DPHIL STUDENT AASHNA UPPAL
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Aashna Uppal
DPhil 3rd Year Student of Health Data Science
EDUCATION
- MSc Public Health, McGill University 2020
- BSc Biology and Mathematics, McGill University 2018
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
- Epidemiologist, Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Branch, Public Health Agency of Canada September 2020 to September 2022
- Research Assistant for Translational Research in Respiratory Diseases Program, Centre for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, McGill University January 2023 – Present
THESIS:
Like other neglected tropical diseases, snakebite envenoming affects low- and middle-income countries the most. Health data is key to our understanding of both the snakebite burden and the impact of programs being implemented to curb that burden. Through my PhD project, I am simultaneously: (1) supporting the generation of new evidence from existing health data related to snakebite envenoming in low- and middle-income settings by leveraging a novel methodology called “Pathfinder”, wherein the health research cycle is process-mapped, and (2) increasing data science ability and capacity through this approach.