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2005
Spring 2005
Name: OPATRNY Lucie
Program: MSc
Supervisors: S Kahn/S Shapiro
Title: A case-control study examining the association between travel and deep venous thrombosis.
Name: SHOUCRI Marie-Rose
Program: MSc
Supervisor: C Wolfson
Title: Defining the association between delayed Epstein-Barr virus infection and multiple sclerosis: Methodological issues in exposure measurement and misclassification.
Name: ZHOU Zheng(Frank)
Program: PhD
Supervisors: L Pilote/E Rahme
Title: Statins for secondary prevention in elderly patients after acute myocardial infarction—Evaluation of a Class effect and effect of early initiation.
Winter 2005
Name: BEAUBIEN Eliot
Program: MSc
Supervisors: S Suissa/T Hutchinson
Title: Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and the risk of end stage renal disease in hypertensive individuals.
Name: BERNATSKY Sasha
Program: PhD
Supervisors: J-F Boivin/A Clarke
Title: Double trouble: Exploring the links between Cancer and systemic lupus.
Name: CARDINAL Heloise
Program: MSc
Supervisors: J Le Lorier/E Rahme
Title: Determinants of patient and graft survival in the elderly recipients of a kidney graft.
Name: CARRIERE Philippe
Program: MSc
Supervisor: L Joseph
Title: Estimating the incidence of vertebral deformities in Canadian men and women.
Name: GRAVEL Jocelyn
Program: MSc
Supervisor: S Shapiro
Title: Evaluation of the use of the intention-to-treat approach in randomized controlled trials. Do authors say what they do and do what they say?
Name: HUANG Jianhua
Program: MSc
Supervisors: J-PCollet/S Shapiro
Title: A randomized control trial to evaluate the clinical effects of a community pharmacy based asthma education program.
Name: IONESCU-ITTU Raluca
Program: MSc
Supervisors: J McCusker/N Dendukuri
Title: Continuity of primary care and return visits to the emergency department for Quebec seniors: Based on administrative data.
Name: KARUNANANTHAN Sathya
Program: MSc
Supervisor: G Paradis
Title: Correlates of dietary intake in Mohawk in elementary school children.
Name: NOBLE Angela
Program: MSc
Supervisors: R Tamblyn/E Drouin
Title: The development of predictive models for positive outcomes of upper and lower gastrointestinal endoscopies in children and adolescents.
Name: PODOBA John
Program: PhD
Supervisor: C Wolfson
Title: Unmet needs for community services among the elderly: Impact on health services utilization.
Name: SALBACH Nancy
Program: PhD
Supervisor: N Mayo
Title: Challenges in selecting relevant outcomes when evaluating the effectiveness of rehabilitation interventions for persons with stroke.
Name: SAMUEL George
Program: MSc
Supervisor: R Menzies
Title: Childhood BCB vaccination and the risk of asthma in adults.
Name: WONG Philip
Program: MSc
Supervisor: N Mayo
Title: Quality of life in liver transplant patients: Responsiveleness of the SF-36, EQ-5D and GHQ-30.
2004
Fall 2004
Name: SCUCCIMARI Rosie
Program: Diploma
Supervisor: R Platt
Title: Outcome in Kawasaki disease: A long-term Followup study.
Name: EGUALE Tewodros
Program: MSc
Supervisor: T Gyorkos/E Schurr
Title: The role of candidate genes in purified protein Derivative (PPD) responsiveness in pediatric Tuberculosis patients.
Name: LADOUCEUR Martin
Program: MSc
Supervisor: L Joseph/E Rahme
Title: Bayesian estimation of the prevalence of Osteoarthritis in the Quebec elerly population From an administrative database.
Name: NGUYEN Dao
Program: MSc
Supervisor: R Menzies/M Behr
Title: Comparing the molecular epidemiology of Tuberculosis in the Inuit and other Canadian-born Populations of Quebec.
Name: ROBINSON Keira
Program: MSc
Supervisor: E Franco
Title: Polymorphisms in the major histocompatibility complex and cervical human papillomavirus infection in a cohort of Montreal University students.
Name: SCHAFFER Andrea
Program: MSc
Supervisor: E Franco
Title: Insulin-like growth factor-1, insulin-like growth Factor binding protein-3 and the risk of cervical Squamous intraepithelial lesions.
Name: SCOTT Allison
Program: MSc
Supervisor: R Menzies/M Behr
Title: Sensitivity and specificity of spoligotyping and MIRU-VNTR typing in tuberculosis Molecular epidemiology.
Name: SHERRARD Adam
Program: MSc
Supervisor: M Kramer
Title: Maternal anthropometric factors and the risk of caesarean delivery.
Name: AHMED Sara
Program: PhD
Supervisor: N Mayo
Title: Response-shift and health-related quality of life post-stroke.
Spring 2004
Name: GADOURY Marc-Andre
Program: MSc
Supervisor: P Ernst/J Bourbeau
Title: A disease specific self-management intervention reduces hospital utilization in patients with COPD: the effect remains at 2 years.
Name: OKRAINEC Karen
Program: MSc
Supervisor: R Platt/M Eisenberg
Title: Cardiac medical therapy following coronary artery bypass graft surgery.
Name: PAN Irene
Program: MSc
Supervisor: A Ciampi
Title: The impact of the 1998 Quebec Ice Storm on pregnant women’s hormonal reactions.
Name: XU Wanning
Program: MSc
Supervisor: S Shapiro/J-P Collet
Title: The effects of antidepressant drugs on the risk of colorectal cancer: a population-based case-control Study.
Name: BARNETT Tracie
Program: PhD
Supervisor: J O’Loughlin
Title: Determinants of children’s physical activity behaviour: influence of opportunities for physical Activity in elementary schools.
Name: BENEDETTI Andrea
Program: PhD
Supervisor: M Abrahamowicz
Title: Generalized additive models in epidemiologic research.
