Seminar Series: Brenda Coleman
Date: Friday, October 23Time: 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Location: Online Via Zoom
Meeting ID: 959 1396 2951
Passcode: 255359
"The Canadian COVID-19 Cohort Study of Healthcare Workers: Insight into writing a protocol and coordinating an epidemiologic study in the midst of a pandemic"
Brenda Coleman, PhD
Clinical Scientist, Sinai Health System, Toronto
Assistant Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Western University
Short Bio:
Dr. Coleman completed her PhD in Epidemiology at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto in 2008. Previous to that she earned her BSc in nursing, BA in psychology, and MSc in epidemiology and biostatistics from Western University.
Dr. Coleman worked as an epidemiologist in public health for 10 years before graduating with her PhD. Since then she has been an independent researcher and manager of the Infectious Disease Epidemiology Research Unit at Mount Sinai Hospital working with Dr. Allison McGeer and collaborating with infectious disease physicians across Canada. She has also been an Assistant Professor in the Dalla Lana School of Public Health since 2010 where she co-instructs the advanced epidemiologic methods course. Her areas of interest and research include vaccines, influenza, and antimicrobial resistance in antivirals and antibiotics.
