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
CTN+ Postdoctoral Fellow
Resident Doctor, Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Queen's University
Project: Evaluating the Clinical Utility of Syphilis POCT
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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
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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
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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
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Thesis: Investigating Predictors of Syphilis Seropositivity among Pregnant Women in Ontario: A Population Cohort Study​​​
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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
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Alumni
Keshvi Vithlani
MD Student, University of British Columbia
Research Assistant
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Alumni
Keshvi Vithlani
MD Student, University of British Columbia
Research Assistant
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