Name: BJERRE Lise
Program: PhD
Supervisor: M Abrahamowicz
Title: Channelling in non-experimental pharmaco-epidemiologic research: its role in understanding confounding by indication.
Name: KMETIC Andrew
Program: PhD
Supervisor: L Joseph
Title: Methodologic issues in the analysis of data from a population based osteoporosis study: adjusting for selection bias and measurement error.
Name: KOSSEIM Mylene
Program: PhD
Supervisor: N Mayo
Title: Ranking hospitals according to acute myocardial infarction mortality: Do the methods matter.
Name: KOUSHIK Anita
Program: PhD
Supervisor: E Franco
Title: The p53 jCodon 72 Polymorphism and risk of pre-invasive cervical neoplasia.
Name: KULAGA Sophie
Program: PhD
Supervisor: E Franco
Title: Molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis transmission.
Name: VASILIADIS Helen-Maria
Program: PhD
Supervisor: J-P Collet
Title: A cost-effectiveness and cost-utility study of lung transplants.
Name: YUAN Hongbo
Program: PhD
Supervisor: M Kramer
Title: Fetal deaths in the United States, 1997 vs 1991.
Winter 2004
Name: TELTSCHER Marty
Program: Diploma
Supervisor: M Behr
Name: BRUNEAU Julie
Program: MSc
Supervisor: E Franco
Title: Investigation of injection cessation in a cohort of injection drug users in Montreal.
Name: CADIEUX Genvieve
Program: MSc
Supervisor: R Tamblyn
Title: Predictors of antibiotic prescribing among primary care physicians.
Name: EPPEL Ayelet
Program: MSc
Supervisor: O’Loughlin
Title: The reliability of self-reports of smoking frequency and intensity in novice smokers.
Name: FORTIN Bernard
Program: MSc
Supervisor: M Goldberg
Waiting time for radiation therapy in non-metastatic surgically-treated breast cancer patients in Quebec.
Name: GREENAWAY Christine
Program: MSc
Supervisor: R Menzies
Title: Humoral response to M.tuberculosis antigens in patients with tuberculosis in the Gambia.
Name: LAUZON Beatrice
Program: MSc
Supervisor: J O’Loughlin
Title: Usefulness of the 1998 American Academy of petiatrics recommendations to screen children and adolescents for raised blood low density lipoprotein-cholesterol levels.
Name: McKNIGHT Jason
Program: MSc
Supervisor: J Bourbeau
Validation of use of RAMQ databases for COPD patients.
Name: MURPHY Tanya
Program: MSc
Supervisor: L Jospeh/C Greenwood
Title: The risks and benefits of genetic-model based linkage analysis in the detection of asthma susceptibility regions on chromosome 12.
Name: SALIB Sherif
Program: MSc
Supervisor: J-P Collet
Title: Psychometric properties of the gross motor function classification system for children with cerebral palsy: validity, reliability and prognostic value.
Name: WEISS Deborah
Program: MSc
Supervisor: G Paradis
Title: Predictors of the decline in physical activity observed in adults from two communities of low socio-economic status in Montreal, Canada.
Name: XU Daquan
Program: MSc
Supervisor: J-P Collet
Title: Epidemiology of pain and pain management after knee surgery: arthroplasty and arthroscopy.
Name: ESSEBAG Vidal
Program: PhD
Supervisor: C Wolfson
Title: Amiodarone and the risk of pacemaker insertion in elderly patients with atrial fibrillation.
2003
Fall 2003
Name: GILBERT Nicolas
Program: Diploma
Supervisor: T Gyorkos
Name: HUIART Laetita
Program: MSc
Supervisor: S Suissa
Title: Corticosteroid use and the risk of acute myocardial infarction in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Name: QUACH-THANH Caroline
Program: MSc
Supervisor: J Lelorier/J-P Collet
Title: Acute otitis media in Quebec’s children: Antibiotic prescribing patterns and outcomes.
Name: STEENSMA Colin
Program: MSc
Supervisor: E Roy/J-F Boivin
Title: Predictors of cessation of injecting drug use in a cohort of young, street-based injecting drug users.
Name: SYLVESTRE Marie-Pierre
Program: MSc
Supervisor: J O’Loughlin
Title: Association between fruit and vegetable consumption in children and mothers in low-income, urban neighbourhoods in Montreal.
Name: WANYEKI Ian
Program: MSc
Supervisor: K Schwartzman/S Olson
Title: Use of a dwelling-refrenced geographic information system to characterize urban tuberculosis.
Name: WINIKOFF Rochelle
Program: MSc
Supervisor: C Infante-Rivard
Title: The effect of intense physical exercise on Von Willebrand factor and on menstrual Blood loss in women with von Willebrand Disease.
Name: FAIRCHILD Carol
Program: PhD
Supervisor: R Tamblyn
Title: Prescription refill compliance validation study.
Name: HAGEL Brent
Program: PhD
Supervisor: IB Pless
Title: Helmet effectiveness in skiers and snowboarders.
Name: RICHARDSON Harriet
Program: PhD
Supervisor: E Franco
Title: The natural history and epidemiology of cervical human papillomavirus infections in Montreal university students.
Name: TAMIM Hani
Program: PhD
Supervisor: J-P Collet
Title: Population-based case-control study of the effects of antidepressant drugs on the risk of development of cancer.
2002
Fall 2002
Name: COSTA Vania
Program: Diploma
Supervisor: J-P Collet
Title: Impact of postoperative pain on resource utilization, cost, quality of life, and daily life activities in Quebec.
Name: HOLM-DELGADO Maria
Program: MSc NT
Supervisor: R Allard
Name: CHEN Jun
Program: MSc
Supervisor: E Franco
Title: The association between dietary intake and the risk of cancers of the upper aero-digestive tract:A case-control study in Brazil.
