Partners

Man Wah Yeung is a Senior Health Economist at the Public Health Agency of Canada

Dr. Beate Sander is a Canadian Research Chair in Economics of Infectious Diseases, Senior Scientist at the Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, and a Professor of at the University of Toronto.

Nancy Bedingfield is a PhD-prepared health researcher and Registered Nurse with over 15 years experience in TB care and research

Dr Michael Li is a Senior Scientist at the National Microbiology Lab (NML) at the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC). Michael currently applies his modelling skill set at PHAC in the development and analysis of disease transmission models of COVID-19, mpox transmission, and other infectious diseases in Canada.

Dr. Gwen Knight is an Associate Professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and co-Director of the LSHTM Antimicrobial Resistance Centre. Gwen’s research is focused on mathematical modelling of the interactions between demographic factors and antimicrobial resistance (or AMR), One Health approaches to AMR at the farm level, and the interactions between…

The Manitoba Harm Reduction Network works toward equitable access, systemic change, and reducing the transmission sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections (STBBI) through advocacy, policy work, education, research and relationships.

I am from Nain, Nunatsiavut and grew up in a remote, Inuit community. I have a BA in Psychology, Bachelor of Nursing, and a Master of Nursing. I became more involved in systemic issues during a summer job working with the Nunatsiavut Government (NG) on food security in the region. Through that experience I became…

Dr. Arroyave completed her undergraduate in Health Information Systems in 2013 and earned an MSc in Epidemiology in 2016 from the University of Antioquia, Colombia. She holds a PhD degree in Epidemiology (2017-2021) from the Federal University of Pelotas, Brazil, where she joined the International Center for Equity in Health (ICEH) as a PhD student in 2017. After finishing her…

I have been lucky enough to live, work and play within the ancestral, traditional and unceded territory of the Coast Salish peoples, including the territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓ əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl ̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (TsleilWaututh) Nations. Since 2002, I have worked at the BC Centre for Disease Control. Currently (2023), I am the Medical…

Courtney currently calls Edmonton in Treaty 6 Territory her home… but has been fortunate to live all across Canada: from PEI to the home of the world’s tallest moose statue: Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan and many of Ontario’s towns and cities in between. She received her PhD in Medicine from the University of Alberta in 2020,…

Jonathon is an assistant professor at McGill University, with expertise in economic evaluation and epidemiology and a research focus in tuberculosis. He is interested in informing the design, cost, and implementation of interventions and programs aimed to support tuberculosis elimination in Canada and globally. He is also interested in investigating how best to design and…

Dr. Brett Edwards is a clinician and researcher in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of Calgary. He completed his subspecialty medicine training in Infectious Diseases before obtaining a Clinical and Research Fellowship in Mycobacterial Disease at the University of Toronto and West Park Health Care Centre. He obtained further clinical training in…