework (epidemiological, statistical, or health economics/econometrics) and use relevant real-world data to conduct their research.
Contact: sisira.sarma@schulich.uwo.ca
Research Area: Statistical models for the estimation of the prevalence of rare events(diseases).
Because the asymptomatic may fail when the outcome of interest is rare, methods such as under sampling or over sampling may be implemented. Additionally, Baian techniques may be explored as well.
Contact: shoukri.mohamed@gmail.com
Projects involve analysis of large hospital data sets. Methods can involve standard statistical models, causal models, or machine learning tools.
Contact: gzaric@ivey.uwo.ca
Research Area: Distribution-free methods for the design and analysis of clinical trials
Contact: gzou2@uwo.ca
I am a methodologist with a focus on the design, interpretation and systematic review of randomized controlled trials (RCTs). I am particularly interested in design of randomized trials that directly inform clinical and healthcare delivery and policy decisions. These RCTs are conducted under real world conditions, often test complex interventions, and accommodate the kinds of limitations of care under usual conditions. Only a small proportion of RCTs to date use this approach. I work with students on analyses of existing RCTs to understand their real-world usefulness and to develop tools for designing new RCTs.
Contact: mzwarens@uwo.ca
PhD Epidemiology Field of Study
Projects available in the following areas:
Health services performance evaluation in terms of efficiency and equity of access, utilization and patient outcomes using patient-level administrative data and population surveys;
Economic evaluation for health technology assessment and evidence-based decision-making;
Elicitation of value judgments and treatment preferences to inform resource allocation decisions.
Contact: shehzad.ali@uwo.ca
Projects available on epidemiology and health services utilization for youth onset mental disorders, particularly psychotic disorders, with a focus on social factors, such as migrant status or neighbourhood marginalization. Students will gain experience with systematic reviews, and thesis projects involve the use of health administrative data (via ICES) or other large complex datasets. Please see our research group website ( www.pmhrg.com) for a summary of ongoing projects and student thesis work.
Contact: kelly.anderson@schulich.uwo.ca
Research Area: evidence-based medicine, randomized controlled trial methods and reporting, systematic review methods and reporting, biostatistics, health measurement scales, patient safety initiatives and generally in musculoskeletal conditions.
His current research focuses on perioperative pain control, multi-centered clinical research, advancing the properties of outcome measurement scales, bias in patient reported outcomes, peptides for healing, classic psychedelics in pain control, analyses of registry data, the quality and reporting of clinical research, surgical safety initiatives.
Contact: jgagnie4@uwo.ca
Dr. Ganesan’s research program focuses on improving neurological outcomes in critically ill children. His work integrates advanced neuromonitoring techniques including high-density EEG, functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), and functional MRI to develop disease markers for pediatric ICU delirium, and to detect covert consciousness and guide neuroprognostication in children with acquired brain injuries. Students will have the opportunity to contribute to and/or lead systematic reviews, qualitative research, prospective observational cohort studies and clinical trials related to brain health of children.
Contact: rishi.ganesan@lhsc.on.ca
At the Society-to-Cell Oral Health Lab (S2CL), we investigate the onset of oral diseases and its connection to other non-communicable chronic diseases (NCDs) with the aim of optimizing oral health interventions. Driven by patient and community partnerships, and global collaborations, we employ large population-based multimodal data to: develop clinical risk prediction rules for oral diseases; optimize the timing of oral health interventions over the life course; and comparatively assess the impact of oral health policies in various populations globally.
Contact: noha.gomaa@schulich.uwo.ca
Students are invited to contribute to research focusing on the following areas of activity in partnership with the MEDICI Centre: Global Surgery, Anesthesia and Critical Care (MEDICI/WHO collaboration):
- Global studies to inform epidemiologic trends in access to safe, timely, affordable surgery, anesthesia and perioperative care.
- Health technology and policy analyses to explore innovations to improve surgery, anesthesia and critical care outcomes in global settings.
- COVID-19 global surgical backlog recovery and system resilience monitoring.
- Epidemiology of Evidence, Evidence Reversals, Misinformation & Disinformation:
- Methodologic innovations to inform 'sufficiency' of evidence, and likelihood of reversal.
- Methodologic innovations to inform misinformation and disinformation in the era of 'fake' news, 'alternative' facts, and distrust in science.
- Exploration of researchers' contributions to infodemics during epidemics (ie, producing and publishing wasteful research, leading to information overload)
Contact: marnin.heisel@lhsc.on.ca
My research focuses on investigating barriers to healthcare and oral health services among populations seeking equitable access, such as those living with HIV, LGBTQ+ communities, high-risk youth, and others. I aim to understand the challenges they face and develop risk-based interventions. My current project uses community-based participatory research, engaging local and global organizations. In global health, I investigate the needs of priority groups like MSM, transgender individuals, sex workers, and fishing communities in Uganda to promote health equity.
Contact: ajessani@uwo.ca
I am accepting qualified graduate students interested in the area of Environmental Health
- Children’s Environmental Health
- Air Pollution
- Climate Change
- Noise Pollution
- Environmental Justice
- Preventing chemical and Biological Exposure
- Transport, health, and environment
Potential candidates are encouraged to contact me to discuss their research ideas and interests.
