Seminar Series: Steve Lee and Jared Wootten

PhD Thesis Proposal Defense Public Lectures

Novel Methods for the Descriptive Epidemiology of Two Hidden Populations in Mental Health Research – People Engaging in Non-suicidal Self-Injury and People Experiencing Homelessness

Steve H. Lee, PhD Candidate

Program: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Supervisor(s): Dr. Kelly Anderson
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
Western University

Short Biography:
Steve H. Lee is a PhD candidate in Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Western University. He also holds a Master of Science in Epidemiology and Biostatistics also from Western University, and a Master of Arts in Quantitative Methods in Social Sciences with a concentration in Economics from Columbia University in the City of New York. He has a wide range of research interests including mental health services research, cluster analytic methods, Bayesian data analysis, social network analysis, natural language processing, and health economics. His current research involves the use of advanced descriptive techniques, such as social network analysis and clustering, and novel synthesis of data from both traditional and non-traditional data sources to better understand the mental health needs of the population. Steve is also one of this years AI4PH Scholars with his work being supported by the Artificial Intelligence for Public Health Training Platform Scholarship. Outside of his academic endeavours, Steve is an avid musician serving as keyboardist of the cover band, Gravity Wagon, and as principal violist of the London Community Orchestra

Abstract:
Descriptive epidemiology is an important first step in understanding the current health needs of a population and any additional information required to address those needs through intervention or policy. While relatively simple when data are abundant, this task becomes challenging when information is scarce. The proposed work aims to demonstrate the use of novel data sources and the application of novel methods to perform descriptive epidemiology of two hidden populations – people engaging in non-suicidal self-injury and people experiencing homelessness.

Area of research:
descriptive epidemiology, non-suicidal self-injury, homelessness, mental health research

 

Factors associated with cancer incidence and mortality among people with non-affective psychotic disorders

Jared Wootten, PhD Candidate

Program: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Supervisor(s): Dr. Kelly Anderson
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
Western University

Short Biography:
Jared is a fourth-year PhD candidate in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, supervised by Dr. Kelly Anderson. He graduated with a BSc in Biomedical science from University of Guelph in 2019, then from a masters in this department in 2021. His current research interests concern cancer among people with psychosis and causal inference methodology

Area of research:
cancer, psychosis, schizophrenia, mediation analysis, pharmacoepidemiology

Date: Friday, February 7
Time: 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Location: P HFM 3015 (Western Centre for Public Health and Family Medicine) or via Zoom (Zoom link may be requestet at  EpiBio@uwo.ca )