Director:
Division of Clinical Epidemiology, McGill University
Health Centre Professor:
Departments of Medicine and of Epidemiology & Biostatistics,
McGill University Associate Member: Departments
of Mathematics and Statistics and of Neurology & Neurosurgery,
McGill University Associate Member: (Epidemiology),
Division of Geriatrics, Jewish General Hospital
Staff Investigator: Lady Davis Institute
for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital Associate Member: Bloomfield Centre
for Research in Aging, Lady Davis Institute, Jewish
General Hospital Active Member: Centre for Neurotranslational
Research, Lady Davis Institute, Jewish General Hospital
Research
Interests: Neuroepidemiology,
Multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer’s disease,
biostatistics, health services, geriatrics,
population research, neurology, neurodegenerative
diseases
Current
& Recent Trainees :
Name
Degree
Thesis
Topic
Al-Hashel, Jasem (2007)
Clinical Fellow
The prevalence of multiple sclerosis
in the middle east
Puts, Martine
(2006)
Post-doc
Characterization of the health and functional
status of cancer patients, aged 70 and over, referred
to oncology
Coleman, Kimberley
(2005)
MSc
A New Criterion for Model Selection
in Capture-Recapture Studies
Furlini, Linda
(2005)
Post-doc
Attitudes about mental incapacity and
long term participation in the Canadian longitudinal
Study on Aging (CLSA)
Quail,
Jacqueline
(2004)
PhD
Unmet needs and psychological distress
in the community dwelling elderly
Weiss, Deborah (2004)
PhD
Development of a physician-based physical
activity intervention for older adults
Ehrensperger, Eric (2004)
MSc
A Systematic Review of Risk Factors
for Stroke in Patients with Asymptomatic Carotid Artery
Stenosis
Charland, Katia (2003)
PhD
Evaluation of fully Bayesian disease
mapping models in correctly identifying high-risk areas
with an application to Multiple Sclerosis
