About Us
Our research team is comprised of public health researchers specializing in epidemiology, burden of waterborne infection, and advanced analytic methods. We work in close collaboration with participating public health units to generate knowledge about Canadian freshwater beaches and further inform current beach monitoring programs.
The Research Team
Dr. Ian Young is an Associate Professor in the School of Occupational and Public Health at Toronto Metropolitan University. He has a PhD in epidemiology from the University of Guelph and is a Certified Canadian Public Health Inspector. He has previously worked as an epidemiologist with the Public Health Agency of Canada and food safety expert with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. His research focuses on reducing the environmental public health burden of food-borne, water-borne and zoonotic diseases through epidemiology, mixed-methods, and knowledge synthesis research.
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Dr. Jordan Tustin is an Associate Professor at Toronto Metropolitan University in the School of Occupational and Public Health. She has a PhD in Epidemiology from the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, is a Canadian Field Epidemiologist fellow, a CIHR Public Health Policy fellow, a Certified Canadian Public Health Inspector, and was awarded a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for her service to public health in Canada and abroad. She has extensive field experience in communicable disease investigations and response and her research interests lie broadly in the field of environmental and public health with special interest in communicable diseases.
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Dr. Johanna Sanchez is a Senior Research Associate in the School of Occupational and Public Health and lecturer at the School of Health Services Management at Toronto Metropolitan University, an Honorary Research Fellow at the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Queensland, and Canadian Technical Advisor on the TAP-EDM initiative of Global Affairs Canada. She has a PhD in Global Health and Epidemiology from the University of Queensland, Australia. Her research interests include investigating enteric infection and the effect on health outcomes, particularly in the area of water, sanitation and hygiene.
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Dr. Binyam Desta is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the School of Occupational and Public Health at Toronto Metropolitan University and the School of Public Health Sciences at the University of Waterloo. He has a Ph.D. in Public Health and Health Systems from the University of Waterloo. His research interests include investigating the risk factors and the burden of infectious diseases, particularly foodborne, waterborne, and acute respiratory illnesses.
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Rachel Jardine is a Research Assistant at Toronto Metropolitan University in the School of Occupational and Public Health. She has an MPH in Epidemiology from the University of Toronto and a BASc in Public Health from Toronto Metropolitan University. Her research interests include investigating the risk factors and burden of communicable diseases with a focus on pediatric populations.
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