Name: GAGNON Bruno
Program: MSc
Supervisor: N Mayo
Title: End-of-life: Insight from administrative data.
Name: GREEN Traci
Program: MSc
Supervisor: C Hankins/J-F Boivin
Title:
Name: KHAIRY Paul
Program: MSc
Supervisor: S Shapiro
Title: Absence of association between chlamydia pneumoniae, cytomegalovirus, Epstein-Barr virus and endothelial function.
Name: MUECKE Cristin
Program: MSc
Supervisor: T Gyorkos
Title: Hepatitis A seroprevalence and risk factors among daycare educators.
Name: RADON Katja
Program: MSc
Supervisor: M Goldberg
Title: Evaluation of an internet-based online-questionnaire administered to young adults.
Name: CSIZMADI Ilona
Program: PhD
Supervisor: J-P Collet
Title: The effect of hormone replacement therapy on the risk of colorectal cancer in postmenopausal women.
Spring 2002
Name: BOUCHER Jean-Marc
Program: Diploma
Supervisor: (awarded posthumously
Name: DEMIRJIAN Sevag
Program: Diploma
Supervisor: N Mayo
Title: The relationship between impairment, disability and handicap, and quality of life in patients with scoliosis.
Name: BARNES Robert
Program: MSc
Supervisor: R Platt
Title: Gonadotrophin-releasing hormone analogue treatment of idiopathic central precocious puberty presenting in girls after age five years: A multi-centre follow-up to final adult height.
Name: DIAL Sandra
Program: MSc
Supervisor: R Menzies
Title: The effectiveness of mask continuous positive airway pressure in the treatment of acute respiratory failure in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Name: JENKINS Alison
Program: MSc
Supervisor: T Gyorkos
Title: Factors influencing the health of Canadian Inuit infants.
Name: RODRIGUES Eric
Program: MSc
Supervisor: L Pilote/G Paradis
Title: The effect of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors on mortality following acute myocardian infarction.
Name: SULTAN Shagufta
Program: MSc
Supervisor: R Platt
Title: Probabilistic assessment of study quality in meta-analysis.
Winter 2002
Name: BERNATSKY Sasha
Program: MSc
Supervisor: J-F Boivin/A Clark
Title: Malignancy in systemic lupus erythemstosus (SLE).
Name: DANDAVINO M
Program: MSc
Supervisor: P Barss
Title: Drowning and near drowning among infants and toddlers in Canada, 1991-1998: Trends, incidence, and risk factors.
Name: DION Marie-Josée
Program: MSc
Supervisor: K Schwartzman
Title: Quality of life and health utilities among patients with among patients with tuberculosis infection and disease.
Name: DUBINIECKI Christine
Program: MSc
Supervisor: P Brassard
Title: Drug resistant tuberculosis in Montreal 1992-1995.
Name: PILON Danielle
Program: MSc
Supervisor: J LeLorier/J-F Boivin
Title: Oral anticoagulants and the risk of an osteoporotic fracture among the elderly.
Name: INNES Michael
Program: MSc
Supervisor: P Ernst
Title: The use of oral corticosteroids and the risk of death from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
Name: PIETRANGELO Maria
Program: MSc
Supervisor: S Suissa
Title: Risk of cardiovascular disease associated with antihypertensive therapy in diabetic subjects.
Name: SMITH Graham
Program: MSc
Supervisor: M Abrahamowicz
Title: Prediction of clinical outcomes of HIV infection in the era of Haart: Use of repeated measures of HIV viral load and CD4 cell count.
Name: YANG Seungmi
Program: MSc
Supervisor: E Franco
Title: Health beliefs and sociodemographic factors as correlates of human papillomavirus infections and cervical cancer precursor lesions.
Name: DRAPEAU Aline
Program: PhD
Supervisor: J-F Boivin/C Rousseau
Title: Effect of premigratory exposure to political violence on the social anchorage of refugees in Montreal.
Name: SHEN Ningyan
Program: PhD
Supervisor: N Mayo/M Goldberg
Title: Determinants of waiting time from initial diagnostic procedure to surgery among women with localized breast cancer in Quebec, 1992-1997.
Name: YEN Jim
Program: PhD
Supervisor: R Battista/J Sampalis
Title: Discordance between patient and physician assessments of disease activity in lupus and its impact on medication, adherence and complementary medicine use.
2001
Fall 2001
Name: LABORIE Anne-Cecile
Program: Diploma
Supervisor: B Begaud
Title: Causality Assessment for Adverse Events of Rare Occurrence.
Name: OZALTIN Emre
Program: MSc NT
Supervisor: J-P Collet
Name: BLAY Daniel
Program: MSc
Supervisor: S Suissa
Title: The risk of gastrointestinal bleeding associated with diuretics among hypertensive persons
Name: CAO ZHENYUAN
Program: MSc
Supervisor: P Ernst
Title: Mortality with different antihypertensive agents.
Name: DANG-TAN Tam
Program: MSc
Supervisor: J Bourbeau
Title: Efficacy of a pulmonary rehabilitation program on knowledge and self-efficacy for elderly chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients.
Name: ESSEBAG Vidal
Program: MSc
Supervisor: C Wolfson
Title: Safety of long distance aeromedical transport of the cardiac patient.
Name: HENDRICK David
Program: MSc
Supervisor: M Becklake
Title: Discordance between cross sectional and longitudinal estimates for the effect of ageing on lung function.
Name: ISHAK Khajak
Program: MSc
Supervisor: J Hanley
Title: A strong covariate from Cox's proportional hazards model.
Name: KLEIN Marina
Program: MSc
Supervisor: S Suissa
Title: Impact of hepatitis C virus coinfection on HIV associated morbidity before and after the introduction of HAART.
Name: ROMANGUOLO Joseph
Program: MSc
Supervisor: L Joseph/Barkun
Title: MRCP versus ERCP for the management of patients with suspected biliary obstruction: an interim analysis of a randomized effectiveness trial.
