Dr. Catherine Hankins, Professor at the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health and co-chair of Canada's COVID-19 Immunity Task Force is among the experts quoted by CTV News.
"Hankins said she doesn't expect there will be another lockdown, because of the provincial government's mask mandates and vaccine passports, which she said will help prevent superspreader events. People working from home in the winter will also help, she added."
Dr. Erin Strumpf, Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health is among the experts quoted by Global News.
"McGill University professor Erin Strumpf said throwing money at the problem is not always the best solution."
Dr. Jill Baumgartner, Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health and at the Institute for Health and Social Policy, was interviewed by CTV News.
Dr. Madhukar Pai, Professor at the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health and past McGill Global Health Programs Director, authored a recent Forbes opinion piece.
"Yesterday, President Joe Biden convened heads of state and leaders from diverse organizations for the Global COVID-19 Summit. A key target announced was to vaccinate at least 70% of the world’s population by this time next year. But experts and advocates argue that this target will not be met purely with good intentions, pledges and vaccine donations."
Dr. Scott Weichenthal, Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, is among the experts quoted by Scientific American.
"Despite the devices’ novelty, the question of whether they will actually benefit environmental monitoring campaigns is still up in the air, says Scott Weichenthal, an environmental epidemiologist at McGill University, who was not involved in the study. “Do they measure reliably?” he asks. “Are they any better than what we can do now in terms of monitoring? That is unclear.”
Allyson Kis, a medical student and member of the 2021 Global Health Scholars Program managed by the McGill Global Health Programs, was interviewed by the Toronto Star.
"Terrace-raised Allyson Kis is a medical student at McGill University who was recently awarded the Dr. Margaret Siber Global Health Scholar Award.
Dr. Joanne Liu, Professor focusing on pandemic and health emergencies at the McGill School of Population and Global Health (SPGH) co-authored an opinion piece in the Globe and Mail.
"When you look at Canada’s biggest universities, McGill is an outlier. The Montreal university has some of the weakest measures for preventing transmission of COVID-19."
Dr. Madhukar Pai, Professor at the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health and past McGill Global Health Programs Director, spoke with CBC Radio.
Dr. Ananya Tina Banerjee, Assistant Professor at the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, spoke with CTV news
Dr. Nicholas King, Associate Professor in the Biomedical Ethics Unit, is among the experts quoted by CBC.
Dr. Erin Strumpf, Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health is among the experts quoted by CTV News.
Dr. Madhukar Pai, Professor at the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health and past McGill Global Health Programs Director, is among the experts quoted by CBC.
Professor Jay Kaufman, of the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health authored a recent New York Times opinion piece.
Dr. Madhukar Pai, Professor at the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health and past McGill Global Health Programs Director, is among the experts interviewed by CBC.
"…"Allowing 3.5 billion people to remain unvaccinated is a recipe for unmitigated disaster because worse and worse variants will emerge — not to speak of the millions of people who will die," said Dr. Madhukar Pai, a professor of epidemiology and global health at McGill University in Montreal."
Professor Jay Kaufman, of the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health is among the authors of a recent piece on The Conversation web platform.
"This fall, we once again start a school year during a pandemic. While we have learned many important facts about COVID-19 and how to limit its spread, the circulation of new variants of concern and more specifically of the Delta variant raise questions about sending children to school."
