Dr. Erica Moodie, Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, discusses a recent study she contributed to with the Toronto Star.
"An independent analysis of the federal government’s COVID Alert smartphone app concludes that over five months it reduced the number of cases in Canada by between 6,284 and 10,894 — and saved between 57 and 101 lives — but that few Canadians actually used it."
Dr. Nicole Basta, Associate Professor at the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health is quoted by Global News.
Dr. David Buckeridge, Professor at the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, is among the experts quoted by the Globe and Mail.
"New COVID-19 cases are rising in Quebec, but unlike during previous waves of the novel coronavirus, the level of vaccination in the province should lead to significantly fewer hospitalizations."
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.
"While some wealthy nations prepare to launch third doses of COVID-19 vaccines to further protect their populations, the rest of the world is still largely unvaccinated, with soaring death rates despite record numbers of vials being produced."
Dr. David Buckeridge, Professor at the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health spoke with the Montreal Gazette.
"More than one-quarter of Quebecers who were hospitalized with severe COVID-19 over the past month were people who had been fully vaccinated, the government reported on Wednesday in its latest chart on the situation in the province."
Dr. Joanne Liu, Professor focusing on pandemic and health emergencies at the McGill School of Population and Global Health (SPGH) authored a letter in the French daily newspaper Le Devoir.
Dr. Ananya Tina Banerjee, Assistant Professor at the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health is quoted by CBC.
Dr. Nicole Basta, Associate Professor at the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health is interviewed by the Globe and Mail.
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 The Current.
Professor Jonathan Kimmelman, Director of the Biomedical Ethics Unit is among the experts quoted by FiveThirtyEight.
Dr. Joanne Liu, Professor focusing on pandemic and health emergencies at the McGill School of Population and Global Health (SPGH) is interviewed by Radio-Canada on COVID-19 vaccine distribution.
"C'est une chose de donner des vaccins, mais il y a toute la chaîne de distribution (...) présentement il y a des doses de vaccins qui restent sur les tarmacs des aéroports."
Dr. Nicholas King, Associate Professor in the Biomedical Ethics Unit, is among the experts quoted by Global News.
"…Nicholas King, a professor in the bioethics and epidemiology department at McGill University, said inequalities start to present themselves when travel is determined by the type of vaccine a person received."
Dr. Joanne Liu, Professor focusing on pandemic and health emergencies at the McGill School of Population and Global Health (SPGH) is quoted by Malaysian Paper The Star.
"…"It’s a toxic cocktail for disaster, and it’s going to be very hard to avoid,” said Joanne Liu, professor of global health at McGill University in Montreal and the former international president of Doctors Without Borders. "It’s like climate change. We see it coming, we don’t know how we’re going to stop it -- it needs a huge collective effort.”
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.
Dr. Joanne Liu, Professor focusing on pandemic and health emergencies at the McGill School of Population and Global Health (SPGH) is one of two experts quoted by Radio-Canada.
