Seminar Series: Dr. Ava John-Baptiste & Dr. Yun-Hee Choi
Introduction to the 2022-2023 Seminar Series
Dr. Ava A. John-Baptiste
Associate Professor
Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Department of Anesthesia & Perioperative Medicine
Schulich Interfaculty Program in Public Health
Western University
Short Biography:
Dr. Ava A. John-Baptiste is an Associate Professor with appointments in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, the Department of Anesthesia & Perioperative Medicine and the Schulich Interfaculty Program in Public Health. Dr. John-Baptiste conducts research on public health, community-based and peri-operative services. Her current research interests include, economic evaluation of public health and community-based interventions, modeling to inform policy decisions, interventions to improve social determinants of health and promote health equity and perioperative health services (specifically; pre-operative health screening and post-operative community-based care and the ability to incorporate wearable technology into these assessments). Dr. John-Baptiste uses the methods of systematic review, evidence synthesis, cost analysis, economic evaluation, decision modeling and model critical appraisal and is an expert in the linkage and analysis of administrative and clinical databases.
Dr. Yun-Hee Choi
Associate Professor
Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
Western University
Short Biography:
Dr. Yun-Hee Choi is an Associate Professor of Biostatistics in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics in the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry at Western University. Dr. Choi completed her PhD in Statistics at University of Waterloo and her post-doctoral fellowship at Lunenfeld Research Institute in Mt. Sinai Hospital in Toronto. Her research interest lies in developing and evaluating statistical methods for various types of events—including survival and longitudinal outcomes and risk predictions based on correlated data arising from families at high genetic risk.
Dr. M. Karen Campbell, PhD
Professor
Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
Western University
Appointments:
Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Paediatrics, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Western University
Scientist, Division of Children’s Health and Therapeutics, Children’s Health Research Institute
Research Interests:
Prenatal influences on child health and development.
Childhood obesity.
Prenatal and postnatal health services utilization.
Prenatal and postnatal trajectories of maternal depressive symptoms.
Global women’s and children’s health.
Education:
BSc (Honours) Biophysics
MESc Biomedical Engineering
PhD Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Date: Friday, September 16th
Time: 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Location: PHFM 3015 (Western Centre for Public Health and Family Medicine)
