Our Team

Sahar Saeed, MSc PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences, Queen's University

Principal Investigator, EPIX Lab

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

CTN+ Postdoctoral Fellow

Resident Doctor, Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Queen's University

Project: Evaluating the Clinical Utility of Syphilis POCT

Sarah Malone

Research Assistant

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

Sophie Yee

Research Assistant

BHsc Student, Queen's University

Thesis: Investigating the Sex-Based Differences in Long-Term Syphilis Sequelae

Jessica Burnside, MSc

CanMASLD Summer Trainee

MD Student, Queen's University

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

Carmela Rapino, MSc

CanMASLD Summer Trainee

MD Student, Toronto Metropolitan University

Thesis: Sex, Metabolic Profiles, and Alcohol: Evaluating the Prognostic Significance of Steatotic Liver Disease Classifications in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA)

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Judy Moon

Research Assistant

BHsc Student, Queen's University

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

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

Duy Dinh, BHSc

CanMASLD Summer Trainee

MD Student, University of Toronto

Thesis: Barriers and Facilitators to Syphilis Testing among Unhoused Individuals and People who Use Drugs: A Qualitative Study

Alumni

Keshvi Vithlani

Research Assistant

BHsc Student, Queen's University

Alumni

Keshvi Vithlani

Research Assistant

BHsc Student, Queen's University