Name: BARTLETT-ESQUILANT Gillian
Program: PhD
Supervisor: M Abrahamowicz
Title: Patterns of benzodiazepine use and risk of injury in the elderly.
Name: HORTA Bernardo
Program: PhD
Supervisor: M Kramer
Title: Determinants of catch-up growth in small-for-gestational age infants.
Spring 2001
Name: BECK Christine
Program: MScT
Supervisor: L Pilote/T Gyorkos
Title: Aggressive care following hospital admission for acute myocardial infarction: analysis of effects on mortality using instrumental variables.
Name: CARDINAL Pierre
Program: MScT
Supervisor: T Hutchinson
Title: The role of the respiratory rate over tidal volume ratio and other clinical variables in the decision to extubate: a decision analysis
Name: CHEVALIER Isabelle
Program: MScT
Supervisor: C Infante-Rivard
Title: Effect of caffeine intake in pregnancy on the risk of intrauterine growth retardation.
Name: NEWHOUSE Marcella
Program: MScT
Supervisor: G Paradis
Title: The correlates of smoking, and low fruit and vegetable intake among Quebec adolescent females.
Name: WEBER Amy
Program: MScT
Supervisor: E Roy/J-F Boivin
Title: HIV Risk behaviour and predictors of initiation into Prostitution among female street youth.
Name: MAZER Barbara
Program: PhD
Supervisor: S Wood-Dauphinee
Title: Evaluation and retraining of driving skills in clients with stroke.
Name: SEWITCH Maida
Program: PhD
Supervisor: M Abrahamowicz/P Dobkin
Title: Does psychological status influence recovery in workers compensated for acute low back pain?
Winter 2001
Name: TSERTSVADZE Alexander
Program: Diploma
Supervisor: C Wolfson
Title: Towards the Development of a Standardized Methodology for Establishing the Time of Onset of Alzheimers Disease: The Test-Retest Reliability Analysis of the Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive Decline in the Elderly
Name: MACRISOPOULOS Panagiota
Program: MScNT
Supervisor: G Paradis
Name: ASSIMES Tim
Program: MScT
Supervisor: S Suissa
Title: Hypertension and the risk of cancer: a population study.
Name: AZOULAY Arik
Program: MScT
Supervisor: M Eisenberg/R Platt
Title: The use of the transition cost accounting system to compare costs of treatment between Canada and the United States: methodological issues based-on the case of acute myocardial infarction.
Name: CHANG Erika
Program: MScT
Supervisor: M Abrahamowicz
Title: An evaluation of the responsiveness of systemic lupus erythematosus disease activity measures.
Name: FAITH Janet
Program: MScT
Supervisor: M Goldberg
Title: A population-based case-control study of breast cancer and active smoking and environmental tobacco smoke among postmenopausal women in Montreal, Canada.
Name: LENZ Sarah
Program: MScT
Supervisor: M Goldberg
Title: Alcohol consumption and the risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women.
Name: MARTIN Kelly
Program: MScT
Supervisor: C Infante-Rivard
Title: Are disinfection by-products in tapwater associated with intrauterine growth retardation?
Name: SHAW Amanda
Program: MScT
Supervisor: C Infante-Rivard
Title: Maternal use of medication and childhood Leukemia.
Name: TENG Josephine
Program: MScT
Supervisor: N Mayo
Title: Early supported discharge for stroke patients: A cost effectiveness analysis.
Name: VENTURINI Adriana
Program: MScT
Supervisor: N Mayo
Title: Variation in outcome of hospitalization for stroke.
Name: WANG Lin
Program: MScT
Supervisor: L Joseph
Title: A comparative study using endovaginal sonography and magnetic resonance imaging in the staging of endometrial carcinoma.
Name: NISHIOKA Sergio
Program: PhD
Supervisor: T Gyorkos
Title: Tattoos as indicators of transfusion-transmitted diseases in Brazil: A matched hospital-based cross-sectional study.
2000
Fall 2000
Name: BAHRI Priya
Program: Diploma
Supervisor: B Begaud
Title: Overview and current trends of denominator estimation for pharmacovigilance
Name: BOERSTOEL Mariette
Program: Diploma
Supervisor: W Spitzer
Title:
Name: HAAS Joanna
Program: Diploma
Supervisor: W Spitzer
Title: Evolution of the tolerability profile of riluzole in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: A pharmaco-epidemiologic perspective with recommendations for improved product safety labelling
Name: AUGER Nathalie
Program: MSc NT
Supervisor: G Paradis
Name: RAINS Adam
Program: MSc NT
Supervisor: T Gyorkos
Name: THOMAS Jennifer
Program: MSc NT
Supervisor: G Paradis
Name: ZHANG Bing
Program: MSc NT
Supervisor: G Paradis
Name: ANDREU Nathalie
Program: MScT
Supervisor: J-P Collet
Title: The Parkinson's Disease Questionnaire (PDQ-39) contstruct Validity, Reliability and Patient - Proxy respondent Agreement of the French Versioin
Name: COWAN Simone
Program: MScT
Supervisor: S Suissa
Title: Anti-hypertensive drug use and the risk of serious Hypoglycemia in patients with diabetes
Name: GREWAL Raj
Program: MScT
Supervisor: M Abrahamowicz
Title: Efficacy of epidural steroid injections in treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis
Name: HAN Ling
Program: MScT
Supervisor: J McCusker
Title: Use of medications with anticholinergic effect predicts symptoms severity of delirium in older medical inpatients
Name: KAKUMA Ritsuko
Program: MScT
Supervisor: G Galbaud du Fort
Title: Delirium in the elderly: A survival analysis
Name: MACDOUGAL Laura
Program: MScT
Supervisor: T Gyorkos
Title: Travel agents as partners in promoting referral of at-risk travellers to travel health clinics
Name: MITRA Angelie
Program: MScT
Supervisor: P Ernst
Title:
Name: VERDON Josee
Program: MScT
Supervisor: J McCusker
Title: Seniors in the emergency department: Age and Gender differences in presenting characteristics and predictors of adverse functional outcome at six months
Name: GONZALEZ German
Program: PhD
Supervisor: R Battista / J Sampalis
Title: A model for improving emergency services of Hospital universitario San Vicente de Paul Medellin-Columbia
Spring 2000
Name: MAKNI Hela
Program: MScT
Supervisor: E Franco
Title: p53 polymorphism at codon 72 and risk of HPV-induced cervical cancer.
