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