Seminar Series: Ishor Sharma and Jason Were, PhD Candidates
Date: October 01
Time: 1:30 p.m. EST
PhD Thesis Proposal Defense Public Lectures
"Predictors of the double burden of malnutrition among women of reproductive age and preschool children in Sub-Saharan Africa: a case study of four countries"
Jason Were, PhD Candidate
Supervisors: Dr. Karen Campbell and Dr. Saverio Stranges
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
Western University
Short Bio:
Jason Were is a fourth-Year PhD candidate in Epidemiology and Biostatistics under the supervision of Dr. Karen Campbell and Dr. Saverio Stranges. Jason holds two master’s degrees in Geography and Management in Applied Sciences with a concentration in Global Health Systems in Africa from Western University as well as a Bachelor's in Biology from Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology. His research interests include nutrition transition, malnutrition, social determinants of health, maternal and child health and nutrition-related non-communicable diseases.
"Geospatial variations and multilevel analysis of individual, and area level correlates of hypertension: A study from Nepal Demographic Health Survey-2016"
Ishor Sharma, PhD Candidate
Supervisors: Dr. Karen Campbell and Dr. Saverio Stranges
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
Western University
Short Bio:
Ishor Sharma is currently, a fourth Year PhD student at the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Before joining Western, he worked on a research project on lifestyle factors associated with risk and survival of Colorectal Cancer in Newfoundland and Labrador. He comes from Himalayan country in Nepal, South Asia. While in Nepal, he was an assistant lecturer at the department of Public Health.