Name: OREMUS Mark
Program: MScT
Supervisors: S Shapiro/J-P Collet
Title: Surgery versus collagen to treat female stress urinary incontinence: Physician beliefs and requirements for treatment & a modeled cost-effectiveness analysis.
Name: REINHOLD Caroline
Program: MScT
Supervisor: L Joseph
Title: The use of endovaginal sonography and Doppler ultrasound in the detection of endometrial carcinoma in women presenting with postmenopausal bleeding.
Name: STENSTROM Rob
Program: PhD
Supervisor: B Pless
Title:
Winter 2000
Name: NUMATA Yuka
Program: MScT
Supervisor: J O'Loughlin
Title: Two-year predictors of smoking initiation among elementary schoolchildren in multiethnic, low-income, inner-city neighborhoods
Name: MUSANA Apollo
Program: MScT
Supervisors: K Schwartzman/R Menzies
Title: The molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis in Montreal and British Columbia
Name: BERARD Anick
Program: PhD
Supervisor: L Abenhaim
Title: Epidemiology of venous ulcers of the lower limbs
Name: BOURGAULT Chantal
Program: PhD
Supervisor: S Suissa
Title: Antihypertensive drugs: patterns of use and biases in the estimation of myocardial infarction risk
Name: DUARTE Elizabeth
Program: PhD
Supervisor: T Gyorkos
Title: Previous exposure-dependent factors related to protection against malaria in a Braziliam Amazon migrant population : an open cohort study
Name: KURZ Xavier
Program: PhD
Supervisor: L Abenhaim
Title: Varicose veins : epidemiology and outcomes
Name: SHARPE Colin
Program: PhD
Supervisor: J-P Collet
Title: Population-based case-control study of the effects of nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs on the risk of breast cancer
1999
Fall 1999
Name: ATRI Mostafa
Program: Diploma
Supervisor: S Shapiro
Title:
Name: GASSE Christiane
Program: Diploma
Supervisor: C Wolfson
Title: Trends in Psychotropic Drug Use in a German Population: Results from The Monica-Augsburg Surveys 1984/85, 1989/90 abd 1994/95
Name: HARRIS Jessica
Program: Diploma
Supervisor: M Becklake
Title: Environmental factors associated with eczema in early life
Name: BENEDETTI Andrea
Program: MScNT
Supervisor: J-P Collet
Name: CHOW Chi-Ming
Program: MScNT
Supervisor: J-P Collet
Name: HANUSAIK Nancy
Program: MScNT
Supervisor: C Wolfson
Name: KOUTSAVLIS Tom
Program: MScNT
Supervisor: C Wolfson
Name: LAFONTAINE Anne-Louise
Program: MScNT
Supervisor: C Wolfson
Name: BENK Veronique
Program: MSc
Supervisor: R Battista
Title: Effect of delay in initiating radiotherapy in patients with early-stage breast cancer: results of natural experiment
Name: BROGLY Susan
Program: MSc
Supervisor: E Franco
Title: Behaviour change and HIV infection in Montreal injection drug users
Name: CAI Bing
Program: MSc
Supervisor: S Suissa
Title: The case-crossover design : an efficient rate ratio estimator based on prescription times
Name: COFFIN Donna
Program: MSc
Supervisor: R Tamblyn
Title: Factors associated with non-participation in a study of medication compliance in the elderly
Name: LI Guilin
Program: MSc
Supervisor: M Abrahamowicz
Title: Re-analyses of Framingham data using time-dependent covariates
Name: MO Daojun
Program: MSc
Supervisor(s): M Goldberg
Title: The identification of subgroups of the general population susceptible to the effects of ambient particulate air pollution
Name: NAYAR Sunita
Program: MSc
Supervisor(s): B Pless
Title: Children's winter sports injuries and protective equipment: a sureillanve system based study
Name: PESCHKEN Christine
Program: MSc
Supervisor: J Esdaile
Title: Systemic lupus erythematosus in Manitoba aboriginals
Name: WANG Chenchen
Program: MSc
Supervisor: N Mayo
Title: Clinical and health status of patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: the impact of disease activity, damage and other clinical measures
Spring 1999
Name: BECKMANN Ulrike
Program: Diploma
Supervisor: S Wood-Dauphinee
Title: Outcomes of neurologic rehabilitative care in In different hospitals in Germany.
Name: BALTZAN Marcel
Program: MSc
Supervisor: S Suissa
Title: Sleep apnea: clinical consequences other than somnolence
Name: GUO Tong
Program: MSc
Supervisor: A Ciampi
Title: Statistical analysis of reliability-validity studies
Name: PROBERT Adam
Program: MSc
Supervisor: R Tamblyn
Title: The genetic epidemiology of multiple primary breast and ovarian cancer
Name: REID Tracey
Program: MSc
Supervisor: R Tamblyn
Title: The impact of physician communication skills on continuity of care and emergency department use by regular emergency department users
Name: RICHER Faisca
Program: MSc
Supervisor: R Allard
Title: Prognostic indicators of hepatitis A severity during the 1994-1996 outbreak in the Montreal-Centre region
Name: SCHLECHT Nicolas
Program: MSc
Supervisor: J Bourbeau/K Schwartzman
Title: Physiological and psychosocial determinants of health-care service utilisation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients
Winter 1999
Name: DES ROCHES Anne
Program: Diploma Supervisor: C Infante-Rivard
Title: Sensibilisation precoce a l'arachide: Quel est le role de l'allaitement maternel?
