Our Team
Sahar Saeed, MSc PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences, Queen's University
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Principal Investigator, EPIX Lab
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Lucy Mackrell, MSW
PhD Candidate, Department of Public Health Sciences, Queen's University
Thesis: Harnessing Research to Support Public Health Implementation: Understanding Barriers and Facilitators to Syphilis Point of Care Testing
Tejan Baldeh, MPH BMBS
Resident Doctor, Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Queen's University
Project: Evaluating the Clinical Utility of Syphilis POCT
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Sarah Malone
HSCI 59X Student
BHSc Student, Queen's University
Thesis: A National Policy Scan to Identify Barriers and Facilitators to Steatotic Liver Disease Prevention, Screening, and Care Across Canada
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Duy Dinh, BHSc
Research Assistant
MD Student, University of Toronto
Thesis: Barriers and Facilitators to Syphilis Testing among Unhoused Individuals and People who Use Drugs: A Qualitative Study
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Jessica Burnside, MSc
Project Manager
MSc Epidemiology Student '2024
Thesis: The Burden of Steatotic Liver Disease in Canada: Sex Differences in Prevalence and Cardiometabolic Profiles
Natasha Larkin, NP-PHC, MN
PhD Student, Department of Nursing,
Queen's University
Thesis: Scalability of a Rapid ‘Test and Treat’ Model for Syphilis Care among Equity-deserving Populations
Amanda Featherstone, MSc
Research Associate
MSc Epidemiology Student ‘2025
Thesis: Curbing the Epidemic: Evolving Public Health Practices and Implications of Prenatal Syphilis Screening Patterns in Ontario, Canada
Sarah Karami
HSCI 59X Student
BHSc Student, Queen's University
Thesis: Engaging Community Advisory Groups in Academic Research: A Systematic Review and Evidence Synthesis of Meaningful Engagement Strategies
Sina Sayyad, BHSc
Research Assistant
MD Student, University of Toronto
Thesis: Factors Influencing Decision Makers to Implement a Syphilis Point of Care Test and Treat Procotol Thesis
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Cindy Wen, BMSc
MD/PhD Candidate, Department of Public Health Sciences, Queen's University
Thesis: Evaluating the Effectiveness and Barriers of Liver Fibrosis Screening Strategies in People Living with Diabetes
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Jillian Antoun, MSc
PhD Candidate, Department of Psychology Queen's University
Project: Adopting a Syphilis "Test and Treat" Outreach Model of Care: A Judgment and Decision-Making Lens.
Natalee Moncada, BHSc
MSc Epidemiology Student, Department of Public Health Sciences, Queen's University
Thesis: Investigating Predictors of Syphilis Seropositivity among Pregnant Women in Ontario: A Population Cohort Study​​
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Carmela Rapino, MSc
MSc Epidemiology Student, Department of Public Health Sciences, Queen's University
Thesis: Examining the Synergistic Impact of Alcohol Use and Metabolic Factors on All-Cause Mortality of Steatotic Liver Disease Subclasses
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Sophie Yee
Research Assistant
BHsc Student, Queen's University
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Keshvi Vithlani
Research Assistant
BHsc Student, Queen's University
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Judy Moon
Communications Assistant
BHsc Student, Queen's University
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Alumni
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Karina Lakhani, BHSc
Thesis: Barriers and Facilitators to Syphilis Testing among Unhoused Individuals and People who Use Drugs: A Systematic Review
Zoya Malik, BHSc
Thesis: Identifying Attributes for a Discrete Choice Experiment
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Jacob Romano, BSc
Project: Examining chronic liver disease using non-invasive markers from the Canadian Health Measures Survey between 2009-2019
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Karina Lakhani, BHSc
MD Student, Western University
2024-2025 HSCI 598/599 Student
Project: Barriers and Facilitators to Syphilis Testing among Unhoused Individuals and People who Use Drugs: A Systematic Review