CSEB Epidemiology/Biostats Podcast

Raywat Deonandan interviews attendees of the 2013 CSEB biennial conference in St John's Newfoundland: Colin Soskolne, James Valcour, Amanda van Beinum, Farzana Yasmin, Hilary Brown, Leah Smith, Jessica Scott, Julie Rouette, Pascale Lajoie, Kathryn Nicholson, Mike Hartmann, Mirhand Loncar, Kylie Tingley, Sheena Gosain, Rolina van Gaalen, and Sonia Thomas.

Sarah Wafa is a 2nd year MPH student at Queen's University who recently completed a 3 month practicum at the WHO headquarters in Geneva. Before coming to Queen's, Sarah completed her undergraduate degree in Human Nutrition, majoring in Dietetics at McGill University. Throughout her studies at McGill, Sarah completed 4 internships in various clinical, food service and community settings. Upon finishing her undergraduate degree, Sarah worked as a clinical dietitian in Montréal

Sarah Wafa is a 2nd year MPH student at Queen's University who recently completed a 3 month practicum at the WHO headquarters in Geneva. Before coming to Queen's, Sarah completed her undergraduate degree in Human Nutrition, majoring in Dietetics at McGill University. Throughout her studies at McGill, Sarah completed 4 internships in various clinical, food service and community settings. Upon finishing her undergraduate degree, Sarah worked as a clinical dietitian in Montréal

A graduate of Trent and Queens Universities, Katelyn was part of the OHRI's RCT titled, "The Age of Red Blood cells in Premature Infants (ARIPI)".  Currently, she works in the Cardiac Program  at the Kingston General Hospital in the role of a Decision Support Analyst.

Karen started at U of Toronto in Health Studies and Human Biology, going on to an M.Sc  in Epidemiology from Queen’s University.  She worked with Dr. Kathleen O’Connor and Heather Stuart to look at the relationship between breastfeeding duration and self-efficacy. Currently, Karen is at the Canadian Institute for Health Information as a Research Analyst, and is currently contributing to the 2012 flagship report, Health Care in Canada: A Focus on Wait Times.

The very first CSEB podcast.  In this very brief episode, we just introduce our hosts, Melanie and A.J.