Name: BENAYOUN Serge
Program: MSc
Supervisor: S Suissa
Title: The impact of combined inhaled bronchodilator therapy in the treatment of COPD
Name: COSSETTE Pierre
Program: MSc
Supervisor: R Tamblyn
Title: Impact of the consultant's type of specialty on the number of referrals after a first consultation
Name: DASGUPTA Kaberi
Program: MSc
Supervisor: R Menzies
Title: The cost effectiveness of tuberculosis screening of permanent resident applicants in the Province of Quebec
Name: DEMIR Ahmet
Program: MSc
Supervisor: M R Becklake
Title: Exposure to occupational agents as a risk factor for adult asthma: a community-based study in Montreal
Name: HORN Ojistoh
Program: MSc
Supervisor: G Paradis
Title: Correlates of physical activity frequency in Mohawk elementary school children: the Kahnawake Schools Diabetes Prevention Project (KSDPP) 1994-1997
Name: HUA Ye
Program: MSc
Supervisor: J Siemiatycki
Title: Occupational risk factors for renal cell carcinoma: a case-control study in Montreal
Name: RODRIGUE Natalie
Program: MSc
Supervisor: F Bellavance
Title: A comparison of the performance of generalized procrustes analysis and the intraclass coefficient of correlation to estimate interrater reliability
Name: BROPHY James
Program: PhD
Supervisor: L Joseph
Title: The epidemiology of acute myocardial infarction and the role of thrombolysis
Name: DENDUKURI Nandini
Program: PhD
Supervisor: L Joseph
Title: Bayesian approaches to modeling the conditional dependence between multiple diagnostic tests
Name: EGAN Mary
Program:PhD
Supervisor: C Wolfson
Title: Less than optimal uses of benzodiazepines by older adults in Quebec
Name: FU Liqun
Program: PhD
Supervisor: C Wolfson & D Arnold
Title: Spatial statistics and their application to neuroimaging studies of multiple sclerosis patients
Name: LEVY Adrian
Program: PhD
Supervisor: R Tamblyn
Title: Effectiveness and utilization of [beta]-blocker therapy for secondary prevention of ischemic cardiac events and death among elderly survivors of myocardial infarction
Name: ZHONG Lijie
Program: PhD
Supervisor: M Goldberg
Title: A population-based, case-control study of lung cancer and indoor air pollution among nonsmoking women living in Shanghai, China
1998
Fall 1998
Name: McDERMID Joann
Program: Diploma
Supervisor: K Grey-Donald
Title: Oxidative stress & HIV Infection: The Role of usual Dietary intake.
Name: COX Joe
Program: MScNT
Supervisor: J-P Collet
Name: BENOIT Daniel
Program: MSc
Supervisor: J Sampalis
Title: Impact of on-site physician care in penetrating trauma
Name: YANG Hong
Program: MSc
Supervisor: S Suissa/R Platt
Title: Change-point models in the risk of anti-asthmatic drugs
Name: CARABIN Helene
Program: PhD
Supervisor: T Gyorkos
Title: Efficacité d'un programme de contrôle des infections et des contaminants de l'environnement dans les garderies
Name: CATALAN Vanessa
Program: PhD
Supervisor: J Hanley
Title: Analysis of the combined primary data from case-control studies of residential radon and lung cancer : a pilot study of three North-American sites
Name: FELDMAN Deborah
Program: PhD
Supervisors: L Abenhaim/M Rossignol
Title: Risk factors for the development of low back pain in adolescents
Name: HAGGERTY Jeannie
Program: PhD
Supervisor: R Tamblyn
Title: Adherence to screening mammography guidelines by recently-licensed family physicians
Spring 1998
Name: LäER Christoph
Program: Diploma
Supervisor: J Collet
Title: Study of the effect of short term self-medication with non-steroidal anti inflammatory drugs (NSAID) on risk estimates of NSAID-induced GI bleeding.
Name: LU Jinyan
Program: MSc
Supervisor: M Abrahamowicz
Title: A comparison of two approaches of adjusting for covariates in nested designs with binary outcomes
Name: LALONDE Lyne
Program: PhD
Supervisor: S Grover
Title: Health-related quality of life measures in coronary heart disease prevention and treatment
Name: TAMIM Hala
Program: PhD
Supervisor: J Sampalis
Title: Development and evaluation of on-site triage algorithm for trauma patients
Winter 1998
Name: NELKOWSKI Andrea
Program: Diploma
Supervisor: W Spitzer
Title: Windows for stroke: optimal timing for the treatment of stroke
Name: BANCEJ Christina
Program: MSc
Supervisor: A Lippman
Title: Immigrant women, work and health
Name: BERRY Margaret
Program: MSc
Supervisor: G Dougherty
Title: Effect of high incubator humidity on hydration associated morbidity for very premature infants
Name: KULAGA Sophie
Program: MSc
Supervisor: E Franco
Title: Determinants of incident precursor lesions of cervical cancer
Name: LEE Jacques
Program: MSc
Supervisor: S Shapiro
Title: Acute abdominal pain in the emergency department : physicians' use of opioid analgesics and the incidence of serious outcomes
Name: ROUSSEAU Marie-Claude
Program: MSc
Supervisor: E Franco
Title: Risk factors for incident cervical human papillomavirus infection in women in a high-risk area for cervical cancer
Name: DE GROSBOIS Sylvie
Program: PhD
Supervisor: M Becklake
Title: Occupational exposures and airways disease : a study to develop and evaluate a questionnaire for eliciting occupational exposure history for community based studies
1997
Fall 1997
Name: PLATZ Thomas
Program: Diploma
Supervisor: S Wood-Dauphinee
Title: Testing a motor performance series and a kenematic motion analysis as measures of performance in high functioning stroke patients: reliability, validity, and responsiveness to therapeutic intervention.
