Our Team
Sahar Saeed, MSc PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences, Queen's University
Principal Investigator, EPIX Lab
Cindy Wen, BMSc
MD/PhD Student, Department of Public Health Sciences, Queen's University
Thesis: Evaluating the Effectiveness and Barriers of Liver Fibrosis Screening Strategies in People Living with Diabetes
Carmela Rapino, BHSc
MSc Epidemiology Student, Department of Public Health Sciences, Queen's University
Thesis: Examining the Synergistic Impact of Alcohol Use and Metabolic Factors on All-Cause Mortality of Steatotic Liver Disease Subclasses
Karina Lakhani
HSCI 598/599 Student
BHSc student, Queen's University
Project: Barriers and Facilitators to Syphilis Testing among Unhoused Individuals and People who Use Drugs: A Systematic Review
Jessica Burnside, MSc
Project Manager
MSc Epidemiology Student '2024
Thesis: The Burden of Steatotic Liver Disease in Canada: Sex Differences in Prevalence and Cardiometabolic Profiles
Amanda Featherstone, BScH
MSc Epidemiology Student, Department of Public Health Sciences, Queen's University
Thesis: Evaluating the fidelity and reach of enhanced prenatal syphilis screening recommendations in Ontario
Natalee Moncada, BHSc
MSc Epidemiology Student, Department of Public Health Sciences, Queen's University
Thesis: Investigating Predictors of Syphilis Seropositivity among Pregnant Women in Ontario: A Population Cohort Study
Sina Sayyad
HSCI 592/594 Student
BHSc student, Queen's University
Project: Factors Influencing Decision Makers to Implement a Syphilis Point of Care Test and Treat Procotol
Lucy Mackrell, MSW
PhD Student, Department of Public Health Sciences, Queen's University
Thesis: Harnessing Research to Support Public Health Implementation: Understanding Barriers and Facilitators to Syphilis Point of Care Testing
Farhan Khandakar, BScH
MSc Epidemiology Student, Department of Public Health Sciences, Queen's University
Thesis: The Association Between the Social Determinates of Health and Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Testing Rates
Duy Dinh
HSCI 591/593 Student | Research Assistant
BHSc student, Queen's University
Project: Barriers and Facilitators to Syphilis Testing among Unhoused Individuals and People who Use Drugs: A Qualitative Study
Zoya Malik
HSCI 598/599, Student
BHSc student, Queen's University
Project: Identifying Attributes for a Discrete Choice Experiment
Alumni
Muna Chira, BHSc
Medical Student, University of Manitoba
2023-2024 HSCI 591 Thesis Student
Project: Are syphilis POCT effective tools to reduce transition rates among underserved populations? A systematic review
Jacob Romano, BSc
Research Assistant
2023-2024 LISC 595 Thesis Student
Project: Examining chronic liver disease using non-invasive markers from the Canadian Health Measures Survey between 2009-2019
Ethan Odlozinski, BSc
Dental Student, University of Saskatchewan
2023-2024 EPID 499 Thesis Student
Project: Can Task Shifting Improve MASLD Diagnosis and Clinical Management?
Yvonne Tan, BSc
Medical Student, Queen's University
Project: Isolation to Stabilization: A Housing First Approach to Address Chronic Homelessness in Kingston, Ontario