Contact: ekalisa2@uwo.ca
Over 20 years, my main research interests are in capacity building in Biostatistics in Africa and Bayesian spatial; statistical methods and their application to epidemiology and population health including maternal and child health both in the developing countries and command economies, using large scale household data. My research interest is the areas of:
- Biostatistics
- Chronic Disease & Multimorbidity
- Biostatistical & Computational Methods
- Evidence Synthesis & Health Technology Assessment
- Health Economics
- Epidemiological Observational Studies
- Randomized Controlled Trials
Contact: nkandala@uwo.ca
Students are invited to contribute to research focusing on the following areas of activity in partnership with the MEDICI Centre: Global Surgery, Anesthesia and Critical Care (MEDICI/WHO collaboration):
- Global studies to inform epidemiologic trends in access to safe, timely, affordable surgery, anesthesia and perioperative care.
- Health technology and policy analyses to explore innovations to improve surgery, anesthesia and critical care outcomes in global settings.
- COVID-19 global surgical backlog recovery and system resilience monitoring.
Epidemiology of Evidence, Evidence Reversals, Misinformation & Disinformation:
- Methodologic innovations to inform 'sufficiency' of evidence, and likelihood of reversal.
- Methodologic innovations to inform misinformation and disinformation in the era of 'fake' news, 'alternative' facts, and distrust in science.
- Exploration of researchers' contributions to infodemics during epidemics (ie, producing and publishing wasteful research, leading to information overload)
Contact: jmarti83@uwo.ca
I conduct research examining the health care system and health system policies. My research interests are in primary care, health workforce, and rural health care. My research “lab” is currently carrying out projects on family physicians’ roles during the pandemic, the integration of registered nurses into primary care practices, the shared care and coordination of medically complex patients between family physicians and specialists, and evaluating access and care for unattached patients. We do mixed methods research (quantitative and qualitative methods), so while the student’s thesis will be quantitative in nature, students will learn qualitative methods as part of (optional) RA work.
Contact: maria.mathews@schulich.uwo.ca
I am Director of the Kidney Clinical Research Unit and Investigator at the Population Health Research Institute. My group runs trials of drugs and devices in dialysis and perioperative care, pharmacokinetic studies, and evidence synthesis projects. We also develop and evaluate AI-enhanced tools to find patients for trials and studies for evidence synthesis. I am involved in study design, methods, and analysis, and meet with students weekly. Graduate students can train in trial design, pharmacology, biostatistics, epidemiology, and AI methods, with skills relevant to academia, health care, and industry.
Contact: Administrative Assistant: Sarah Pilatzkie
E-mail: Sarah.Pilatzkie@lhsc.on.ca
Available projects are in the following areas:
(1) primary care access, quality, and outcomes
(2) physician payment systems and incentives on physician behaviour
(3) topics in health inequalities/inequities
PhD-level projects are expected to address major research questions. These projects should employ innovative conceptual and empirical methodologies to produce high-quality research, leading to at least three major publications. Students will have access to a variety of data sources, including large-scale longitudinal health administrative data, representative survey data, and linked survey–administrative data.
Contact: sisira.sarma@schulich.uwo.ca
Research Area: Global Health; Public Health; Alcohol Use; Drug Use; Addiction; Policy Evaluation; Surveys; Exposure Assessment; Risk Relationships; Burden of Disease; Epidemiology
Contact: Kevin.Shield@camh.ca
Research Area: Chronic Disease and Multimorbidity Epidemiology and Prevention - Global Health - Lifestyles and social determinants of health.
Contact: saverio.stranges@uwo.ca
PhD Biostatistics Field of Study
My research interest lies in developing joint models for various types of events—including survival longitudinal outcomes and eva luating their dynamic predictions based on genetic/genomic data arising from families at high genetic risk. I am looking to work with students with strong statistics background and computational skills. Potential student projects would include development and evaluation of statistical methodology for modeling time-to-event data arising from family-based studies in the following areas:
- Joint models and dynamic predictions for various types of events—including survival longitudinal outcomes arising from families at high genetic risk
- Competing risks models with time-dependent covariates/effects
- Model performance and prediction accuracy measures for clustered time-to-event data in the presence of competing events
- Family-based high-throughput sequencing data to be integrated into joint models.
Contact: yun-hee.choi@schulich.uwo.ca
Sebastian Fridman’s research focuses on stroke and vascular imaging. A current PhD project involves developing statistical and AI methods to quantify and analyze atherosclerotic plaque and calcification in the supraaortic vessels on CTA. The goal is to link imaging features, topography, and plaque burden with stroke risk.
Contact: sfridma@uwo.ca
My research program focuses on developing and applying computational and statistical techniques for integrative analysis of big multimodal health data (omics data, imaging data, administrative and electronic medical records) for precision medicine.
My research areas include:
- Algorithms and applications of artificial intelligence (deep learning) for health and medical sciences
- Algorithms for bioinformatics
- Algorithms for statistical genetics
- Integration frameworks of deep learning and statistics
Contact: phu49@uwo.ca
Over 20 years, my main research interests are in capacity building in Biostatistics in Africa and Bayesian spatial; statistical methods and their application to epidemiology and population health including maternal and child health both in the developing countries and command economies, using large scale household data. My research interest is the areas of:
- Biostatistics
- Chronic Disease & Multimorbidity
- Biostatistical & Computational Methods
- Evidence Synthesis & Health Technology Assessment
- Health Economics
- Epidemiological Observational Studies
- Randomized Controlled Trials
Contact: nkandala@uwo.ca
Research Area: Non-parametric methods for longitudinal cluster randomized trials with multiple outcomes.
Contact: gzou2@uwo.ca