Name: MARTIN Ginette
Program: MScNT
Supervisor: J-P Collet
Name: BARNETT Tracie
Program: MSc
Supervisor: J O'Loughlin
Title: Predictors of physical inactivity among elementary school children
Name: MACPHERSON Alison
Program: MSc
Supervisor: B Pless
Title: Children's exposure to traffic and pedestrian injuries
Name: SCHULL Michael
Program: MSc
Supervisor: R Battista
Title: Coronary thrombolysis in the emergency department : concordance with clinical guidelines
Name: BLAIS Lucie
Program: PhD
Supervisor: S Suissa
Title: Observational studies of drug effectiveness in asthma: time-related issues
Spring 1997
Name: ASSMANN Anita
Program: Diploma
Supervisor: S Wood-Dauphinee
Title: A comparison of oral contraceptive use in East and West Germany (1990-1992)
Name: QUIRION Sylvie
Program: MScNT
Supervisor: J Collet/M Rossignol
Name: BERNARD Edmond-Jean
Program: MSc
Supervisor: J Collet
Title: Dietary habits in Crohn's disease families in Quebec : a case-control study
Name: BROERS Barabara
Program: MSc
Supervisor: C Hankins
Title: HIV and hepatitis B and C in a cohort of methadone maintenance clients in Geneva, 1988-1995
Name: BROWN Catherine
Program: MSc
Supervisor: T Gyorkos
Title: The impact of side effects on travellers' compliance with antimalarials
Name: GEOFFROY Pierre
Program: MSc
Supervisor: L Abenhaim
Title: The pharmacoepidemiology of Crohn's disease therapy in Saskatchewan
Name: MUNGAI Mary
Program: MSc
Supervisor: M Becklake
Title: The epidemiology of atopy in Kenyan children
Name: CAMUS Michel
Program: PhD
Supervisor: J Siemiatycki
Title: Lung cancer mortality among females in Quebec's chrysotile asbestos-mining areas compared to that predicted by the U.S. E.P.A. exposure-effect model
Name: GEBRESELASSIE Haile
Program: PhD
Supervisor: T Gyorkos
Title: Iron supplementation and malaria infection : results of a randomized controlled field trial
Name: HEMMELGARN Brenda
Program: PhD
Supervisor: S Suissa
Title: Benzodiazepine use and the risk of motor vehicle crashes in the elderly
Name: LAFOREST Sophie
Program: PhD
Supervisor: Y Robitaille
Title: Étude des facteurs de risque de la sévérité et de la survenue des traumatismes liés aux aires et appareils de jeu
Winter 1997
Name: GARBE Edeltraut
Program: MSc
Supervisor: S Suissa
Title: Glucocorticoids and the risks of ocular hypertension of open-angle glaucoma
Name: KAHN Susan
Program: MSc
Supervisors: L Abenhaim/L Joseph
Title: Clinical predictors of deep vein thrombosis in patients with leg symptoms
Name: LESPERANCE Kathleen
Program: MSc
Supervisor: C Wolfson
Title: The study of prognosis in Alzheimer's disease: a critical review and comparative analysis of methodology
Name: STRATTON Elizabeth
Program: MSc
Supervisor: T Tannenbaum
Title: Prevention of congenital rubella in Newfoundland.
Name: FORRESTER Janet
Program: PhD
Supervisor: J Bailar
Title: The contribution of moderate to light Trichuris trichiura infection to growth impairment in children
1996
Fall 1996
Name: BISSET Sherri
Program: Diploma
Supervisor: K Gray-Donald
Title: Folic acid status during pregnancy and its role in preterm birth
Name: CHEN Bowen
Program: Diploma
Supervisor: M Becklake
Title: The risk factors of pneumonia death in children under 5 year old in rural China
Name: GARCIA-GIANNOLI Hélène
Program: MScNT
Supervisor: J-P Collet
Name: SCHAUBEL Douglas
Program: MScNT
Supervisor: J-P Collet
Name: BARTLETT Gillian
Program: MSc
Supervisor: M Abrahamowicz
Title: Estimated disributions of thermal and vibration sensory thresholds for healthy subjects
Name: LEWIS Rosamund
Program: MSc
Supervisor: M Abrahamowicz
Title: The prognostic utility of ultrasound in asymptomatic carotid disease
Name: SEWITCH Maida
Program: MSc
Supervisor: M Rossignol
Title: Does psychological status influence recovery in workers compensated for acute low back pain?
