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We are pleased to announce that our article, entitled Reimbursement restrictions reduce liver fibrosis screening in adults with diabetes in Ontario: a population-based interrupted time series analysis, has been published in Scientific Reports 🎉 Adults with type 2 diabetes are at increased risk of liver fibrosis, and current clinical guidelines recommend screening using the Fibrosis-4 Index (FIB-4). In this population-based cohort study, we examined whether modifications to O

Adoption of universal prenatal syphilis rescreening recommendations across Ontario, Canada: a difference-in- differences analysis published in BMJ Public Health https://bmjpublichealth.bmj.com/content/bmjph/4/1/e003567.full.pdf

As we come to the close of 2025, I want to pause and reflect on what has truly been an extraordinary year for our lab! If 2024 was the year of successful funding, 2025 was the year of knowledge mobilization and collaboration! This year, three EPIX trainees successfully defended their MSc theses — Farhan, Amanda, and Carmela. Each defense reflected not only academic excellence (exceeding all expectations) but also a deep commitment to meaningful public health research. Watch

Congratulations to Farhan for publishing your MSc thesis in the BMJ Public Health Journal! Check it out https://bmjpublichealth.bmj.com/content/3/2/e003520

We are excited to announce our newest publication in the Canadian Liver Journal, entitled "Barriers and facilitators to liver fibrosis screening: Perspectives and practices of Canadian primary care physicians", co-authored by EPIX members Duy Dinh, Jessica Burnside, Sahar Saeed, and an expert multidisciplinary team of nurse practitioners, hepatologists, and primary care physicians. Metabolic dysfunction–associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is highly prevalent, yet prima

Congratulations to our most recent graduates Farhan Khandakar and Amanda Featherstone ! Both completing their MSc in epidemiology at Queen's University answering pressing public health questions! We are so proud of you both and can’t wait to see the places you will go…!

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We are pleased to announce that Lucy's paper, entitled "Intersecting Risk Factors Associated With High Syphilis Seroprevalence Among a...

The EPIX Lab has more exciting news 🎉 Natasha Larkin (PhD Student, Department of Nursing, Queen's University) was recently awarded the...

We are so excited to announce that Cindy Wen (MD/PhD Student, Epidemiology) was awarded the prestigious 2025-2026 Queen Elizabeth II...

Congratulations Natalee Moncada (MSc Epidemiology Student '24-'26), on receiving not only a 2025-2026 CAMCCO (Canadian Mother-Child...

Another EPIX Lab publication! Our letter to the editor, Compared to Whom? Using Target Trial Emulation to Improve Causal Inference , has...

We are pleased to announce that our article, entitled Sex differences in the prevalence and cardiometabolic risk profiles of steatotic liver disease: A Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging analysis, has been published in the Canadian Journal of Public Health 🎉 Steatotic liver disease (SLD) is absent from global public health agendas. Our study is the first to comprehensively examine SLD prevalence in Canada, focusing on sex differences. We used data from the Canadian Longitu

🎉 When it rains it pours (of exciting news) at the EPIX Lab! 🎉 Thrilled to share that Lucy Mackrell, was awarded the Canadian Graduate...

More exciting news for the EPIX Lab 🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations Carmela Rapino (MSc Epidemiology Student 2024-2026 and inaugural CanMASLD...

Congratulations Lucy, Sina, and Duy for being awarded 2025 CIHR Travel Awards! 🎉 In January, EPIX Lab members spent weeks crafting...

Congratulations Duy, Karina, Sina, and Zoya on completing their HSCI 59X poster presentations 🎉 Last Thursday (April 3rd, 2025), the...

We are pleased to announce that the protocol for the Syphilis Point of Care Rapid Test and Immediate Treatment Evaluation (SPRITE) study ...

A huge congratulations to Jacob Romano (BSc Life Sciences, 2024, Queen’s University) and Jessica Burnside (MSc Epidemiology, 2024,...