Name: NEGASSA Abdissa
Program: PhD
Supervisor: A Ciampi
Title: Validation of tree-structured prediction for censored survival data
Spring 1996
Name: ELTAYARA Loubna
Program: Diploma
Supervisor: M Becklake
Title: Relationship between dyspnea and expiratory flow limitation patients with chronic obstructive diagnosis
Name: SCHUMANN Wolfgang
Program: Diploma
Supervisor: J Boivin
Title: Oral contraceptives: Frequency measurement in pharmacovigilance
Name: BELL Lori
Program: MSc
Supervisor: P Tousignant
Title: Female community health workers in developing countries : How effective are they? An evaluation of a community intervention in Afghan refugee villages in Pakistan (1987-1994)
Name: CHATWOOD Susan
Program: MSc
Supervisor: A Lippman
Title: Indications for transfer for childbirth in women served by the Innuulisivik maternity
Name: LOO Vivian
Program: MSc
Supervisor: R Menzies
Title: Impact of aids on tuberculosis in Vancouver and Edmonton: a small area analysis
Name: BLANCQUAERT Ingeborg
Program: PhD
Supervisor: M Kramer
Title: Selection bias in diagnostic test evaluation
Name: FENTA Haile
Program: PhD
Supervisor: J Hanley
Title: Outcomes in diabetic patients on maintenance dialysis
Name: LI Chung-Yi
Program: PhD
Supervisor: G Thériault/S Shapiro
Title: Residential exposure to 60 hertz magnetic fields and adult cancers
Name: PhD
Program: MACARTHUR Colin
Supervisor: I Pless
Title: Evaluation of the quality of an injury surveillance system
Name: NGANGA Lucy
Program: PhD
Supervisor: M Becklake
Title: The epidemiology of childhood asthma in Kenya : objective markers in rural and urban school children
Winter 1996
Name: SOON Judith
Program: Diploma
Supervisor: J Collet
Title: Outcomes assessment of maintenance therapy for depression in the elderly: A pilot study
Name: VENNEGONI Mauro
Program: Diploma
Supervisor: L Abenhaim
Title: Study of the feasibility of the use of a regional database of Northern Italy for pharmacoepidemiology. A pilot study on the use of NSAIDS and occurrence of gastroduodenal lesions
Name: FORTIN Luc
Program: MSc
Supervisors: J Esdaile/L Abenhaim
Title: Functional cervical scale : a reliability and validity study
Name: RODELLA Stefania
Program: MSc
Supervisors: J Hanley
Title: Exploring reliability in epidemiology and clinical research
1995
Fall 1995
Name: BOURGET Monique
Program: Diploma
Supervisors:T Tannenbaum/R Menzies
Title: Evaluation of the surveillance program for inactive tuberculosis: 1989-1993
Name: GRACIANI Maria
Program: Diploma
Supervisor: J Hanley
Title: Food and nutrient consumption in Spain for the period 1940-1988: Adherence to the Mediterranean diet
Name: KHANLOU Nazilla
Program: Diploma
Supervisor: R Battista
Title: Effect of patient participation......studies.
Name: PAPAZIAN Taline
Program: Diploma
Supervisors: C Larson
Title: Childhood asthma in Pointe St-Charles: A prevalence study.
Name: PINTOS Xavier
Program: Diploma
Supervisor: E Franco
Title: Use of wood stove and risk of cancers of the upper aero-digestive tract in Southern Brazil
Name: BEHR Marcel
Program: MScNT
Name: HASAN Imtiaz
Program: MScNT
Name: LAVOIE Pauline
Program: MScNT
Name: MESHEFEDJIAN Garbis
Program: MScNT
Name: MICHEL Christiane
Program: MScNT
Supervisor: J Collet
Name: NOORALI Rozina
Program: MScNT
Supervisor: J Collet
Name: XU Jiwei
Program: MScNT
Supervisor: C Wolfson
Name: BJERRE Lise
Program: MSc
Supervisor: O Miettinen
Title: Analysis of etiologic studies : understanding the Mantel-Haenszel estimator of odds ratio
Name: NGUYEN Vu
Program: MSc
Supervisor: O Miettinen
Title: Drug surveillance system for type B adverse effects: a vision
Name: SCHOKKING Ian
Program: MSc
Supervisor: P Tousignant
Title: Effectiveness of outreach primary health care in Karachi, Pakistan
Name: DEMISSIE Kitaw
Program: PhD
Supervisor: P Ernst
Title: Social-class gradient in childhood asthma : the nature of the link and issues of measurement
Name: HAJIAN-TILAKI Karim
Program: PhD
Supervisor: J Hanley
Title: Methodologic contributions to ROC analysis : a study of the robustness of the binormal model for quantitative data and methods for studies involving multiple signals
Name: JAAKKOLA Jouni
Program: PhD
Supervisor: O Miettinen
Title: Sick building syndrome : the phenomenon and its air-handling etiology
Spring 1995
Name: JOLAIN Bruno
Program: Diploma
Supervisor: C Collet
Title: Identification of the distribution population of lipid-lowering agents at the pharmacy
Name: WIESENBERG Sara
Program: Diploma
Supervisor: J Esdaile
Title: Gender bias and gender differences in the medical care of acute nonspecific low back pain
Name: ADI Mateus
Program: MScNT
Name: BARKUN Alan
Program: MSc
Supervisor: P Tousignant
Title: The costs and effectiveness of extracorporeal gallbladder stone shock wave lithotripsy versus laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a randomized clinical trial
Name: EDWARDS Nancy
Program: PhD
Supervisor: J-F Boivin
Title: Predictors of infant-care behaviours among postnatal immigrants
Name: GAGNON Anita
Program: PhD
Supervisor: M Kramer
Title: The effect of an early postpartum discharge program on competence in mothering: a randomized controlled trial
Name: HODGE Matthew
Program: PhD
Supervisor: B Pless
Title: Methods for analyzing geographic variation in health services use
Name: JOSEPH K S
Program: PhD
Supervisor: M Kramer
Title: Prevention of Rh-hemolytic disease of the newborn: an evaluation of competing strategies
Winter 1995
Name: HAGEN Catherine
Program: MSc
Supervisor: J Hanley
Title: Maternal mortality, fertility, and the utilization of prenatal care in Karachi, Pakistan
Name: HAIEK Laura
Program: MSc
Supervisor: M Kramer
Title: Postpartum weight loss and infant feeding
Name: MONETTE Johanne
Program: MSc
Supervisor: R Tamblyn
Title: Association entre les caractéristiques des medécins et la prescription de benzodiazépines à longue-action aux personnes ages
Name: SENORE Carlo
Program: MSc
Supervisor: R Battista
Title: Smoking cessation in general practice
Name: CARDIN Sylvie
Program: PhD
Supervisor: J-F Boivin
Title: Empirical evaluation of small area estimators in community health
Name: GROOME Patti
Program: PhD
Supervisor: T Hutchinson
Title: Measuring prospective-patients' values for treatments for end-stage renal disease